Practice test 1: Where to Start
July 9th, 2009 | 
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The first sentence in my comment above was purely a joke, sir.hehe..
I had really known your writing didn’t mean to embarrass me before i replied it. You are too kind to do that. Honestly I don’t agree about your plan to add any feature which will help us to edit our writing before being submitted. Just let us making mistakes, sir. So it will enable us to know our mistake and then repair it in the future. Knowing our own mistake will be so useful in improving our ability in english. Like my former teacher in SMA said, baby learns to walk by falling down.
by the way,, my last question above has not been answered, sir.hehe..
Ups, sorry.
Use ON, if it is explicitly or implicitly followed by a name of the day (e.g. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc.).
I met her on Saturday. (explicit)
I met her on July 31, 2010. (implicit)
I met her on Saturday, July 31, 2010. (explicit)
In the second example, “July 31, 2010” is a date, but we can easily track down, by using a calender for instance, what day was back then. In the third one, the use of ON is also correct but “Saturday” is unnecessary here.
If you fill out the birth of date field of a form, you will notice “Month =..(January)…, Day = ..(31)…, Year = .(1979)…”, even though you should fill out the Day field with, for instance, 31. Then, during the interview, you should say “I was born on January thirty-first, nineteen seventy-nine“.
On the other hand, if you don’t mention the day, you should use IN instead.
I met her in July.
I met her in July, 2010.
I met her in 2010.
I was born in January.
I was born in January, 1979.
I was born in 1979.
In the former group of examples, IN indicates that the day I met her is uncertain but took place in July consisting of 31 days or took place in 2010 consisting of 365 days, while in the latter, IN indicates the day I was born is uncertain but took place in January or in 1979.
To make it short, use ON if followed by a specific day, beyond which we should use IN.
Actually i’ve followed these tests since 3 days ago. i couldn’t left reply at that time caused by some reasons of troubles.
I’ve got 6 right answers of 10 questions. But i thought it’s just my lucky as i was a beginner.
Please refer and compare my pointers below to your writing!
1. this test
2. couldn’t leave a reply
3. because of some troubles
4. luck
5. I am a beginner
morning sir.
Tolong di jelaskan penggunaan kata.
1. Used to
2. Such
3. Should have
4. Need
5. Only
6. Rather
7. Would
8. Should
dan tolong di jelaskan soal ini ya pak,apa jawabnya.
1. The bills are folded in an origami style in a. . . . . .
A. Three-dimensionals frame
B. Three-dimensional frame
C. Three-dimensional-frame
D. Three-frames dimensional
Hi,
1. USED TO.
Used to sudah didiskusikan di Cara penggunaan though dan used to.
2. SUCH.; kalau singular tambahkan article a/an; kalau uncountable tidak ada penambahan.
Such digunakan untuk memberi makna hiperbolik, atau untuk menyatakan “seperti itu”. Such diikuti oleh noun (bisa plural, bisa singular, bisa juga uncountable). Kalau nounnya plural tambahkan akhiran s/es
So, pola-pola penggunaan such, antara lain:
He is such a troublemaker. (Dia begitu/sangat pembuat onar).
I like such songs. (Aku suka lagu-lagu seperti itu)
Such news always makes me sick. (Berita seperti itu selalu membuatku muak).
He is such a troublemaker that everybody hates him. (Dia begitu/sangat pembuat onar sehingga tiap orang membencinya)
I like such songs that I have a huge collection of them. (Aku begitu suka lagu-lagu seperti itu sehingga aku punya banyak koleksinya )
Such news always makes me sick that I have decided not to watch such news any more. (Berita seperti itu selalu membuatku muak sehingga aku telah memutuskan untuk tidakk menonton berita lagi).
He is such a fucking troublemaker.
I like such nice songs.
Such annoying news always makes me sick.
He is such a fucking troublemaker that everybody hates him.
I like such nice songs that I have a huge collection of them.
Such annoying news always makes me sick I have decided not to watch such news any more.
= seperti/antara lain.
I do many different kinds of sports, such as badminton, tennis, volley ball, and so on.
