Materi Verb Phrase

Pengertian verb phrase dapat  diterjemahkan berdasarkan traditional grammar dan generative grammar. Berdasarkan traditional grammar, verb phrase merupakan main verb dan auxiliary-nya, sedangkan berdasarkan generative grammar, verb phrase merupakan predicate.

10 Contoh Soal Verb Phrase Pilihan Ganda

Berdasarkan traditional grammar, verb phrase merupakan main verb dan auxiliary-nya. Tentukan yang mana verb phrase (atau main verb saja jika tidak ada auxiliary) berdasarkan pengertian tersebut.

1. Tika and I are going to visit our college friend tomorrow.

   1. are going to visit
   2. are going
   3. going

2. My parents knew I would get a good GMAT score.

   1. would get a good GMAT score
   2. get
   3. would get

3. I do finish what I’ve started.

   1. do finish
   2. finish
   3. do

4. I have not met him yet.

   1. have not met him
   2. have met
   3. have not met

5. He won’t have been sleeping long when you pick him up.

   1. won’t have been sleeping
   2. will have been sleeping
   3. won’t have been sleeping long

6. She is walking down the hill now.

   1. walking
   2. is walking down
   3. is walking

7. You should often clean your cats’ bowl.

   1. should often clean
   2. should clean
   3. often clean

8. They will also try the traditional food when visiting Egypt.

   1. try
   2. will also try
   3. will try

9. Julia doesn’t hate working on Saturdays.

   1. does hate
   2. does hate working
   3. doesn’t hate working

10. My nephew wants to be a doctor.

    1. wants to be
    2. wants to be a doctor
    3. wants

Jawaban

1. Tika and I are going to visit our college friend tomorrow.

   1. are going to visit
   2. are going
   3. going

2. My parents knew I would get a good GMAT score.

   1. would get a good GMAT score
   2. get
   3. would get

3. I do finish what I’ve started.

   1. do finish
   2. finish
   3. do

4. I have not met him yet.

   1. have not met him
   2. have met (not (adverb) bukan bagian verb phrase)
   3. have not met

5. He won’t have been sleeping long when you pick him up.

   1. won’t have been sleeping
   2. will have been sleeping (n’t atau not (adverb) bukan bagian dari verb phrase)
   3. won’t have been sleeping long

6. She is walking down the hill now.

   1. walking
   2. is walking down
   3. is walking (verb phrase berupa present continuous tense (auxiliary verb “be” + present participle))

7. You should often clean your cats’ bowl.

   1. should often clean
   2. should clean (often (adverb of frequency) bukan bagian dari verb phrase)
   3. often clean

8. They will also try the traditional food when visiting Egypt.

   1. try
   2. will also try
   3. will try (also (focusing adverb) bukan bagian dari verb phrase)

9. Julia doesn’t hate working on Saturdays.

   1. does hate (working (gerund) bukan bagian dari verb phrase)
   2. does hate working
   3. doesn’t hate working

10. My nephew wants to be a doctor.

    1. wants to be
    2. wants to be a doctor
    3. wants

Materi Verb Phrase

Lihat juga:

• Soal Modal Auxiliary Verb
• Soal Reported Speech
• Soal Passive Voice
• Soal Subjunctive

References:

1. Verb Phrases. http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/verb-phrases. Accessed on January 15, 2014.
2. Verb Phrase (VP). http://grammar.about.com/od/tz/g/verbphraseterm.htm. Accessed on January 15, 2014.
3. Verb Phrase Quiz. http://www.quia.com/quiz/171707.html. Accessed on January 15, 2014.