TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL,WRITTEN EXPRESSION DAN PEMBAHASANNYA

TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL (WRITTEN EXPRESSION 10)DAN PEMBAHASANNYA

By YULI ROSA RITA -
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1. Please give me a few coffee and some donuts if you have any left.                    A                B                              C                              D jawab :(B)a few key word :coffee pembahasan: seharusnya a little ,coffee adalah noun-countable noun. 2. There are ten childs playing in the yard near her house,but your child is not among them.            A                      B                                                                                     C                           D jawab :(B)childs key word: ten pembahasan :seharusnya children ,jamak dari child adalah children 3. People respected George Washington because he was a honest man ,and he returned out          A                                                                    B                                 C to  be one of our greatest   military leaders.                 D jawab :(C)a honest man key word :honest pembahasan :seharusnya an honest man ,honest dibaca
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TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL(STRUCTURE)

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1.George did not do well in the class because.......
a.he studied bad
b.he was not good studywise
c.he was a badly student
d.he failed to study properly
pembahasan:Choice(A)is incorrect.What is not a relative pronoun,and thus cannot follow a noun in this way.Choice(B)incorrectly uses the pronoun who,which may be used only for people.The noun immediately before it is proposal.(D)is verbose.

2.This university's programs.....those of Harvard.
a.come second after
b.are second only to
c.are first except for
d.are in second place from
pembahasan:(C)Choices(A),(B),and (D)are all verbose

3.The more she worked,......
a.the less she achieved
b.she achieved not enough
c.she did not achieve enough
d.she was achieving less
pembahasan:(B)To speak of societal classes we have only the following choices:lower class,lower-middle class,middle class,upper-middle class,and upper class.

4.........the best car to buy is a Mercedes Benz.
a.Because of its durability and economy,
b.Because it lasts a long time,and it is very economical,
c.Because of its durability and it is economical,
d.Because durably and economywise it is better than all the others,
pembahasan:(C)Choices(A)and(B)are incorrect because the correct form is know how+(verb in infinitive).Choice(D)is verbose,using a poor choice of vocabulary in"way of efficiently in study."

5.When Henry arrived home after a hard day at work,......
a.his wife was sleeping
b.his wife slept
c.his wife has slept
d.his wife has been sleeping
pembahasan:(D)Choice(A)uses improper word order.Also,easier should be easily(The adverb)to modify the verb,and "with hopes to be able"should be"with hopes of being able."(B)uses in improper sequence of tenses;can should be could.And,as in(A),easier should be easily.Choice(C)is incorrect because the proper idiom is hope of,not hope for.

6.He gave........
a.to the class a tough assignment
b.the class a tough assignment
c.a tough assignment for the class
d.an assignment very tough to the class
pembahasan:(C)Choice(A)should read not only.....but also.(B)is redundant.You should not say both........as well as,and the choice does not include the necessary noun(ability,skill,talent,etc)after artistic.(D)is verbose and uses poor vocabulary choice.

7.People all over the world are starving........
a.greater in numbers
b.in more numbers
c.more numerously
d.in greater numbers
pembahasan:Choice(A),(B),and(D) lack parallel structure.Correct structure is will+(verb in simple form):will wash..........iron........prepare.....dust.

8.It ws not until she arrived in class.......realized she had forgotten her book.
a.and she
b.when she
TRIK JITU MENGERJAKAN SOAL TOEFL 2 DAN PEMBAHASANNYA
c.she
d.that she
pembahasan:The correct form for the  negaive indirect command is verb+indirect object+not+infinitive

9.John hass not been able to recall where...........
a.does she live
b.she lives
c.did she live
d.lived the girl
pembahasan:The past condition requires if......past perfect........modal+perfective.

10.Ben would have studied medicine if he.............to a medical school.
a.could be able to enter
b.had been admitted
c.was admitted
d.were admitted
pembahasan:For the subjunctive use insisted that+(verb in simple form)Choice(A)would be correct if it did not include that he,which is redundant when used with that his patient.

11.He entered a university........
a.when he had sixteen years
b.when sixteen years were his age
c.at the age of sixteen
d.at age sixteen years old
pembahasan:Choices(B)is incorrect because it says let.......enter.It must be let+(verb in simple form),"let the photographers enter."In choice(C),permitting is in the gerund form,and a verb in  the past perfect is needed.Also permit,like allow,must be followed by the infinitive,not the simple form.(D)uses incorrect word order;the verb is after the complement.

12.The jurors were told to......
a.talk all they wanted
b.make lots of expressions
c.speak freely
d.talk with their minds open
pembahasan:(B)Choice(A)is incorrect because there is no antecedent for the pronoun they.Choice(C)is verbose and should read either capable of completing or able to complete.(D)is also verbose and uses improper word choice.You cannot"trust"ability.

13.Those students do not like to read novels........text books.
a.in any case
b.forgetting about
c.leaving out of the question
d.much less
pembahasan:Choice(A)is incorrect because the committee members did not resent the president;they resented his not informing them.If the sentence meant that they resented the president,it would have to say,".......resented the president,it would have to say,".......resented the president for not informing..."(B)is not correct because this wording would also indicate that they resented the president himself,but resent here must be followed by(verb+ing).(D)is verbose.It also should use fail+infinitive(Failed to inform).Also,in choice(D),themselves is an improper use of the reflexive,them would be correct.

14.He...............looked forward to the new venture.
a.eagerly
b.with great eagerness
c.eagernesly
d.in a state of increasing eagerness
pembahasan:This sentence involves the use of an adverbial at the beginning of a sentence.Correct form is adverbial+auxiliary+subject+verb.The auxiliary did is in the main sentence before the subject Arthur,so(D)is the only possible answer,as it begins with the adverbial only.

15.The families were told to evacuate their houses immediately.........
a.at the time when the water began to go up
b.when the water began to rise
c.when up was going the water
d.in the time when the water raised
pembahasan:Choice(B)is incorrect because it does not use parallel structure.Active voice.......active voice is needed.Choice(C)makes improper use of the past progressive.(D)is verbose and makes improper use of the present perfect.Correct sequence of tense is scurried......heard.

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