LATIHAN SOAL MATERI 6.

1 Overview of Past Experience

Name : …………………………….. Hari, Tanggal : …………………………

Class : …………………………….. Nilai :

Choose the correct answer! e. They didn’t like the movie

1. Three months ago Shabir traveled to New Delhi, India. He
went by himself. He had nobody to go with. He (1) … Anne penjelasan: D
if she would love to hear his holiday story. Pada dua kalimat terakhir disebutkan bahwa tidaklah bijaksana jika
mereka menghabiskan banyak waktu dan uang untuk menonton
terlalu banyak film (they didn't think it was wise to spent that much
The correct verb to complete the blank space is …. time and money for watching too many movies) sehingga pada
a. asked d. asking akhirnya mereka hanya menonton satu film saja. Berdasarkan hal
b. ask e. was asked ini, dapat diketahui bahwa keputusan mereka menonton satu film
c. asks saja berarti mereka memutuskan untuk menonton satu film terbaik.

Penjelasan : A
Konteks waktu dari cerita pada paragraf ini adalah waktu lampau,
yaitu three months ago. Dengan demikian, pola kalimat yang
digunakan adalah simple past tense. Ingat bahwa tense ini harus
menggunaakan kata kerja bentuk lampau, misalnya asked
(meminta) yang ada pada pilihan jawaban...
2. Three months ago Shabir traveled to New Delhi, India. He
went by himself. He had nobody to go with. He (1) … Anne
if she would love to hear his holiday story. Shabir said that
when he arrived in New Delhi, the first thing that he (2) … to
do was to find a hotel.
5.
The correct verb to complete the blank space is….
a. would d. went
b. will e. decided
c. decides
Pilihan jawaban they watched all three movies dan they didn't
watch any movie adalah pernyataan yang salah karena pada
kalimat terakhir, disebutkan bahwa mereka menonton satu film
saja. Sementara itu, pilihan jawaban they were disappointed with
the movie dan they didn't like the movie salah karena tidak ada
informasi pada teks apakah mereka kecewa, tidak suka, atau
berpendapat lain terhadap film yang mereka tonton.
Jadi, jawaban yang tepat adalah they decided to watch the best
movie...
Ryana and John supposed to go shopping yesterday. Yet,
they decided to see a movie instead. There were such three
interesting movies that they would love to see that day. But,
they didn't think it was wise to spent that much time and
money for watching too many movies. So, at the end they
only watched one movie.

Penjelasan : E The underlined word has the closest meaning to….

Perhatikan bahwa ada kata to setelah titik-titik. Secara gramatikal, a. fun.
would, will dan went tidak diikuti dengan kata to. Oleh karena itu,
b. easy.
kata yang tepat untuk mengisi soal adalah decide (memutuskan)...
c. good
3. Three months ago Shabir traveled to New Delhi, India. He d. interesting
went by himself. He had nobody to go with. He (1) … Anne e. hard
if she would love to hear his holiday story. Shabir said that
Penjelasan : C
when he arrived in New Delhi, the first thing that he (2) … to
Wise artinya bijaksana.
do was to find a hotel.
Pada paragraf ini, Ryana dan John sadar bahwa tidak baik kalau
The hotel receptionist then asked him what type of room he mereka menghabiskan terlalu banyak waktu dan uang untuk
wanted. “Could you tell me what room do you want to have, menonton semua film. Kata wise memiliki makna yang sama
please?” he asked. “For how many days, Sir?” asked the dengan good. Not wise = not good..
receptionist. “Seven days,” Shabir replied.

Shabir stayed at the hotel for ….

a. seven weeks d. seven hours
b. a week e. a month
c. seven months

Penjelasan : B
Soal ini menanyakan durasi Shabir akan menginap di hotel
tersebut. Informasi mengenai hal ini ada pada paragraf kedua
kalimat terakhir. Saat ditanya “For how many days, sir?”, Shabir
menjawab “Seven days” atau satu minggu.:

4. Ryana and John supposed to go shopping yesterday. Yet,

they decided to see a movie instead. There were such three
interesting movies that they would love to see that day. But,
they didn't think it was wise to spent that much time and
money for watching too many movies. So, at the end they
only watched one movie.

The correct statement from the paragraph is ….

a. They were disappointed with the movie
b. They watched all three movies
c. They didn’t watch any movie.
d. They decided to watch the best movie