Structure & Written expression TOEFL

1. 1. The North Platte River _______ from Wyoming into Nebraska.

• is flowed

• flows

• flowing

• with flowing water

Answer explanation

Sebuah kalimat minimal terdiri dari Subject & Verb.

2. The tetracyclines, ________ antibiotics, are used to treat infections.

• are a family of

• being a family

• a family of

• their family is

Answer explanation

Be careful of appositives (kata benda yang terletak sebelum/sesudah kata benda lainnya dan biasanya diatur dengan tanda koma.

Appositive bukanlah subject sebuah kalimat.

3. 3. With his friend ______ found the movie theater.

• he

• has

• later

• when

Answer explanation

Be careful with the object of prepositions (preposisi yang diikuti oleh kata benda).

Object of preposition bukan subject sebuah kalimat.

4. 4. The first team winning four games _________ the championship.

• is awarding

• award

• is awarded

• reward

Answer explanation

Be careful of present participle (kata kerja bentuk -ing). Contoh: standing, walking, dll.

Present participle bisa memiliki 2 fungsi, yaitu:

1. 1. sebagai kata kerja (verb) jika ditemani "be"

2. 2. sebagai kata sifat (adjective) jika tidak ditemani "be"

5. 5. The television purchased yesterday ______ expensive.

• very

• is

• it was

• was

Answer explanation

Be careful of past participle. Past partiiple bisa jadi sebagai:

1. 1. kata kerja simple past (V2)

2. 2. kata kerja yang ditemani have atau be (present perfect/kalimat pasif)

3. 3. kata sifat (jika tidak ditemani be dan kelimat terdiri dari 2 klausa/lebih)

6. 6. Without a proper card installed inside the computer, ________ impossible to run a graphical program.

• is definitely

• because of

• it is

• is

7. 7. The three basic chords in ______ the tonic, the dominant, and the subdominant.

• functional harmony

• functional harmony is

• functional harmony are

• functional harmony they are

8. 8. Each object _______ Jupiter's magnetic field is deluged with electrical chargers.

• enters

• it enters

• entering

• enter

9. 9. The North Pole ______ a latitude of 90 degrees north.

• has

• is having

• which is having

• it has

10. _________ greyhound, can achieve speeds up to thirty-six miles per hour.

• the

• the fastest

• the fastest dog

• the fastest dog, the