Rabu, 25 Januari 2017

TOEFL (Structure Test 3)

TOEFL (Structure Test 3)


1. After the funeral, the residents of the apartment building __________.

(a) sent faithfully flowers all weeks to the cemetery.

(b) sent to the cemetery each week flowers faithfully.
(c) sent flowers faithfully to the cemetery each week.
(d) sent each week faithfully to the cemetery flowers.



2. Because the first pair of pants did not fit properly, he asked for __________.

(a) another pants (c) the others one
(b) other pants (d) another pair.



3. The committee has met and __________.

(a) they have reached a decision.
(b) it has formulated themselves some opinions.
(c) its decision was reached at.
(d) it has reached a decision.



4. Alfred adams has not __________.

(a) lived lonelynessly in times previous.
(b) never before lived sole.
(c) ever lived alone before.
(d) before lived without the company of his friends.



5. John’s score on the test is the highest in the class; __________.

(a) he should study last night.
(b) he should have studied last night.
(c) he must have studied last night.
(d) he must had to study last night.



6. Henry will not be able to attend the meeting tonight because __________.

(a) he must to teach a class. (c) of he will teach a class.
(b) he will be teaching a class. (d) he will have teaching a class.



7. Having been served lunch, __________.

(a) the problem was discussed by the members of the committee.
(b) the committee members discussed the problem.
(c) it was discussed by the committee members the problem.
(d) a discussion of the problem was made by the members of the committee.



8. Florida has not yet ratified the equal rights amendment, and __________.

(a) several other states hasn’t either.
(b) neither has some of the others states.
(c) some other states also have not either.
(d) neither have several other states



9. The chairman request that __________.

(a) the member studied more carefully the problem.
(b) the problem was more carefulnessly studied.
(c) with more carefulness the problem could be studied.
(d) the members study the problem more carefully.



10. California relies heavily on income from fruit crops, and __________.

(a) florida also. (c) florida is as well
(b) florida too. (d) so does florida



11. The professor said that __________.

(a) the student can turn over their report on the monday.
(b) the report on monday could be received form the students by him.
(c) the students could hand in their reports on monday.
(d) the student will on monday the reports turn in.



12. This year will be difficult for this organization because __________.

(a)they have less money and volunteers than they had last year.
(b) it has less money and fewer volunteers than it had last year.
(c) the last year it did not have as few and little volunteers and money.
(d) there are fewer money and volunteers that in the last year there were.



13. The teacher have had some problem deciding __________.

(a)when to the students they shall return the final papers.
(b) when are they going to return to the students the final papers.
(c) when they should return to the final papers to the students.
(d) the time when the final papers they should return for the students.



14. She wanted to serve some coffee to her guests; however, __________.

(a) she hadn’t many sugar.
(b) there was not great amount of the sugar.
(c) she did not have much sugar.
(d) she was lacking in amount of the sugar.



15. There has not been a great response to the sale, __________?

(a) does there (b) hasn’t there (c) hasn’t it (d) has there


Kunci Jawaban Soal TOEFL

1. C
2. D
3. D
4. C
5. C
6. B
7. B
8. D
9. D
10. D
11. C
12. B
13. C
14. C
15. D

Source : TOEFL CLiff (Preparation Guide for the TOEFL Test)

TOEFL STRUCTURE 6

DIRECTIONS

Questions 1 – 15 are incomplete sentence. Beneath each sentence you will see four words of phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Then on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen. Fill in the space so that the letter inside the oval cannot be seen.




1. George did not do well in the class because _______________

A. he studied bad
B. he was not good studywise
C. he was a badly student
D. he failed to study properly



2. This university's programs __________________ those of Harvard.

A. come second after
B. are second only to
C. are first except for
D. are in second place from



3. The more she worked _____________________

A. the less she achieved
B. she achieved not enough
C. she did not achieve enough
D. she was achieving less



4. _____________ the best car to buy is a Mercedes Benz.

