1. Before the next semester starts, students
............. school fees.
A. they must
pay their
B. must pay
his
C. must pay
their
D. they must
pay their
Answer :
C. Students adalah subjek dan harus diikuti oleh kata kerja (must pay). Jawaban
B salah karena kata "his" tidak sesuai dengan "students"
yang dalam bentuk jamak. Jawaban A dan D salah karena kalimat akan mempunyai
double subjek (students they)
2. Tourism in this region ......................since
last year.
A. declined
B. was
declining
C. had declined
D. has
been declining
Answer : D.
Kata since (sejak) harus digunakan dengan Present Perfect Tense atau Present
Perfect Continuous Tense. Diantara jawaban diatas D dalalm bentuk Present
Perfect. Perhatikan contoh-contoh penggunaan kata "since" berikut:
Since last year, I have worked in a bank. Since I moved to Jakarta, I have
never seen Lutfi. She has been lonely since she was divorced. Berikut adalah
contoh soal yang sama:
3. Where is Mira ? I............. her since I arrived from the airport.
3. Where is Mira ? I............. her since I arrived from the airport.
A. have not seen
B. did not see
C. had not seen
D. do not see
4. The man .................came to see you is my best
friend.
A. Whose
B. Who
C. Whom
D. Those
Answer :
B. Adjective Clause atau Relative Pronoun. WHO, WHOM, THAT, WHICH, WHOSE
digunakan sebagai obyek atau subjek dari anak kalimat (dependent clause).
Sebagai subjek WHO, THAT atau WHICH digunakan. Dalam soal ini WHO
digunakan karena The man adalah orang (bukan benda).
5. He
often … to my gym.
A.
Comes
B.
Come
C.
Came
D.
Coming
Answer :
B, Correct | “He” merupakan singular subject, maka diikuti singular
verb. ADVERB OF FREQUENCY “often” tidak membuat verb
berubah.
