Selasa, 03 April 2012

15 Soal Strukture Toefl



  1. We don’t know ..... we have to change planes or not.
a.       If  
b.      Until
c.       That
d.      When
Jawaban   : A. If
Alasan     : Indirect question
                  Here the conjunction “IF” indriduces an indirect question.
  1. I’ll give you ... medicine to ease you pain
a.       A few
b.      several
c.       Some
d.      Many
Jawaban          : C. Some
Alasan             : some – countable and uncountable nouns
                          The noun medicine is an uncountable one.
  1. I know a man called rupert .... house is near ypurs
a.       Who
b.      Whom
c.       That
d.      Whose
Jawaban          : D. Whose
Alasan             : relative clauses – possession case
Here you are asked whether you know the relative clause   or not.
  1. He won’t take on a secretary... talks too much.
a.       Whose
b.      Which
c.       Whom
d.      Who
Jawaban          : D. Who
Alasan             : relative clauses – subjective case
                        The relative pronoun who can be used in the relative clause.
  1. L like vienna, but i wish it ... a bit hooter
a.       Is
b.      Were
c.       Becomes
d.      Became
Jawaban          : B. Were
Alasan             : Wish clause “we don’t use simple present tense in wish -  clause.
  1. He spends his time .... after grils.
a.       Running
b.      To run
c.       Ran
d.      Runs
Jawaban          : a. Running
Alasan             : spendtime doing sth
Here you are asked about the pattern ‘spend time doing sth’.
  1. Some...don’t like such jokes.
a.       Child
b.      Man
c.       Woman
d.      People
Jawaban          : D. People
Alasan             : some – countable and uncountable nouns some can be followed by both a countable and an uncountable noun.
  1. She’s young and full...life
a.       With
b.      Having
c.       Of
d.      A long with
Jawaban          : C. OF
Alasan             : to be “OF” is used with the preposition; to be full of the stadium is full of people.
  1. He used to drive, but he doesn’t .... more
a.       All
b.      No
c.       Any
d.      Some
Jawaban          : C. Any
Alasan             : any more
Both “ any more” and “no more” are similar in meaning, but the former is used in the negative, and the latter is used in the positive and maks the sentence negative.
  1. She’s too tired to go....
a.       Shooping
b.      To shop
c.       Shop
d.      For shopping
Jawaban          : A. Shopping
Alasan             : got gerund
                        We can use gerund to talk about things we go out to do.
  1. I wonder that .... her marry that stupid old man.
a.       Is
b.      Was
c.       Did make
d.      Made
Jawaban          : D. Made
Alasan             : causative coice + question type asking for the subject.
  1. He threw a vase at the burglar but... him.
a.       Shot
b.      Fired
c.       Missed
d.      Hit
Jawaban          : C. Missed
Alasan             : To miss
                          To fire = to shoot off bullets / arrows
`                         To miss = to fail to hit
                          To hit = to brings something hard against.
  1. He turned and looked...me.
a.       To
b.      For
c.       At
d.      From
Jawaban          : look at
The verb look takes the preposition ‘at’ and look for is a phrasal verb meaning ‘try to find’.
  1. He rarely gets drunk.....?
a.       Doesn’t he
b.      Does he
c.       Won’t be
d.      Will be
Jawaban          : B. Does he
Alasan             : we form tgas with an auxiliary (e.g. do, have, did) or a modal (e.g. can, must, should) plus apronoun (e.g. he, she, it).
  1. Would you mind.....for a minute
a.       Waiting
b.      To wait
c.       Wait
d.      That i wait
Jawaban          : C. Wait
Alasan             : would you mind + gerund
Would you mind...is followed by a gerund and is used for a request.


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