Soal TOEFL (Tugas Softskill)

Choose the INCORRECT answer, then give the CORRECTION and EXPLANATION !

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

            The answer is C, because the word “roams” refers to animals as a plural subject. In the Simple Present Tense, the plural subject must be followed by verb without ‘s’. So it should be “roam”.

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

A                                 B             C                             D

            The answer is D, neither should be changed to be either. Because, if we wan’t to use neither, the auxiliary verb comes before the subject. Neither can’t with another negatives. The subject has existed, so we must use either, and change it to be ”hasn’t either”.

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

          A           B               C                                                        D

            The answer is A, because “enjoy” is one of common verbs followed by gerund. Therefore, it should be corrected  become “enjoyed being”.

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

      A                                       B         C

the guest speaker.

                  D

            The answer is B, because this sentence belongs to conditional sentence type 3. The pattern of conditional sentence type 3 is “IF + S + HAD + V3”. So it should be corrected become “had told”.

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

             A                                                                                      B

the evening sociology lecture.

C               D

The answer is B, because this sentence use parallel conjunction “both”. “Both” should be paired with “and”. Therefore, “as well as” should be corrected become “and”

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

       A       B                   C                    D

            The answer is D, because this sentence use parallel conjunction “neither”. Neither shoukd be paired with “nor”. Therefore, “and” should be corrected become “nor”.

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

    A                         B                     C          D

into fabrics.

            The answer is D, that sentence use parallel structure, because the word “drawn” and “woven” are past participle, so the next verb (knit) also must be past participle. That is “knitted”.

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

       A                                                  B

in harmony with nature.

         C                  D

            The answer is B, that sentence use parallel structure, because the word “stressed” using past form, so the next verb (living) also must be past participle. That is “lived”.

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

            The answer is A, because the correct  adjective preposition of “depend” is “depend on”. So, the sentence should be “the coach was depending on his team”.

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

            A                                                         B                                             C               D

unconscious.

            The answer is C, in that sentence “who” refers to internal conflicts, but it’s wrong, because the correct noun clause connector for “internal conflicts” is “which”.