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25/04/2012

IDIOM UNTUK TES TOEFL [2]

April 25, 2012  ,  No comments
IDIOM UNTUK TES TOEFL [2]. Postingan IDIOM Lesson 1 sebelumnya di "IDIOM THREE IN ONE [1]",  membahas tentang berbagai Idiom populer yang sering muncul dalam tes Toefl. Selamat belajar dan ingat Download Audionya, sehingga bisa belajar IDIOM THREE IN ONE (Idiom, Grammar dan Pronunciation).
 
LESSON 2
1. to dress up: to wear formal clothes, to dress very nicely
o We should definitely dress up to go to the theater.
o You don't have to dress up for Mike's party.
2. at last: finally, after a long time.
o We waited for hours and then the train arrived at last.
o Now that I am sixteen, at last I can drive my parents' car.
3. As usual: as is the general case, as is typical
o George is late for class as usual. This seems to happen every day.
o As usual, Dora received first prize in the swimming contest. It's the third consecutive year that she has won.
4. to find out: get information about, to determine (S)
This idiom is separable only when a pronoun is used, as in the second example.
o Will you please try to find out what time the airplane arrives?
o I'll call right now to find it out.
5. to look at: give one's attention to; to watch
o The teacher told us to look at the blackboard and not at our books.
o I like to walk along a country road at night and look at the stars.
6. to look for: to try to find, to search for
An adverb phrase such as all over can be put between the verb and preposition, as in the second example, however, the idiom cannot be separated by a noun or pronoun.
o He's spent over an hour looking for the pen that he lost.
o So there you are! We've looked allover for you.
7. all right: acceptable, fine; yes, okay
This idiom can also be spelled alright in informal usage.
o He said that it would be all right to wait in her office until she returned.
o Do you want me to turn off the TV? Alright, if you insist.
8. all along: all the time, from the beginning (without change)
o She knew all along that we'd never agree with his plan.
o You're smiling! Did you know all along that I'd give you a birthday present?
9. little by little: gradually, slowly (also: step by step)
o Karen's health seems to be improving little by little.
o If you study regularly each day, step by step your vocabulary will
increase.
10. to tire out: to make very weary due to difficult conditions or hard effort (also: to wear out) (S)
o The hot weather tired out the runners in the marathon.
o Does studying for final exams wear you out? It makes me feel worn out (buruk,usang)!
11. to call on: to ask for a response from; to visit (also: to drop in on)
o Jose didn't know the answer when the teacher called on him.
o Last night several friends called on us at our home.
o Shy don't we drop in on Sally a little later?
12. never mind: don't be concerned about it; ignore what was just said
o When he spilled his drink on my coat, I said, "Never mind. It needs to be cleaned anyway."
o So you weren't listening to me again. Never mind; it wasn't important.
LESSON 3
1. to pick out: to choose, to select (S)
o Ann picked out a good book to give to her brother as a graduation gift.
o Johnny, if you want me to buy you a toy, then pick one out now.
2. to take one's time: to do without rush, not to hurry
This idiom is often used in the imperative form. (See the first example)
o There's no need to hurry doing those exercises. Take your time.
o William never works rapidly. He always takes his time in every thing that he does.
3. to talk over: to discuss or consider a situation with others (S)
o We talked over Carla's plan to install an air conditioner in the room, but we couldn't reach a decision.
o Before I accepted the new job offer, I talked the matter over with my life.
4. to life down: to place oneself in a flat position, to recline
o If you are tired, why don't you lie down for an hour or so?
o The doctor says that Grace must lie down and rest for a short time every afternoon.
5. to stand up: to rise from a sitting or lying position (also: to get up)
o When the president entered the room, everyone stood up.
o Suzy, stop rolling around on the floor; get up now.
6. to sit down: to be seated (also: take a seat)
o We sat down on the park bench and watched the children play.
o There aren't any more chairs, but you can take a seat on the floor.
7. all (day, week, month, year) long: the entire day, week, month, year
o I've been working on my income tax forms all day long. I've hardly had time to eat.
o It's been raining all week long. We haven't seen the sun since last Monday.
8. by oneself: alone, without assistance
o Francis translated that French novel by himself. No one helped him.
o Paula likes to walk through the woods by herself, but her brother prefers to walk with a companion.
9. on purpose: for a reason, deliberately
This idiom is usually used when someone does something wrong or unfair.
o Do you think that she didn't come to the meeting on purpose?
o It was no accident that he broke my glasses. He did it on purpose.
10. to get along with: to associate or work well with; to succeed or manage in doing (also: to get on with)
o Terry isn't getting along with her new roommate; they argue constantly.
o How are you getting on with your students?
11. to make a difference (to): to be of importance (to), to affect
This idiom is often used with adjectives to show the degree of importance.
o It makes a big difference to me whether he likes the food I serve.
o Does it make any difference to you where we go for dinner?
o No, it doesn't make any difference.
o It makes no difference to Lisa either.
12. to take out: to remove, to extract (S); to go on a date with (S) (also to go out with)
o Student, take out your books and open them to page twelve.
o Did you take Sue out last night?
o No, she couldn't go out with me.
Note : (S) : Separable (dapat dipisahkan)
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24/04/2012

