exercise 4

Member of Group:

Apriellia Putrie (11613202)

Jessica Amanda F. (14613631)

Novi Kristiani K. (16613525)

Rahman Susanto (17613177)

Togi Aisyah N. (18613934)

1.      Zoos in New Orleans, San Diego, Detroit, and the Bronx have become biological

A

parks where animals roams free and people watch from across a moat.

B                           C                                 D

Answer: C

Reason: the answer should be “roam”.  “roams” refers to “animals” which  the subject is plural.

2.      George has not completed the assignment yet,  and Maria hasn’t neither

A                                 B             C                             D

Answer: D

Reason: the answer should be “too”. Because if we want to use “neither” there must be followed by “nor”.

3.      Hanny enjoyed to be able to meet several Congress members during her vacation.

          A           B               C                                                        D

Answer: A

Reason: Because “Enjoyed” must be followed by gerund.

4.      No one would have attended the lecture if you told the truth about

      A                                       B         C

the guest speaker.

                  D

Answer: B

Reason: the answer should be  “had told”. Because this sentence is “if conditional type 3”.

5.      Marie has registered for both the afternoon anthropology class as well as

             A                                                                                      B

the evening sociology lecture.

C               D

Answer: B

Reason: the answer should be  “and”. Because the sentence needs conjunction.

6.      Compact discs are affected neither by scratching and by dust.

       A       B                   C                    D

Answer: D

Reason: the answer should be “nor”. Because “neither” followed by “nor”.

7.      Plastics used to make textiles can be drawn into fine threads, then woven or knit

    A                         B                     C          D

into fabrics.

Answer: C

Reason: the answer should be “weave”. Because the sentence must be parallel.

8.      Henry David Thoreau stressed the importance in individuality and of living

       A                                                  B

in harmony with nature.

         C                  D

Answer:  B

Reason: the answer should be “living in harmony”. Because “the importance in individuality” is a noun and must be followed by noun.

9.      The coach was depending for his team to win the game so that they would have a

    A                             B                       C

chance to play in the Super Bowl.

          D

Answer: A

Reason: the answer should be “depending on”. Because “depending on” is collocation.

10.  According to Freud, mental life is characterized by internal conflicts who are largely

                         A                                                         B                                             C               D

                  unconscious.

Answer: C

Reason: the answer should be “which/that”. Because “who” is for human.

exercise 3

Apriellia Putrie

Jessica A. Farhana.

Novi Kristiani

Rahman Susanto

Togi Aisyah Nurlam

Fill in the blanks by using the right preposition!  (ø, in,on,at next to, or under)

1.    The students were already sitting on the table waiting for the test paper to be given.

            reason: from this statement, “on” shows the position where the students sit.

2.    I asked the old lady standing next to me in the bus where I should get out.

            reason: “next to” shows position where the old lady standing and “in” shows its location.

3.    John bought his shoes at a sport store on Kencana street.

            reason: “at” uses for more specific place and “on” uses for common but specific place.

4.    Billy stood in line for twenty minutes at the ticket window in the drama theater to get tickets for the play.

            reason: “in” explains that billy arranging the line and it describes billy’s position. “at”

explains the specific place of theater. “in” shows common and general place.

5.     My grandmother died at the age of 80.

            reason: “at” uses for specific time with numerical.

6.    I live at Bengawan Street no.54A, South Jakarta . I moved there on December 14, 1995.

            reason: “at” tells specific address. “on” tells specific time with date.

7.    We were really worried at first because the library was closed on Saturday, so we couldn't find that book reference. But in the end, everything worked out because we were able to find it in John”s home..

reason: the function of “at” describes specific time. “on” explains name of day. “in” describing the end of this statement which tells the specific time. “in” shows the position where the book found.

8.    Betty began working on the translation project ø last week. and she can finish it on Thursday.

            reason: ø no preposition needed before last week. “on” describes the name of day.  

9.    Tom’s grandfather, who really famous , was at the painting which was hanging on the wall.”

            reason: “at” uses for more specific position of Tom’s grandfather.“on” uses for common but

specific.

10.  George had his ticket on his hand as he gets into the theater.

            reason: “on” describes ticket positions.

exercise 2 C

Exercise

1.      Daniel said that if he had to do  homework last night, he wouldn’t have been 

                                              A                          B                     C

able to attend  the concert.

