Latihan Real Tes! Contoh Soal Grammar TOEFL +Pembahasan (Season 1)

Contoh Soal Grammar TOEFL

Hallo TNers! Lagi latihan buat tes TOEFL tapi masih suka nyangkut di bagian Grammar? Tenang, kamu nggak sendirian! Bagian grammar ini memang sering bikin pusing karena banyak jebakan halus mulai dari tenses, subject-verb agreement, sampai penggunaan kata sambung yang tricky banget. Tapi kabar baiknya, semua itu bisa banget ditaklukkan asal kamu tahu polanya dan rajin latihan dari contoh soal grammar TOEFL.

Nah, ini dia contoh soal grammar TOEFL dan pembahasannya. Disini kamu bakal nemuin kumpulan soal yang dibuat semirip mungkin sama tes aslinya. Bedanya, di sini kamu nggak cuma dikasih kunci jawaban, tapi juga pembahasan lengkap biar kamu ngerti logika di balik tiap soal. Jadi, bukan cuma hafal rumus saja, tapi juga paham konsepnya!

Artikel ini cocok banget buat kamu yang mau upgrade skill grammar sebelum hari-H TOEFL. Yuk, siapkan waktu sebentar, ambil catatan, dan coba kerjakan soal-soalnya satu per satu.

Contoh Soal Grammar TOEFL (Part-01)

1. _____ a necessary dimension for measuring astronomical space and the distance of heavenly bodies form the Earth.

A. Once in time

B. Time is

C. The time

D. It is time

2. Jackie Joyner-Kersee, _____ the world record in the heptathlon in the 1988 Olympics, also won the long jump in the year.

A. whose setting

B. which she set

C. whoever set

D. who set

3. The fossilized remains of a type of camel _____ a dog have been found in the Bad Lands of South.

A. no more large

B. no larger than

C. not larger

D. which no larger

4. Gorillas are quiet animals, _____ they are capable of making about 20 different sounds.

A. whether

B. which

C. even though

D. as well as

5. Although the Earth’s chemical composition had been studied for years, only toward the end of the nineteenth century _____ as a discipline in its own right.

A. when geochemistry was recognized

B. was geochemistry recognised

C. then recognized as geochemistry

D. as geochemistry was recognized

6. Because the wood of the dogwood tree is very hard, _____ is used for objects, such as roller skate wheels, in which hardness is desired.

A. and

B. it

C. what

D. thus

7. In hot, dry regions, the Sun’s heat causes the outer layer of rocks _____ , a process called exfoliation.

A. are expanded and peeled away

B. to expand and peel away

C. expands and peels away

D. they expand and peel away

8. The lower _____ in a room, the more slowly our eyes focus.

A. the level of lighting

B. light level

C. leveling of light

D. lighting is level

9. _____ Sarah Orne Jewett, a nineteenth-century writer, read widely in her family’s extensive library.

