BAB IV Articles
BAB IV
ARTICLES (KATA SANDANG)
INDEFINITE ARTICLES A & AN
1. Untuk menyatakan sesuatu yang tidak khusus (belum pasti)
- I see a boy on the street
- I see a girl in the church
2. Untuk menyatakanh benda tunggal (singular noun)
- I have a book
3. Digunakan sebelum kata-kata “hundred” dan “thousand”
- A hundred years ago
- A thousand years ago
4. Digunakan dalam frasa idiom
- To be in a hurry
- To have a headache
- To have a bath
- To be at an end
- It is a pity
DEFINITE ARTCLES THE
1. Telah disebutkan sebelumnya
- I see a boy on the street
2. Untuk menyatakan satu-satunya benda
- The sun is shining
- The moon is high
- The president is coming
3. Diikuti dengan of (kepunyaan)
- The coast of Sumatra
- The suffering of the South African minorities
4. Untuk menyatakan benda jamak (plural nouns)
- The boys are playing
- The doors are open
5. Superlative degree (derajat paling tertinggi)
- The highest mountain
- The most beautiful girl
6. Untuk proper nouns , ditulis dengan huruf besar
- The Indonesians
- The Japan
7. Setelah kata-kata
- All ——— All the nation
- Half ——– Half the year
- Double —- Double the sum
- Both ——- Both the parent
Maria Wikantari, MBA 2
ARTICLE TIDAK DIGUNAKAN UNTUK
1. Sebelum individual names
- I like Nadia
- I met Dewi yesterday
2. Sebelum/sesudah possessive prounouns
- This is his bag
- It is your money
3. Sesuatu yang umum
- Boys are usually naughty
- Boys will be boys
- Water is rare in North Jakarta
4. Nama bahan
- This shoes are made of leather
- This lamp is mad of paper
- Butter is made from milk
5. Numerals (kata bilangan)
- Some —– Some books
- Many, much, several, lots of
6. Names of public institutions (Church, School, Mosque, Hospital)
- I go to church (BERDOA)
- I go to the church (GEDUNG YANG DITUJU)
EXERCISE:
1. I bougt _____ new hat yesterday. It has _____ white brim and _____ brown band.
2. Anna is _____ youngest daughter in her family.
3. There are _____ several books on the table.
4. ____ honesty is the best policy.
5. ____ beef is a kind of ____ meat.
6. ____ beef we had for dinner last night was excellent.
7. Tommy wants to be ____ engineer when he grows up.
8. I pay ____ attention to the remark.
9. My friend lives in ____ Surabaya.
10. For ____ time being, I prefer not to buy ____ car.
