Object of a Preposition

Thursday, May 23, 2013

8:11 PM Posted by indana
Labels: Bahasa Inggris, English Grammar, Materi Pembelajaran

Pengertian Object of a Preposition

Prepositional phrase merupakan gabungan antara preposition dengan object. Adapun object yang mengikuti preposition tersebut (disebut juga object of a preposition) dapat berupa noun, pronoun, , atau noun substitute (gerund, noun clause).
Common Preposition

Beberapa common preposition antara lain:

about, above, after, at, beside, between, by, due to, for, from, in, into, like, next to, on, since, to, with.

Contoh Object of a Preposition

Berikut beberapa contoh object of preposition berupa noun (standar/phrase/clause), pronoun, dan gerund di dalam kalimat.
[bold = preposition; italic = object of a preposition]

Object of a Preposition

Contoh Kalimat

Noun

I don’t believe in zodiac.
(Saya tidak percaya zodiak.)

Yulia is really into Ninjutsu.
(Yulia benar-benar tertarik Ninjutsu.)

Noun Phrase

In my opinion, we should buy her a new jacket.
(Menurut pendapat saya, kita harus membelikannya sebuah jaket baru.)

He didn’t say anything during the trip.
(Dia tidak berbicara apapun selama perjalanan.)

Pronoun

I just got good news from him.
(Saya baru mendapat berita gembira darinya.)

My sister is reading the newspaper next to her.
(Saudariku sedang membaca koran di sebelahnya.)

Gerund (phrase)

She is reading an book about swimming.
(Dia sedang membaca sebuah buku tentang berenang.)

You should feel ashamed for giving bribes to win the election. [gerund phrase]
(Kamu seharusnya malu memberi suap untuk memenangkan pemilihan.)

Noun Clause

Tomorrow we will discuss about what is mental illness.
(Besok kita akan diskusi tentang apa itu penyakit mental.)

I thank my English teacher for how he teached me some tricks.
(Saya berterima kasih pada guru bahasa Inggris untuk bagaimana dia mengajarkan saya beberapa trik.)

Semoga tulisan object of a preposition ini bermanfaat dan mohon maaf jika ada kekurangan. Feel free to comment! :)

Noun Clauses as Object of a Preposition. http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~cschroen/BONES/DEP/Noun/NC-OBJ-PREP.pdf. Accessed on April 5, 2013.
Object of a Preposition (OP). http://grammar.about.com/od/mo/g/objprepterm.htm. Accessed on April 5, 2013.
Prepositions. http://www.towson.edu/ows/prepositions.htm. Accessed on April 5, 2013.
Gerund. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/01/. Accessed on April 5, 2013.

Source : http://www.wordsmile.com/object-of-a-preposition

Object of a Preposition	Contoh Kalimat
Noun	I don’t believe in zodiac. (Saya tidak percaya zodiak.)
Noun	Yulia is really into Ninjutsu. (Yulia benar-benar tertarik Ninjutsu.)
Noun Phrase	In my opinion, we should buy her a new jacket. (Menurut pendapat saya, kita harus membelikannya sebuah jaket baru.)
Noun Phrase	He didn’t say anything during the trip. (Dia tidak berbicara apapun selama perjalanan.)
Pronoun	I just got good news from him. (Saya baru mendapat berita gembira darinya.)
Pronoun	My sister is reading the newspaper next to her. (Saudariku sedang membaca koran di sebelahnya.)
Gerund (phrase)	She is reading an book about swimming. (Dia sedang membaca sebuah buku tentang berenang.)
Gerund (phrase)	You should feel ashamed for giving bribes to win the election. [gerund phrase] (Kamu seharusnya malu memberi suap untuk memenangkan pemilihan.)
Noun Clause	Tomorrow we will discuss about what is mental illness. (Besok kita akan diskusi tentang apa itu penyakit mental.)
Noun Clause	I thank my English teacher for how he teached me some tricks. (Saya berterima kasih pada guru bahasa Inggris untuk bagaimana dia mengajarkan saya beberapa trik.)