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- Where will we go next week? - We are there.
- We must obey our parents. - When will we finish this homework?
- We do not recognize her.
“They” refers to a group of things, or to a group of people not including yourself
or the person you are talking to. For examples:
- They are in the club. - They were playing football yesterday.
- Will they forgive me? - When they will return those books?
- Are they your friends?
2.3.2. Personal Pronouns as an Object
Object pronouns refer to the same sets of people or thing as the corresponding subject pronouns. They are:
a. Singular form: me first singular person, you second singular person, him, her, it third singular person.
b. Plural form: us first plural person, you second plural person, them third plural person.
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Singular Plural
1
st
person Me
Us
2
nd
person You
3
rd
person Him
Her It
Them
Position of object pronouns in a clause: 1. Object pronouns are used as the object of verbs.
For examples:
- Nika chose me. - He likes you.
- A man gave him a car. - I saw her.
- Stephanie hated it. - They asked us to come to the party.
- He would give them some money.
2. Object pronouns are used as the object of prepositions. Prepositions are connecting words likes for, at, about, to, before, by, with, near, after, of, etc.
For examples:
- He went to the beach with me. - Madeleine, I want to talk to you immediately.
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- We were all sitting in a café with him. - I live near her.
- I bought a ball for them. - Don’t mention UFO’s to us.
- The cat was hungry. I gave the fish for it.
3. Object pronouns can also be used after forms of verbs be or link verbs. Forms of be are am, are, is, was, were, has been, have been, may be, and others.
For examples:
- It was me. - It is her.
- It may be them. - It is him.
However, in formal or written English, people sometimes use a subject pronoun after a link verb or verbs be.
For examples:
- It was I. - It is she.
- It may be they. - It is he.
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3. RESEARCH METHOD
3.1. The Location of the Research
This research is conducted at SDN No. 101878 Tg. Morawa, Jln. Batang Kuis Tg. Morawa.
3.2. The Population and Sample
Gay 1987:102 says, “Population is the group of interest to the researcher, the group to which she or he would like the result of the study to be generalized”. It means
that population is total object or numbers that should be studied in the research. In this research, the population needed for the 20072008 sixth year students of
SDN No. 101878 Tg. Morawa. There are three classes and each class consists of 40 students. So, there are 120 students of the whole sixth class.
TABEL 3.2 Distribution of Research Population
No. Class
Number of students 1.
VI A 40
2. VI B
40 3.
VI C 40
Total 120
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