TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL(WRITTEN EXPRESSION)14
18 Maret 2022
Materi Bahasa Inggris
1.The main office of the factory can be found in Maple Street in New York City.
A B C D
pembahasan:
should be on.On+the name of street.
2.Because there are less members present tonight than there were last night,we must wait
A B C
until the next meeting to vote.
D
pembahasan:
should be fewer.Member is a count noun and must be preceded by fewer.
3.David is particularly fond of cooking,and he offten cooks really delicious meals.
A B C D
pembahasan:
Should be very .Really is slang and not appropriate in formal written English.
4.The progress made in space travel for the early 1960s is remarkable.
A B C D
pembahasan:
should be since.Use since+beginning time(the action began in the 1960s and continues up to the present).During or in would also be correct if the sentence were taken to mean that the progress took place only in the 1960s.
5.Sandra has not rarely missed a play or concert since she was seventeen years old.
A B C D
pembahasan:
Should be rarely.Rarely is negatif and cannot be used with another negative.
Not rarely is a double negative.
6.There was a very interesting news on the radio this morning about the earthquake in italy.
A B C D
pembahasan:
Should be some.News is a non-count noun and a means one.
7.The professor had already given the homework assignment when he had remembered that
A B
Monday was a holiday.
C D
pembahasan:
Should be remembered.He gave the assignment first(past perfect),and then he remembered(simple past)that Monday was a holiday.
8.Having been beaten by the police for striking an officer,the man will cry out in pain.
A B C D
pembahasan:
Should be cried out.The correct sequence of tenses requires past tense.
(Having+(verb in past participle)means past past time.)
9.This table is not sturdy enough to support a television,and that one probably isn’t neither.
A A C D
pembahasan:
Should be either.Correct negative agreement is:subject+auxiliary+not+either.
10.The bridge was hitting by a large ship during a sudden storm last week.
A B C D
pembahasan:
Should be was hit.Passive voice is necessary here.Be+(verb in past principle).(The ship hit the bridge.)
11.The company representative sold to the manager a sewing machine for forty dollars.
A B C D
pembahasan:
Should be the manager.Subject+verb+indirect direct object.
12.The taxi driver told the man to don’t allow his disobedient son to hang out the window.
A B C D
pembahasan:
Should be not to allow.This is a negatif indirect command:verb+(not)+infinitive.
13.These televisions are quite popular in Europe,but those ones are not.
A B C D
pembahasan:
Should be those.It is incorrect to say these ones or those ones although it is possible to say this one or that one.
14.Harvey seldom pays his bills on time,and his brother does too.
A B C D
pembahasan:
Should be doesn’t either.Seldom is negative and must be followed by negative agreement,not positive agreement.
15.The price of crude pil used to be great deal lower than now,wasn’t it?
A B C D
pembahasan:
Should be didn’t it.Used to indicates a past habit and uses did when an auxiliary is neded.
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