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Grammar TOEFL 10: Common Preposition & Verb Pattern Mistakes

Penjelasan

Beberapa kata kerja selalu diikuti gerund (enjoy doing, avoid doing), beberapa selalu diikuti to-infinitive (want to do, decide to do), dan beberapa punya preposisi tetap (depend on, interested in, good at). Pola-pola ini harus dihafal karena tidak selalu mengikuti aturan umum.

Latihan soal

1. She enjoys ___ novels in her free time.

  1. reading
  2. reads
  3. to read
  4. read
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan

Jawaban: A. reading

'Enjoy' selalu diikuti gerund ('enjoy doing something').

2. He decided ___ a new career after college.

  1. pursuing
  2. pursues
  3. pursue
  4. to pursue
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan

Jawaban: D. to pursue

'Decide' selalu diikuti to-infinitive ('decide to do something').

3. The outcome depends ___ how well we prepare.

  1. of
  2. on
  3. for
  4. with
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan

Jawaban: B. on

'Depend on' adalah kombinasi verb+preposisi tetap.

4. I'm really interested ___ learning new languages.

  1. on
  2. for
  3. at
  4. in
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan

Jawaban: D. in

'Interested in' adalah kombinasi adjective+preposisi tetap.

5. She avoided ___ about the accident during the interview.

  1. talk
  2. talking
  3. talks
  4. to talk
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan

Jawaban: B. talking

'Avoid' selalu diikuti gerund ('avoid doing something').

6. He's very good ___ solving complex problems.

  1. in
  2. at
  3. with
  4. for
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan

Jawaban: B. at

'Good at' adalah kombinasi adjective+preposisi tetap.

7. They promised ___ the project by Friday.

  1. finishing
  2. finishes
  3. finish
  4. to finish
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan

Jawaban: D. to finish

'Promise' selalu diikuti to-infinitive ('promise to do something').

8. I look forward ___ from you soon.

  1. to hear
  2. to hearing
  3. hearing
  4. hear
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan

Jawaban: B. to hearing

'Look forward to' diikuti gerund, karena 'to' berfungsi sebagai preposisi, bukan bagian to-infinitive.

9. She's responsible ___ managing the entire team.

  1. of
  2. with
  3. for
  4. to
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan

Jawaban: C. for

'Responsible for' adalah kombinasi adjective+preposisi tetap.

10. We finally finished ___ the report last night.

  1. wrote
  2. write
  3. writing
  4. to write
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan

Jawaban: C. writing

'Finish' selalu diikuti gerund ('finish doing something').

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