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Sunday, May 26, 2013

Grammer on TOEFL

a1.       Noun Phrase adalah frasa antara noun, pronoun, atau number (berfungsi sebagai head) dan satu atau lebih modifier.
Ex              :
 1. …………..the economy’s performance, strengths and weaknesess are the tables, charts, and data published by public and private agencies.
a. Analyzing
b. The tools for analyzing
c. The analysis of

b2.   Word order atau tata urut kata merupakan cara untuk menyusun kata – kata dalam urutan atau susunan yang tepat dan benar. Pembahasan dalam hal ini meliputi tata urut kata keterangan (adverb) dalam kalimat dan tata urut kata dalam Frase Benda (Noun Phrase).
Ex  :
 1 He is studying now English at Miami-Dade Community College.
a.  He is now studying English at Miami-Dade Community College.
b. He is now study English at Miami-Dade Community College.
c. Don’t Know

2. He was so excited he hardly could think.
a. He was so exciting he could hardly think.
b. He was so excited he could hardly think.
c. Don’t Know

3. The light was so bright that we had to cover from time to time our eyes.

a. The light were so bright that we had to cover our eyes from time to time.
b. The light was so bright that we had to cover our eyes from time to time.
c. Don’t Know

c3.  Conjunctions (konjungsi) adalah kata penghubung yang berfungsi untuk menghubungkan dua kalimat atau lebih menjadi satu kalimat. Berikut beberapa conjunctions yang sering digunakan.

Ex :
1.      device for electronically transmitting written material; electronically transmitted document

a.       franchise

b.      fraction

c.       fax


2. painstaking labor; careful planning; adding of extra details; act of improving; production
a. terminology
b.  resolve
c. elaboration


4. Parallelism artinya kata-kata yang digunakan dalam rangkaian atau kelompok yang harus mempunyai bentuk yang sama secara grammar. Ketika kita menggunakan kata-kata atau frase yang dihubungkan dengan kata penghubung dalam sebuah rangkaian, maka bentuknya harus sama secara grammar.
Ex              :
1. Terry likes swimming and………
a. diving
b. dive
c. dived
Kadang-kadang kata-kata yang berulang-ulang seperti auxiliary verbs, dapat dihilangkan pada rangkaian selanjutnya.
Ex        :
2. I have been to paris and………..
a. saw the eiffel tower
b. have seen the eiffel tower
c. see the Eiffel tower

5. Noun Clause adalah dependent clause yang berfungsi sebagai noun (kata benda).

  • Klausa kata benda ini dapat berfungsi sebagai subject maupun object didalam suatu clause atau phrase lain.
  • Karena berfungsi sebagai kata benda, maka dapat digantikan dengan pronounit“.
Ex        :
1. …………was late cused many problems.
a. That he
b. The driver
c. Because


6. Degree of comparison terdapat tiga tingkatan dalam Degrees of Comparison, pertama yaitu positive/ negative comparison, kedua comparative dan yang terakhir adalah superlative. Tetapi sebelum kita melangkah ke sub-bagian tersebut, alangkah baiknya jika paham terlebih dahulu pembentukan -er/est yang mutlak dibutuhkan ketika kita menggunakan comparative dan superlative.

Ex        :
1.      Your house is………………  than mine, but Alex’s house is the biggest
a.       Bigger
b.      Biggest
c.       big

7.    Gerund

  • Gerund adalah suatu kata yang dibentuk dari verb (kata kerja) dengan ditambahkan suffix (akhiran ) -ing dan berfungsi sebagai noun (kata benda).
  • Gerund merupakan verbal, yaitu suatu kata yang dibentuk dari kata kerja, namun berfungsi sebagai part of speech lain. Verbal yang lain yaitu infinitive dan participle. Seperti verbal lainnya, kata ini lebih umum untuk menamai action (aksi) atau state of being (keadaan).
  • Karena gerund berfungsi sebagai kata benda, maka harus ada verb lain dalam suatu kalimat.
  • Verbal ini dapat dipadukan dengan modifier dengan atau tanpa tambahan noun(s), pronoun(s), atau noun phrase membentuk gerund phrase
Ex        :
1.He allowed me ……………his car.
a. use
b. to use
c. using
2.I don’t mind ……………a roommate.
a. have
b. having
c. to have

8. Tenses
1.  During the Precambrian period, the earth’s curst formed, and life……. In the seas
a. First appeared
b. The first appear
c. The first appearance
d. Appearing first
(A) Because using the verb 3

2. Before the statue of liberty in the united states, newspaper invited the public to help determine where….. .placed after its arrival
a. Should the statue be
b. The statue being
c. It should be the statue
d. The statue should be
(D) Because the use of past continuous tense is future should +be
3. Seismic reflection profiling has…….. the ocean floor is underlain by a thin layer of nearly transparent sediments.
a. Reveal that
b. Revealed that
c. The revelation of
d. Revealed about
(B) Because using the present perfect tense is to use has + verb 3


4. …………..and terrifying, coral snakes can grow to 4 feet (1.2 meters) in length
a. They are extremely poisonous
b. The posion is extreme
c. Extremely poisonous
d. An extreme amount of poisonous
(a) Because it uses the present tense using the verb 1 and to be is

5. As…………… in greek and roman mythology, harpies were frightful monsters that were half woman and half bird
a. Described
b. To described
c. Description
d. Describing
(B) Due to be added as a complement as to

6. D.w grifitth pioneered many of the stylistic features and filmmaking techiniques….. as the hollywood standard
a. That estabilished
b. That became estabilished
c. What estabilished
d. What became estabilished
(B) Because it has happened in the past

7. By the end of this month, I ……my assignment
a. Will finish
b. Will have finished
c. Finish
d. Am finishing

(b) Because the use of present future perfect tense is future S+will/shall+V3

8. I meet Tyas this morning when I …….for the bus
a. Wait
b. Waited
c. Has waiting
d. Was waiting
(D) Because it uses the past tense using the Was+Verb 2

9. I know that one of my student ……in your company since he graduated
a. Work
b. Working
c. Have work
d. Has been working
(c) Because it uses the present perfect tense using since

10. Hadi looks very tired, he,,,, for hours now
a. Drove
b. Has been driving
c. Had driving
d. Had been driving
(b) Because it uses the present perfect continuous tense using the Has+been+V erb 1+ing

11. I hope that by the time my father retires,I…….. a job
a. Will have got
b. Get
c. Am getting
d. Have got
(a) Because it uses the future perfect tense using the Will/shall+have+verb3

12. “Did you meet your sister yesterday?”
“No,she……for Surabaya
a. Would leave
b. Has left
c. Had left
d. Is leaving
(C) Baecause it uses the past perfect tense using the Had+Verb3


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