A. That she received little education formally

B. The little formal education that she received

C. Little formal education that was received by

D. Although she received little formal education

10. In the early twentieth century, the “Model T” automobile was mass-produced and sold at a price _____ could afford.

A. the average person who

B. that the average person who

C. and the average person

D. the average person

11. Not only _____ all the positive charge of an atom, it is also the site of the weight of every atom.

A. does the nucleus hold

B. the nucleus holding

C. the nucleus does hold

D. holds the nucleus

12. The wind-rippled sand at California’s Kelso Dunes resembles _____.

A. to be an ocean floor

B. as an ocean floor

C. an ocean floor

D. being an ocean floor

13. Fossil records indicate _____ existing in the past have become extinct.

A. that many species of organisms

B. many species of organisms that

C. many species of organisms are

D. there are many organisms

14. Experiments related to the sense of smell are more easily _____ than those related to perception of color.

A. setting them up

B. to set up

C. set up

D. sets up those

15. The Pulitzer Prize has been _____ in American literature for more than seventy years.

A. the award most prestigious that

B. the most prestigious award

C. a prestigious award that most

D. most prestigious award

  1. B ⇒ frasa di depan klausa harus subjek + kata kerja
  2. D ⇒ “who set” = klausa relatif yang menjelaskan orang (Jackie Joyner-Kersee)
  3. B ⇒ “no larger than” berarti “tidak lebih besar dari,” yang digunakan untuk membandingkan ukuran antara dua hal (camel dan dog)
  4. C ⇒ “even though” berarti “meskipun”, digunakan untuk menunjukkan pertentangan antara dua fakta.
  5. B ⇒ Setelah kata “only toward the end…” terjadi inversi (pembalikan susunan kata), yaitu kata kerja bantu (was) ditempatkan sebelum subjek (geochemistry). Ini adalah aturan umum dalam bahasa Inggris formal setelah kata seperti only then, only later, only in this way, dll.
  6. B ⇒ Subjek yang sesuai untuk klausa kedua adalah “it”, yang mengacu pada the wood of the dogwood tree.
  7. B ⇒ Setelah kata kerja “causes”, pola yang benar adalah cause + object + to + verb (infinitive).
  8. A ⇒ Struktur ini adalah comparative correlative (perbandingan ganda) → “The + comparative…, the + comparative…”
  9. D ⇒ Kalimat ini membutuhkan klausa penghubung kontras (menunjukkan pertentangan) antara pendidikan formal yang sedikit dan kemampuan membaca luasnya.
  10. D ⇒ Kita butuh struktur “subject + verb” setelah “price”.
  11. A ⇒ Kata pembuka “Not only” di awal kalimat memicu inversi (pembalikan urutan kata) dalam struktur kalimat formal. Struktur normalnya adalah “The nucleus holds all the positive charge…” Namun karena ada “Not only” di depan, maka berubah menjadi “Not only does the nucleus hold all the positive charge…”
  12. C ⇒ Kata kerja “resemble” berarti menyerupai dan tidak diikuti oleh preposisi seperti “as” atau “to be“.
  13. A ⇒ Setelah kata kerja “indicate”, biasanya diikuti klausa (that + subject + verb).
  14. C ⇒ Struktur yang digunakan di sini adalah bentuk passive infinitive tanpa “to” setelah kata “more easily”.
  15. B ⇒ Kalimat ini membutuhkan pelengkap yang menjelaskan fungsi dari “has been”.

Contoh Soal Grammar TOEFL (Part-02)

1.The ponderosa pine is _____ of most of the timber used by forest product firms in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

A. the source

B. as source

C. the source which

D. because the source

2. Computers that once took up entire rooms are now _____ to put on desktops and into wristwatches.

A. small enough

B. smaller than

C. so small

D. as small as

3. According to some educator, the goal of teaching is to help students learn what _____ to know to live a well-adjusted and successful life.

A. do they need

B. they need

C. they are needed

D. as they may need.

4. The sapphire’s transparency to ultraviolet and infrared radiation makes _____ in optical instruments.

A. it is of use

B. it uses

C. it a useful

D. it useful

5. _____ initial recognition while still quite young.

A. Most famous scientists achieved.

B. That most famous scientists achieved

C. Most famous scientists who achieved

D. For most famous scientists to achieve.

6. Mango trees, _____ densely covered with glossy leaves and bear small fragrant flowers, grow rapidly and can attain heights of up to 90 feet.

A. whose

B. which are

C. are when

D. which

7. _____ , the Canadian composer Barbara Pentland wrote four symphonies, three concertos, and an opera, among other works.

A. An artist who, prolific

B. Is a prolific artist

C. Prolific an artist

D. A prolific artist.

8. The Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park in Texas were created by volcanic eruptions that occurred _____ .

A. the area in which dinosaurs roamed

B. when dinosaurs roamed the area

C. did dinosaurs roam the area

D. dinosaurs roaming the area.

9. In bas-relief sculpture, a design projects very slightly from its background, _____ some coins.

A. as on

B. because

C. the way that

D. similarly.

10. Alaska found the first years of its statehood costly because it had to take over the expense of services _____ previously by the federal government.

A. To provide

B. Be provided

C. providing

D. provided.

11. With age, the mineral content of human bones decreases, _____ them more fragile.

A. make

B. and to make

C. thereby making

D. which it makes.

12. Not until Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave had been completely explored in 1972 _____ .

A. when was its full extent realized

B. that its full extent realized

C. was its full extent realized

D. the realization of its full extent.

13. The first explorer _____ California by land was Jedediah Strong Smith, a trapper who crossed the southwestern deserts of the United States in 1826.

A. that he reached

B. reached

C. to reach

D. reaching it

14. Written to be performed on a _____ , Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town depicts life in a small New England community.

A. stage scenery of bare

B. bare of stage scenery

C. scenery bare of stage

D. stage bare of scenery.

15. _____ many copper mines in the state of Arizona, a fact which contributes significantly to the state’s economy.

