English PROFESSIONAL II

Chapter X

THE USE OF WORDS

The Pronoun IT

1. Referring to an object mentioned before;

I saw a movie last night. It was very interesting. I enjoyed it very much.

2. Meaning time, day, date, month, year, weather, climate, seasons and situation:
It was 6 oclock in the morning. It is cloudy today. It was Friday, 17 August 1945.

3. Formal/Impersonal/Preparatory/Meaningless:
It is important to study history. It is true that education determines ones future. It is no
use crying over spilt milk. It takes us twenty minutes to get to the airport. It is hoped that the
economy will be better next year.

Exercise 4. Read the passage below and study the use of the pronoun it in the passage.

It is that coal, oil and gas are badly needed for industries. Thousands tons of these
fuels are used daily. But their supplies may not last for a century. It has been necessary for
men to find something to take their place. And scientist believed that it is possible to get
energy from something other than these fuels.
Then what it will be? Look at the sun. Though very far away from the earth. It is said
that each day it pours several thousand times as much energy as men use. It has been
estimated that enough energy falls in the square miles of the Arizona desert in one day to run
all the industries in the country for a day and night. In a way, the energy that sun gives is
unlimited, and it is free to obtain. But it a pity that the equipment needed to capture the
suns energy is still very expensive.
The sun energy can be used to create very high temperatures that can melt metals. It
will be possible for men to cook dinner on a stove that used the heat of the sun. the energy
can also be used In telephone communication. Space travel and farming. But how to make
the suns energy continues seems to be one of the great problems. But once the problems
are solved, the supply of energy will haven limit.

NOUN PHRASES

1. [determiner Headword]
a book the country this child our house some equipment

2. [(det) adjective H]

O Si A S C O M P a good book the rich country this naughty child modern equipment a
completely different technique a a young talented artist .
Ket: Penjelasan rule no 2 O Si A S C O M P O : Opinion Si : Size A : Age S : Shape C : Colour O :
Origin M : Material P : Purpose
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3. [(det) verb+ing H]

a. a reading book
the opening ceremony
b. a developing country
a slowly moving train

4. [(det) verb 3 H]

a revised edition the estimated cost that fallen tree corned beef this specially equipped plane

5. [(det) noun H]

the bus station

a call girl
World Health Organization

6. [(det) H prepositional phrase]

the colour of the sea the people in Java

7. [(det) H verb+ing]

the man sitting at the corner people traveling long distances

8. [(det) H verb 3]

things made in Japan some novels written by Kristy

9. [(det) H to infinitive]

a. much work to do b. many experts to assist us

10. [(det) H adjective]

something important parents interested in the program

11. [(det) H adv/number/NP]

youth today page 16 Alexander the Great

12. [(det) H relative clause]

who is sitting at the corner

which are made in Japan

who are to assist us

who are interested in the program