Choose the best answer and give an
explanation about your answer
1. The
large carotid artery ____ to the main parts of the brain.
a.
Carrying
blood
b. Blood
is carried
c. Carries
blood
d. Blood
carries
2. Mark
Twain _____ the years after the Civil War the “Gilded Age.”
(A) called
(B) calling
(C) he called
(D) his calls
(A) called
(B) calling
(C) he called
(D) his calls
3. _____
radio as the first practical system of wireless telegraphy.
(A) Marconi’s development
(B) The development by Marconi
(C) Developing Marconi
(D) Marconi developed
(A) Marconi’s development
(B) The development by Marconi
(C) Developing Marconi
(D) Marconi developed
4. The
earliest medicines _____ from plants of various sorts.
(A) obtaining
(B) they obtained
(C) were obtained
(D) they were obtained
(A) obtaining
(B) they obtained
(C) were obtained
(D) they were obtained
5. Pluto’s
moon, Charon, _____ in a slightly elliptical path around the planet.
(A) moving
(B) is moving
(C) it was moving
(D) in its movement
(A) moving
(B) is moving
(C) it was moving
(D) in its movement
6. Robert
E. Lee ____ the Confederate army to General Grant in 1865 at the Appomattox
Courthouse.
(A) surrendered
(B) he surrendered
(C) surrendering
(D) surrender
(A) surrendered
(B) he surrendered
(C) surrendering
(D) surrender
7. In
the Stone Age, stone tools _____ with other rock materials.
(A) polishing
(B) they polished
(C) for polish
(D) were polished
(A) polishing
(B) they polished
(C) for polish
(D) were polished
8. The
first steamship to cross the Atlantic ____ Savannah, in 1819.
(A) was the
(B) it was the
(C) the
(D) in it the
(A) was the
(B) it was the
(C) the
(D) in it the
9. The
first plant-like organisms probably _____ in the sea, perhaps 3 billion years
ago.
(A) life
(B) living
(C) lived
(D) it was living
(A) life
(B) living
(C) lived
(D) it was living
10. Air near the equator ____ a faster
west-to-east motion than air farther from the equator.
(A) to have
(B) it has
(C) has
(D) having
11. ____ quickly after an animal dies.
(A) In the degradation of DNA
(B) Degrading DNA
(C) DNA degrades
(D) For DNA to degrade
12. _____ is famous as the home of the U.S. Naval Academy.
(A) Annapolis
(B) Because of
Annapolis
(C) Why Annapolis
(D) Because
Annapolis
13. _________ the deepest valleys and canyons on the Earth.
(A) In the
Pacific Ocean with
(B) In the
Pacific Ocean
(C) The Pacific
Ocean
(D) The Pacific Ocean has
14. In the United States, the participation of
females in the labor force from 37 percent in 1965 to 51 percent in 1980.
(A) it jumped
(B) jump
(C) jumping
(D) jumped
15. ______ the second most common metal in the earth’s
crust, and it always occurs in combination with other substances.
(A) Iron
(B) Iron is
(C) With iron
(D) With iron is
16. Although knives
and forks _____ of prehistoric origin, spoons are relatively new.
(A) are
(B) they are
(C) are they
(D) which are
17. ____ lived on Earth for nearly 150 million
years.
(A) Dinosaurs
(B) Dinosaurs who
(C) If dinosaurs
(D) Since
dinosaurs
18. _____along most of its length into an upper chamber and
a lower chamber.
(A) The divided cochlea
(B) Dividing the
cochlea
(C) The cochlea is divided
(D) With a divided
cochlea
19. When _____ the conference?
(A) the doctor
attended
(B) did the
doctor attend?
(C) the doctor
will attend
(D) the doctor’s
attendance
20. To Mike ____ was a big surprise.
(A) really
(B) the party
(C) funny
(D) when
Correct or incorrect, revise and
give an explanation about the error and you answer
21. Each day practiced the piano for hours.
(Incorrect the sentence is missing the subject “each day he paracticed piano for hours”)
22. the directions to the exercise on page twenty unclear.
