2021 Structure-EPTUS Preparation
2021 Structure-EPTUS Preparation
WRITTEN EXPRESSIONS
Strategies for Structure and Written Expressions
Structure
Structure
questions 1-15
complete the sentence in a grammatically correct way
Strategies
Look at the answer choices first
Study the sentence.
E.g.:
1. … was backed up for miles on the freeway.
a. Yesterday c. Traffic
b. In the morning d. Cars
10-Point Checklist of Problem Areas
1. Check for the subject and verb (both present; neither repeated)
2. Check verb agreement, tense, and form
3. Check for full subordination
4. Check for verbals
5. Check pronoun form, agreement, and reference
6. Check word form
7. Check word order
8. Check for parallel structure
9. Check for unnecessary repetition
10. Check for correct usage
living - students - cards - in - the -
are - room - Some - playing .
Some students are playing cards
in the living room.
in - comics - Chris - his - reads -
bedroom.
Chris reads comics in his
bedroom.
Noun: thing, person, quality
A book has pages
s v
His goodness can’t be forgotten
s v
Water is very needed
s v
PRONOUN: He, she, they, it
He reads a book.
s v
PRONOUN =
They help us KATA GANTI
s v
It makes me happy
s v
GERUND :
Ing-form of a verb function as a noun
Cooking is my hobby
s v
Studying English is difficult
s v
Swimming makes me hungry
s v
on He
1.oun is the new director of the institute
pr
inf2. To get angry is not the solution
gerund
3. Falling in love is a beautiful experience.
Noun4. Her performance attracts people’s attention
NC 5. Who ever come to the party will get a present
NC 6. That you invite me makes me happy.
PR 7. It tells us about the history.
NC 8. What they have done confused the teacher
CARILAH SUBJEKNYA
1. The robbers ran into an empty house
2. Deep down the earth lie deposits of uranium
3. There is a new student in my class.
4. The municipal auditorium is located on Town
Lake
5. Near the school stands a museum
6. Hans and Mary have finished their study
Kata kerja (v), bukan kata kerja (x), kata kerja &
lainnya (vv)
4.
House
Dance vv 14. Drink vv
5. Watch vv 15. Passenger x
6. Smoke vv 16. Continue v
Can x
7.
PHRASE:
Kelompok kata tidak mempunyai S dan P
1. Experience is a good teacher. c
2. Before dawn ph
3. To drive fast ph
4. The woman brings a basket. c
5. Once or twice a week. ph
6. Smoking harms your lungs. c
7. Babies need milk. c
8. Catching a fish
ph
9. Feel hungry
ph
Cars cost a lot of money c
Meditation needs concentration. c
To write a letter. ph
From time to time ph
Get sick. ph
He moved slowly. c
To enter costs five dollars. c
Boxing needs strength. c
Selling books. ph
Correct, or wrong
1. Fertilizer is precious for the farmers. c
2. x
Clara she buys a book.
3. These are simple sentences. c
Is bought
4. This book bought by younger sister.
5. x
The students they study in the class.
6. They are happy. c
7. a
She is reading s book.
8. x
Eating regularly it helps dieters.
9. Friendship needs understanding.
Is always
c
10. She always honest.
11. On the table lies a book. c
12. The dog with its three puppies.
13. The car xit is sold.
14. They invited to the party.
Are invited
15. Drinking milk is good for health. c
16. Mary and John students.
Are students
x is hot.
17. Fire it
1. x at
Neither my brothers nor my sister (is/are)
home. s1 s2
2. Either my sister or my brothers x(go/goes)
school. s1 s2
3. Not only the students but also the teacher
s1
x coming the graduation. s2
(is/are)
None, all, some, any,
majority, most, half
1. x
All of the bags (has/have) been sold.
2. x in the bank.
All the money (is/are)
1. x a good newspaper.
Jakarta Post (is/are)
2. x a good movie
Titanic (was/were)
1. x a good strategy.
That team (has/have)
2. x working on their individual
The class (is/are)
tasks today.
newspapers.
They had sent me a letter before they visited my
v
9.
family.
10.
banquet.
x
Tomorrow night, the major will attended
attend
the
hide
The secretary would have finished the report if the
x
12.
boss does not invited her to the party.
13. x
This time tomorrow I will flying to Singapore.
14. The Amazon is the longest river in the world. v
Today, the Super Powers were reducing their
v
15.
A. which journalists
B. journalists
C. journalists, they
D. journalists that
3. ________ of Elvis Presley is banned in seven
different countries across the world.
A. The music is
B. That the music
C. The music which
D. The music
4. Discovery of these ancient anthropic markings
________ our understanding of how these early
humans interacted with their environment.
