Soal dan Pembahasan TBI (Cloze Question) Bagian 1

    May 27, 2006, was a day that I will never forget. It was the day I experienced my first earthquake. l had just ...(154)... home from mosque and was lying  on  the living room sofa watching the news on  TV. My little brother was in my room  playing, and my older sister was in the  kitchen   preparing   our    breakfast. Our parents were still sleeping. At  exactly   5.49    a.m.,  the  earthquake ...(155)...   my    country.   Our house started ....(156)... violently  as  it  ....(157)....  a small wooden boat being  tossed by  giant  waves in the ocean. At first, none realized what was happening. Then my sister yelled, "Earthquake! Get under something!"  I  was too  stunned to move, but the shaking was so strong that I soon fell off the sofa onto  the floor.  I half rolled, half crawled across the floor to the dining  table and got  under it. My sister  was sitting  on  the floor kitchen, holding her arms ...(158)... her head to protect it from  falling dishes. She yelled at my little  brother  to  get  under  his  desk,  but   he wanted to be near us. He tried to get out  of my room, but he kept falling down. The earthquake lasted  less  than a minute,  but  it seemed like a year to us.



    1. Get
    2. Getting
    3. Gotten
    4. Got
    Jawaban : d

    Past participle : had gotten

    Pola = S + had + V3/been



    1. Struck
    2. Stricked
    3. Striking
    4. Strike
    Jawaban : a

    Simple past tense. Struck (bentuk 2 dari strike).

    1. shaking
    2. to shake
    3. shaken
    4. a and b are correct
    Jawaban : d

    Bentuk kata start dapat diikuti  oleh  V.ing  atau to  infinitive.  Jadi,  jawaban  A dan B  benar karena memiliki makna yang sama.

    1. is
    2. was
    3. were
    4. had been
    Jawaban : b

    Kalimat ini merupakan kalimat past tense yang subyeknya adalah kata ganti orang ketiga tunggal.

    1. on
    2. through
    3. over
    4. in
    Jawaban : a

    on : di atas, through : melewati, over : di atas (melewati/menyeberangi sesuatu), in : ke dalam.