3. SHOULD HAVE VERB3
Verb phrase ini digunakan untuk menyatakan bahwa suatu yang dilakukan in the past seharusnya tidak dilakukan, atau sesuatu yang tidak dilakukan in the past seharusnya dilakukan.
They cheated during the exam. They shouldn’t have cheated during the exam.
I didn’t meet her last night. I should have met her last night.
4. NEED.
Silakan ikuti link-nya: Penggunaan Need dan NEED vs IN NEED OF.
Tambahan:
Berbeda dengan American English, British English dapat menggunakan need sebagai auxiliary. Dalam simple present tense, kalimat negatif dan tanya-nya tidak membutuhkan do/does.
I need some more money to buy a book.
I needn’t any more money to buy the book.
Need I any more money to buy that book?
5. ONLY.
Only = merely = just = hanya.
Our English will improve steadily only by a regular practice.
Kalau ditempatkan di depan kalimat, lakukan inversi auxiliary ke depan subject.
Only by a regular practice will our English improve steadily.
6. RATHER.
Rather = somewhat. Informalnya adalah a bit = kinda (kind of) = sort of (agak)
I’ve been rather busy lately.
She is rather mean to me.
would rather …than
I would rather study than go out.
He would rather buy that car than this one.
7. WOULD.
Silakan ikuti link-nya: Penggunaan will vs would dan can vs could.
8. SHOULD.
Should digunakan untuk mengekspresikan advice (nasihat), probability (kemungkinan), conditional (pengandaian)
You should help them.
My friend should arrive soon.
If I had wings, I should fly high.
Expresi “why should..?” digunakan untuk mengekspresikan disagreement,
A. You should help them.
B. Why should I?
sedangkan “how should..?” untuk mengekspresikan ketidakpahaman (dengan sedikit emosional).
A. Where is he going?
B. How should I know?
9. Opsi B dan C sama. Frame di B atau C, salah satunya, seharusnya jamak (i.e. frames). Ataukah dibedakan oleh tanda ‘ – ‘ di dimensional-frame di opsi C? However, jawaban yang benar seharusnya B. Cek alasannya di topik Penggunaan nouns sebagai adjectives
thank you for your help.
Tolong di jelasin jg ya pak penggunaan
1. Causative
2. Importance subjunctive verbs
3. Present participle dan past participle
4. Pola pertanyaan yg menggunakan how dan when
5. Verbs yg tdk boleh di ikuti infinitive dan gerund
6. Penggunaan because,because off,although,despite dan in spite of.
Tolong di jelaskan jg soal ini ya pak!
1. As soon as the midfielder. . .the ball,the striker will shoot it to the goal.
A. Passes
B. Passed
C. Will pass
D. Has passed
2. Now that their children are grown up, Mr. And Mrs. Grayson live. . .
A. Their selves
B. Themselves
C. By theirselves
D. By themselves
3. The outbound participants should. . .for the footbridge on the river.
A. Look over
B. Look into
C. Look out
D. Look up
maaf terlalu banyak nanya.
Berikut adalah link-link ke topik yang ditanyakan:
1. Causative.
2. subjunctive verbs khususnya poin M.
Verbs yang sering digunakan antara lain:
demand (menuntut), decree (mendekritkan/memutuskan/menetapkan), insist (mendesak), request (memohon/meminta), ask (meminta/menyuruh), suggest (menyarankan), recommend (merekomendasikan/menganjurkan), advise (menasihati), propose (mengusulkan), order (memerintahkan/menyuruh), require (mempersyaratkan/mengharuskan), urge (mendorong/mendesak), command (memerintahkan), stipulate (menetapkan), etc.
Serta adjectives berikut:
important (penting), necessary (perlu/penting), essential (penting), vital (penting), imperative (harus/tidak boleh tidak), obligatory (wajib), urgent (urgen/sangat mendesak), mandatory (wajib), etc.
3. Present participle dan past participle
4. How = bagaimana, sedangkan when = kapan. Pola penggunaannya (begitu juga kata tanya lainnya) dalam kalimat tanya dapat dibaca di topik How to address questions.
