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'When the goods . . . from the truck.'
A. unloaded
B. were unloading
C. being unloaded
D. were being unloaded
E. they were unloading
Jawaban : D
Pembahasan:
Kalimat tersebut menghendaki jawaban passive dalam bentuk Past Continuous, yakni was/ were +
being + V3.
2. Ahmad : Mah, what were you doing when I phoned your mother last night?
Halimah : I ... TV
A. watch
B. am watching
C. have watched
D. was watching
E. will watch
Jawaban : D
Pembahasan:
Dari ucapan Ahmad: Kita tahu bahwa Ahmad menanyakan kegiatan yang sedang dilakukan Halimah
tadi malam. Untuk itu, kita harus menggunakan pola past progressive (S+ was/were + verb - ing).
5. `Could you tell brother to meet me at the library tomorrow? `Sure, I____ him.'
A. would have told
B. am telling
C. be telling
D. will tell
E. will be telling
Jawaban : D
Pembahasan:
Ungkapan spontan yang menyatakan sesuatu akan dilakukan harus dinyatakan dalam Simple
Future : S'+ shall/will + V1.
11. 'Anwar was promoted president of your company last week; wasn't he?
'I'm glad he was; he ... in this company for years.'
A. worked
B. had worked
C. was working
D. has been working
E. would work
Jawaban : D
Pembahasan:
Keterangan waktu `for years' (selama bertahun-tahun) menunjukkan suatu kegiatan yang terjadi
dalam rentang waktu tertentu dari suatu waktu di masa lampau hingga sekarang. Tense untuk
menyatakan kegiatan seperti ini dipergunakan present perfect continuous (S + have/has + been + V-
ing)
12. `What are you looking for?’, 'My wallet; I don't know where I ... it.'
A. have put
B. have been putting
C. had put
D. am putting
E. was putting
Jawaban : A
Pembahasan:
Tense untuk mengungkapkan kejadian yang telah berlangsung dan buktinya masih terasa/ terlihat
adalah present perfect tense (have/has + V3).
13. 'Where is my dictionary? It was on my desk.' `Perhaps somebody ... it.'
A. would take
B. takes
C. is taking
D. has taken
E. had taken
Jawaban : D
Pembahasan:
Bila kita hubungkan kalimat soal dengan pilihan yang ada kalimat soal mengehandaki
makna :"Mungkin seseorang telah mengambilnya. Sesuatu yang telah terjadi (sekarang)
diungkapkan dalam present perfect (S + have/has + V3/been).
15. Anita is looking forward to her birthday because she ... a new watch.
A. has promised
B. promised
C. being promised
D. has been promising
E. has been promised
Jawaban : E
Pembahasan:
Pernyataan di atas menghendaki bentuk passive yang artinya telah dijanjikan bukan telah
menjanjikan. Jadi polanya menggunakan Present Perfect passive S + have/has + been + V3. Pola
ini dipenuhi oleh pilihan (D): She has been promised a new watch'.
21. `Could you please book me on the next flight to Mexico City? 'I'm sorry, sir. Our airline … to
Mexico City."
A. doesn't fly
B. will not fly
C. did not fly
D. has not been flying
E. wasn't able to fly
Jawaban : A
Pembahasan:
Pernyataan yang berhubungan dengan jadwal, rutinitas selalu diungkapkan dalam bentuk simple
present tense (S + VI). Dalam hal ini yang dikehendaki adalah bentuk negatif simple present : S +
do/does + not + V1.
22. `He has to take a TOEFL test before leaving for the U.S.'
`No, . . . have to; he already took it a few months ago.
A. he can't
B. he doesn't
C. he hasn't
D. he isn't
E. he mustn't
Jawaban : B
Pembahasan:
Kalimat pertama tense-nya adalah present simple (has to = harus).
Maka respon kalimat tadi harus present simple juga dengan Auxiliary do/does. Does digunakan
terhadap untuk orang ketiga tunggal (third person singular).
23. I think you had better tell her the truth before somebody else ....
A. does
B. can
C. had
D. tells
E. did
Jawaban : A
Pembahasan:
Kalimat pertama bertense present simple, maka kalimat selanjutnya, yang merupakan adverb clause
harus ber-tense sama/setara: present simple. Apabila kegiatan (verb) yang dimaksud kalimat kedua
sama dengan kalimat pertama, maka verb kalimat kedua harus dalam bentuk elips. Auxiliary
do/does digunakan sebagai elips present.
33. Last week Rini ... a holiday, she didn’t go for a picnic, she went camping.
A. is has
B. has
C. had
D. have
E. having
Jawaban : C
Pembahasan:
Last week = past tense (S + VII)
34. `So you have finished typing those letters! When did you do it?ff 'When you the meeting.'
