Latihan Structure TOEFL Bagian 8
Pilih bentuk yang paling tepat untuk melengkapi tiap kalimat. Buka pembahasan setelah menjawab untuk memahami polanya.
1. She finally got the report ___ after weeks of delay.
- approving
- approved
- to approve
- approve
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan
Jawaban: B. approved
Struktur causative 'get something done' menggunakan past participle, mirip dengan 'have something done'.
2. The committee ___ reviews every application before making a final decision.
- carefully
- carefully very
- very much carefully
- carefully so
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan
Jawaban: A. carefully
Kata keterangan cara seperti 'carefully' diletakkan langsung sebelum kata kerja utama; opsi lain tidak gramatikal.
3. The union demanded that management ___ the new safety measures immediately.
- implement
- implemented
- implements
- will implement
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan
Jawaban: A. implement
Setelah 'demand that', digunakan subjunctive (bentuk dasar tanpa -s), sama seperti pola 'suggest/insist/require that'.
4. This method is ___ time-consuming than the traditional approach.
- less
- lesser
- least
- fewer
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan
Jawaban: A. less
'Less' digunakan untuk membandingkan derajat suatu sifat dengan 'than'; 'fewer' dipakai untuk countable nouns.
5. The data was anonymized ___ participants' identities would remain confidential.
- in order
- so that
- for that
- so as
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan
Jawaban: B. so that
'So that' digunakan untuk menyatakan tujuan/hasil yang diinginkan dari suatu tindakan, diikuti klausa lengkap (subjek+kata kerja).
6. By the time we arrived, the meeting ___ already.
- ended
- was ending
- had ended
- has ended
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan
Jawaban: C. had ended
'By the time' + peristiwa lampau menandakan past perfect untuk tindakan yang selesai lebih dulu.
7. The new bridge ___ by the time the festival begins next month.
- will have completed
- will be completed
- will complete
- completes
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan
Jawaban: B. will be completed
Subjek 'bridge' menerima tindakan (pasif) di masa depan → future passive 'will be completed'.
8. ___ honesty is valued in every culture, though its expression varies.
- The
- (no article)
- A
- An
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan
Jawaban: B. (no article)
Kata benda abstrak seperti 'honesty' umumnya tidak memakai artikel saat berbicara secara umum.
9. She was ___ tired to continue the meeting.
- so
- too
- very much
- such
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan
Jawaban: B. too
Pola 'too + adjective + to-infinitive' menyatakan tingkat berlebihan yang menghalangi suatu tindakan.
10. The instructions were clear ___ everyone could follow them without help.
- enough so
- enough that
- too enough
- so enough that
Lihat jawaban dan pembahasan
Jawaban: B. enough that
Pola 'adjective + enough that + clause' menyatakan hasil dari suatu tingkat kecukupan.