A. Because of its durability and economy,
B. Because it lasts a long time, a it is very economical.,
C. Because of its durability and it is economical,
D. Because durably and economywise it is better than all the others,



5. When Henry arrived home after a hard day at work, ______________

A. his wife was sleeping
B. his wife slept
C. his wife has slept
D. his wife has been sleeping



6. He gave ________________________

A. to the class s a tough assignment
B. the class a tough assignments
C. a tough assignment for the class
D. an assignment very tough to the class



7. People all over the world are starving __________________________

A. greater in numbers
B. in most numbers
C. more numerously
D. in greater numbers



8. It was not until she arrived in class__________ realized she had forgotten her book

A. when she
B. and she
C. that she
D. She



9. John has not been able to recall where ____________________

A. does she live
B. she lives
C. did she live
D. lived the girl



10. Ben would have studied medicine if he___________to a medical school.

A. could be able to enter
B. had been admitted
C. was admitted
D. were admitted



11. He entered a university_________________

A. when he had sixteen years
B. when sixteen years were his age
C. at the age of sixteen
D. at age sixteen years old



12. The jurors were told to _________________________

A. talk all they wanted
B. make lots of expressions
C. speak freely
D. talk with their minds open



13. Those students do not like to read novels_________test books.

A. in any case
B. forgetting about
C. leaving out of the question
D. much less



14. He____________looked forward to the new venture.

A. eagerly
B. with great eagernes
C. eagernessly
D. in a state of increasing eagerness



15. The families were told to evacuate their houses immediately _____.

A. at the time when the water began to go up to
B. when the water began to rise
C. when up was going the water
D. in the time when the water raised

Kunci Jawaban Soal TOEFL (Structure 6)


1. D

2. B

3. A
4. A
5. A
6. B
7. D
8. C
9. B
10. B
11. C
12. C
13. D
14. A
15. B

TOEFL STRUCTURE 5

Soal TOEFL Structure


DIRECTIONS





Questions 1 – 15 are incomplete sentence. Beneath each sentence you will see four words of phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Then on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen. Fill in the space so that the letter inside the oval cannot be seen.




1. I understand that the governor is considering a new proposal ______________


a. What would eliminate unnecessary writing in government


b. Who wants to cut down on the amount of writing in government


c. That would eliminate unnecessary paperwork in government


d. To cause that the amount of papers written in government offices will be reduced





2. The doctor told his receptionist that he would return ________________


a. As early as it would be possible



b. At the earliest that it could be possible


c. As soon as possible


d. At the nearest early possibility





3. George belongs to the _____________________

a. Class of the upper middle

b. Upper middle class

c. Class from the center up

d. High medium class




4. A good student must know ___________________________

a. To study hard

b. To be a good student

c. How to student effectively

d. The way of efficiency in study




5. Jane changed her major from French to business,_________________

a. With hopes to be able easier to locate employment

b. Hoping she can easier get a job

c. With the hope for being able to find better a job

d. Hoping to find a job more easily





6. He has received several scholarships _____________________

a. Not only because of his artistic but his academic ability

b. For both his academic ability as well as his artistic

c. Because of his academic and artistic ability

d. As resulting of his ability in the art and the academic




7. Harvey will wash the clothes, ________________

a. Iron the shirt, prepare the meal dusting the furniture

b. Running the shirt preparing the meal, and dusting the furniture

c. Iron the shirt, prepare the meal, and dusting the furniture

d. To iron the shirt, prepare the meal, and dust the furniture




8. _________________ that new information to anyone else but the sergeant.

a. They asked him not to give

b. They asked him to don’t give

c. They asked him no give

d. They asked him to no give




9. _________________ he would have signed his name in the corner.

a. If he painted that picture

b. If he paints that picture

c. If he had painted that picture

d. If he would have painted that picture




10. The doctor insisted that his patient ______________

a. That he not work too hard for three months

b. Take it easy for three months

c. Taking it easy inside of the three months

d. To take some vacations for three months




11. The manager was angry because somebody ______________

a. Had allowed the photographers to enter the building

b. Had let photographers to enter into the building

c. Permitting the photographers enter the building

d. The photographers let into the building without the proper documentations




12. Richard was asked to withdraw from graduate school because ____________

a. They believed he was not really able to complete research

b. He was deemed incapable of completing his research

c. It was decided that he was not capable to complete the research

d. His ability to finish the research was not believed or trusted




13. The committee members resented __________

a. The president that he did not tell them about the meeting

b. The president not to inform them of the meeting

c. The president’s not informing them of the meeting

d. That the president had failed informing themselves that there was going to be a meeting




