Contoh Soal Subject Verb Agreement

Friday, April 22, 2016


Subject-verb agreement adalah persesuaian antara verb (kata kerja) dengan subject kalimat dalam hal number, yaitu: singular (tunggal) atau plural (jamak). Subjek dapat berupa noun (kata benda), pronoun (kata ganti), atau konstruksi lain yang berakting sebagai noun, seperti gerund dan infinitive. Pada dasarnya, singular subject (subjek tunggal) menggunakan singular verb (kata kerja tunggal), sedangkan plural subject (subjek jamak) menggunakan plural verb (kata kerja jamak).

Di bawah ini merupakan contoh soal Subject-verb-agreement berupa 10 soal Multiple Choice dan 15 soal Error Analysis.

Multiple Choice
1.      After she had perused the material, the secratary decided that everything ___ in order.
a.       Is
b.      Are
c.       Was
d.      Were

2.      A pack of wild dogs ____ frightened all the ducks away.
a.       Is
b.      Are
c.       Have
d.      Has

3.      Anything _____ better than going to another movie tonight.
a.       Is
b.      Are
c.       Was
d.      Were

4.      Skating _____ becoming more popular every day.
a.       Is
b.      Are
c.       Was
d.      Were

5.      There ____ been too many interruptions in this class.
a.       Is
b.      Are
c.       Have
d.      Has

6.      Every elementary school teacher ____ to take this examination.
a.       Have
b.      Has
c.       Was
d.      Were

7.      Everybody who ____ a fever must go home immediately.
a.       Have
b.      Has
c.       Is
d.      Are

8.      There ____ some people at the meeting last night.
a.       Is
b.      Are
c.       Was
d.      Were

9.      A pair of jeans ____ in the washing machine this morning.
a.       Is
b.      Are
c.       Was
d.      Were

10.  Each student ____ answered the first three questions.
a.       Have
b.      Has
c.       Was
d.   Were

Error Analysis
1.      A plumber fix (A) your plumbs and kitchen sinks (B) while a janitor cleans schools, offices (C), stores and other business places (D).
2.      Septina and (A) I was (B) baking sponge cakes at (C) this (D) time yesterday.
3.      Waiter   : Would you like to have cold (A) drink, sir?
Customer : No, I don't
 think (B) so. I'd rather  to have (C)a hot one. A cup of coffee would be fine (D).  
4.      Whether to (A) buy or (B) rent a house are (C) an (D) important financial question.
5.      There are two big Japanese motorcycles (A) in the parking area. Mine (B) is the one who (C) has a sticker on a tank. It's easy to identify (D).
6.      Do (A) Tika or (B) her co-workers sleep (C) at (D) work?
7.      Nur   : Which sports (A) do you play (B)?
Abdi  : I prefer
 playing(C) badminton than (D) others.
8.      Physics have (A) been (B) my favorite subject since (C) I was (D) 15 years old.
9.      The proposal is being (A) discussed (B) when I called (C) the office this (D) morning
10.  The book that (A) I got (B) from my (C) friend, Muh. Rifqy, were (D) very interesting.
11.  Neither (A) Muh. Aslam nor (B) Muh. Jusran is (C) going to (D) the beach today.
12.  If either of you take (A) a vacation now, we will (B) not be (C) able to finish (D) the work.
13.  Anybody who (A) have (B) lost (C) his ticket should (D) report to the desk.
14.  A doctor should wears (A) a full handed white (B) and coloured apron (C) to treat the patient (D).
15. The central (A) office manager, along (B) with his (C) two assistant, has (D) left the room.

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