Soal dan Pembahasan TBI (Pilihan Berganda) Bagian 23

  1. Soal
  2. Pilihan Berganda
  1. STAN students ...
    1. are intelligent, active and diligent
    2. are intelligent, active and are diligence
    3. are intelligent, are active and are diligents
    4. are intelligence, active, and diligent
    Jawaban : a
    Parallel structure (and); jenis kata yang digunakan harus sama; cth: adj + and + adj
  2. All students ... report to the STAN Secretariat on September 2nd for the final exam.
    1. Need
    2. are to
    3. could
    4. might
    Jawaban : b
    Are to = must
  3. The "for sale" sign isn't there now, but it ..... as recently as last week, so the car must have just been sold.
    1. just there
    2. would be there
    3. was there
    4. did be there
    Jawaban : c
    Bentuk kalimat tersebut adaah simple past tense dan present perfect tense (S + to be II + adj/N, S + have + VIII).
  4. ..... dinner tonight with Mr. Capello, and I'd like to invite you to come.
    1. We have
    2. We would have
    3. We've just
    4. We're having
    Jawaban : b
    Kalimat atau frase yang dihubungkan dengan “and” harus mempunyai tense yang sama.
    Past future perfect tense (S + whould + have + VIII)
  5. Michael's report ... discussed when I called Prof. Smith this afternoon.
    1. have been
    2. was being
    3. been
    4. being
    Jawaban : b
    Past continuous tense (menyatakan dua kegiatan yang hamper bersamaan waktunya). Kalimat tersebut berbentuk passive ( S + was/were + being + Ving)
  6. They left two hours ago, so they should be here soon. The statement that is similar in meaning ...
    1. They left two hours ago, so they must be here soon.
    2. They left two hours ago, so they've ever here soon.
    3. They left two hours ago, so they will be here soon.
    4. They left two hours ago, so they're likely to be here soon.
    Jawaban : d
    “should” dapat berfungsi untuk menunjukkan kemungkinan
  7. The fire spread quickly and, before the firemen arrived, the whole block of old buildings had ...
    1. burned out
    2. burned over
    3. burned down
    4. burned up
    Jawaban : a
    Burned out = habis terbakar
    Burned over = terbakar
    Burned down = terbakar (bertambah kecil)
    Burned up = penasaran
  8. ..... that increasing numbers of compact-disc players will be bought by consumers in the years to come.
    1. In anticipation
    2. It is anticipated
    3. Anticipating
    4. They are anticipated
    Jawaban : b
    It is anticipated berfungsi sebagai klausa utama
  9. Henry Vlll ruled that people born on February 29 ..... their birthday on February 28 in non-leap years.
    1. would celebrate
    2. celebrates
    3. would have celebrated
    4. celebrated
    Jawaban : c
    Bentuk kalimat tersebut adalah past future tense (S + whould + VI)
  10. After ... an investigation for alleged tax violations, Spiro Agnew resigned the vicepresidency in 1973.
    1. to undergo
    2. been undergone
    3. undergoing
    4. underwent
    Jawaban : c
    Setelah preposisi (after, before, on, in), kata kerja harus berbentuk gerund (Ving)