MULTIPLE CHOICE

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.

A. have not seen

B. did not see

C. had not seen

D. do not see

Answer            : A. Check penjelasan di atas atau lihat posting tentang PRESENT PERFECT TENSE.

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.