Choose the best answer and give an explanation about your answer
1. The large carotid artery ____ to
the main parts of the brain.
a. Carrying blood
b. Blood is carried
c. Carries blood
d. Blood carries
Explanation : Membentuk kata penerangan
diterangkan.
2. Mark Twain _____ the years after the Civil War the “Gilded Age.”
(A) called
(B) calling
(C) he called
(D) his calls
Explanation : kalimat tersebut kalimat
pasif
3. _____ radio as the
first practical system of wireless telegraphy.
(A) Marconi’s development
(B) The development by Marconi
(C) Developing Marconi
(D) Marconi developed
Explanation : menjelaskan kepunyaan
4. The earliest medicines
_____ from plants of various sorts.
(A) obtaining
(B) they obtained
(C) were obtained
(D) they were obtained
Explanation : kalimat yang mengandung
sudah lewat
5. Pluto’s moon, Charon,
_____ in a slightly elliptical path around the planet.
(A) moving
(B) is moving
(C) it was moving
(D) in its movement
Explanation : kalimat menunjukan
kegiatan berlangsung
6. Robert E. Lee ____ the
Confederate army to General Grant in 1865 at the Appomattox Courthouse.
(A) surrendered
(B) he surrendered
(C) surrendering
(D) surrender
Explanation : kalimat mengandung lampau
jadi menggunakan verb 3
7. In the Stone Age,
stone tools _____ with other rock materials.
(A) polishing
(B) they polished
(C) for polish
(D) were polished
Explanation : kalimat tersebut bentuk
lampau
8. The first steamship to
cross the Atlantic ____ Savannah, in 1819.
(A) was the
(B) it was the
(C) the
(D) in it the
Explanation : kalimat yang mengandung
sudah lewat
9. The first plant-like
organisms probably _____ in the sea, perhaps 3 billion years ago.
(A) life
(B) living
(C) lived
(D) it was living
Explanation : kalimat yang mengandung
sudah lewat
10. Air near the
equator ____ a faster west-to-east motion than air farther from the equator.
(A) to have
(B) it has
(C) has
(D) having
Explanation : has merupakan kata yang
tepat untuk kalimat tersebut
11. ____ quickly after an animal
dies.
(A) In the degradation of DNA
(B) Degrading DNA
(C) DNA degrades
(D) For DNA to degrade
Explanation : kalimat present tense
(subject + verb + object)
12. _____ is famous as the home of the
U.S. Naval Academy.
(A) Annapolis
(B) Because of
Annapolis
(C) Why Annapolis
(D) Because Annapolis
Explanation : subjek kalimat
13. _________ the
deepest valleys and canyons on the Earth.
(A) In the Pacific
Ocean with
(B) In the Pacific
Ocean
(C) The Pacific Ocean
(D) The
Pacific Ocean has
Explanation : sesuai kaidah bahasa
inggris
14. In the United States, the
participation of females in the labor force from
37 percent in 1965 to 51 percent in 1980.
(A) it jumped
(B) jump
(C) jumping
(D) jumped
Explanation : kalimat yang mengandung
sudah lewat
15. ______ the second most common metal
in the earth’s crust, and it always occurs in combination with other
substances.
(A) Iron
(B) Iron is
(C) With iron
(D) With iron is
Explanation : sesuai dengan ketentuan
bahasa inggris
16. Although knives and forks
_____ of prehistoric origin, spoons are relatively new.
(A) are
(B) they are
(C) are they
(D) which are
Explanation : karena which adalah
penyambung kalimat
17. ____ lived on Earth for nearly 150
million years.
(A) Dinosaurs
(B) Dinosaurs who
(C) If dinosaurs
(D) Since dinosaurs
Explanation : dinosaurs adalah subjek
18. _____along most of its length into
an upper chamber and a lower chamber.
(A) The divided
cochlea
(B) Dividing the
cochlea
(C) The cochlea is
divided
(D) With a divided
cochlea
Explanation : karena ini merupakan
kalimat sambung
19. When _____ the conference?
(A) the doctor
attended
(B) did the doctor
attend?
(C) the doctor will
attend
(D) the doctor’s
attendance
Explanation : merupakan kalimat Tanya
future
20. To Mike ____ was a big surprise.
(A) really
(B) the party
(C) funny
(D) when
Explanation : karena kata sambung sesuai
dengan kalimat tersebut
Correct or incorrect, revise and give an
explanation about the error and you answer
21. Each day practiced the piano for
hours.
(Incorrect : The piano practiced for
hours each day)
Explanation : kalimat disusun sesuai
dengan format SPOK
22. the directions to the exercise on
page twenty unclear.
