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Contoh Soal Tenses Beserta Jawabannya
Contoh Soal Tenses Beserta Jawabannya
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.
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).
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'.
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
Pembahasan:
Kata sambung `and' menghubungkan pemakaian jenis dan bentuk kata yang setara. Kalimat di atas
menggunakan past (took) maka verb setelah `and' harus dalam bentuk past juga (called).