Task 9

Choose the best answer !

1.       Alfred Adams has not ___________.

a.       Lived in lonelynessly in time previous

b.      Never before lived sole

c.       Ever lived alone before

d.      Before lived without the company of this friends

Answer : C. Ever lived alone before

Analisis :

The sentence is a Present Perfect Tense, the formula is : S + has / have + V3. Present Perfect Tense is a verb that tells the situation that has been done in the past but still continues until now. The right answer is C. Ever lived alone before.

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

a.       He must to teach a class

b.      He will be teaching a class

c.       Of he will teach a class

d.      He will have teaching a class

Answer : B. He will be teaching a class

Analisis :

In this sentence there is the use of the word "because", usually the word "because" followed by a clause or phrase that is short not to form a sentence. To complete the sentence the right answer is B. He will be teaching a class.

3.       Florida has not yet ratified the amandment, 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

Answer : D. Neither have several other states

Analisis :

This sentence is included in the "Negative Agreement", the formula is Negative + Auxiliary Verb (positive) + S. In the sentence the subject uses the word "has not", then the correct answer is D. Neither have several other states.

4.       There has not been a great response to the sale, ___________.

a.       Does there

b.      Hasn’t there

c.       Hasn’t it

d.      Has there

Answer : D. Has there

Analisis :

The sentence is a Present Perfect Tense, the formula is : S + have/has + not + to be 3 (been) + non verb + O. Present Perfect Tense is a verb that tells the situation that has been done in the past but still continues until now. The right answer is D. Has there.

5.       _________ was the day before yesterday.

a.       The France’s Independance Day

b.      The Day of the Franch Independance

c.       Frence’s Independance Day

d.      France’s Independeance Day

Answer : D. France’s Independeance Day

Analisis :

The sentence is "Past Tense" because of its past events. In the sentence there is a time statement that is the word "yesterday". Then the right answer is D. France’s Independeance Day.

6.       _________, he would have come to class.

a.       If Mike is able to finish his homework

b.      Would Mike be able to finish his homework

c.       If Mike could finish his homework

d.      If Mike had been able to finish his homework

Answer : D. If Mike had been able to finish his homework

Analisis :

The sentence is "conditional sentences: unreal conditional", the formula is If + S + had + V3, S + would + have + V3. Because in the sentence the subject is followed by would have + V3, then the correct answer is D. If Mike has been able to finish his homework.

7.       The cyclist _______ he crossed the main street.

a.       Looked with caution after

b.      Had looked cautiously before

c.       Was looked cautious when

d.      Looks cautious when

Answer : B. Had looked cautiously before

Analisis :

The sentence is "Past Perfect Tense", the formula is S + had + V3, before S + V2. Because the sentence has 2 events that happened in the past, then the right answer is B. Had looked cautiously before.

8.       Here ________ notebook and report that i promised you last week.

a.       Is the

b.      Are the

c.       Was the

d.      Has been a

Answer : B. Are the

Analisis :

The sentence has more than one subject ie "notebook and report", then the right tobe to complete the sentence is B. Are the.

9.       A student must know _________.

a.       To study hard

b.      To be a good student

c.       How to study effectively

d.      The way of effectively in study

Answer : C. How to study effectively

Analisis :

The word "must" in the sentence is used to express the obligation to do something. To complete the sentence, then the right answer is C. How to study effectively.

10.   George did not do well in the class because _________.

a.       He studied bad

b.      He was not good study wise

c.       He was a badly student

d.      He failed to study properly

Answer : D. He failed to study properly

Analisis : 

In this sentence there is the use of the word "because", usually the word "because" followed by a clause or phrase that is short not to form a sentence. To complete the sentence the right answer is D. He failed to study properly.

Task 8

Task 8 : Choose the incorrect one from A,B,C,D

1.       After she had bought himself a new automobile, she sold her bicycle.

     A             B                                     C        D

Incorrect : B. Himself

Analisis :

This sentence is Past Perfect Tense , on the word “Himself” changed to “herself” because subject of this sentence is she.

2.       After George had returned to his house, he was reading a book.

                              A                    B      C            D

Incorrect : D. He was reading

Analisis :

The sentence is past perfect tense. The formula is :  After+S + has / have + V3, S+V2  and there are two actions happened in the past. The word “reading” should be changed to “read”. The correct sentence is he was read a book.

3.       After John eaten dinner, he wrote several letters and went to bed.

                    A                     B              C                         D

Incorrect : A. Eaten

Analisis :

The sentence is past perfect tense, the formula is : After+S+had+V3, S+V2 and there are two actions happened in the past. The word "eaten" must be added with tobe "had". Then the correct sentence is “had eaten”.

4.       The President went fishing after he has finished with the conferences.

  A                             B       C                 D

Incorrect : D. Finished

Analisis :

The sentence is past perfect tense. The formula is :  S+V2 , After+ S + has / have + V3 and there are two actions happened in the past. The word “finished” must be added with tobe “had”. Then the correct sentense is “had finished”.