5. Kalau verbs yang tidak boleh diikuti oleh infinitive dapat dibaca di Penggunaan gerunds, sedangkan yang tidak boleh diikuti oleh gerunds dapat dibaca di Penggunaan Infinitives. Kalau verb yang tidak boleh diikuti oleh dua-duanya (baik oleh infinitive maupun oleh gerund) adalah stative/linking verbs.
6. because vs because of, although vs despite dan in spite of.
Jawaban untuk Soal no. 1 seharusnya A (passes). Karena main clause “the striker will shoot it to the goal” adalah dalam simple future tense, dan agar tense sequence-nya correct, maka sub-clause yang paling tepat adalah dalam simple present tense.
Jawaban untuk Soal 2 should be D (by themselves). Di sini by menunjukkan reciprocal, sehingga by themselves = mereka sendirian, hanya berdua saja. “Karena sekarang anak-anaknya sudah besar, pak dan bu Grayson tinggal berdua saja (sendirian tanpa anak)“.
Opsi B akan benar kalau kalimatnya, misalnya: “Being not supported by their children, Mr. and Mrs. Grayson live themselves from scavenging”. A dan D salah karena theirselves bukan kata dalam bahasa Ingggris.
3. Kalau dari artinya: look over (mengecek kembali), look into (menginvestigasi/mencari tahu), look up (mendongak, mencari), maka (menurut saya) jawaban C yang paling tepat. “Participants harus memperhatikan (look out for) titian yang ada di sungai itu.
maaf comentnya kebanyakan,soalnya tadi error.
Tolong di jelasin coment saya yang pertama saja+3 soal yg saya tanyakan tadi.
Terima kasih sebelumnya
No problem at all. Gampang dihapus kok.
. Oya, kalau apa yang saya sampaikan kurang jelas (atau salah) jangan sungkan untuk menanyakannya kembali.
Saya mau tanya soal ini pak.
1. The artificial flower. . .from paper was sold in the market.
A. Which made
B. Was made
C. Made
D. It was made
2. The air turned. . .when the wind blew.
A. Cold
B. Coldly
C. Colds
D. Coldest
3. We made the juice from freshly. . .orange.
A. Squeeze
B. Squeezed
C. Squeezing
D. Squeezing of
4. She has. . .many books that she needs more room to keep them.
A. Such a
B. Such
C. So a
D. So
5. . . .to buy a house,she rented a small room near her office.
A. Being unable
B. Be unable
C. Having unable
D. Because unable
6. Many people in that hotel were frightened. . . The bombing threat issued by the terrorists.
A. Off
B. By
C. At
D. With
7. While traveling to Mexico,the newlyweds. . .the site of the Aztec.
A. Has visited
B. Had visited
C. Visited
D. Visiting
8. The children. . .by the time their parents got home.
A. Sleep
B. Was sleeping
C. Has already slept
D. Had already slept
9. . . . Her shyness, she would have become a great teacher
A. She had overcome
B. Had she overcome
C. If she overcome
D. If she would overcome
1. The artificial flower made from paper was sold in the market.
Lengkapnya adalah “The artificial flower which/that was made from/of paper was sold in the market.
2. The air turned cold when the wind blew.
Maknanya adalah: “Udara berubah menjadi dingin ketika angin berhembus.
3. We made the juice from freshly squeezed orange.
Bentuk verb untuk memodify noun hanya 2, yaitu verb-ing (present participle) kalau noun-nya melakukan action, dan verb3 (past participle) kalau nounnya dikenai action. Di soal ini, “orange” dikenai action, maka yang benar adalah “squeezed“.
4. She has so many books that she needs more room to keep them.
Bagaimana dengan such???
Jangan gunakan such kalau noun-nya dimodify oleh intensifier (e.g. many, much, few, little)
5. Being unable to buy a house, she rented a small room near her office.
Maknanya adalah: Because she was unable to buy a house, she rented a small room near her office.
6. Many people in that hotel were frightened by the bombing threat issued by the terrorists. Phrase yang juga benar adalah “were frightened of”
7. While traveling to Mexico, the newlyweds visited the site of the Aztec.
Adverbials ini merupakan reduksi dari “while they were visiting….“, dimana subject dan be-nya dihilangkan.
