NAMA :
PITOYO HARI SASONGKO
KELAS/NPM
: 3EB15/ 25210344
TOEFL EXERCISE ( Skill 1-3 ) :
Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of words that is not correct.
1. Nobody (A) know when the (B)
process of glass-making (C) was (D) inveted.
The incorrect answer is (A) know,
because the subject “nobody” is singular, so we must add s to
the “know” become “knows”. because an object.
2. The
languages of the world (A) presents a vast (B) array of
structural (C) similarities and (D) differences.
The incorrect answer is (A) presents,
because the subject “the languages of the world” is plural, so we must omit of
the -s from “presents”.
3. The rise of multinationals (A) have (B)
resulted in a great deal of legal ambiguity because
multinationals (C) can (D) operate in so many
juridictions.
The incorrect answer is (A) have,
because the subject “ The rise of multinationals” is singular, then
the correct answer is “has” not “have”
the correct sentence is The rise of
multinationals has resulted in a great deal of legal ambiguity because
multinationals can operate in so many juridictions.
4. All of the east-west interstate highways in the United
States (A) has even (B) numbers, while north-south
interstate highways (C) are (D) odd-numbered.
The incorrect answer is (A) has,
because the subject “all of the east-west interstate highways in the United
States” is plural, and the correct answer is “have” not “has”.
5. (A) When a
massive star in the large Magellanic Cloud (B) exploded in
1987, a wave of neutrinos (C) were (D) detected on
Earth.
The incorrect answer is (C) were,
because the subject “a wave of neutrinos” is singular, then we should use “was”
not “were”
6. Every open space in the (A) targeted area
that (B) has grass and few bushes (C) are (D) occupied by
the white-crowned sparrow.
The wrong word in
the sentence above is (C) are, because the subject is singular, so we
must replace “are” with "is".
I think The correct sentence is
Every open space in the targeted area that has grass and few bushes is
occupied by the white-crowned sparrow.
7. Krakataoa (A) is remembered as the volcano
that (B) put so much ash into the air that sunsets around the
world (C) was affected for two years (D) afterward.
The incorrect answer is (B) put,
because the subject is singular, so we must add -s to “put” become “puts”.
8. The term “Yankee” (A) was originally a
nickname for people from New England, but now anyone from the United
States (B) are (C) reffered (D) to as a
Yankee.
The wrong word in
the sentence above is (B) are, because the subject
“anyone from the United States” is singular, so we must replace “are” with
“is”.
9. A network of small arteries, mostly (A) sandwiched between
the skin and the (B) underlying muscles, (C) supply (D)
blood to the face and scalp.
The incorrect answer is (C) supply,
because the subject is singular, so we must add –s/-es to the “supply
become “supplies”.
10. Mesquite (A)
is a (B) small tree in the Southwest (C) who can (D)
withstand the severest drought.
The incorrect answer is (C) who,
because the subject is a thing not human, so we must replace “who” with “which”
or “that”.
