Menggunakan Pronomina dan Determiner untuk Kohesi
Untuk membuat Bahasa Inggris tulis
dan tutur Anda lebih kohesif (terpadu) -salah satunya- adalah dengan menggunakan pronomina dan determiner untuk merujuk balik gagasan (ide) sebelumnya. Beberapa
pronomina dan determiner yang dapat digunakan untuk kohesi (kepaduan) didaftar
dalam tabel berikut ini.
PRONOMINA
|
DETERMINER
|
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SUBYEK
|
OBYEK
|
POSESIF
|
REFLEKSIF
|
DEMON
STRATIF
|
POSESIF
|
DEMON
STRATIF
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I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they
|
me
you
him
her
it
us
you
them
|
mine
yours
his
hers
ours
yours
theirs
|
myself
yourself
himself
herself
itself
ourselves
yourselves
themselves
|
this
that
these
those
|
my
your
his
her
its
our
your
their
|
this
that
these
those
|
Amati
contoh berikut yang menunjukkan pronomina dan determiner yang digunakan untuk kohesi
(kepaduan).
Contoh
A
certain student worked very hard on a project. He did all of the work on it
by himself, and his professor was very pleased with this work.
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Dalam
contoh ini, pronomina He merujuk ke
nomina student, pronomina it merujuk ke nomina project, pronomina himself merujuk ke nomina students,
determiner posesif his merujuk ke
nomina student, dan determiner demonstratif
this merujuk ke nomina work. Pronomina dan determiner ini membantu
membuat tulisan terpadu (kohesif).
Bagan
berikut menerangkan informasi kunci yang Anda seharusnya mengingat tentang
menggunakan pronomina dan determiner untuk membuat Bahasa Inggris tulis dan
tutur lebih terpadu (kohesif).
MENGGUNAKAN
PRONOMINA DAN DETERMINER UNTUK KOHESI
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1) Adalah penting untuk membuat
Bahasa Inggris tulis dan tutur Anda sekohesif sebagaimana mungkin.
2) Satu cara untuk membuat Bahasa
Inggris tulis dan tutur Anda lebih kohesif adalah menggunakan pronomina untuk
merujuk balik ke ide sebelumnya.
3) Cara lainnya untuk membuat
Bahasa Inggris tulis dan tutur Anda lebih kohesif adalah menggunakan
determiner untuk merujuk balik ke ide sebelumnya.
4) Pronomina dan determiner bukan
satu-satunya cara untuk membuat Bahasa Inggris tulis dan tutur Anda kohesif. Anda
seharusnya menggunakan berbagai cara untuk membuat Bahasa Inggris Anda
kohesif.
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Pronouns
are words that take the place of nouns. (Pronomina adalah kata yang menggantikan tempat
nomina.)
Determiners
are words that accompany nouns to identify the nouns. (Determiner adalah kata yang
mendampingi nomina untuk memberi identitas nomina.)
Berikut disertakan sebuah video yang mungkin bisa memperkaya tulisan ini.
Latihan
Fill in each blank in a passage with one of the
pronouns or determiners from the box above the passage to make the passage
cohesive. You should use each answer one time only.
Isilah tempat kosong dalam bagian tulisan dengan
satu pronomina atau determiner dari kotak di atas tulisan tersebut untuk
membuat tulisan tersebut kohesif. Anda seharusnya menggunakan setiap jawaban
hanya satu kali.
her
|
herself
|
she
|
them
|
this
|
this
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1 1) A researcher has been conducting
a study on the causes of a certain desease. She has been conducting ___________
study by ____________ . Up to now, _________ has determined several possible
causes of the desease and has decided to focus on the most promising of
__________ . Though __________ research has not yet yielded a conclusive
result, the researcher hopes __________ will happen soon.
it
|
mine
|
our
|
our
|
ourselves
|
ourselves
|
this
|
we
|
your
|
2 2) You and I have ___________ work
cut out for __________ . You have to finish ___________ part of the project,
and I have to finish __________ . Then when we have each finished ___________
own parts of the project, __________ can get together to finish __________ . We
have to take it upon ___________ to get _________ project done.
their
|
them
|
themselves
|
themselves
|
these
|
they
|
they
|
3 3) Some students have a huge
assignment to complete by Friday. However, ______ students have procrastinated
for quite some time, and now ___________ are in a bit of a fix, so _________
only hope of finishing the assignment on time is for __________ to stay up all
night for the next two nights to get it done. The students have gotten ________
into this situation, and now _________ will have to work very hard to get
___________ out of it.
procrastinate = to delay doing something until later, menangguh-nangguhkan, menunda-nunda
procrastinate = to delay doing something until later, menangguh-nangguhkan, menunda-nunda
he
|
he
|
he
|
him
|
himself
|
his
|
his
|
it
|
this
|
4) A particular student
is regretting that he signed up for a particular course. Unfortunately,
_________ signed up for _________ course because _________ thought that
_________ could be quite interesting. It did not take long for ________ to
figure out that __________ reasoning had been rather faulty. He told _________
that __________ needed to be more careful in __________ decision-making in the
future.
"Good writing in English requires the ability to write good sentences and to organize them logically into paragraphs and essays."
Happy reading!
BelajarBahasaInggris
Kunci Jawaban:
1. this; herself; she; them; her; this
2. our; ourselves; your; mine; our; we;
it; ourselves; this
3. these; they; their; them; themselves;
they; themselves
4. he; this; he; it; him; his; himself; he; his
