TOEFL

Modifiers

Modifier menjelaskan time (waktu), place (tempat), atau manner (cara) dari sebuah aksi atau perbuatan

·         Bentuk yang paling umum dari modifier adalah prepositional phrase (kelompok kata yang dimulai dengan sebuah preposition dan diakhiri dengan sebuah noun

·         Preposition = on, out, under, behind, etc…

·         Modifier menjawab pertanyaan when (kapan), where (dimana), atau how (bagaimana)

In some sentence in Part A of the structure and Written Expression Section, you will be asked to identify the correct modifier. A modifier can be an adjective or an adjectival phrase that describes a can also be an adverb or an adverbial phrase that adds information abaout the verb, adjective, or another verb. Adjectives do not change for to agree with the nouns or –ing forms that they describe, but some adjectives are used only with count nouns and others are used only with noncounts nouns.

1.      She hasn’t seen her family ....... three years ago.

a. since                                                            b. from

c. for                                                                d. before

2.      Just put your coat in .......

a. the hall closet

b. the closet of the hall

c. the hall’s closet

d. hall closet

3.      Bill came to work at the University thirty years .......... today.

a. since                                                                        c. from

b. before                                                         d. ago

4.      This drink tastes a little ........ to me.

a. strongly                                                       b. so strong

c. strong                                                          d. too much strong

5.      I like these dishes, but ...... is a little too small.

a. the tea cup                                                  b. the cup of tea

c. the tea’s cup                                                            d. the cup for the tea

6.      My sisters has a ........ baby.

a. two-months-old                                           b. two-months-olds

c. two-month-olds                                           d. two-month-old

7.      The one in the window was ....... expensive that I couldn’t afford it.

a. so                                                                 b. too much

c. too                                                               d. very

8.      We used to go skiing in Michigan every winter, but I haven’t gone ....... the past five seasons.

a. from                                                             b. for

c. to                                                                 d. since

9.      It is ........ day that travel advisiories have been issued for most of major highways.

a. such snowy                                                  b. so snowy

c. such a snowy                                              d. such snowy a

10.  Our reservations are for ....

a. sixth June                                                    b. six June

c. the sixth of June                                        d. the six of June

11.  They listened ......... while the examiner gave them the directions for Part I

a. attentive                                                      b. attentively

c. attentiveness                                                d. attention

12.  The cookies that you sent over were ........ that I ate them all.

a. very good                                                    b. too good

c. so good                                                        d. good

13.  Jacobson’s is one of the most expensive ......... in the city.

a. department store                                       b. departments stores

c. departments store                                        d. department stores

14.  I don’t understand how John could have made ...... in judgement.

a. such big mistake                                          b. such a big mistake

c. so a big mistake                                           d. so big mistake

15.   You can give me a receipt if you want to, but your word is ....... for me.

a. enough good                                               b. good as enough

c. good enough                                               d. good than enough

Comparative

Saat membicarakan dua benda, kita dapat membandingkan dan melihat persamaan juga perbedaan antara dua benda tersebut. Mungkin saja benda itu mempunyai kesamaan di satu sisi dan perbedaan pada sisi lainnya. Untuk membandingkan perbedaan kedua benda tersebut kita menggunakan comparative adjectives. Perbandingan menggunakan comparative adjectives ini hanya untuk membandingkan antara dua benda saja.

Ada dua cara untuk membuat comparative adjectives:

1. Menambah akhiran -er (short adjectives)

2. Menambah awalan more (long adjectives)

Aturan penambahan akhiran untuk short adjectives:

- Umumnya adjektiva hanya ditambahkan –er, misalnya: older, smaller, richer, etc.

- Jika berakhiran –e, tambahkan saja r, misalnya: later, nicer, etc.

- Jika berakhiran konsonan-vokal-konsonan, maka ditambah konsonan yang terakhir, baru kemudian ditambah –er, misalnya: bigger, hotter, etc.

- Jika berakhiran –y, maka y diubah menjadi i kemudian ditambah er, misalnya: happier, earlier, busier, heavier, etc.

In some sentences In Part A of the Structure and Written Expression Section, you will be asked to identify the correct comparative. A comparative can also be a word ending like –er or –est that expresses a degree of comparison with adjectives and adverbs.

1.      I will return your notes as soon as .......... copying them.

a. I will finish                                                  b. I do finish

c. I finish                                                        d. I be finished

2.      ............. the worse I seem to feel.

a. When I take more medicine                        b. The more medicine I take

c. Taking more of the medicine                      d. More medicine take

3.      We will have to be careful no to get our suitcases mixed up because yours is almost the same ......... mine.

a. like                                                               b. to

c. as                                                                 d. that

4.      My new glasses cost me ....... the last pair that I bought.

a. times three                                                   b. three times as much as

c. three times more                                          d. as much three time as

5.      Altough she is very popular, she is not .......... her sister.

a. pretty as                                                       b. as pretty

c. prettier than                                               d. more pretty than

6.      We are going to Florida as soon as ........ taking out final exams.

a. we’re finish                                                 b. we’ll finish

c. we’d finish                                                  d. we finish

7.      This new soup is not much ......... the others that I have tried.

a. different                                                      b. different than

c. different from                                            d. different that

8.      Ms. Jones isn’t as nice .......... Ms. Smith.

a. as                                                                 b. for

c. like                                                               d. to

9.      The rooms in Graduate Towers are ......... Patterson Hall

a. larger than                                                   b. larger than that of

c. larger than those in                                   d. larger than in

10.  We’ll be there as soon as we ........ a babysitter for our son.

a. will find                                                       b. found

c. find                                                             d. are finding

11.  The final will be .......... the midterm.

a. alike                                                             b. same

c. like                                                               d. similiar

12.  They are ........ my other neighbors.

a. more friendlier than                                     b. friendlier than

c. friendlier as                                                 d. friendly than

13.  Tuition at an American university runs ....... six thousand dollars a semester.

a. so high as                                                     b. as high to

c. as high as                                                     d. as high than

14.  ............ I get know her, the more I like her.

a. For more                                                      b. More

c. The more                                                    d. The most

15.  I would have paid ......... for my car if the salesman had insited, because I really wanted it.

a. as much twice                                              b. times two

c. much twice                                                  d. twice as much

Sumber : Max D One 2011

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