A. had attended
B. were attending
C. have attended
D. attend
E. attended
Jawaban : B
Pembahasan:
Kalimat soal dalam bentuk pertanyaan lampau past (when did), maka kalimat jawabannya-pun harus
dalam bentuk past. Conjuction 'when' menyatukan kegiatan tersebut berlangsung bersamaan oleh
karena itu harus dipergunakan bentuk past tense (S + V2) atau past continuous (S + was/were + V-
ing). Dalam hal ini past continuous lebih tepat alih-alih past tense untuk mengatakan 'saat anda
sedang menghadiri pertemuan' (when you were atending the meeting).
35. I didn't hear the thunder during the storm last night because I…..soundly.
A. have slept
B. have been sleeping
C. am sleeping
D. has slept
E. was sleeping
Jawaban : E
Pembahasan:
Conjunction `because' menyatakan kalimat hubungan sebab-akibat. Kalimat pertama, sebagai
result, dalam bentuk past (didn't) oleh karenanya kalimat selanjutnya, sebagai reason, harus dalam
past juga. Dalam hal ini saya tidak bisa mendengar guntur selama badai tadi malam karena saya
sedang tidur. 'Sedang' di waktu lampau diungkapkan dengan past continuous: S + was/were + V-
ing.
36. `Did you see the children when you came home this afternoon?' 'No, they their teacher in Priok'
A. would have visited
B. visited
C. to visit
D. had visited
E. were visiting
Jawaban : E
Pembahasan:
Jawaban yang dikehendaki adalah alasan bahwa anak-anak tidak ada dirumah, yaitu sedang
berkunjung ke gurunya di Priok. Pernyataan dalam past (did) maka jawabannya pun dalam past.
Ungkapan sedang di waktu lampau dinyatakan dengan bentuk past continous : S + was/were + V-
ing.
38. Nukmi : What was your sister doing when you arrived home last night?
Rendra : She ... in the kitchen.
A. was cooking
B. cooks
C. has cooked
D. is cooking
E. has been cooking
Jawaban : A
Pembahasan:
Ungkapan yang paling tepat untuk menjawab pertanyaan Nuki adalah: "She was coking", karena
pertanyaan memiliki bentuk Past Continuous Tense yang ditandai dengan keterangan waktu: when
you arrived.
42. `When did you realize you had lost your purse?
'When I money to pay the bus fare.'
A. am needing
B. was needing
C. had needed
D. needed
E. have needed
Jawaban : D
Pembahasan:
Pernyataan kalimat soal dalam bentuk past (did) maka jawabannya pun harus ber-tense sama. Past.
`When' merujuk pada kegiatan yang berlangsung bersamaan bukan kejadian yang berturutturut,
maka `adverb of time' yang diawali conjunction when harus dalam past tense (V2) atau past
continuous (was/were V-ing) bukan past perfect (had V3/been). Kata `need' adalah stative verb, kata
kerja yang tidak punya bentuk continuous (V-ing). Dengan demikian jawaban yang tepat adalah (B)
needed.
44. Tuti came home very late last night. Where did Budiman take her to?'
A. To the movies he took her last night
B. She took him to the movies last night
C. Last night she took him to the movies
D. He took her last night to the movies
E. He took her to the movies last night
Jawaban : E
Pembahasan:
Penempatan adverb of time harus selalu di akhir atau di awal kalimat. Susunan normal sebagai
berikut:
S + V + O+ Adverb of place + Adverb of time
He took her to the movie last night.
45. 'When did you realize you had lost your purse?'
'When I___ money to pay the conductor.
A. am needing
B. was needing
C. had needed
D. needed
E. have needed
Jawaban : D
Pembahasan:
Pertanyaan kalimat soal adalah dalam bentuk past (did), maka jawabannya pun harus bertense
sama: Past Tense. Dari pilihan yang ada, yang merupakan pola past tense hanya (B). needed.
47. My daughter ... a lot of photographs of the Borobudur when she went there on her last vacation.
A. had taken
B. has taken
C. would take
D. has been taking
E. took
Jawaban : E
Pembahasan:
Kegiatan yang ber:angsung pada waktu lampau (when she went there) harus dibentuk dalam pola
past tense (S + V2). Jadi jawaban yang benar adalah "my daughter took a lot of photographs of
Borobudur."
49. A taxi driver who witnessed the accident took my injured brother to the hospital and then. . . my
parents.
A. was calling
B. call
C. calling
D. called
E. to call
Jawaban : D