Aturan Penggunaan Tanda Apostrof dalam Bahasa Inggris dan Latihan Soal – Di bawah ini, terdapat berbagai aturan tentang bagaimana cara menggunakan tanda apostrof dalam kalimat, lengkap dengan contoh-contoh soalnya. Selamat membaca. 🙂
1. Digunakan untuk menunjukkan kepunyaan.Â
Untuk menunjukkan kepunyaan dengan kata benda tunggal, Anda dapat menambahkan tanda apostrof + huruf s.
Contoh:
A man’s book
A girl’s doll
Titania’s bag
a. Pengecualian apabila huruf terakhir dari kata benda tersebut adalah ‘s’ atau kata benda jamak, maka tidak perlu lagi ditambahkan huruf ‘s’.
Contoh:
Students’ pencils
Guys’ party
Workers’ houses
b. Di dalam bahasa Inggris, terdapat irregular noun untuk menunjukkan kata benda jamak atau benda yang jumlahnya lebih dari satu, seperti; child-chilldren, tooth-teeth, person-people, foot-feet, man-men, woman-women, etc.
Penggunaan apostrof untuk menunjukkan kepunyaan pada kata benda jamak tersebut yaitu menambahkan tanda apostrof + s.
Contoh:
Children’s toys
People’s right
Men’s ways
c. Menunjukkan kepunyaan pada compound noun, maka tanda apostrof dan huruf ‘s’ ditambahkan setelah kata paling akhir dari compound noun tersebut.
Contoh:
my father-in-law’s coat
my two brothers-in-law’s jackets
d. Menunjukkan kepunyaan benda yang sama pada dua orang yang berbeda, maka tanda apostrof dan huruf ‘s’ hanya diberikan pada nama orang yang kedua.
Contoh:
John and Cecil’s work is promoted to an international science competition.
2. Digunakan untuk menggabungkan dua kata dan menghilangkan sebagian huruf dari kata yang digabung (omission) atau lebih sering disebut dengan contraction.
Contoh:
they + have = they’ve
are + not = aren’t
they + will = they’ll
does + not = doesn’t
will + not = won’t
would + not = wouldn’t
it + is = it’s
can + not = can’t
you + have = you’ve
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Bentuk Umum Contractions dalam Bahasa Inggris
| Phrase | Contraction |
| are not | aren’t |
| cannot | can’t |
| could not | couldn’t |
| do not | don’t |
| does not | doesn’t |
| did not | didn’t |
| he will | he’ll |
| he would | he’d |
| he is | he’s |
| is not | isn’t |
| it is | it’s |
| I am | I’m |
| I will | I’ll |
| I would | I’d |
| I have | I’ve |
| she will | she’ll |
| she would | she’d |
| she is | she’s |
| that is | that’s |
| they are | they’re |
| they will | they’ll |
| they would | they’d |
| we are | we’re |
| we will | we’ll |
| we would | we’d |
| we have | we’ve |
| what is | what’s |
| who is | who’s |
| will not | won’t |
| would not | wouldn’t |
| you are | you’re |
| you have | you’ve |
| you will | you’ll |
| you would | you’d |
Latihan Soal
Choose the correct sentence with the appropriate use of the apostrophe.
1.
a. His wife bag was broken by a strange person on the street.
b. His wife’s bag was broken by a strange person on the street.
c. His wifes’ bag was broken by a strange person on the street.
2.
a. I visited my father-in-law’s office to send some stuff left.
b. I visited my father-in-laws office to send some stuff left.
c. I visited my father-in-laws’ office to send some stuff left.
3.
a. We will not be allowed to enter Madam Keira room without notification from her secretary.
b. We will not be allowed to enter Madam Keiras’ room without notification from her secretary.
c. We will not be allowed to enter Madam Keira’s room without notification from her secretary.
4.
a. Where are those peoples bags?
b. Where are those people’s bags?
c. Where are those peoples’ bags?
5.
a. The womans underwear are sold out because of the big discount.
b. The womens’ underwear are sold out because of the big discount.
c. The women’s underwear are sold out because of the big discount.
Kunci Jawaban
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. C
