Contoh Soal

1.      Each of the students………required to come on time.

a.       is                b. were             c. are                d. have             e. be

2.      Both of the students…….required to come on time.

a.       is                b. was              c. be                 d. are               e. has

3.      Neither the players nor the coach………satisfied with the referee decision on the match last week.

a.       is                b. was              c. were             d. are               e. be

4.      All of the students……..from Australia.

a.       is                b. was              c. be                 d. are               e. has

5.      Either the teacher or the students……..involved in the demonstration.

a.       Is               b. was              c. be                 d. are               e. has

I.        Make sentences using these words.

1.      Both of

2.      All of

3.      Every

4.      Each

5.      Neither…..nor

Contoh Soal Narrative Text

Text 1

Snow White

Once upon a time, there lived a little girl named Snow White.  She lived with her aunt and uncle because her parents were dead.

One day, she heard her uncle and aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take Snow White.

Snow White did not want her uncle and aunt to do this, so she decided it would be best if she ran away.  The next morning, she ran away from home when her aunt and uncle were having breakfast.  She ran away into the woods.

She was very tired and hungry.  Then, she saw this little cottage.  She knocked, but no one answered, so she went inside and fell asleep.

Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work.  They went inside. There they found Snow White sleeping.  Then Snow White woke up.  She saw the dwarfs.  The dwarfs said, ”What’s your name?” Snow White answered, “My name is Snow White.”

The other dwarfs asked, “If you wish, you may live here with us.” Snow White said, “Oh, could I? Thank you!” Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story, and the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.

1.      What kind of text is it?

a.       Narrative                                 c. News item                           e. Report

b.      Analytical Exposition d. Hortatory Exposition

2.      What is the communicative purpose of the story?

a.       To entertain the readers

b.      To describe the way things

c.       To retell an event with humorous twist

d.      To persuade by presenting arguments or to analyze or explain

e.       To persuade the readers or the listeners that something should or should not be the case

3.      What is the generic structure of the story?

a.       Orientation – Complication – Resolution

b.      Orientation – Events – Twist

c.       Identification – Description

d.      Identification – Events – Reorientation

e.       Thesis – Arguments – Reiteration 

4.      What kind of tenses is used in the story?

a.       Present Simple                        c. Present Continuous             e. Present Perfect

b.      Past Simple                             d. Past Continuous

5.      …….because her parents were dead. (p.2)

The synonym of the underlined word is……

a.       Lived   b. Loved          c. Passed away            d. Ran away    e. kind

Text 2

Cinderella

Long, long time ago, there lived a beautiful girl named Cinderella.  Her parents passed away, she lived with her step mother and step sisters.  Cinderella was very sad everyday because she had to do the housework alone.

One day, the king wanted to find the wife if his son.  He invited all the beautiful girls to come.  Cinderella was very sad because her step sister did not let her go.  Her sisters went to the palace without Cinderella.

Luckily, The Angel cam and helped Cinderella to go to the palace.  In the palace, Cinderella danced with the Prince.  He fell in love with her; then he married her.  They lived happily ever after.

6.   What kind of text is it?

a.    Descriptive         b. News item               c. Spoof           d. Narrative                 e. Recount

7.   What is the communicative purpose of the story?

a.    To entertain the readers

b.   To describe the way things

c.    To retell an event with humorous twist

d.   To describe particular person, place or things

e.    To persuade the readers or the listeners that something should or should not be the case

8.   What is the generic structure of the story?

a.    Orientation – Complication – Resolution

b.   Orientation – Events – Twist

c.    Identification – Description

d.   Identification – Events – Reorientation

e.    Thesis – Arguments – Reiteration  To report something

9.   Her parents passed away. (p.1)

The synonym of the underlined word is………

a.       Ran away          b. dead                        c. went away      d. go away      e. far away

10.  Which statement is not true?

a.       Cinderella was young.                          d. The King married Cinderella

b.      The Angel helped Cinderella.               e. The Prince married Cinderella

c.       The King had a son.

Text 3

Once upon a time, The King Prabu ruled a Kingdom in West Java.  King Prabu and his wife were wise and kind so that their people were prosperous.

The problem came because The King didn’t have children.  They tried many ways to have children, but they always failed.

One day, Prabu prayed to God, and he was very happy because God accepted his prayer.  Soon, they had a child that was beautiful but spoiled and had the bad behavior.

For her seventeenth birthday party, the princess got the gold necklace from her parents.  Unfortunately, when she saw it, she didn’t like it and threw it away into the floor.  Everybody was shocked because from the ground emerged a lot of water.  All of the kingdom suddenly became a big lake.

People call it Telaga Warna and believed that the colours came from the Princess’ necklace.

