'
'When the goods . . . from the truck.'
A. unloaded
B. were unloading
C. being unloaded
D. were being unloaded
E. they were unloading
Jawaban : D
Pembahasan:
Kalimat tersebut menghendaki jawaban passive dalam bentuk Past Continuous, yakni
was/ were + being + V3.
2. Ahmad : Mah, what were you doing when I phoned your mother last night?
Halimah : I ... TV
A. watch
B. am watching
C. have watched
D. was watching
E. will watch
Jawaban : D
Pembahasan:
Dari ucapan Ahmad: Kita tahu bahwa Ahmad menanyakan kegiatan yang sedang
dilakukan Halimah tadi malam. Untuk itu, kita harus menggunakan pola past progressive
(S+ was/were + verb - ing).
5. Could you tell brother to meet me at the library tomorrow? `Sure, I____ him.'
A. would have told
B. am telling
C. be telling
D. will tell
E. will be telling
Jawaban : D
Pembahasan:
Ungkapan spontan yang menyatakan sesuatu akan dilakukan harus dinyatakan dalam
Simple Future : S'+ shall/will + V1.
11. Anwar was promoted president of your company last week; wasn't he?
'I'm glad he was; he ... in this company for years.'
A. worked
B. had worked
C. was working
D. has been working
E. would work
Jawaban : D
Pembahasan:
Keterangan waktu `for years' (selama bertahun-tahun) menunjukkan suatu kegiatan yang
terjadi dalam rentang waktu tertentu dari suatu waktu di masa lampau hingga sekarang.
Tense untuk menyatakan kegiatan seperti ini dipergunakan present perfect continuous (S
+ have/has + been + V-ing)
12. `What are you looking for?’, 'My wallet; I don't know where I ... it.'
A. have put
B. have been putting
C. had put
D. am putting
E. was putting
Jawaban : A
Pembahasan:
Tense untuk mengungkapkan kejadian yang telah berlangsung dan buktinya masih terasa/
terlihat adalah present perfect tense (have/has + V3).
15. Anita is looking forward to her birthday because she ... a new watch.
A. has promised
B. promised
C. being promised
D. has been promising
E. has been promised
Jawaban : E
Pembahasan:
Pernyataan di atas menghendaki bentuk passive yang artinya telah dijanjikan bukan telah
menjanjikan. Jadi polanya menggunakan Present Perfect passive S + have/has + been +
V3. Pola ini dipenuhi oleh pilihan (D): She has been promised a new watch'.
21. `Could you please book me on the next flight to Mexico City? 'I'm sorry, sir. Our airline
… to Mexico City."
A. doesn't fly
B. will not fly
C. did not fly
D. has not been flying
E. wasn't able to fly
Jawaban : A
Pembahasan:
Pernyataan yang berhubungan dengan jadwal, rutinitas selalu diungkapkan dalam bentuk
simple present tense (S + VI). Dalam hal ini yang dikehendaki adalah bentuk negatif
simple present : S + do/does + not + V1.
22. `He has to take a TOEFL test before leaving for the U.S.'
`No, . . . have to; he already took it a few months ago.
A. he can't
B. he doesn't
C. he hasn't
D. he isn't
E. he mustn't
Jawaban : B
Pembahasan:
Kalimat pertama tense-nya adalah present simple (has to = harus).
Maka respon kalimat tadi harus present simple juga dengan Auxiliary do/does. Does
digunakan terhadap untuk orang ketiga tunggal (third person singular).
23. I think you had better tell her the truth before somebody else ....
A. does
B. can
C. had
D. tells
E. did
Jawaban : A
Pembahasan:
Kalimat pertama bertense present simple, maka kalimat selanjutnya, yang merupakan
adverb clause harus ber-tense sama/setara: present simple. Apabila kegiatan (verb) yang
dimaksud kalimat kedua sama dengan kalimat pertama, maka verb kalimat kedua harus
dalam bentuk elips. Auxiliary do/does digunakan sebagai elips present.
26. ‘Have the boys had their breakfast?’ 'Not yet, they ....'
A. would still take a bath
B. have taken a bath
C. will take a bath
D. are still taking a bath
E. were taking a bath
Jawaban : D
Pembahasan:
JAWAB: not yet (belum) memberi pengertian bahwa kegiatan yang ditanyakan belum
dilakukan oleh subject dengan kata lain mereka masih sedang mandi. Sedang (pada
waktu kini) dinyatakan dalam pola Present Continuous: S + am/is/are + V-ing.
33. Last week Rini ... a holiday, she didn’t go for a picnic, she went camping.
A. is has
B. has
C. had
D. have
E. having
Jawaban : C
Pembahasan:
Last week = past tense (S + VII)
34. `So you have finished typing those letters! When did you do it? 'When you the
meeting.'