                  D

Reason: Because the conditional is past perfect, so we can’t use tonight.

2.      Peter had already seen  that musical before  he  read  the reviews about it.

                                    A                                 B               C                           D

            Reason: Because already must be followed by past participle.

3.      Almost all  books have a few errors in them in spite of  the care taken to check

      A                                                                    B                           C

their  proof pages before the final printing.

            D

           

            Reason: Because their refers to books whicch is plural.

4.      Tom and his sister studied biology in this university last year, and so did

                     A                                    B                          C                                           D

            Jean.

            Reason: this sentence containts pararel past tense.

5.      The examination will test  your ability to understand spoken English, to

                                    A                                                   B

readnon-technical language, and to write  correctly.

                                                                        C         D

            Reason: Because the verb must be paralel with the previous verb.

6.      The sooner  you leave,  the earlier  you will  arrive at your destination.

                    A                B                C              D

            Reason: Because earliest is not paralel with sooner.

7.      If Rudy had studied  German in college, he wouldn’t have found the

                  A                                  B 

scientific terminology so difficult to understand.

                   C                                          D

            Reason: Because the sentence above is third conditional sentence so the                             formula must be If+S+had+verb3

8.      After she had bought  herself  a new automobile, she sold  her bicycle.

                                    A             B                                            C      D

            Reason: in this case the subject had bought her new aoutomobile first and then

followed by selling her bicycle.

9.      He isn’t driving  to the convention in March, and neither are they.

                  A            B                          C                        D

            Reason: Because the order of the subject “they” and its verb was incorrect.

10.  John went to the mountains on his vacation, and  we   did  too.                                                                         A                     B     C    D     

Reason: because the sentence is pararel. 

exercisse 1

Member of Group:

Apriellia Putrie (11613202)

Jessica Amanda F. (14613631)

Novi Kristiani K. (16613525)

Rahman Susanto (17613177)

Togi Aisyah N. (18613934)

Exercise 1

1.      He got  the worse  score in  this  class.

       A         B                   C    D

Answer: B

Reason: The answer should be “The Worst”, because the statement is about degree of comparison and indicate superlative statement.

2.      The  sheepdog is chasing after  the sheeps which is  heading over the hill.

                         A                B                                 C                   D

Answer: C

Reason: The answer should be “Are”, because “The Sheeps” is plural.

3.      Neither Tom or  Jane  is  going  to the beach today.

                      A           B     C                             D

Answer: A

Reason: The answer should be “Nor”, because neither must be followed by nor.

4.      When she retired in 1989, tennis champion  Christine Evert was the most 

                     A                             B                                                    C            

famous women athlete  in the United Stated.

                  D

Answer: D

Reason: The answer should be “Famous Woman Athlete”, because the statement show that “Christine” is singular. So we can not use “Women”

5.      Please give me  a few  coffee and some donuts  if you have any left.

                  A        B                              C                         D        

Answer: B

Reason: The answer should be “A Cup Of”, because “Coffee” is uncountable noun.

6.      She won’t  be going to the conference, and neither won’t  her colleagues.

          A            B                                                   C                     D

Answer: C

Reason: The answer should be “Either Won’t” or “Neither Will”, because if auxiliary verb in negative form it must be use either and if auxiliary verb in positive form it must be use neither.

7.      He couldn’t gave  me  a good reasons, for what he did.

                       A    B                                    C            D

Answer: A

Reason: The answer should be “Give”, because the auxiliary verb already in the past form. So the following verb must be in present form (Verb 1).

8.      Mary had to balanced her account very carefully because she had only

                           A                                                B                             C               

little money.

         D

Answer: A

Reason: The answer should be “Balance”, because after “To” must be followed by infinitive verb.

9.      The Egyptians first discovered that dying fruits preserved it, made it sweeter and

                           A                                           B                                                    C

improve  its flavor.

       D

Answer: D

Reason: The answer should be “Improved”, because the statement must be in paralel form.

10.  Our friends might stopped  to see us  on  their  way to California.

                                   A            B        C     D

Answer: A

Reason: The answer should be “Stop”, because the auxiliary verb already in the past form. So the following verb must be in present form (Verb 1).