8. The children had already slept by the time their parents got home.
Gunakan past perfect tense kalau modifiernya dalam past tense (by the time (when) their parents got home). Opsi B akan benar polanya kalau was diganti dengan were.
9. Had she overcome her shyness, she would have become a great teacher.
Unreal/contrary to fact conditional yang faktanya dalam past tense, “She didn’t overcome her shyness. She didn’t become a great teacher”. Conditional ini juga bisa ditulis “If she had overcome her shyness, she would have become a great teacher“.
Tolong ditunjukin bagian mana dari kalimat ini yang salah.
1. The biggest mistake people can make with their dogs is to treat them alike humans.
A. Their
B. Is
C. Them
D. Alike
2. The test materials were developed by the centrally government and tested to all school in Indonesia.
A. Materials
B. By
C. The centrally government
D. In
3. The officially reason for the delay of their flight to Singapore is the bad weather.
A. Officially
B. For
C. The
D. Is
4. The newly-built fashion boutique near my house has more than ten employers.
A. The newly-built fashion boutique
B. Has
C. Then
D. Employers
5. The man was released after the police realized that he was wrong convicted of drug smuggling.
A. Was released
B. That
C. He
D. Wrong
6. Jakarta, a capital city of indonesia,is the most populous city in Southeast Asia.
A. a
B. Is
C. Populous
D. In
7. None seems to know when will the bus arrive at the bus stop.
A. Seems
B. Will
C. Arrive
D. The
8. Both agung as well as wawan eat all the time but they never get fat.
A. As well as
B. Eat
C. But
D. Fat
1. The biggest mistake people can make with their dogs is to treat them alike humans.
D. Alike. It shuld be like.
2. The test materials were developed by the centrally government and tested to all school in Indonesia.
C. The centrally government. It should be the central government.
3. The officially reason for the delay of their flight to Singapore is the bad weather.
A. Officially. It should be official.
4. The newly-built fashion boutique near my house has more than ten employers.
C. then atau than ???? Kalau then, opsi ini yang paling salah. Tapi, kalau than, yang salah adalah D. Employers. It should be employees (buruh/pegawai). Makna yang disampaikan di sini adalah lebih dari 10 buruh, bukan lebih dari 10 perusahaan yang memperkerjakan. Jika kalimatnya, “I work at PT. Swarabhaskara“, maka, “My employer is PT. Swarabhaskara“.
5. The man was released after the police realized that he was wrong convicted of drug smuggling.
D. Wrong. It shuld be wrongly.
6. Jakarta, a capital city of indonesia, is the most populous city in Southeast Asia.
A. a. It should be the, karena ibukota negara cuma ada satu. Bandingkan dengan kalimat berikut:
Negara, a small city in western Bali, is where I was born. CORRECT
7. None seems to know when will the bus arrive at the bus stop.
B. Will. Posisi will salah karena ini merupakan embedded question. It should be “…when the bus will arrive…“.
8. Both Agung as well as Wawan eat all the time but they never get fat.
A. As well as. It should be and. Pasangan dari both adalah and. Kalau both dihilangkan, kalimatnya menjadi “Agung as well as Wawan eats all the time but he never gets fat.
tolong di jelasin pembahasan soal no 2,3 dan 5.
Kenapa centrally harus di ganti central,officially harus di ganti official dan wrong harus di ganti wrongly?
Tolong di jelaskan juga kalimat ini.
The newly-built fashion boutique.
Apakah kalimat di atas benar? Kalau benar apa alasannya?
Noun dapat dimodify (diterangkan) oleh satu adjective atau lebih, yang umumnya diletakkan sebelum noun:
Di pola ini, adjective1, adjective2, dst, langsung menerangkan noun.
Contoh:
new three-story house. (rumah yang berlantai tiga (dan) baru)
big, tall guy. (cowok yang tinggi (dan) besar)
Sekarang bandingkan dengan pola berikut:
Di pola ini, adverb menerangkan adjective, baru kemudian adverb-adjective ini menerangkan noun.
