PRONOUN AND WORDS COMMONLY USED IN REFERENCE QUESTIONS (TOEFL READING SECTION)

Subject Object Possessive Possessive Reflexive

Quantity Person Meaning Meaning Meaning Meaning Meaning
Pronoun Pronoun Pronoun Adjective Pronoun
1st person I Saya Me Saya Mine Milik saya My + … … saya Myself (diri) saya sendiri
2nd person You Kamu You Kamu Yours Milik kamu Your + … … kamu Yourself (diri) kamu sendiri
Dia
She Her Dia Hers Milik dia Her + … … dia Herself (diri) dia sendiri
(wanita)
Singular
He Dia (pria) Him Dia His Milik dia His + … … dia Himself (diri) dia sendiri
3rd person
Dia
It (benda/ It Dia Its Milik dia Its + … … dia Itself (diri) dia sendiri
hewan)
1st person We Kita Us Kita Ours Milik kita Our + … … kita Ourselves (diri) kita sendiri
nd
Plural 2 person You Kalian You Kalian Yours Milik kalian Your + … … kalian Yourselves (diri) kalian sendiri
3rd person They Mereka Them Mereka Theirs Milik mereka Their + … … mereka Themselves (diri) mereka sendiri
Note: “They” sometimes can be used to refer to animals or things in plural.

- Demonstrative pronoun (point out something)

Quantit
Ini (short distance) Itu (long distance)
y
Singular This + singular noun That + singular noun
Plural These + plural noun Those + plural noun

- Another and other (show different things)

Another + singular noun: Example → Another boy
Other + plural noun/singular uncountable noun: Example → Other boys or Other music

- Relative pronoun (connecting words)

Which: refers to specific thing in independent clause
Who: refers to specific person or people in independent clause
That: refers to unspecific thing or person in independent clause

- Definite and indefinite article

The (definite article): refers to specific thing, can be followed by singular or plural noun
A/An (indefinite article): refers to anything but not specific, can only be followed by singular noun

- There: refers to a place if it is not as a subject of a sentence.