Strategi 19 “ menyandingkan kata kerja dasar setelah kata kerja bantu (Modals)

Pembahasan :

Dalam bahasa inggris, kata kerja bantu (modals) digunakan untuk memberi makna lebuh terhadap sebuah kata kerja. Apabila sebuah kata kerja bantu mendahului sebuah kata kerja dalam kalimat maka kata kerja tersebut selalu dalam bentuk kata kerja dasar dan tidak pernah diikuti oleh bentuk to infinitive , bentuk gerund (verb+ing) ataupun diberikan imbuhan s.
Kata kerja bantu (modals) yang kerap muncul dalam test dalam test struktur TOEFL adalah : will, would , shall, should, may,might, ought to an must. Pola kerja yang didahului oleh kata kerja batu adalah :

Kata kerja bantu + bentuk kata kerja dasar

Singkatnya, kapanpun terlihat kata kerja bantu dalam soal-soal struktur maka harus selalu diikuti dengan bentuk kata kerja dasar. Contoh :
A patient suffering from amnesia may have partial or total loss of memory.
The advisor told himself, while listening to the speech, that a dozan of other reporters would have already asked that question.

Daftar pustaka : yusdi, Muhammad.TOEFL.inspirita:2009

Contoh soal :
Indetifikasi kesalahan dalam kalimat berikut :
1. In areas of volcanic activity, beach sand may contains dark minerals and little quarts.
2. A desire to eradicate irregular spelling in English can being traced back to the sixteenth century.
3. When a bone is broken into several pieces, doctor may to pin the pieces together for proper healing.
4. As a protective molecule, an antibody can combines with a foreign virus protein.
5. A blue bigwig lizard stakes out a territory and will defending famales within it against courting malaes.
Pilihlah jawaban yan benar dibawah ini :
1. This new service will be available to all users _______ up for paid membership.

A. that signed *
B. that signed it
C. which signed
D. sign
2. That is a story of hardship _______ our own situation into perspective.

A. puts
B. it puts
C. that it puts
D. that puts *
3. John Smith, _______ of economic crimes, tax evasion and fraud, is being accused of attempted murder now.

A. of that he was accused
B. that was accused
C. whom he was accused
D. who was accused *
4. The process uses an innovative digital technology __________ the products with as many colors as the image contains.

(A) imprints
(B) that imprints it
(C) that imprints *
(D) that it imprints
5. The police were greatly outnumbered by rioters, _______ ran into the hundreds.

A. whose figures *
B. those figures
C. that its figures
D. its figures that