EXERCISE 2

Nama              : Dewi Rahmiati

Kelas               : 3EB15

NPM               : 21210911

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skill 1-3): choose the letter of the underline word or group of words that is not correct.

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

                 A                       B                                   C        D

ANSWER: Words that should be modified are know being knows, since the subject here is the singular that nobody.

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

                                                 A                      B                              C                        D

ANSWER: A word to be changed is being present, presents because the plural subject is languages.

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

A       B

multinationals can operate in so many jurisdictions.

                         C        D

ANSWER:  The word must be changed ' have ' to ' has ', because subjectnya The rise is singular.

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:  The word must be changed ' has ' to ' have ', since the subject here is plural or plural is highways.

5.    When a massive star in the large Magellanic Cloud exploded in 1987, a wave of neutrinos

   A                                                                                  B                 

were detected on Earth.

   C        D

ANSWER: The word must be changed ' were ' into ' was ' because the subject a wave it is singular.

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: The word must be changed that are to be changed is because the subject is singular here every open. because it is here that every singular open.

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 afterwards.

                        C                                       D

Answer: The word must be changed ' is remembered ' to ' was ' remembered.

8.    The term “Yankee” 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: The word must be changed ' are ' to ' is '. Because the subject anyone is singular.

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

A                                                         B

muscles,  supply blood to the face and scalp.

                   C         D

ANSWER:  The word must be changed ' supply ' into ' supplies '. Because the network is a singular subject.

10.  Mesquite is a small tree in the Southwets who can withstand the severest drought.

                       A     B                                    C                  D

ANSWER: The word must be changed  “who”  to  “which “.