Structure
Directions: Questions 1–4 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.
1. … several universities that have excellent engineering schools.
a. There are
b. There was
c. Those
d. These
Jawab: (A) There are
Pembahasan: Karena benda yang dirujuk jamak (several universities), frasa yang paling sesuai untuk menerangkan benda tersebut adalah “there are”.
There are + noun jamak – There is + noun tunggal
2. … Jane has an excellent resume, she hasn’t found a job yet.
a. However
b. Yet
c. That
d. Although
Jawab: (D) Although
Pembahasan: Although (meskipun) berfungsi menggabungkan dua klausa berlawanan.
3. Woodrow Wilson believed the United States’ entry into World War I would put a … to the war in months.
a. Work
b. Stop
c. Cook
d. Dance
Jawab: (B) Stop
Pembahasan: Determiner (a/an/ the) + kata benda (noun).
Dari keempat pilihan yang merupakan benda adalah stop (pemberhentian).
Written Expression
Directions: In questions 5–10, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked A, B, C and D. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.
1. On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic one fossil forest consist of a nearly hundred
A B
large stumps scattered on an exposed coal bed.
C D
Jawab : (B) a nearly
Pembahasan : a nearly -> nearly
Kata “a nearly” tidak memerlukan indefinite article/determiner "a", karena kata benda stumps adalah
2. The midnight sun is a phenomenon in which the Sun visible remains in the sky
A B C
for twenty-four hours or longer.
D
Jawab : (B) visible remains
Pembahasan : visible remains -> remains visible
Kata the sun dalam anak kalimat di atas memerlukan predicate bukan noun phrase (visible remains). Yang tepat seharusnya remains visible.
3. The Humber River and its valley form a major salmon-fishing, lumbering, hunting,
A B C
and farmer region in western Newfoundland, Canada.
D
Jawab : (D) farmer
Pembahasan : farmer -> farming
Konjungsi and digunakan untuk menghubungkan kelas kata yang sederajat. Karena sebelum “and” bentuk katanya adalah gerund maka kata farmer seharusnya diubah dalam bentuk gerund juga yaitu farming.
