Materi Loose vs. Lose

Loose dan lose merupakan kata-kata yang kerap menimbulkan tak hanya bagi English learner bahkan juga native speaker. Penyebabnya adalah spelling keduanya mirip, walaupun pronounciation dan maknanya berbeda. Selain itu dua kata ini berbeda part of speech-nya, loose adjective sementara lose verb.

10 Contoh Soal Loose vs. Lose (dan Turunan Lose)

Pilihlah kata yang tepat untuk melengkapi kalimat di bawah ini.

1. Your shoelaces are …

   1. loose
   2. lose

2. What can I do if I … the court case?

   1. loose
   2. lose

3. … good friends can hurt so much.

   1. loosing
   2. losing

4. My neighbor lets her persian cat run … all day.

   1. loose
   2. lose

5. She was about to … her temper.

   1. loose
   2. lose

6. Her passport has been …

   1. loose
   2. lose
   3. lost

7. … atmosphere at work makes employees happy.

   1. loose
   2. lose
   3. lost

8. He recenly fixed my … chair leg.

   1. loose
   2. lose

9. Will people … potassium through sweat and urination?

   1. loose
   2. lose

10. She hasn’t … any weight yet, but her clothes are getting …

    1. loose, lost
    2. lost, loose

Jawaban

1. a. loose | not tight fitting
2. b. lose | fail to win
3. b. losing | Losing merupakan present participle dari “lose”.
4. a. loose | not fastened (move freely)
5. b. lose | fail to keep
6. c. lost | be unable to find
7. a. loose | relaxed
8. a. loose | not fixed
9. b. lose | fail to keep
10. b. lost, loose

Materi Loose vs. Lose

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References:

1. Lose your temper. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/american-english/lose-your-temper. Accessed on July 26, 2015.
2. Commonly Confused Words: lose / loose. http://www.towson.edu/ows/lose_lose.htm. Accessed on July 26, 2015.
3. Lose. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lose. Accessed on July 26, 2015.
4. Loose. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/loose. Accessed on July 27, 2015.
5. Run. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run. Accessed on July 27, 2015.

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