A. They are

B. There are

C. Of the

D. The

  1. A ⇒ Struktur kalimat ini membutuhkan noun phrase setelah is untuk menjelaskan The ponderosa pine.
  2. A ⇒ Struktur “enough + infinitive” digunakan untuk menunjukkan kecukupan → small enough to put on desktops and into wristwatches = cukup kecil untuk diletakkan di meja atau bahkan di jam tangan.
  3. B ⇒ Bagian “what they need to know” membentuk noun clause sebagai objek dari kata learn. → “learn what they need to know” = mempelajari apa yang mereka butuhkan untuk diketahui.
  4. D ⇒  Struktur make + object + adjective → “makes it useful” = membuatnya berguna. Pilihan it a useful salah karena tidak ada noun setelah a useful.
  5. A ⇒ Kalimat lengkap harus memiliki subjek dan predikat.
  6. B ⇒ Kita butuh relative clause yang menjelaskan subjek (Mango trees). → “Mango trees, which are densely covered with glossy leaves…” Pilihan whose salah karena digunakan untuk kepemilikan.
  7. D ⇒ Struktur ini menggunakan appositive phrase yang menerangkan subjek setelah koma.
  8. B ⇒ Kita memerlukan adverbial clause of time setelah occurred.
  9. A ⇒ Kata “as on” di sini berarti “seperti pada” ,  membandingkan cara desain muncul dari latar belakang.  “projects… as on some coins” = menonjol sedikit seperti pada beberapa koin.
  10. D ⇒ Kata “services” memerlukan past participle untuk membentuk klausa pasif → “services provided previously by the federal government” = layanan yang sebelumnya disediakan oleh pemerintah federal.
  11. C ⇒ Struktur kalimat menunjukkan adanya hubungan sebab-akibat antara klausa pertama (“the mineral content … decreases”) dan akibatnya (“them more fragile”). Pilihan “thereby making” berarti “dengan demikian membuat”, dan digunakan untuk menunjukkan akibat dari tindakan sebelumnya.
  12. C ⇒ Pola “Not until + clause + auxiliary + subject + main verb” digunakan untuk inversi (pembalikan susunan kalimat) setelah kata negatif seperti Not until.
  13. C ⇒ Struktur ini menjelaskan the first person to do something → bentuk infinitive to + verb.
  14. D ⇒ Frasa “bare of scenery” berarti “tanpa hiasan atau latar panggung”. Susunan kata yang alami dalam bahasa Inggris adalah noun + adjective phrase, yaitu stage bare of scenery.
  15. B ⇒ Struktur yang benar untuk menunjukkan keberadaan sesuatu adalah There + be + noun.

Contoh Soal Grammar TOEFL (Part-03)

Berikut contoh soal grammar TOEFL lainnya:

1.Some snakes lay eggs, but others _____ birth to live offspring.

A. give

B. giving

C. they give

D. to have given

2. Because it was so closely related to communication, _____ art form to develop.

A. drawing was probably the earliest

B. to draw early was probably

C. early drawing probably

D. the earliest draw.

3. Halley’s Comet had its first documented sighting in 240 B.C. in China and _____ it has been seen from the Earth 29 times.

A. after

B. because of

C. since then

D. that is

4. _____ that managers commit in problem solving is jumping to a conclusion about the cause of a given problem.

A. Major errors.

B. Since the major error

C. The major error

D. Of the major errors.

5. Algonkian-speaking Native Americans greeted the Pilgrims _____ settled on the eastern shores of what is now New England.

A. to whom

B. of which

C. who

D. which

6. The best known books of Ross Macdonald, _____ writer of detective novels, feature the character Lew Archer, a private detective.

A. is the

B. is an

C. they are by

D. the

7. The first building to employ steel skeleton construction, _____ .

A. Chicago, Illinois, the home of the Home Insurance Company Building completed in 1885.

B. The Home Insurance Company Building in Chicago, Illinois, was completed in 1885.

C. Because the Home Insurance Company Building in Chicago, Illinois was completed in 1885.

D. The Home Insurance Company Building in Chicago, Illinois, in 1885.

8. During the course of its growth, a frog undergoes a true metamorphosis _____ with fishlike larval stage.

A. begin

B. began

C. beginning

D. is begun.

9. Mahalia Jackson, _____ combined powerfully vitality with great dignity, was one of the best known gospel singers in the United-States.

A. it was her singing

B. which songs

C. who sang

D. whose singing

10. Precious metals, gems, and ivory have been used to make buttons, but most buttons are made of _____ wood, glass, or plastic.

A. such materials that

B. materials as such

C. such materials as

D. such materials.

11. Outside the bright primary rainbow, _____ much fainter secondary rainbow may be visible.

A. so

B. a

C. since

D. still

12. An critic, teacher, librarian, or poet who hopes to broaden poetry’s audience faces the difficult challenge of persuading skeptical readers _____ .