IDIOM THREE IN ONE [1]

April 24, 2012    No comments
IDIOM THREE IN ONE. Idiom atau  ungkapan adalah gabungan kata yang membentuk arti baru di mana arti tersebut tidak berhubungan dengan kata yang membentuknya. 

Salah satu skill yang sangat menentukan dalam menyelesaikan tes toefl dengan baik adalah penguasaan Idiom. Dan satu-satunya cara untuk memahaminya, mengerti makna dari idiom itu sendiri. Ia tidak dapat diterjemahkan secara literal.
Oleh karena penguasaan Idiom sangat penting maka, secara berkala akan di posting di topik IDIOM THREE IN ONE ini. Selain textnya, Anda juga dapat mendownload Audionya sehingga belajar Idiom juga bisa belajar Pronunciation dan Grammar sekaligus. itulah IDIOM THREE IN ONE. Idiom ini di sadur dari Essential Idiom in English by Robert J. Dixson, Idiom yang paling sering muncul dalam Tes Toefl. Selamat menikmati.
LESSON 1
1. to get in/to get on: to enter or to board a vehicle
To get in is used for cars; to get on is used for all other forms of transportation.
1. It's easiest to get in the car from the driver's side. The door on the other side doesn't work well.
2. I always get on the bus to work at 34th Street.
2. to get out of/to get off: to leave or to descend from a vehicle.
To get out of is used for cars; to get off is used for all other forms of transportation.
1. Why don't we stop and get out of the car for a while?
2. Helen got off the train at the 42nd Street terminal.
3. to put on: to place on oneself (usually said of clothes) (S)
1.Mary put on her coat and left the room.
2. Put your hat on before you leave the house.
4. to take off: to remove (usually said of clothes) (S)
1. John took off his jacket as he entered the office.
2. Take your sweater off. The room is very warm.
5. to call up: to telephone (also: to give some one a call) (S)
To call can be used instead of to call up, as in the first example below.
o I forgot to call up Mr. Jones yesterday. I'd better call him now.
o Call me up tomorrow, Jane. We'll arrange a time to have lunch together.
o I promise to give you a call as soon as I arrive in New York.
6. to turn on: to start or cause to function (also: to switch on) (S)
o Please turn on the light; it's too dark in here.
o Do you know who turned the air conditioning on?
7. to turn off: to cause to stop functioning (also: to switch off, to shut off) (S)
Turn on and turn off, as well as their related forms, are used for things that flow, such as electricity, water, gas, etc.
o Please turn off the light when you leave the room.
o Are you really listening to the radio, or should I turn it off?
8. right away: very soon; immediately (also: at once)
o Dad says that dinner will be ready right away, so we'd better wash our hands and set the table.
o Tell Will to come to my office right away. I must see him immediately.
o Stop playing that loud music at once!
9. to pick up: to lift form the floor, table, etc., with one's fingers (S)
o Harry picked up the newspaper that was on the front doorstep.
o Could you pick your toy up before someone falls over it?
10. sooner or later: eventually, after a period of time
o If you study English seriously, sooner or later you'll become fluent.
o I'm too tired to do my homework now; I'm sure I'll do it sooner or later.
11.to get up: to arise, to rise from a bed; to make someone arise (S)
For the last definition a noun phrase must separate the verb and particle.
o Carla gets up at seven o'clock every morning.
o At what time should we get the children up tomorrow?
12. at first: in the beginning, originally
o At first English was difficult for him, but later he made great progress.
o I thought at first that it was Sheila calling, but then I realized that it was Betty.
(S ; Separable / dapat dipisahkan) 
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19/04/2012

