Nouns

1. The two main ______are permanent magnets and electromagnets

A kinds of magnets

B kind of magnets

C kind magnets

D kinds magnets

Jawaban: A

Pada phrasa sebelumnya ada kata two yang merupakan indikasi dari jamak dan setelahnya ada to be are
dan kata benda magnets yang juga jamak.

2. When water is frozen, it becomes ________

A ice

B ices

C the ice

D an ice

Jawaban : A

Ice merupakan noncountable noun (kata benda yang tidak dapat dihitung). Penanda –s atau article a
atau an itu untuk countable noun. Sedangkan article the untuk kata benda yang specific

3. In the fall, most trees lose _______ , which have turned from green to gold and orange.

A their leaf

B their leaves

C the leaf

D the leafs

Jawaban: B

Bentuk plural/jamak dari leaf itu leaves

 4. During the early nineteenth century, ________ were hunted for their pelts.

A a beaver

B beavers

C the beaver

D that beaver

Jawaban: B

Kata benda (fungsi subjek) harus jamak karena ada to be were setelahnya. Were Itu bentuk past dari
are.

5. _______ designs on a wall, also called graffiti, has become associated with gang activity in many
neighborhoods.

A Spraying of

B The spraying of

C Spray the

D Sprays

Jawaban: B

Subjek bisa diisi dengan noun phrase. Salah satu bentuk noun phrase yaitu ada dua kata benda atau
lebih yang disisipkan dengan kata of. Jawaban A kurang tepat karena tidak ada the.

6. _______ by the author John Grisham are frequently on the best seller list.

A The novel

B Novels

C A novel

D Some novel

Jawaban: B

Dalam kalimat tersebut ada to be are sebagai penanda plural/jamak

 7. Termites can do ____ to the wood in homes before they are detected.

A an extensive damage

B extensive damages

C the extensive damage

D extensive damage

Jawaban: D

Kata damage dalam bahasa inggris dikategorikan sebagai noncountable noun sehingga tidak bisa
ditambahkan dengan –s atau article a/an seperti jawaban A dan B. Untuk jawaban C pun kurang tepat
karena article the itu mengimplikasikan damage yang spesifik.

8. Canada stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, and covers ______ of almost
four million square miles.

A a area

B an area

C the area

D area

Jawaban: B

Article/determiner an digunakan sebelum kata benda countable yang dimulai dengan bunyi vocal.

9. The first article of the United States Constitution gives Congress ______ to pass the laws.

A the power is

B has the power

C the power

D of the power

Jawaban: C

The power merupakan direct objek

 10. The professor was pleased with ________ of the students

A progress remarkable

B remarkable progress

C the progress remarkable

D the remarkable progress

Jawaban: D

Word order/susuna yang tepat yaitu adjective dulu baru diikuti oleh noun. Noun phrase yang disisipkan
of biasanya diawali dengan article/determiner the.

Error Recognition

11. As a compilation of useful details, a weekly magazine commends itself in several respect

Respect  respects

Sebelumnya ada kata several sebagai penanda plural/jamak.

12. Through aquaculture, or fish farming, more than 500 million tons of fish are produced each
years.

Years  year

Each sebagai penanda singular/tunggal

13. The legal system has much safeguards to protect the right of a defendant to an impartial jury.

Much  many

Safeguards itu kata benda yang dapat dihitung. Maka yang lebih tepat adalah many.

14. The mystery bookstore was largely a phenomena of a last decade.

Phenomena  phenomenon

Karena sebelumnya ada article/determiner a, maka kata benda yang mengikutinya harus dalam bentuk

singular/tunggal. Phenomenon itu kata benda tunggal sedangkan phenomena itu jamak.

15. The sycamore has broad leaves with a large amount of pointed teeth.

a large amount  a large number

Karena teeth itu kata benda yang dapat dihitung, maka determiner yang tapat adalah a large number.

16. Uranus is the seventh planets from the Sun.

Planets  planet

Uranus itu jumlahnya satu maka tidak seharusnya ditambahkan –s pada kata planet.
 1. Almost everyone fails _______ the driver's test on the first try.

