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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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’.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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’.

14. 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).

15. 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.