4th Exercise
of PBIBK
Ismadanti Putri Rizky / 15614502
Margaretha Agustine Spiering / 16614373
Rahmaluttifah / 18614784
Stacia Dara / 1A614444
4SA01
Choose the
INCORRECT answer, then give the CORRECTION and EXPLANATION !
1. Zoos in New Orleans, San Diego, Detroit, and
the Bronx have become biological park
A
where animals roams free and people watch
from across a moat.
B C D
The answer is C. roams free
C. roams free is
incorrect because the subject is “animals” which is plural so it should be
‘Roam Free’, because the pattern of present tense allows the verb to be added –s or –es in the final only if the subject is singular (except pronoun: I)
2. George has not completed the
assignment yet, and Maria hasn’t
neither
A B
C D
The answer is D. hasn’t neither
D. hasn’t either is
incorrect because if hasn’t neither is used, the sentence would mean Maria has
completed the assignment (the concept: negative plus negative will make a
positive), which is false. The correct ones would be has neither or neither has
Maria.
3. Hanny enjoyed to be able to meet several
Congress members during her vacation.
A B
C D
The answer is A. to be
A. to be is
incorrect, it should be being
because after the word enjoy it
should be followed by gerund which is verb
1 + -ing. Thus it should be being.
4. No one would have attended the lecture
if you told the truth about the guest speaker.
A B C D
The answer is B. told
B. told is incorrect,
it should be had told because the sentence is a conditional
sentence type 3 which the pattern is IF + PAST PERFECT à PAST PERFECT (S + HAD + V3)
5. Marie has registered for both the
afternoon anthropology class as well as the evening
A B C
sociology lecture.
D
The answer is B. as well as
B. as well as is
incorrect, it should and because as
well as means in addition to therefore the subject
should not be compound (both).
6. Compact discs are affected
neither by scratching and by dust.
A B C D
The answer is D. and
D. and is incorrect
because neither must be followed by nor. Neither….nor.
7. Plastics used to make textiles can be drawn
into fine threads, then woven or knit into
A B C D
fabrics.
The answer is D. Knit
D. knit is incorrect
because it should be knitting (in noun
form)
8. Henry David Thoreau stressed the importance
in individuality and of living
A B
in harmony with nature.
C D
The answer is A. the importance in
A. the importance in
is incorrect. It should be the
importance 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
The answer is A. depending for
A. depending for is
incorrect because the verb “depend” should be followed by the preposition “on”.
So, it should be depending on
10.
According to Freud, mental life is characterized by internal conflicts who
are largely
A B C D
unconscious.
The answer is C. who
C. who is incorrect
because the subject is inanimate noun. The more suitable is that or which.