A passing

B to have passed

C to pass

D in passing

Jawaban: C

Setelah kata kerja fails diikuti oleh Infinitive with to

2. If endangered species ______ saved, rain forests must be protected.

A are to be

B be

C can be

D will be

Jawaban: A

3. The average spoken sentence in conversational English takes 2.5 seconds _____ .

A for to complete

B completing

C to complete

D by completing

Jawaban: C

4. Only twenty years ago, most doctors agreed _______ truthful with their terminally ill patients, a
trend that has reversed itself in modern medical practice.

A don't to be

B not to be

C we shouldn't been

D no to been

Jawaban: B
Susunannya harus not dulu baru to infinitive

5. William Torrey Harris was one of the first educators interested in ________ a logical progression
of topics in the school curriculum.

A establishing

B for establishing

C establishing

D to establish

Jawaban: A

Setelah preposisi diikuti gerund.

6. North American Indian tribes used sign language ______ with tribes that spoke a different
language or dialect.

A to communicating

B for communicate

C to communicate

D for communicated

Jawaban: C

Infinitive with to digunakan salah satunya untuk menyatakan tujuan.

7. Adult eagles let their offspring _____ nests near their original nesting area.

A build

B builds

C building

D to build

Jawaban: A

Setelah kata kerja let, make, have, hope, get diikuti oleh bare infinitive/infinitive without to.

8. If gasoline vapor _____ with air, combustion will occur.

A mixed
B had mixed

C mixes

D mixture

Jawaban: C

9. Vermont, commonly known as the Green Mountain State, refused ______ until 1791.

A to join the Union

B Joining the Union

C the joining of the Union

D join the Union

Jawaban: A

Setelah kata kerja refuse diikuti infinitive with to.

10. Air constricted between the vocal chords makes them _____, producing sounds.

A to vibrate

B vibrating

C vibrate

D the vibration

Jawaban: C

Setelah kata kerja let, make, have, hope, get diikuti oleh bare infinitive/infinitive without to.
Practice
1. I can’t help ______ that we made the wrong decision.
A. to think
B. think
C. thinking 
D. thought

2. He ____ in bed for another hour after the alarm went off.
A. lie
B. lay
C. lied 
D. lain

3. I expect _____ to the meeting.

A. to go 
B. go
C. goes
D. going

4. The key is ______ on the table under the envelope.

A. lying
B. laying 
C. lay
D. laid
 5. The doctor suggests _____ less red meat and more fresh
vegetables.
A. to eat 
B. eat
C. eaten
D. eating

1. He practices piano every day.

2. Ann is swimming right now.
3. Ted wrote his report last night.
4. At three o’clock yesterday she was studying
5. We have not seen this movie yet.
6. She has been working here for ten years.
7. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody had
gone to bed.
8. We had been walking along the road for about 20 minutes
when an accident happened.
9. This time next week I will be sailing to Netherland.
10. They will have been finishing their assignments by the end
of this week.
11. Who is responsible for (washing) and (drying) the
dishes after dinner?
12. Thank you for (helping) me carry my suitcases.
13. Would you mind (opening) the door?
14. The teacher allowed me (to leave) class early.
15. Ms. Nurlatifah reminded me (to finish) making some
questions for mid test.
16. She let her friend go

Let’s go = let us go
Let me go
Make, have, get
 1. The data on the winter migration patterns of the monarch butterfly is very _______

A interested

B interest

C interesting

D of interest

Jawaban: D

Interesting yaitu adjective menjelaskan noun the data

2. Uranus is just ______ to be seen on a clear night with the naked eye.

A bright enough

B enough brightly

C as enough bright

D bright as enough

Jawaban: A

Kata sifat bright ditempatkan sebelum kata enough.

3. Thirty-six years after his first flight, at the age of 77, John Glenn proved that he was not ______
to return to his role as an astronaut.

A so old

B too old

C oldest

D very older

Jawaban: B

4. The seed heads of teasel plants raise the nap on coarse tweed cloth ______ than do the
machine tools invented to replace them.

A more efficiently

B efficiently

C more efficient
D most efficient

Jawaban: A

Than adalah penanda comparative. More efficiently merupakan adverb/kata keterangan yang
menjelaskan kata kerja raise.

