English Corner Quiz

Sometimes......................... to place physics and chemistry into separate categories.

• difficult

• is difficult

• it is difficult

• that it is difficult

Answer explanation

it is difficult

Kalimat membutuhkan subject dan verb

Martha Graham,........................., has run her own dance company for half a century.

• is the great modern choreographer

• one of the great modern choreographers

• that the great modern choreographers

• the modern choreographers were great

Answer explanation

one of the great modern choreographers

Dibutuhkan appositive, karena kalimat sudah memiliki subject = Martha Graham dan verb = has run

Long before children are able to speak or understand a language,

...........communicate through facial expressions and by making noises

• however

• they

• furthermore

• who

Answer explanation

they

Kalimat membutuhkan subject karena hanya memiliki verb = communicate

The seating of musicians in an orchestra is arranged ............ to produce the desired blend of sounds from the various musical sections

• the conductor of

• from the conductor

• the conductor and

• by the conductor

Answer explanation

by the conductor

Dibutuhkan pelengkap kalimat pasif yang menggunakan by dan pelaku

The worldwide race to develop an affordable synthetic fuel has so far consumed billions of dollars and ........... few results.

• yielded

• yielding

• yield a

• has a yield of

Answer explanation

yielded

Kalimat memiliki "and" yang menunjukkan klausa sebelum dan sesudah, "and" harus dalam bentuk yang parallel. Dalam soal ini yang parallel adalah bentuk kata kerja : "has consumed and has yielded". Tetapi "has" yang kedua boleh tidak dituliskan lagi karena sudah disebutkan sebelumnya