11.  The Kingdom was located in……..

a.    Sumatera           b. Sulawesi      c. Java             d. Papua          e. Bali

12.  People……….the King Prabu.

a.    hated                 b. liked                        c. disliked        d. connected with       e. ruled           

13.  Which statement is Not Correct?

a.    The queen had one daughter.

b.   The lake swallowed the Kingdom.

c.    The King adopted a girl as his child.

d.   The princess had the bad behavior.

e.    The Prabu and his wife were wise.

14.  What kind of text is it?

a.    Descriptive       b. Report         c. Narrative     d. Recount      e. Procedure

15.  The communicative purpose of the story is…..

a.    to describe the King                 c. to entertain the readers        e. to persuade the readers

b.   to describe the Kingdom          d. to retell the past experience

16.  The first paragraph is called…..

a.    Complication         b. Orientation         c. Resolution      d. Reorientation       e. Coda

Relative Clause

        Fill in the blanks with: who, where, whose, and whom.

1.      I met a woman……..can speak six languages.

2.      Where is the picture………was hanging on the wall?

3.      You always ask questions………are difficult to answer.

4.      What’s the name of the woman………lives next door?

5.      I recently went back to the town……..I was born.

6.      I met somebody……..mother writes detective stories.

7.      The place………we spent our holidays was really beautiful.

8.      I don’t know the name of the woman to………I spoke on the phone.

9.      An orphan is a child………parents are dead.

10.  Why does he always wear clothes………are too small for him?

Auxiliary Verb

        Fill in the blank with the correct answer.

1.      Mr. Harry……..a headmaster when he was young, but now he is a seller.

2.      I……..not like talking to you when we are studying in the class.

3.      …….you come to my birthday party?

4.      ……..I have your phone number?

5.      My friend and I……….playing the Play Station in my house.

6.      She……..not like her mother.  She is taller than her mother.

7.      ………you like to pick me up at night?

8.      When He graduates from Senior High School, He………...to continue my study at UGM.

9.      “You……..come on time”, your teacher said.

10.  I……….to study hard to get the best score.

11.  The cats………eating meat.

12.  We……watching a new film, when the visitor came.

13.  I……..a smart student.

14.  ……..you help me?

15.  ………you ever seen the Sudirman Statue?

16.  They……….much money, so they……..buy everything what they want.

17.  Mellisa………a long black hair.

18.  That……a beautiful performance.

19.  Those girls……….very pretty.

20.  ……..you mind helping me to lift this box?

Contoh Soal TOEFL 1

Questions 1 through 10 are based to following passage.

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821 and emigrated to New York City when she was ten years old.  One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor.  That was nearly impossible for a woman in the nineteenth century.  After writing many letters seeking admission to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia.  So determined was she that she taught school and gave music lesson to earn money for her tuition.

In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris.  She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye infection forced her to abandon the idea.

Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman.  By 1857, Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another female doctor, manage it open a new hospital, the first for women and children.  Besides being the first female physician in the United States and founding her own hospital, she also established the first medical school for women.

1.      Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?

a.       She couldn’t get admitted to medical school.

b.      She decided to further her education in Paris.

c.       A serious eye infection halted her quest.

d.      It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States.

2.      What main obstacle almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming a doctor?

a.       She was a woman.                               c. She couldn’t graduate from medical school.

b.      She wrote too many letters.                  d. She couldn’t establish her hospital.

3.      How many years elapsed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?

a.       8          b. 10                c. 19                d. 36

4.      All the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell EXCEPT…

a.       She became the first female physician in the United States.

b.      She was the first woman surgeon in the United States.

c.       She and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children.

d.      She established the first medical school for women.

5.      How old was Elizabeth Blackwell when she graduated from medical school?

a.       10        b. 21                c. 28                d. 36

6.      The word “abandon” in that text is closest in meaning to…

a.       Undertake        b. Give up        c. Continue      d. Look into

7.      What is the main idea of this passage?

a.       Elizabeth Blackwell overcome serious obstacles to become the first woman doctor in the United States.

b.      Elizabeth Blackwell had to abandon her plans to become a doctor because of an eye infection.

c.       Elizabeth Blackwell even taught music to pay for her medical studies.

d.      Elizabeth Blackwell founded the first medical school for women.

8.      The word “founding” in that text most nearly the same as…

a.       Locating           b. Looking for             c. Establishing              d. Buying

9.      Why was it nearly impossible for Elizabeth Blackwell to get into medical school?

a.       She had a serious eye infection.

b.      She had little or no money to pay tuition.

c.       She wanted to be part of a profession that no woman had ever entered before.

d.      Her family didn’t want her to be a doctor.

10.  The reason Elizabeth Blackwell could not become a surgeon is explained in lines…

a.       4-5       b. 8-9               c. 11-13                       d. 14-15