(Incorrect : The exercise directions on
page twenty is unclear)
Explanation : kalimat disusun
berdasarkan kaidah bahasa inggris yaitu kata sifat terlebih dahulu
23. During the week eat lunch in the
school cafeteria.
(Incorrect : Lunch in the school
cafeteria during the week)
Explanation :kalimat disusun berdasarkan
kaidah bahasa inggris yaitu kata sifat terlebih dahulu
24. In the morning after concert was
tired.
(Incorrect : After concert in the
morning was tired)
Explanation : kalimat disusun
berdasarkan kaidah bahasa inggris yaitu
25. During the meeting in the office
discussed the schedule.
(Incorrect : The schedule discuss during
the meeting at the office)
Explanation : karena kalimat berbentuk
present tenses maka menghilangkan ed
26. Everyone must leaves the room
immediately.
(Correct)
Explanation : sudah sesuai
27. I could sat on the beach for hours.
(Incorrect : I could sit on the beach
for hours)
Explanation : could sudah menunjukan
modals bentuk yang sudah lewat jadi tidak boleh menggunkan sat
28. She will asking you many difficult
questions.
(Incorrect : She will ask you many
difficult question)
Explanation : tidak sesuai dengan future
tense (subject + will + verb 1+ object)
29. The new movie is receive good
reviews.
(Incorrect : The new movie received good
reviews)
Explanation : menggunakan akhiran ed
karena kalimat berbentuk yang sudah lewat
30. We took a new routes to the beach
house.
(Incorrect : We took a new route to the
beach house)
Explanation : karena awalan sudah
menggunakan benda tunggal kata akhiran s pada routes diganti menjadi route
31. They helped she with the work.
(Incorrect : They helped her in work)
Explanation : her itu menunjukan objek
pada kalimat tersebut
32. Her and Bob came over to visit me.
(Incorrect : She and bob came over visit
me)
Explanation : she menunjukann subjek
33. She lent it to you and I.
(Incorrect : She lent it to you and me)
Explanation : me menunjukan pernyataan
diri sendiri
34. we offered she a place to stay.
(Incorrect : We offered her a place to
stay)
Explanation : her ini menunjukan
kata objek
35. The soup needs more salt because he
does not taste very good.
(Incorrect : The soups needs more salt
because it does not very good taste)
Explanation : it disini menunjukan kata
ganti benda (the soup) very good taste
36. the girls ran too fast and she fell
down.
(Incorrect : The girl ran too fast and
she fell down)
Explanation : menjadi kata girl karena
satu orang dan setelah itu ada kata she
37. they sold the car to you and I.
(Incorrect : They sold the car to you
and me)
Explanation : me menunjukan pernyataan
diri sendiri
38. I told his the truth, but he didn’t
believe me.
(Correct)
Explanation : sudah sesuai
39. you and she should look for they.
(Incorrect : You should look for them)
Explanation : you (kalian) maka tidak
perlu menggunakan she, sedangkan them sudah menunjukan objek
40. Martha was happy when she boss gave
her a pay raise.
(Incorrect : Martha was happy when her
boss gave a pay raise)
Explanation : her menunjukan kepunyaan
41. just between our, I am not sure if
we can trust them.
(Incorrect : Just between us, I am not
sure if we can trust them)
Explanation : tidak menggukan our karena
our menunjukan kepunyaan maka diganti us
42. the travelers lost our way in the
storm.
(Correct)
Explanation : sudah sesuai
43. please tell your brother that me
need to talk to him.
(Incorrect : Please tell your brother
that I need to talk him)
Explanation : I sebagai subjek
44. the boy got the box and his opened
it carefully.
(Incorrect : The boy got the box and he
opened it carefully)
Explanation : he disini menunjukan kata
pengganti subjek
45. if my friend calls, please ask them
to call back later.
(Correct)
Explanation : sudah sesuai
46. me and my friend are taking a trip.
(Correct)
Explanation : sudah sesuai
47. our neighbors are going with you and
I.
(Incorrect : Our neightbour are going
with us)
Explanation : me menunjukan pernyataan
diri sendiri
48. Ghea explained that her and her
sister had often eaten at that restaurant.
(Incorrect : Ghea explained that she and
her sister had often eat at that restaurant)
Explanation :she disini menunjukan
subjek, had sudah berbentuk lampau jadi tidak menggunakan verb 3
49. the students are allowed to ask
questions when she doesn't understand a problem.
(Incorrect : The students allowed to ask
questions when they didn’t understand a problem)
Explanation : she diganti they karena
students menunjukan subjek yang jamak
50. do you know Ben and her wife?
(Incorrect : Do you know ben and his
wife?)
Explanation : his menunjukan kepunyaan /
transformasi dari he