Contoh:
very big house. (rumah yang sangat besar)
extremely deadly poison. (racun yang sangat mematikan)
newly built house. (rumah yang baru dibangun).
Kalau adjective1 adalah adjective murni (big, tall, beautiful, dst), kita perlu hati-hati dalam menentukan apakah di depannya harus digunakan adjective2 atau adverb. Dalam hal ini, kita harus paham konteksnya. Sebaliknya, kalau adjective-nya menggunakan verb (baik present maupun past participle), maka kita tidak perlu ragu lagi karena di sini kita akan selalu menggunakan adverb untuk menerangkan adjective tersebut.
NOTE: Noun tidak pernah secara langsung diterangkan oleh adverb.
1. centrally government INCORRECT karena centrally adalah adverb. Di sini kita butuh adjective. Begitu juga di officially reason.
2. Convicted adalah verb3. Apakah verb3 ini berfungsi sebagai adjective atau verb phrase dari kalimat pasif, dua-duanya diterangkan oleh adverb.
3. newly-built fashion boutique? Dari uraian di atas, seharusnya kita tidak ragu lagi dalam menentukan mana yang benar antara newly dan new.
kenapa dari phrase ini.
Newly-built fashion boutique dan new three-story house ada tanda hubungnya?
Dan dari soal no 7
seems to know
apa benar seems bisa di ikuti infinitive?
1. Hyphen (tanda hubung) umumnya digunakan untuk:
a. menghubungkan angka puluhan di atas 20 (e.g. twenty-one, fifty-five)
b. mengekspresikan angka pecahan (e.g. one-fourth = 1/4, two-third =2/3)
c. memenggal kata di margin kanan halaman
d. menggabungkan 2 adjective dengan satu makna (e.g. three-story house, ten-page essay)
Tapi, sepengetahuan saya, hyphen tidak digunakan untuk menggabungkan adverb (e.g. adjective+ly, many, much, too, little, dst) dengan adjective. So, tidak perlu ada hyphen di “newly- built fashion boutique“.
Lantas, apa fungsi hyphen?
Hyphen digunakan untuk mempermudah pembaca untuk memahami bacaan. Kalau misalnya kita tulis,
He has one three story house (Dia punya sebuah rumah berlantai tiga),
pembaca mungkin beranggapan:
a. Salah ketik. Three seharusnya tidak ada karena sudah ada one dan nounnya (house) adalah singular. Menurut pembaca ini, kalimatnya seharusnya “He has one story house” (Dia punya sebuah rumah berlantai satu), yang maknanya berbeda dengan yang kita maksudkan.
b. Salah ketik. One seharusnya tidak ada dan noun house perlu diimbuhi s, menjadi “He has three story houses” (Dia punya tiga rumah bertingkat…?), yang maknanya juga berbeda dengan yang kita maksudkan.
Kalau kita kembali ke soal no 4, mana yang paling salah dari soal tersebut? Saya tetap dengan jawaban sebelumnya. Ada yang punya pendapat lain?
2. Yes, seem dapat diikuti oleh infinitive. Benar kalau kita bilang, “None seems to know ….“. Dalam hal ini, kita juga bisa bilang, “It seems that none knows….”
saya mau tanya soal lagi.
1. . . .you know the secret,the more insecure your life would be.
A. The further
B. The farther
C. The furthest
D. The farthest
2. I like all abstract paintings. . .by famous painters especially Affandi.
A. Drawing
B. Drawn
C. Which are drawing
D. Which draw
untuk soal nomor 1
saya tanyakan guruku katanya soal ini menggunakan double comparatives polanya.
The+comparative+S+V+the+comparative
dan jawabnya A. The further. Tolong di perjelas lagi pak bhaskara soal penjelasan guruku ini!
terus kenapa would be pada kalimat itu di letakkan di belakang kalimat pak?bukankah would be itu verb phrase?
Untuk soal no.2
menurut saya itu passive voice tapi kok tidak ada to be nya ya pak?
1. Pertama-tama saya koreksi kalimatnya sedikit, dari would be menjadi will be, agar konsisten dengan tensis di clause 1, menjadi:
The further you know the secret, the more insecure your life will be.