A. has broadened
B. have broadened
C. broaden
D. will have broadened
5. Henry Adams, born in Boston, ___ famous as a
historian and novelist.
A. became
B. he was
C. and became
D. and he became
6. A computerized map of the freeways using
information gathered by sensors embedded in the
pavement ___ on a local cable channel during rush
hours.
A. airs
B. air
C. airing
D. to air
Practice Subject and Verb
1. … was backed up for miles on the freeway.
a. Yesterday c. Traffic
b. In the morning d. Cars
2. Buckwheat flour … the seeds of the buckwheat plant.
a. is made from c. it is from
b. from d. and
3. Engineers … for work on the new space program.
a. necessary c. hopefully
b. are needed d. next month
4. The boy … going to the movies with a friend.
a. he is c. is relaxing
b. he always was d. will be
5. Napoleon … the West Indian island of Santo
Domingo in 1801.
a. attacked c. has attacked
b. is attacking d. attacking
6. The earth spins on its axis and … 23 hours, 56
minutes, and 4.09 seconds for one complete rotation.
a. need c. needing
b. needed d. needs
7. Henry Adams, born in Boston, … famous as a
historian and novelist.
a. became c. he was
b. and became d. and he was
8. When ___ nests during spring nesting season,
Canadian geese are fiercely territorial.
a. building c. built
b. are building d. are built
9. Each object ___ jupiter’s magnetic field is deluged
with electrical charges.
a. enters c. entering
b. it enters d. enter
10. While in reality Alpha Centauri is a triple star,
___ to the naked eye to be a single.
a. it appears c. appears
b. but it appears d. despite it
Look at the following texts!
The overweight and obesity epidemics have have
increased significantly in the last three decades both
in the developed and developing worlds,
worlds, including
including
Indonesia.
Indonesia
• Overweight and obesity are health concepts in which
weight and height are used to calculate a number called
the body mass index (BMI). For most people, BMI is a
good estimate of body fatness. A BMI of 25 to 29.9 is
considered overweight. Furthermore, a BMI of 30 or
higher is categorized as obese.
past participles
...have increased...
...the developed worlds.
...are used to...
...is considered...
...is categorized...
Verb Past Verb Past
Participle Participle
To be been To ride ridden
To choose chosen To ring rung
To drive driven To see seen
To fly flown To take taken
To grow grown To tear torn
To hurt hurt To throw thrown
To know known To wear worn
To forgive forgiven To write written
To break broken To steal stolen
What is past participle?
A. The form of a verb (typically ending in -ed, -d, -t,
-en, or -n) that is used in forming perfect tenses
(present and past) and passive.
swum
Having swam ten laps in the Olympic pool, he was
exhausted.
been
Having to be scanned by the shopkeeper, the goods
were put into a plastic bag.
E.g.:
1. The final delivery of the day is the importantest.
A B C D
2. The books that I read was interesting.
A B C D
Most common errors in written expressions
A. a piece of fiction
B. nor a fictitious work
C. or written in a fictitious way
D. nor completely fictitious
2. A baby’s development is influenced by both
heredity and ...
A. by environmental factors.
B. environmentally
C. the influence of the environment
D. environment
3. Manufacturers may use food additives
for preserving, to color, to flavor, or to fortify foods.
to preserve
or
4. A bankruptcy may be either voluntary nor
involuntary.
TOEFL sample questions
1. Digitalis is a drug which is prepared from the seeds
A B
and leafs of a plant with the same name and is
C leaves
used as a cardiac stimulant
D
2. Christianity has become a worldwide religion since
began A B
it has begun almost two thousand years ago.
C D
3. In cases of minor injury to the brain, amnesia is
A Btemporary
likely to be a temporarily condition
C D
4. Over the course of history, much civilizations
AB many
develop their own number systems.
C D
5. Philosophy is the study of the nature of the reality,
A
knowledge, existent, and ethics by means of rational
B C D
inquiry existence
6. Poems vary in length from brief lyric poems to
A B
narrative or epic poems, which can be as broad in
C as
scope than a novel.
D
7. Some marine invertebrates, such as the sea urchin
A
migrate
and the starfish, migrates from deep water to shallow
B C
during spring and early summer to spawn.
D
8. Scientists at the medical center is trying are trying
A
to determine if there is a relationship between
B C
saccharine and cancer.
D
9. A well-composed baroque opera achieves a
A B
delicate balance by focusing alternately on aural,
C
philosophical
visual, emotional, and philosophy elements.
forms
D
10. Genes have several alternative form, or alleles,
A B
which are produced by mutations.
C D