A. had attended
B. were attending
C. have attended
D. attend
E. attended
Jawaban : B
Pembahasan:
Kalimat soal dalam bentuk pertanyaan lampau past (when did), maka kalimat
jawabannya-pun harus dalam bentuk past. Conjuction 'when' menyatukan kegiatan
tersebut berlangsung bersamaan oleh karena itu harus dipergunakan bentuk past tense (S
+ V2) atau past continuous (S + was/were + V-ing). Dalam hal ini past continuous lebih
tepat alih-alih past tense untuk mengatakan 'saat anda sedang menghadiri pertemuan'
(when you were atending the meeting).
35. I didn't hear the thunder during the storm last night because I…..soundly.
A. have slept
B. have been sleeping
C. am sleeping
D. has slept
E. was sleeping
Jawaban : E
Pembahasan:
Conjunction `because' menyatakan kalimat hubungan sebab-akibat. Kalimat pertama,
sebagai result, dalam bentuk past (didn't) oleh karenanya kalimat selanjutnya, sebagai
reason, harus dalam past juga. Dalam hal ini saya tidak bisa mendengar guntur selama
badai tadi malam karena saya sedang tidur. 'Sedang' di waktu lampau diungkapkan
dengan past continuous: S + was/were + V-ing.
36. `Did you see the children when you came home this afternoon?' 'No, they….their teacher
in Priok'
A. would have visited
B. visited
C. to visit
D. had visited
E. were visiting
Jawaban : E
Pembahasan:
Jawaban yang dikehendaki adalah alasan bahwa anak-anak tidak ada dirumah, yaitu
sedang berkunjung ke gurunya di Priok. Pernyataan dalam past (did) maka jawabannya
pun dalam past. Ungkapan sedang di waktu lampau dinyatakan dengan bentuk past
continous : S + was/were + V-ing.
38. Nukmi : What was your sister doing when you arrived home last night?
Rendra : She ... in the kitchen.
A. was cooking
B. cooks
C. has cooked
D. is cooking
E. has been cooking
Jawaban : A
Pembahasan:
Ungkapan yang paling tepat untuk menjawab pertanyaan Nuki adalah: "She was coking",
karena pertanyaan memiliki bentuk Past Continuous Tense yang ditandai dengan
keterangan waktu: when you arrived.
42. `When did you realize you had lost your purse?
'When I ….. money to pay the bus fare.'
A. am needing
B. was needing
C. had needed
D. needed
E. have needed
Jawaban : D
Pembahasan:
Pernyataan kalimat soal dalam bentuk past (did) maka jawabannya pun harus ber-tense
sama. Past. `When' merujuk pada kegiatan yang berlangsung bersamaan bukan kejadian
yang berturutturut, maka `adverb of time' yang diawali conjunction when harus dalam
past tense (V2) atau past continuous (was/were V-ing) bukan past perfect (had V3/been).
Kata `need' adalah stative verb, kata kerja yang tidak punya bentuk continuous (V-ing).
Dengan demikian jawaban yang tepat adalah (B) needed.
44. Tuti came home very late last night. Where did Budiman take her to?'
A. To the movies he took her last night
B. She took him to the movies last night
C. Last night she took him to the movies
D. He took her last night to the movies
E. He took her to the movies last night
Jawaban : E
Pembahasan:
Penempatan adverb of time harus selalu di akhir atau di awal kalimat. Susunan normal
sebagai berikut:
S + V + O+ Adverb of place + Adverb of time
He took her to the movie last night.
45. 'When did you realize you had lost your purse?'
'When I___ money to pay the conductor.
A. am needing
B. was needing
C. had needed
D. needed
E. have needed
Jawaban : D
Pembahasan:
Pertanyaan kalimat soal adalah dalam bentuk past (did), maka jawabannya pun harus ber-
tense sama: Past Tense. Dari pilihan yang ada, yang merupakan pola past tense hanya
(B). needed.
47. My daughter ... a lot of photographs of the Borobudur when she went there on her last
vacation.
A. had taken
B. has taken
C. would take
D. has been taking
E. took
Jawaban : E
Pembahasan:
Kegiatan yang ber:angsung pada waktu lampau (when she went there) harus dibentuk
dalam pola past tense (S + V2). Jadi jawaban yang benar adalah "my daughter took a lot
of photographs of Borobudur."
49. A taxi driver who witnessed the accident took my injured brother to the hospital and then.
. . my parents.
A. was calling
B. call
C. calling
D. called
E. to call
Jawaban : D
Pembahasan:
Kata sambung `and' menghubungkan pemakaian jenis dan bentuk kata yang setara.
Kalimat di atas menggunakan past (took) maka verb setelah `and' harus dalam bentuk
past juga (called).
50. A : This is a very old building.
B : I wasn't even born yet when it ....
A. had built
B. is built
C. was built
D. is being built
E. has been built
Jawaban : C
Pembahasan:
Kata dibangun membutuhkan kalimat pasif dan keterangan saya belum lahir
memperlihatkan keterangan lampau. Jadi, kata “dibangun” tersebut harus dibuat dalam
bentuk past tense pasif (was/were + V3).