OBJECTS OF PREPOSITIONS

1.      The interview by the radio characters ______ carried by the station.

Answer           : Was

Analysis          : Subject is interview, object of preposition is by the station, and verb is carried. But, the sentence is a passive sentence, so it takes extra verb to complete the sentence. Because the subject is singular, so the singular extra verb is was.

2.      For me ______ was amazing.

Answer           : The House

Analysis          : No subject. Me is the object of preposition for, and one noun cannot be both a subject and an object at the same time. Because a subject is needed in this sentence the house.

3.      For the last five years at various hospital in the country ______ has been practicing medicine.

Answer           : A midwife

Analysis          : No subject. The country is the object of preposition. There are three prepositional phrase (Group of words preceded by preposition) that For the last five years, at various hospital, and in the country. So A midwife as a subject.

4.      With his friend ______ found the movie theater.

Answer           : He

Analysis          : No subject. Friend is the object of preposition of with, and verb is found. So He as a subject.

5.      With her best friend ______ entered the class.

Answer           : She

Analysis          : No subject. Her best friend is the object of preposition of with, and verb is entered. So She as a subject.

Referensi :

http://www.emhaemen.com/2015/05/object-of-prepositions-skill-2-strategi.html

http://aldorahman.blogspot.co.id/2012/04/toefl-skill-2-object-of-preposition.html

SUBJECTS AND VERBS

1.      ______ wrote the operetta Babes in Toyland, drawn from the childhood characters of Mother Goose.

Answer           : It was Victor Herbert who

Analysis          : Verb is wrote, but there is no Subject. So the It was Victor Herbert who as a subject.

2.      ______ was backed up for miles on the freeway.

Answer          : Traffic

Analysis         : Verb is was, but there is no Subject. So the Traffic as a subject, because the verb is singular.

3.      The students ______ to submit their assignments on – time.

Answer          : Are required

Analysis         : Subject is The students, but there is no Verb, so the Are required as a Verb, because the subject is plural.

4.      It is only Mike, not his classmates that ______ lunch in the classroom.

Answer          : Eats

Analysis         : Subject is Mike, but there is no Verb, so the Eats as a Verb.

5.      Fitzgerald_______ the society of the 1920's in his novel, The Great Gatsby.

Answer          : Reflects

Analysis         : Subject is Fitzgerald (third – person singular), but there is no Verb, so the Reflects as a Verb because it’s in the singular verb.

Referensi :

https://books.google.co.id/books?id=OhnEAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA91&dq=contoh+soal+subject+and+verbs&hl

https://books.google.co.id/books?id=2uhQDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA119&dq=contoh+soal+subject+and+verbs&hl

http://www.geniustoefl.com/artikel-ilmu-kunci-toefl/artikel/structure-and-written-expression

TOEFL EXERCISE

1.    Mark Twain ______ the years after the Civil War the "Gilded Age".

Answer      : Called

Analysis     : Subject is Mark Twain, but there is no Verb, and the sentence is a simple past.

2.    Early ______ toes instead of hooves on their feet.

Answer      : Horses had

Analysis     : No Subject and No Verb. So the horses as a subject and had as a verb.

3.    ______ grow close to the ground in the short Arctic summer.

Answer      : Tundra plants

Analysis     : Verb is grow, but there is no Subject. So the Tundra plants as a subject.

4.    In 1867, ______ Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million.

Answer      : The United States purchased

Analysis     : No Subject and No Verb. So the The United States as a subject and purchased as a verb.

5.    Between 1752 and 1750, New England witnessed an increase in the specialization of ______

Answer      : Occupations

Analysis     : Because after of should be noun.

6.    The large carotid artery ______ to the main parts of the brain.

Answer      : Carries blood

Analysis     : Subject is Carotid artery, but there is no Verb. So the Carries blood as a Verb.

7.    ______ radio as the first practical system of wireless telegraphy.

Answer      : Marconi developed

Analysis     : No Subject and No Verb. So the Marconi as a subject and developed as a verb.

8.    In 1975, the first successful space probe to ______ beginning to send information back to Earth.

Answer      : Venus was

Analysis     : Subject is first successful space, but there is no Verb, so the was as a verb while Venus is the object of preposition from to.

9.    The two biggest resort ______ Arkansas are Hot Springs and Eureka Springs.

Answer      : Towns in

Analysis     : Arkansas is not Subject, but only object of preposition. Subject is two biggest resort are not complete, while the verb is are, because towns is a plural subject and in line with the verb are.

10.  NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center ______ control center for the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space flights.

Answer      : Was the

Analysis     : Subject is NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, but there is no Verb, so the was the as a Verb.