14. _____________ did Arthur realize that there was danger.

a. Upon entering the store

b. When he entered the store

c. After he had entered the store

d. Only after entering the store




15. The rabbit scurried away in fright __________________

a. When it heard the movement in the bushes

b. The movement among the bushes having been heard

c. After it was hearing moving inside of the bushes

d. When he has heard that something moved in the bush




Key Answer


1. C

2. C

3. B

4. C

5. D

6. C

7. C

8. A

9. C

10. B

11. A

12. B

13. C

14. D

15. A


Source : TOEFL CLiff (Preparation Guide for the TOEFL Test)

Kamis, 10 Desember 2015

Passive voice part 2

Change into active sentence !

1. They are expected to show the unerring devotion to their leader.
2. After six years, she was reported to the authorities and sent back.
3. The youngest members of society are increasingly influenced by trends from the outside world.
4. People are prepared to go to extreme lengths.
5. Seoul said had been planted by the North.
6. The South responded by blasting a barrage of world news.
7. Such industries are controlled by the elite.
8. These advances are “superficial” and carefully managed by the government.
9. They are taught a revised version of history in school, learning songs of worship that praise the ruling Kim family.
10. The youth is obliged to join military service for a decade.

Passive voice

Change into passive sentence !

1. Citizens in North Korea live in a bubble sealed off from the rest of the world.
2. The young generation don’t know much about life outside
3. Kim Jong-un has made a great show of being a progressive young leader, introducing new freedoms including letting people eat fast food, allowing them to own mobile phones and permitting women to wear pants and jewellery and ride bicycles.
4.They begin their mandatory service in the Korean People’s Army at 17.
5.The military prescription can last as long as a decade for men, while women serve for around seven years.
6. They blame the outside world’s blockades for lack of food and so on.
7. North Korea has been mobilising people since the Korean War in the 1950s
8. Scientists have created a list of factors that increase the risk of an early death, which includes sitting for too long and having lie-ins.
9. This analysis investigated four established and two [new] risk factors, namely, prolonged sitting and unhealthy sleep duration, which may be added to behavioural indices or risk combinations to quantify health risk.
10. The UK study found that “short” sleepers were more susceptible to ischaemic strokes caused by clots preventing blood from reaching the brain.

Error Analysis

Error Analysis !
 find one or more errors from the sentences !

1. Once a week X factor Indonesia show their candidate performance is a big mance by inviting famous and capable juries
2. The 10-member band, selected by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, were reported the day before as leaving Pyongyang. 
3. Members will be perform at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing from Dec. 12-14.
4.Your Friday night burgers, Saturday morning bacon and Sunday afternoon barbecues is putting us all in danger.
5. Governments needs credible strategies to close the gap, and reducing meat consumption are an obvious one: worldwide adoption of a healthy diet would generate over a quarter of the emission reductions needed by 2050
6. For people who haven’t been doing very much exercise, if they stops for two weeks then they will be go backwards quite quickly. 
7. If you’re really fit and usually works out quite often, the damage won’t  too bad.
8. The following day we begin our island hopping tour. 
9. We’ve been promise snorkeling in hidden lagoons, lunch on secret beaches, and pristine paradise.
10. The engine splutters and whirs into a low, vibration hum as propellers spin thrashing the calm blue into whitewash and we gently lifts up and then downs over the small waves.

simple past

fill the blank with the appropriate verb form !

1. Yesterday ministry of education and culture ........... the human rights day at Bandung with some youth leader over Indonesia.
2. On December 26th ... the day of Tsunami at Aceh.
3. The 2009 Election .... the 1st time I .... my rights to vote.
4.  A few weeks ago JTV ....... the debate between Risma and his rival on 2015 Electio.
5. Few weeks ago Justin Bieber ...... his newest album.
6. Some famous and big artist Of South Korea ..... AMA Award 2015.
7. North Korea's Kim Jong Un ..... his personal girl band to Beijing to improve relations.
8. The photographer ...... his camera to the skies above Seoul, South Korea
9. Paris Attack on November 2015 ...... people to blame Islam as terrorist.
10. It .... the 2nd time Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ....... the candidate of President Election


Choice !
a. took
b. attended
c. was, used
d. celebrated
e. was
f. was, became
g. Broadcasted
h. released
i. stimulated
j. sent