5.       The governor has not decided how to deal with the new problems already.

  A                  B                                C                                            D

Incorrect : D. Already

Analisis :

This sentence is "present perfect tense", if the sentence has already happened then use the word "already" and if it has not happened using the word "yet". In this sentence the incident has not happened then the word already changed to yet.

6.       The professor had already given the homework assignment when he had remembered that Monday was holiday.                                   A                                            B

    C         D

Incorrect : B. Had remembered

Analisis :

The sentense is past perfect tense, there are two action happened in the past. The sentense “had remembered” should be canged to “remembered”.

7.       John lived in New York since 1960 to 1975, but he is now living in Detroit.

                 A                    B                                                  C   D

Answer : Correct

Analisis        :

The sentence is present perfect tense action and began in the past and use formula “since+biginning of time”. This sentence is correct.

8.       Before she moved here, Arlene had been president of the organization since four years.

     A                                                  B                     C                         D

Incorrect : D. Since

Analisis :

The sentence is present perfect tense action more than once and the use formula : “for+duration of time”. The word “since” should be canged to “for”.  

9.       Our new nighbors had been living in Arizona since ten years before moving to their present

     A                                B                            C                             D

house.

Incorrect : D. Since

Analisis :

The sentence is present perfect tense action more than once and the use formula : “for+duration of time”. The word “since” should be canged to “for”.  

10.   The volume four of our encyclopedia set has been missing for two months.

         A                    B                                        C            D

Incorrect : A. The volume

Analisis :

In the sentence, the use of the word "the volume" should be changed to "a volume" because the use of the word "the" must be a specific object. In this sentence the word volume is not specific then use "a". The correct sentence is "a volume".

Bahasa Inggris Bisnis 2 : Task 7

Identify the one underlined work or phrase that must be changed in order the sentence to be correct.

7.       They asked me what did happen last night, but i was unable to tell them.

A             B                                   C                  D

Incorrect    : A. What did happen

Analisis        : Kalimatnya adalah Past Tense, biasanya setelah subject diikuti dengan V2.

Jadi pada kalimat tersebut diubah menjadi “What happened”.  

8.       He has less friend in his classes now than he had last year.

        A                       B                              C                          D

Incorrect    : A. Less

Analisis        : Kata “friend” adalah jamak, maka pada kata “less” diubah menjadi “fewer”.

9.       They are planning on attending the convention next month, and so i am.

                            A                 B                                            C                                 D

Incorrect    : D. So i am

Analisis        : Kalimat tersebut merupakan Affirmative Agreement.  Rumus dari

Affirmative Agreement yaitu ( so + auxiliary verb + subject ). Pada kalimat “so i am” diubah menjadi “so am i”, karena setelah auxiliary verb diikuti dengan subject. Maka kalimat yang benar adalah “So am i”.

10.   The main office of the factory can be found in Maple Street in New York City.

A                                                                B          C                             D

Incorrect    : C. in

Analisis        : Pada kata “in” diubah menjadi “on”, karena nama jalan tersebut tidak

menggunakan nomor. Kalimat tersebut lebih tertuju pada nama kota saja. Maka kata yang benar adalah “on”.

11.   John decided to buy in the morning a new car, but in the afternoon he changed his mind.

       A                              B                                                     C                             D

Incorrect    : B. In the morning a new car

Analisis        : Pada kalimat “in the morning a new car” diubah menjadi “New car in the

Morning”. Karena keterangan waktu  biasanya setelah object. Maka kalimat yang tepat adalah “New car in the Morning”.   

12.   It has been a long time since we have talked to John, isn’t it?

    A                        B              C                                                          D

Incorrect    : D. Isn,t it

Analisis        : Kalimat tersebut merupakan Present Perfect Tense, rumusnya yaitu

(have/has + S + V3 ), maka pada kalimat “isn’t it” diubah menjadi “ hasn’t it”.  

11.   Harvey seldom pays his bills on time, and his brother does too.

A                   B                  C                          D

Incorrect    : D. Does too

Analisis        : Kalimat tersebut merupakan Negative Agreement, rumusnya yaitu  S +

Auxiliary verb (Negatif) + Either, maka pada kalimat “does too” diubah menjadi “doesn’t either”.

13.   Jim was upset last night because he had to do too many homeworks.

            A                 B                     C                                     D

Incorrect    : D. Many homeworks

Analisis        : Pada kalimat “many homeworks” harus diubah menjadi “much

homework”. Karena pekerjaan rumah adalah kata benda yang tak terhitung jumlahnya dan selalu jamak. Maka kalimat yang benar adalah “Much homework”.

16.   The president refuses to accept either of the four new proposals made by the contractors.             A           B                                  C                      D

Incorrect    : B. Either

Analisis        : Pada kata “either” harus diubah menjadi “any”. Karena kata “either”

digunakan untuk benda yang hanya satu atau dua saja. Karena bendanya ada empat maka diubah menjadi “any”.

17.   Neither of the girls have turned in the term papers to the instructor yet.

       A      B                                                               C                           D

Incorrect    : B. Have

Analisis        : Karena kalimatnya “Neither of the girls” berarti hanya satu gadis. Maka

kata “have” diubah menjadi “has” karena subjectnya adalah satu gadis.