TALKING ABOUT SELF

GRAMMAR REVIEW

Pronouns

In self introduction and also in other communication activities, pronouns are frequently used to prevent unimportant repetition. Pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun, such as: I, you, me, it, they, we, she, him, us.

Read the following sentences:

Alia wants to have many pen pals because Alia likes making friends. Alia’s pen pals come from many parts of the world. Caroline introduces Alia to Hannah. Calorine is Alia’s and Hannah’s  friend. Now Hannah becomes Alia’s pen pals. Hannah likes Alia a lot.

The word Alia is repeated too often and that make the sentences not interesting. To make  the sentences better we can replace Alia with pronouns:

Alia wants to have many pen pals because she likes making friends. Her pen pals come from many parts of the world. Caroline introduces her to Hannah. Caroline is their friend. Now Hannah becomes Alia’s pen pals. Hannah likes her a lot.

There are several types of pronouns: subjective, objective, possessive adjectives, and possessive pronouns. Read the following table. 

Subjective	Objective	Possessive Adjective	Possessive Pronoun
I	Me	My	Mine
You	You	Your	Yours
We	Us	Our	Ours
They	Them	Their	Theirs
He	Him	His	His
She	Her	Her	Hers
It	It	Its	Its

Choose one word as the best answer in the bracket! Scratch the wrong ones!

Examples:

- I do not want to go to market with ( his / him / himself )
- ( They / Them / Their ) will go to Bali next month. 

1. ( Us / Ours / Our) was a rather small house compared to the one they bought.
2. What I must do is set ( me / I / myself ) a goal in my job.
3. ( Them / These / Their ) are the ones I want!
4. The house had a wonderful pool of ( his / its / our ) own.
5. They have had a lot of advantages over ( hers / her / she).
6. Is she really as innocent as ( her / she / you ) pretends to be?
7. It is up to ( yourselves / yours / you ) to decide.
8. He wanted the group to treat ( them / him / he ) as an equal.
9. I think he has been working pretty hard, as far as ( me / one / he ) can tell.
10. ( Theirs / They / Them ) is an odd way of doing things.
11. What is ( this / it / these ) I hear about you going to Japan?
12. Is it the 4 o’clock the train ( it / that / this ) stops at Cambridge?
13. Isn’t that man over there a friend of ( you / your / yours ) ?
14. He has succeeded in a situation which is much more difficult than ( me / I / mine ).
15. In fact, it was ( me / my / one ) that gave him the right information.

Text 1 : An email from Hannah

Hello, Alia! Let me introduce myself. My name is Hannah. I know your name from my friend, Caroline. She told me that you sent her an email telling her that you would like to have more pen pals from the US. I’d really like to be your E-pal. You sound really cool!

I guess I’d better tell you something about myself first. I’m 16 years old and I attend Thomas Edison High School here in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. I have two brothers and two half sisters and I’m the middle child. My father died a few years ago so my mother runs the house and the family business. My father was a barista.

I have lots of hobbies. I like music - mostly classical music and folk  music but I don’t play an instrument. I like sports, especially tennis and basketball. At school I’m in the basketball team and I spend most of my extra-curricular time playing basket ball. i’m into animals very much. My sister and I have three dogs. They need lots of attention as you can imagine. My favorite subjects at school are art and geography. I think I’d like to become a park ranger when I graduate, perhaps work for the National Parks Service.

I don’t like reading but I love drawing and painting. How about you? Please drop me a line, Alia! Can’t wait to hear from you! 

Hannah


Text 2 : A letter from Saidah

Assalamu’alaikum Alia,

It was very interesting to read your letter about yourself and your hometown. I would really like to be your pen friend.

I’m a sixteen-year-old school student from Johor Bahru in Malaysia. Actually I attend an Islamic boarding school just outside the city but my family live in Kuala Lumpur. My eldest sister is a medical doctor. My younger brother is an elementary school student.

My favorite subjects are social sciences. I like history very much; it helps me know more how different countries existed in the past. At school we are supposed to use English at all times, so we have become quite fluent although sometimes we slip back into Malay, which is our mother tongue.

As for hobbies, i’m really into songs and music. My favorite boy band is One Direction. My favorite Malay singer is of course Siti Nurhaliza. I also like watching movies, especially comedies. The       actor I like best is Tom Cruise.           

I’m really into books. I like reading novels and short stories. I like some writers in English, like JK Rowling and Indonesian writers too, like Andrea Hirata and Ahmad Fuadi. My dream, when I’m older, is to be a writer of science fiction books.

I’d really love to come to Indonesia some day, especially to the magnificent Raja Ampat in Papua. What about you, do you want to visit my country?

Wassalam, Saidah

Please fill out your identity and talk about yourself below. write honestly and correctly!

Adopted from:

- Bahasa Inggris Kemendikbud edisi revisi 2016

- http://kakakpintar.com