TOEFL  EXERCISE :

1. 1.    Nobody know when the process of glass – making was  invented. 

                   A                         B                                  C          D

Answer              : (A) Know  (because subyek is singular (nobody))

Correct  answer : Nobody knows when the process of glass – making was invented.

2. 2.    The languages of the world presents a vast array of structural similarities and differences.

                                                   A                    B                            C                      D

Answer               : (A) presents (because subyek is pluraL (the languages))

Correct  answer : The languages of the world present a vast array of structural similarities and differences.

3.  3.      The rise of multinationals have resulted in a great deal of legal ambiguity because multinationals

                                             A           B

can  operate in so many jurisdictions.

  C        D

Answer              : (A) Have (because subyek is singular (The rise)).

Correct  answer : The rise of multinationals has resulted in a great deal of legal ambiguity

    because multinationals can  operate in so many jurisdictions.

4.   4.     All of the east – west interstate highways in the United States has even numbers, while north-

A                    B

south interstate highways are  odd-numbered.

                                       C              D

Answer              : (A) has (because subyek is plural (All of the east – west))

Correct  answer : All of the east – west interstate highways in the United States have even

numbers, while north-south interstate highways are  odd-numbered.

5. 5.    When a massive star in the large magellanic cloud exploded in 1987, a wave of neutrinos were

    A                                                                             B                                                     C        

detected on earth.

     D

Answer              : (c) Were (because subyek is singular (a wave))

Correct  answer : When a massive star in the large Magellanic Cloud exploded in 1987, a wave of

neutrinos was  detected on earth.

6.  6.     Every open space in the targeted area that has grass and a few bushes are occupied by the

A                    B                                        C        D

white-crowned sparrow.

Answer              : (c) Are (because subyek is singular (a few))

Correct  answer : Every open space in the targeted area that has grass and a few bushes is

occupied by the white-crowned sparrow.

7.  7.     Krakatoa is remembered as the volcano that put so much ash into the air that sunsets around

      A                                           B

the world was affected for two years afterward.

                      C                                        D

Answer              : (C) was affected (because subyek is plural (sunsets))

Correct  answer : Krakatoa is remembered as the volcano that put so much ash into the air that

sunsets around  the world  were affected for two years afterward.

8.  8.     The term “Yanke” was originally a nickname for people from New England, but now anyone

 A

from the United States are referred to as a Yankee.

                                    B      C         D

Answer              : (B) Are (because subyek is singular (anyone))

Correct  answer : The term “Yanke” was originally a nickname for people from New England, but

                                 now anyone from the United States is referred to as a Yankee.

9.  9.     A network of small arteries, mostly sandwiched between the skin and the underlying muscles,

                                                                  A                                                        B

supply blood to the face and scalp.  

     C        D

Answer              : (C) Supply (because subyek is plural (muscles))

Correct  answer : A network of small arteries, mostly sandwiched between the skin and the

                                    underlying muscles, supplies blood to the face and scalp.

 

1010.   Mesquite is a small tree in the Southwest who can withstand the severest drought.  

                     A       B                       C                     D

Answer              : (C) Who (karena pada kalimat ini subjeknya adalah  benda, jadi “relative pronoun”yang tepat adalah “which”)

Correct  answer : Mesquite is a small tree in the Southwest which can withstand the severest

               drought.