NAMA : TASYA NAFILAH NURRAHMAN

NIM : A031181520

TUGAS BAHASA INGGRIS

EXERCISE (Skills 6-8)

1. Until the register makes a decision about your status, you must stay in an
unclassified category. (CORRECT).
Alasan : Adverb connector “until” berada didepan disertai koma ditengah setelah subjek
dan verb (the register makes a decision about your status) dilanjutkan dengan S+V (you
must stay)
2. Or the bills can be paid by mail by the first of the month. (INCORRECT).
Alasan : coordinate connector “or” seharusnya tidak diletakkan didepan dan diperlukan
pada kalimat ini.
3. The parents left a phone number with the baby-sitter in case of a problem with the
children. (INCORRECT).
Alasan : Tidak terdapat verb setelah subjek “a problem”.
4. The furniture will be delivered as soon it is paid for. (INCORRECT).
Alasan : Adverb connector “as soon” pada kalimat ini tidak lengkap seharusnya “as soon
as”
5. Whenever you want to hold the meeting, we will schedule it. (CORRECT).
Alasan : adverb connector “whenever” berada didepan disertai koma ditengah setelah
subjek dan verb (you want to hold the meeting) dilanjutkan dengan S+V (we will)
6. The government was overthrown in a revolution, the king has not returned to his
homeland. (INCORRECT).
Alasan : Tidak terdapat coordinate connector “so “ yang seharusnya diletakkan setelah
tanda koma.
7. Whereas most of the documents are complete, this form still needs to be notarized.
(CORRECT).
Alasan : adverb connector “whereas” berada didepan disertai koma ditengah setelah
subjek dan verb (most of the documents are complete) dilanjutkan dengan S+V (this form
still needs)
 8. Trash will be collected in the morning, so you should put the trash cans out tonight.
(CORRECT).
Alasan : terdapat S+V (Trash will be) serta coordinate connector “so” berada ditengah
setelah tanda koma dilanjutkan dengan S+V (you should put)
9. It is impossible for the airplane to take off while is snowing so hard. (INCORRECT).
Alasan : tidak terdapat subjek “it” setelah adverb connector “while”
10. We did not go out to dinner tonight even though I would have preferred not to cook.
(CORRECT).
Alasan : terdapat S+V (We did not) serta adverb connector “even though” berada
ditengah dan tidak disertai tanda koma kemudian dilanjutkan dengan S+V (I would have)

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 6-8)

1. The president of the United States appoints the cabinet members, ______ appointments
are subject to Senate approval.
(A) their
(B) with their
(C) because their
(D) but their

Alasan : Kalimat ini membutuhkan coordinate connector setelah tanda koma untuk
menghubungkan kalimat satu dan dua sedangkan (a) their hanya berupa subjek, (b) with their
dimana with merupakan preposition, (c) because their merupakan adverb connector jadi,
jawaban yang paling sesuai adalah (d) but their.

2. The prisoners were prevented form speaking to reporters because ______

(A) not wanting the story in the papers.
(B) the story in the papers the superintendent did not want
(C) the public to hear the story
(D) the superintendent did not want the story in the papers

Alasan : Kalimat ini membutuhkan subjek dan verb setelah adverb connector “because”
sedangkan jawaban (a) tidak memiliki subjek, (b) merupakan kalimat pasif dimana
menempatkan “the story in the papers” sebagai subjek, (c) tidak mempunyai verb. Jadi,
jawaban yang paling sesuai adalah (d) the superintendent did not want the story in the
papers.
3. Like Thomas Berger’s fictional character Little Big Man, Lauderdale managed to find
himself where ______ of important events took place.
(A) it was an extraordinary number
(B) there was an extraordinary number
(C) an extraordinary number
(D) an extraordinary number existed

Alasan : Kalimat ini sudah memiliki verb dan membutuhkan subjek setelah adverb place
connector “where” sedangkan (a) tidak sesuai karena terdapat verb “was”, (b) juga terdapat
verb, (d) pun terdapat verb. Jadi, jawaban yang paling sesuai adalah (c) an extraordinary
number existed yang hanya berupa subjek saja.