5. The North American robin is only _____ the European and African robins.

A half big

B as big half

C half as big as

D big by half

Jawaban: C

Half as big as merupakan equal comparison.

6. In US law, a misdemeanor is a crime that is _____ a felony, and usually carries a term of
imprisonment of less than one year for most offenses.

A lesser than

B less severe than

C less than severe

D severely lesser

Jawaban: B

Severe merupakan kata sifat dua syllable/suku kata. Bentuk comparativenya harus didahului oleh kata
more atau less.

7. ________ 250.000 species of fossils have been discovered in both organized, scientific searches
and by sheer accident.

A as much as

B as many as

C as many

D many as

Jawaban: B
Fossils merupakan kata benda yang dapat dihitung.

8. The North's abundance of industry and commercial wealth proved to be a greater advantage
_____ in determining the outcome of the Civil war.

A than originally thought

B that originally thought

C as originally thought

D originally thought

Jawaban: A

Karena ada kata greater yang merupakan comparative adjective, maka diperlukan than untuk
melengkapinya.

9. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair of 1969 captured the essence of the counterculture
movement of the 1960s _________

A most than any of other events

B best that any other event

C than any other events

D better than any other event

Jawaban: D

Ada dua hal yang dibandingkan

10. A dancer, while always graceful and precise in her movements, trains ____ any other athlete.

A as strenuously

B more strenuously as

C as strenuously as

D as strenuously that

Jawaban: C

Hanya jawaban C yang bentuk comparisonnya paling tepat.

 1. On the average, a healthy heart _____ to pump five tablespoons of blood with every beat.

A must

B ought

C can

D should

Jawaban: B

Dalam pilihan jawaban tersebut hanya ought yang berpasangan dengan to, yang lainnya tidak boleh
diikuti to. Ought to artinya seharusnya.

2. In general, by the second year of production, the price of a new piece of technology _______
significantly.

A will decreased

B has decreased

C will have decreased

D will has decreased

Jawaban: C

Kalimat tersebut merupakan future perfect tense ditandai dengan penanda waktu by.

3. Civil engineers had better _____ steel supports in concrete structures built on unstable
geographical sites.

A include

B including

C inclusion

D included

Jawaban: A

Setelah had better harus diikuti infinitive without to atau bare infinitive.

4. The cones of pine trees _____ two or three years to reach maturity.

A to take

B taking
C may take

D takes

Jawaban: C

D kurang tepat karena ada akhiran –s sementara subjeknya dalam bentuk jamak sehingga jawaban yang
paling tepat adalah c karena setelah modal may diikuti infinitive tanpa to.

5. Although the scientific community had hoped that the field of transplantation ________ , the
shortage of organ donors has curtailed research.

A progress

B had progressed

C would progress

D progressing

Jawaban C.

Had hoped itu bentuk past, maka would progress menjadi jawaban paling tepat karena would itu bentuk
past dari will.

6. Even without strong wings, the ostrich has survived because it _______ at high speeds to escape
predators.

A to run

B can run

C running

D run

Jawaban: B

A tidak tepat karena tidak ada verb sebelum to, C tidak tepat karena tidak ada to be sebelum running,
dan D kurang tepat karena tidak ada akhiran –s untuk subject it.

7. Research in genetics and DNA _____ had a profound influence on the direction of treatment for
a large number of diseases.

A having

B has

C have
D have to

Jawaban: B

Research itu singular/tunggal

8. During the past decade, twenty million college graduates ______ more then fifty billion dollars
in ten-year student loans.

A spended

B spent

C is spended

D spending

Jawaban: B

Bentuk past (V2) dari spend yaitu spent (irregular verb), bukan spended.

9. A patient suffering from amnesia ______ partial or total loss of memory.

A may have

B may has

C may had

D may having

Jawaban: A

Setelah modal harus diikuti bare infinitive (kata kerja dasar)

10. She _____ on the project only if she ____ a full-time secretary.

A will work, can has

B will work, can have

C will works, can has

D will works, can have

Jawaban: B

Setelah modal harus diikuti bare infinitive (kata kerja dasar)