(incorrect “the dorection to the exercise on page twenty is unclear”)
23. During the week eat lunch in the school cafeteria.
(incorrect missing the subject “during the week, he/she having luch in the
school cafetaria”)
24. In the morning after concert was tired.
(incorrect the right answer is “in the morning after the concert he/she was
tired”)
25. During the meeting in the office discussed the schedule.
(incorrect the right answer is “during the meeting in the office they
dicussed the schedule”)
26. Everyone must leaves the room immediately.
(incorrect the right answer is “everyone must leave the room immediately”)
27. I could sat on the beach for hours.
Correct
28. She will asking you many difficult questions.
(incorrect no use for V-ing in thr sentence
“she wil ask you many difficult
questions”)
because the sentence if using the
verb – ing it means that she asking
that question right now not in the future, that means there is no use for verb –
ing in that sentence. Karena bila
kalimatnya pada kata ask menggunakan
verb – ing maka berarti dia sedang
menyanyakan pertanyaanya bukan pada saat pertanyaan yang akan dia tanyakan (masa
yang akan dating) sehingga kalimat tersebut tidak perlu menggunakan verb – ing.
29. The new movie is receive good reviews.
(incorrect the right answer is “the new movie recieved good reviews”) because the reviews refers to the activity that has happened
in the past, so the sentence have to use verb-ed received = menerima. Karena ulasan film tersebut telah terjadi di
waktu yang lampau sehingga kalimatnya memebutuhkan verb – Ed.
30. We took a new routes to the beach house.
Correct
the sentence is correct because the sentence consists the
subject, to be, object, and information/description. We as the subject, took a
as the to be, new routes as the object, to as the to be and beach house as the
information/description. Kalimat diatas benar karena terdapat subjek, predikat,
objek dan keterangan. Kita adalah subjek, mengambil adalah predikat, rute baru
adalah objek, ke adalah predikat dan rumah pantai sebagai keterangan.
31. They helped she with the work.
(incorrect you must change the subject
to her the right answer is “they helped her with the work”)
32. Her and Bob came over to visit me.
(incorrect the right answer is “she and bob came over to visit me”)
33. She lent it to you and I.
(incorrect you must change the verb
lent to Lend the right answer is “she lend it to you and i/me”)
34. We offered she a place to stay.
Correct
35. The soup needs more salt because he does not taste very
good.
(incorrect the sentence sounds absurd
the right answer is “the soup needs more
salt because it doesnt taste very good”)
36. The girls ran too fast and she fell down.
Correct
37. they sold the car to you and I.
(incorrect the right answer is “they sell the car to you and i/me”)
38. I told his the truth, but he didn’t believe me.
(incorrect using his in the sentence is false the right answer is “i told him the truth, but he didint believe
me”)
39. you and she should look for they.
(incorrect the right answer is “you and her should look for them”)
40. Martha was happy when she boss gave her a pay raise.
(incorrect the sentence is missing
something, the right answer is “martha
was happy when her boss gave her a pay raise”)
41. just between our, I am not sure if we can trust them.
(Wrong. The right sentence is “just between us, i am not sure if we can
trust them”)
42. the travelers lost our way in the storm.
(incorrect the right answer is “the travellers lost their way in the storm”)
43. please tell your brother that me need to talk to him.
(incorrect, the right answer is “please tell your brother that i need to
talk to him”)
44. the boy got the box and his opened it carefully.
(incorrect the right answer is “the boy got the box and he opened it
carefully”)
45. if my friend calls, please ask them to call back later.
(uncorrect the right answer is “if my friend calls, please tell them to cal back later”)
46. Me and my friend are taking a trip.
Correct
47. our neighbors are going with you and I.
(the right answer is “our neighbors are going with you and me”)
48. Ghea explained that her and her sister
had often eaten at that restaurant.
(incorrect the right answer is “ghea
explained that she and her sister are often eat at that restaurant”)
49. the students are allowed to ask
questions when she doesn't understand a problem.
(incorrect the subject for the student is not she the right answer is “the
students are allowed to ask question when they doesent understand a problem”)
50. do you know Ben and
her wife?
(incorrect, ben is not a girls name. The right answer is “do
you know ben and his wife?”)
