KUNCI JAWABAN GRAMMAR CLUB, 30 DESEMBER 2013

Part I

1. ____ lived on Earth for nearly 150 million years.

     a. Dinosaurs

     b. Dinosaurs who

     c. If dinosaurs

     d. Since dinosaurs

Kalimat di atas membutuhkan S, yaitu Dinosaurs jd konstruksinya akan menjadi S P K

2. ____ along most of its length into an upper chamber and a lower chamber.

     a. The divided cochlea

     b. Dividing the cochlea

     c. The cochlea is divided

     d. With a divided cochlea

Kalimat di atas membutuhkan S dan P yaitu The cochlea as S dan is divided as P(pasif), jadi konstruksinya S P C

3. Yeast is an organic catalyst ____ known to prehistoric humanity.

     a. was

     b. which was

     c. which it

     d. which

Kalimat di atas punya 2 V (is dan known) ingat V3 known tidak bisa berdiri sendiri harus ditemani has/have/ to be (is am are was were), karena ada 2 V berarti ada 2 clausa yang berarti butuh rel pronoun. Ingat WHICH digunakan saat BKN org bertemu V, jadi jawabannya b.

4. The ear is a flexible organ, ____ simply was not designed to withstand the noise of modern living.

     a. but it

     b. it

     c. but

     d. its

5. As ____ grows, the shell in which it lives grows, too.

     a. a mollusk

     b. a mollusk it

     c. has a mollusk

     d. it has a mollusk

Kalimat di atas membutuhkan S, yaitu a mollusk.

6. If the receptionist is unable to answer your question, Ms. Takai … help you.

a. Can
b. Did
c. Could not
d. Would not

Conditional type1.

7. We rely on Ms. Lee for her experience, sensitivity, and … advice.

a. Wisdom
b. Wisely
c. Wise
d. Wiser

Parallelism, experience (N), sensitivity (N), advice sudah N jadi g mungkin digandeng dg N, tapi dg ADJ shg jdi NP (wise advice).

8. Mr. Moore expects to … about 20.000 dollar next year.

a. Salary
b. Earn
c. Worth
d. Income

Setelah to harus V1, dari a-d yang V adalah b, earn.

9. Stalactites are formed in caves by groundwater ____ dissolved lime.

     a. it contains

     b. containing

     c. contains

     d. containment

Ingat 2V (are formed dan yang kosong itu), ingat krn tidak ada rel pronoun jadi Vnya disederhanakan dg ditambah –ing (containing) yang artinya yang mengandung.

10. By studying the movements of the Sun and Moon, even early astronomers could ____ eclipses would take place.

     a. predicting when

     b. when I predicts

     c. the prediction when

     d. predict when

Ingat setelah modal (could) V1 tanpa s/es.

11. Many communities ____ a complex system of linguistic levels in order to show respect.

     a. useful

     b. use already made

     c. making it useful

     d. make use of

Karena S nya jamak (communities) maka V nya TIDAK pake s, yaiti make use of, use already made buka jawabannya meskipun use jga TIDAK pake s, tapi artinya tidak masuk akal.

12. In 1934, chemist Wallace Carothers produced a plastic which ____ nylon.

     a. his call

     b. he called

     c. to call him

     d. calling

Ingat WHICH digunakan saat BKN orang bertemu V/pronoun (I,You,They,We,He,She,It,Nama orang), ditambah kalimat di atas adl simple past, jadi V nya dalm bentuk past (V2=called), jadi jawabannya he called.

13. Alabama was occupied by the French and Spanish before ____ to England in 1763.

     a. was ceded

     b. ceded to it

     c. it was ceded

     d. ceded it

Parallelism, simple past (was occupied) dan simple past (was ceded), alasannya ditambah it karena setelah before tidak boleh langsung V2, tapi Ving, jadi untuk TETAP memasukan was ceded harus ditambah S dulu, yaitu it sehingga jawabannya c, it was ceded.

Part II

1. Our main concern are that the machine will be quickly be outdated.

     A                           B    C                                                          D

Perhatikan S nya, our main concern, dalam bentuk tunggal bukan?? Jadi V nya harusnya is.

2. Vast flows of information is carried on hair-thin-fiber-optic cables.

     A                         B           C                                                      D

Perhatikan S nya, Vast FLOWS of information, dalam bentuk jamak bukan?? (FLOWS), jadi P nya harus are.

3. Ms. Lania hired a new assistant who he used to work at the bank across the street.

                                          A                       B                    C                               D

Ingat WHO digunakan saat ORG bertemu V, ORG bertemu ORG menggunakan WHOM.

4. In 1851, with the publication of hers antislavery novel, Harriet Beecher Stowe rocketed to

                                                          A                       B                                                 C

     fame.

       D

Harusnya her, tanpa s yang menyatakan kepemilikan.

5. The smallest and simple living organism on Earth are bacteria.

                                   A        B                      C            D

Lihat S nya, ORGANISM, tanpa s kan, jadi itu merupakan S tunggal sehingga P nya harusnya is.

6. The effort to determine the exact numerical value of pi has now reach 2.16 billion decimal

              A                                               B                                           C

     digits.

        D

Ingat aturan PRESENT PERFECT!! HAS/HAVE + V3, jadi harusnya HAS now REACHED.

7. The hammerhead shark is usual found in a warm, temperate waters.

                                                 A                        B           C           D

Harusnya USUALLY (Adv) BUKAN USUAL (Adj).

8. Mr. Wiesman like his coffee with the sugar and a little milk.

                            A   B                           C                   D

Ingat Mr. Wiesman sbg Subjek bisa diganti He, jadi P nya harus ditambah s/es menjadi LIKES.

9. The good news about the new project have finally arrived.

                      A                      B        C       D

Ingat S nya dalam bentuk tunggal (the good news—meskipun ada s tapi itu bukan berarti jamak melainkan memang dari snanya kalau berita itu bahasa ing nya news), jadi P nya harusnya HAS, BUKAN HAVE.

10. As one climbs high up a mountain, the air becomes both colder or thinner.

                      A                                                       B                         C     D

Kata both pasangannya adalah AND, BUKAN OR.

11. Princeton University, which was establish in 1746, is one of the oldest universities in the

                                                                A                          B                            C             D

      United States.

Ingat, to be TIDAK AKAN PERNAH berpasangan dg V1, tapi Ving atau V3, kal di atas harusnya to be + V3 (was ESTABLISHED), yang berarti DIDIRIKAN.

12. The crafting of fine violins has been proceeding for several century as a secret art.

Perhatikan kata SEVERAL yg terletak sebelum “century”, kata SEVERAL mengindikasikan plural form (jamak), jadi seharusnya CENTURIES, BUKAN century.