A. that poetry is important today

B. for poetry to be important today

C. to be important poetry today

D. poetry that is important today.

13. Following the guidelines for speaking and voting established by the book Robert’s Rules of Order, _____ during meetings.

A. and avoid large decision-making organizations’ procedural confusion

B. large decision-making organizations avoid procedural confusion

C. is procedural confusion avoided by large decision-making organizations

D. are avoiding procedural confusion in large decision-making organizations.

14. Indigo is a vat color, _____ called because it does not dissolve in water.

A. which it

B. it is

C. but

D. so

15. Associated with the Denishawn company from 1916 until 1923, Martha Grahaim developed a powerful, _____ that was integral to the foundations of modern dance.

A. expressively stylish

B. a style expressive

C. stylishly expressive

D. expressive style.

  1. A ⇒ Frasa “give birth” adalah bentuk idiomatik yang berarti “melahirkan.”
  2. A ⇒ Struktur kalimat ini membutuhkan subjek dan predikat lengkap setelah koma. to draw early was probably → tidak gramatikal. early drawing probably → tidak ada predikat. the earliest draw → salah bentuk kata (seharusnya “drawing,” bukan “draw”). Jadi pilihan terbaik →  drawing was probably the earliest.
  3. C ⇒ Kata “since then” berarti “sejak saat itu.” Struktur ini masuk akal secara waktu, karena kalimat kedua memakai present perfect tense (has been seen) yang biasa digunakan dengan since.
  4. C ⇒ Kalimat ini memiliki subjek lengkap “The major error”, dan klausa “that managers commit in problem solving” sebagai penjelas (relative clause).
  5. C ⇒ Kita butuh kata penghubung (relative pronoun) yang menjelaskan the Pilgrims. Karena “the Pilgrims” adalah orang, maka relative pronoun yang tepat adalah who.
  6. D ⇒ Bagian “the writer of detective novels” adalah appositive (keterangan tambahan) yang menjelaskan siapa Ross Macdonald itu. Tidak perlu kata kerja (“is”) karena struktur kalimat utamanya sudah memiliki verb: feature. Hanya “the” yang cocok secara gramatikal.
  7. B ⇒ Kalimat harus lengkap dengan subject dan verb utama. Hanya pilihan kedua yang merupakan kalimat lengkap. Pilihan lain berupa frasa atau klausa tidak lengkap (tidak memiliki predikat yang sesuai). 
  8. C ⇒ Kata “beginning” berfungsi sebagai present participle yang menunjukkan tahap awal proses metamorfosis. Sedangkan begin atau began butuh subjek, dan is begun bentuk pasif yang tidak sesuai konteks.
  9. D ⇒ Kata “whose” menunjukkan kepemilikan, dan “singing” adalah noun yang dimiliki oleh Mahalia Jackson.
  10. C ⇒ Struktur idiomatik dalam bahasa Inggris adalah: such + noun + as + examples
  11. B ⇒ Kalimat ini butuh artikel sebelum kata benda tunggal yang dapat dihitung (“secondary rainbow”). → “a much fainter secondary rainbow” = “sebuah pelangi sekunder yang jauh lebih redup.”
  12. A ⇒ Kata kerja “persuading” (membujuk) biasanya diikuti oleh klausa “that + subject + verb” untuk menjelaskan apa yang ingin diyakinkan kepada pembaca.
  13. B ⇒ Struktur kalimat ini diawali dengan participial phrase (“Following the guidelines…”), maka subjek utama harus muncul tepat setelah koma. Subjek yang logis di sini adalah “large decision-making organizations.”
  14. D ⇒ Kata “so” di sini berfungsi sebagai konjungsi penghubung sebab-akibat: → “Indigo is called a vat color so called because…” berarti “disebut demikian karena…”
  15. D ⇒ Kata “so” di sini berfungsi sebagai konjungsi penghubung sebab-akibat: → “Indigo is called a vat color so called because…” berarti “disebut demikian karena…”

Contoh Soal Grammar TOEFL (Part-04)

1.Portland, Maine, is _____ the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow spent his early years.

A. where

B. it where

C. where is

D. which is where

2. As consumers’ response to traditional advertising techniques declines, businesses are beginning _____ new methods of reaching customers.

A. the development that

B. it developing

C. develop

D. to develop

3. The knee is _____ most other joints in the body because it cannot twist without injury.

A. more likely to be damaged than

B. likely to be more than damaged

C. more than likely to be damaged

D. to be damaged more than likely

4. The quince is an attractive shrub or small tree _____ closely related to the apple and pear trees.

A. is

B. that is

C. that it is

D. is that which

5. Many gases, including the nitrogen and oxygen in air, _____ color or odor.

A. have no

B. which have no

C. not having

D. they do not have

6. The American Academy of Poets, _____ the 1930’s, provides financial assistance to support working poets.

A. when it was founded

B. was founded

C. which was founded in

D. was founded in

7. During the Pleistocene glacial periods _____ portions of the Earth where plant and animal life flourished making it possible for people to subsist.