4. ______ sucked ground water form below, some parts of the city have begun to sink as
much as ten inches annually.
(A) Pumps have
(B) As pumps have
(C) So pumps have
(D) With pumps

Alasan : Kalimat ini membutuhkan adverb connector lebih tepatnya adverb manner connector,
subjek dan verb sedangkan (a) tidak memiliki connector, (c) “so” merupakan coordinate
connector yang diletakkan ditengah kalimat bukan diawal kalimat, (d) tidak memiliki verb
dan “with” merupakan preposition. Jadi jawaban yang paling tepat adalah (b) As pumps have

5. Case studies are the target of much skepticism in the scientific community, ______ used
extensively by numerous researches.
(A) they are
(B) are
(C) yet they
(D) yet they are

Alasan : Kalimat ini membutuhkan coordinate connector untuk menghubungkan 2 klausa,

subjek dan verb setelah tanda koma sedangkan (a) they are tidak memiliki coordinate
connector, (b) hanya verb “are”, (c) tidak memiliki verb. Jadi jawaban yang paling tepat
adalah (d) yet they are

6. According to the hypothesis in the study, the monarchs pick up the magnetic field of the
______ migrate by following magnetic fields.
(A) target monarchs
(B) target since monarchs
(C) target since monarchs are
(D) target
 Alasan : Kalimat ini membutuhkan connector dan subjek pelengkap dari kata “migrate”
sedangkan (a) tidak memiliki connector, (c) terdapat verb “are” yang tidak diperlukan lagi,
(d) target hanya noun. Jadi jawabannya (b) target since monarchs

7. ______ show the relations among neurons, they do not preclude the possibility that other
aspects are important.
(A) Neural theories
(B) A neural theory
(C) Although neural theories
(D) However neural theories

Alasan : Kalimat ini membutuhkan subjek dan adverb connector tepatnya adverb contrast
connector karena terdapat koma ditengah kalimat sedangkan (a) hanyak berupa subjek, (b) a
neural theory tidak cocok karena pada klausa kedua terdapat “they”, (d) however merupakan
conjunctive adverb. Jadi jawabannya (c) Although neural theories

8. ______ or refinanced, the lender will generally require setting up an escrow account to
ensure the payment of property taxes and home owner’s insurance.
(A) A home is
(B) A home is bought
(C) When a home
(D) When a home is bought

Alasan : Kalimat ini membutuhkan subjek, verb, dan connector tepatnya adverb time
connector didepan kalimat sedangkan (a) tidak memiliki connector, (b) juga tidak memiliki
connector, (c) tidak memiliki verb. Jadi jawaban yang tepat adalah (d) When a home is
bought

9. If ultraviolet radiation enters the Earth’s atmosphere, ______ generally blocked by the
ozone concentrated in the atmosphere.
(A) it
(B) it is
(C) so it is
(D) then it

Alasan : Kalimat ini membutuhkan subjek dan verb setelah tanda koma karena sudah terdapat
connector ‘if” diawal kalimat sedangkan (a) hanya subjek, (c) terdapat coordinate connector
“so” yang tidak diperlukan, (d) terdapat “then” yang bukan connector. Jadi jawabannya
adalah (b) it is
10. Among human chromosomes, the Y chromosome is unusual ______ most of the
chromosome does not participate in meiotic recombination.
(A) in
(B) so
(C) and
(D) in that

Alasan : Kalimat dimulai pada “The Y chromosome is unusual” . Kalimat ini membutuhkan
adverb connector tepatnya adverb manner connector sedangkan (a) merupakan preposition,
(b) merupakan coordinate connector, (c) juga merupakan coordinate connector untuk
menghubungkan 2 klausa. Jadi jawaban yang tepat adalah (d) in that.