Ya benar. Ini adalah double comparative. Sedikit yang bisa saya tambahkan di sini (untuk diperhatikan agar tidak error), antara lain:
a. Jangan lupa menggunakan the, baik di comparative di clause 1 maupun di comparative di clause 2. INCORRECT kalau:
Further you know the secret, the more insecure your life will be.
The further you know the secret, more insecure your life will be.
Further you know the secret, more insecure your life will be.
b. Jangan lupa menyisipkan tanda koma diantara clause 1 dan clause 2.
c. Jika comparative di clause 1 kita tempatkan di awal clause, maka agar parallel, kita juga harus menempatkan comparative di clause 2 di awal clause 2, dan begitu juga sebaliknya. INCORRECT kalau:
The further you know the secret, your life will be more insecure.
If you know the secret further, the more insecure your life will be.
Kenapa will be pada kalimat itu diletakkan di belakang kalimat pak? Bukankah will be itu verb phrase?
Pada prinsipnya, makna kalimat di atas sama dengan:
If you know the secret further, your life will be more insecure.
Perhatikan clause 2! Subjectnya adalah “your life” dan verbnya adalah “will be“, sedangkan comparative “more insecure” adalah modifier yang menerangkan “your life“. Karena kita tempatkan “more insecure” ini di awal clause, urutan subject + verb tidak berubah.
2. Benar bahwa adjective clausenya adalah dalam passive voice, yang lengkapnya adalah:
I like all abstract paintings that/which were drawn by famous painters especially Affandi.
Mereduksi adjective clause dalam passive voice sangat gampang, yaitu dengan menghapus relative pronoun (that, which, who) dan to be sehingga menyisakan verb3 saja. So, jawaban dari soal di atas seharusnya: B (drawn)
I like all abstract paintings drawn by famous painters especially Affandi.
Tambahan:
Kalau adjective calusenya dalam active voice, kita hilangkan relative pronoun kemudian kita rubah verbnya kedalam bentuk verb-ing.
The person who called me a minute ago was my cousin.
The person calling me a minute ago was my cousin.
Everybody who learns English everyday will have a high English proficiency near in the future.
Everybody learning English everyday will have a high English proficiency near in the future.
Kalau clausenya dalam present continuous dan past continuous, kita hapus relative pronoun dan to be-nya.
The girl who is staring at you apparently likes you.
The girl staring at you apparently likes you.
halo mas swara
i’m really glad i found this site
my practice test result is only have five correct answer
i hope with join this forum i can improve my english
*mas swara apakah kata2 saya diatas sudah benar atau blm?
mksh atas balasannya
Hello to you too. Your English is quite good.
Apakah kata-kata di atas sudah benar atau belum?
There are only small errors in “…is only have…“, “answer“, “with join“. Here are my suggestions:
My practice test result was only five answers correct.
or
I got only five answers correct.
I hope by joining this forum I can improve my English.
thank you mas Swara for the correction.
i just wondering why for
“join” we must write “joining”
“is” became “was”
and the word “correct” must be after “answers” word
in that sentences
once again, thank you for the answer.
1. JOINING.
Verbs should be in their verb-ing form (gerund) when preceded by a preposition (e.g. by, after, for, etc).
After reading this note, you will understand why the verb join is incorrect and should be joining. Thanks for asking.
2. WAS.
The main problem in this part of your writing is because you used both is and have simultaneously. In the simple present tense, we should use either a be or a verb, but not both. This rule is also true for the simple past tense.
But why did I choose to use was instead of is? In other words, why did I choose to use the simple past tense instead of the simple present tense? Well, when you were writing your comment, you had done the test and you had got the score, hadn’t you? What was your score? So, you should say “My score was…..” or “My practice test result was….”.
3.CORRECT.
Correct is an adjective. Adjectives are mostly placed before nouns.
correct answer
good person
pretty girl.
My second example above should only be used in a daily conversation, not in a standard written English. I wrote it that way because I wanted to show you why answer was incorrect and should’ve been answers. And, the better sentence should be
I got only five correct answers.
What about the first example?
thanks…