A. the

B. it was

C. there were

D. have there been

8. The photographs of Carrie Mae Weems, in which she often makes her family members _____ , are an affectionate and incisive representation of the African American experience.

A. are her subjects

B. her subjects

C. are subjects

D. which her subjects.

9. Hubble’s law states that the greater the distance between any two galaxies, _____ is their relative speed of separation.

A. the greatest

B. the greater

C. greater than

D. as great as

10. The onion is characterized by an edible bulb composed of leaves rich in sugar and a pungent oil, _____ the vegetable’s strong taste.

A. which the source of

B. that the source is

C. the source of

D. of the source is

11. A regional writer with a gift for dialect, _____ her fiction with the eccentric, comic, but vital inhabitants of rural Mississippi.

A. and Eudora Welty is peopling

B. Eudora Welty peoples

C. because Eudora Welty peoples.

D. Eudora Welty, to people.

12. Relative humidity is the amount of water vapor the air contains at a certain temperature _____ with the amount it could hold at that temperature.

A. to compare

B. compared

C. comparing

D. compares

13. Scientists believe the first inhabitants of the Americas arrived by crossing the land bridge that connected Siberia and _____ more than 10,000 years ago.

A. this is Alaska now

B. Alaska is now

C. is now Alaska

D. what is now Alaska.

14. Fibers of hair and wool are not continuous and must normally be spun into thread _____ woven into textile fabrics.

A. as are they

B. when to be

C. that they are

D. if they are to be

15. Margaret Brent, because of her skill in managing estates, became _____ largest landholders in colonial Maryland.

A. what the

B. one of the

C. who the

D. the one that

  1. A ⇒ Kata yang tepat untuk menghubungkan tempat dengan klausa adalah “where” (yang berarti “tempat di mana”).
  2. D ⇒ Struktur “are beginning + to + verb (infinitive)” → “are beginning to develop”.
  3. A ⇒ Pola perbandingan more + adjective + than → “more likely to be damaged than (most other joints)”
  4. B ⇒ Klausa penjelas: “that is closely related to the apple and pear trees.” Kata “that” berfungsi sebagai penghubung (relative pronoun) untuk “the quince”.
  5. A ⇒ Subjek “Many gases” → bentuk jamak, maka kata kerja “have”. “have no color or odor” berarti “tidak memiliki warna atau bau.”
  6. C ⇒ Kalimat ini menggunakan klausa non-restriktif (penjelas tambahan) yang memberikan informasi tambahan tentang subjek “The American Academy of Poets”. Kata penghubung yang tepat untuk memberikan keterangan tentang The American Academy of Poets adalah which, bukan when atau was founded saja. Frasa “in the 1930’s” menjelaskan waktu pendirian.
  7. C ⇒ Pola kalimat ini butuh subjek dan kata kerja setelah keterangan waktu “During the Pleistocene glacial periods”. Pilihan there were menunjukkan keberadaan sesuatu (“ada bagian-bagian dari Bumi…”).
  8. B ⇒ Kata kerja “make” diikuti oleh objek + pelengkap (object complement). Jadi bentuk yang benar adalah “makes her family members her subjects.
  9. B ⇒ Ini adalah bentuk the … the … comparative construction (semakin … semakin …). Pola: the + comparative, the + comparative. Jadi, “the greater the distance … the greater is their speed.”
  10. C ⇒ Bagian setelah koma adalah appositive phrase (keterangan penjelas) yang menjelaskan lebih lanjut tentang “a pungent oil”. Bentuk yang tepat adalah “the source of the vegetable’s strong taste” karena menunjukkan hubungan “adalah sumber dari”.
  11. B ⇒ “Eudora Welty peoples” → bentuk kata kerja aktif sederhana yang benar.
  12. B ⇒ “compared” → past participle yang berfungsi sebagai bentuk pasif (menyatakan perbandingan).
  13. D ⇒ “what is now Alaska” → klausa nominal benar, menunjukkan tempat yang dulu berbeda tetapi sekarang Alaska.
  14. D ⇒ “if they are to be” → struktur kondisional yang benar dan bermakna “jika mereka akan digunakan untuk”.
  15. B ⇒ “one of the” → struktur idiomatik yang benar untuk menyatakan “salah satu dari beberapa”.

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