Softskill: Pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris Berbantuan Komputer Task 4

FANI ARISTIYANTI PUTRI
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Choose the INCORRECT answer, then give the CORRECTION and EXPLANATION !


  1.  Zoos in New Orleans, San Diego, Detroit, and the Bronx have become biological
      A
parks where animals roams free and people watch from across a moat.
B                           C                                 D

ANSWER: C. roams free. It should be ROAM FREE

EXPLANATION: the subject is "animals", it means plural so we do not need to add 's' after 'roam'

  2. George has not completed the assignment yet,  and Maria hasn’t neither
      A                                 B              C                             D
ANSWER: D. hasn't neither. It should be HASN'T EITHER
EXPLANATION: if we wanted to use 'neither' we put it before 'Maria' but if wanted to put word after 'hasn't' it should be 'either'

  3.  Hanny enjoyed to be able to meet several Congress members during her vacation.
                          A             B               C                                                          D
ANSWER: A. to be. It should be BEING
EXPLANATION: we can add verb+ing after the word 'enjoyed'


  4. No one would have attended the lecture if you told the truth about
                                    A                                      B         C
the guest speaker.
                  D
ANSWER: B. told. It should be HAD TOLD
EXPLANATION: the main clause uses 'would have attended', so the if clause must be 'had told' (if clause type 3)

  5. Marie has registered for both the afternoon anthropology class as well as
             A                                                                                             B
the evening sociology lecture.
C                     D
ANSWER: B. as well as. It should be AND
EXPLANATION: there is the word 'both', the correct companion is 'and'


  6. Compact discs are affected neither by scratching and by dust.
                          A       B                   C                    D
ANSWER: D. and. It should be NOR
EXPLANATION: the companion for 'neither' is 'nor'

  7. Plastics used to make textiles can be drawn into fine threads, then woven or knit
                                                            A                     B                        C          D
into fabrics.
ANSWER: D. knit. It should be KNITTED
EXPLANATION: the first verb is 'drawn', the second is 'woven' and the third must be 'knitted' to make it linear.


  8. Henry David Thoreau stressed the importance in individuality and of living
                                                     A                                                  B
in harmony with nature.
         C                  D
ANSWER: A. the importance in. It should be THE IMPORTANCE OF
EXPLANATION: 'individuality' is a noun, so the correct preposition is 'of'


  9.  The coach was depending for his team to win the game so that they would have a
                                 A                             B                          C
chance to play in the Super Bowl.
          D
ANSWER: A. depending for. It should be DEPENDING ON
EXPLANATION: 'for' is not the correct preposition for 'depend', it should be 'depend on/depending on'

  10.According to Freud, mental life is characterized by internal conflicts who are largely
    A                                                         B                                             C               D
unconscious.

ANSWER: C. who. It should be WHICH
EXPLANATION: 'mental ilness' is not a person but a thing so the correct noun clause is 'which'



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