TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL(WRITTEN EXPRESSION) 36
24 Maret 2022
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In this questions each sentence has four underlined words or phrases.The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked(A),(B),(c),and(D)Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for sentence to be correct.then,on your answer sheet,find the number of the question and fill in space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.
1.He has less friends in his classes now than he had last year.
A B C D
pemahasan:should be fewer.Friends is a plural count noun,so less is incorrect.
2.The town we visited was a four-days journey from our hotel,so we took the train instead of the bus.
A B C D
pembahasan:should be four-day.Four-day here functions as an adjective modifying the noun journey,so it cannot be plural.
3.The influence of the nation’s literature,art,and science have captured widespread attention.
A B C D
pembahasan:should be has.The subject,influence,is singular and thus requires a singular verb,has.
4.The leader emphasized the need for justice and equality between his people.
A B C D
pembahasan: should be among.Use between when there are only two entities,among when there are more than two.
5.Many of the population in the rural areas is composed of manual laborers.
A B C D
pembahasan:should be much.Population is a non-count noun,so many cannot modify it.
6.Several people have apparent tried to change the man’s mind,but he refuses to listen.
A B C D
pembahasan:should be apparently.Verb are always modified by adverbs,not adjective.
7.Keith is one of the most intelligent boys of the science class.
A B C D
pembahasan:should be in.After one of the+superlative+noun+…..use in+singular count noun
8.The girls were sorry to had missed the singers when they arrived at the airport.
A B C D
pembahasan:should be to have missed.This is a perfect infinitive
9.When Keith visited Alaska,he lived in a igloo in the winter months as well as in the spring.
A B C D
pembahasan:should be an.Use an before words begining with novel sounds.
10.The harder he tried,the worst he danced before the large audience.
A B C D
pembahasan:should be worse.This is a double comparative:the harder…..the worse.Worst is superlative.
11.While searching for the wreckage of a unidentified aircraft,the Coast Guard encountered servere
A B C D
squalls at sea.
pembahasan:should be an.Use an before a word begining with a vowel sound.
12.Although a number of police officers was guarding the priceless treasures in the museum,the
A B
director worried that someone would try to steal them.
C D
pembahasan:should be were guarding.Use a number of+plural verb.
13.Since it was so difficult for American Indians to negotiate a peace treaty or declare war in their
A B C
native language,they used a universal understood form of sign language.
D
pembahasan:should be Universally.An adjective(understood)is always modified by an adverb,never by another adjective.
14.Louis Braille designed a form of communication enabling people to convey and preserve their
A B
thoughts to incorporate a series of dots which were read by the finger tips.
C D
pembahasan:should be by incorporating.This indicates the method by which they convey and preserve their thoughts.
15.While verbalization is the most common form of language in existence,humans make use of many
A B
others systems and techniques to express their thoughts and feelings.
C D
pembahasan:should be in the time of.Other cannot be plural when it appears before a noun.
reference:cliffs
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