Certain Gerund

April 19, 2012    No comments
Certain Gerund. Certain Gerunds Kata kerja transitif dimana objeknya berupa Gerund.(gerund = V-ing yang di fungsikan sebagai noun).

 Admit : He admitted stealing the money. (mengakui)

Advise: She advised waiting until tomorrow.(memberitahu/mempertimbangkan)
Anticipate: I anticipate having a good time on vacation. (mengharap/berharap)
Appreciate: I appreciate hearing from them. (menghargai)
Avoid: He avoided answering my questions. (menghindari)
Complete: I finally completed writing my term paper. (menyelesaikan)
Consider: I will consider going with you. (mempertimbangkan)
Delay: She delayed leaving for school. (menunda)
Deny: She denied committing the crime. (menyangkal/mengingkari)
Discuss: They discuss opening a new business. (membicarakan)
Dislike: John dislikes driving long distances. (tidak suka)
Enjoy: We enjoyed visiting them. (menikmati)
Finish: She finished studying about ten. (menyelesaikan)
Forget: I will never forget visiting her. (melupakan)
Can’t help: I can’t help waiting for you.(tidak tahan/tak berdaya)
Keep: I keep hoping he will come. (tetap)
Mention : She mentioned going to a movie. (menyukai)
Mind : Would you mind helping me with this? (keberatan)
Miss : I miss being with my family. (merindukan)
Postpone : Let’s postpone leaving until tomorrow. (menunda/menangguhkan)
Practice: The athlete practiced throwing the ball. (berlatih)
Quit : He quit trying to solve the problem. (berhenti)
Recall : I don’t recall meeting him before. (mengingat)
Recollect : We don’t recollect meeting him before. (mengingat kembali)
Recommend : She recommended seeing the show. (menganjurkan)
Regret : I regret telling him my secret. (menyesal)
Remember : I can remember meeting him when I was a child. (mengingat)
Resent : I resent her interfering in my business. (marah)
Resist : I couldn’t resist eating the dessert. (menahan)
Risk: She risks losing all of money. (mengambil resiko)
Stop: She stopped going to classes when she got sick. (berhenti)
Suggest : He suggested going to cinema. (menyarankan)
Tolerate : Harry won’t tolerate cheating during an examination. (sabar menahan)
Understand : I don’t understand his leaving school. (mengerti)

Certain Verbs To + Gerund
Kata kerja tertentu yang diikuti oleh preposisi “to” dengan Gerund sebagai obyek dari preposisi tersebut.
Accustom (VT): I should accustomed my team to working with you. (membiasakan diri dengan )
Allude (VI ): He was alluding to making affair with some women. (berbicara/menulis secara tidak langsung)
Confess(VI : She finally confessed to having stolen the money. (mengaku)
Confine (VT): We’d better confine them to debating about personality. (membatasi)
Dedicate (VT): She dedicates her life to helping the poor. (mempersembahkan)
Limit (VT): We limited ourselves to meeting each other too often. (membatasi)
Look forward (VI ) : We look forward to seeing you again. (mengharapkan)
Object (VI ): He objects to their entering the factory without permission. (Keberatan)
Plead guilty (VI ): They plead guilty to attacking the man. (memohon)
Reconcile (VT) : The high salary reconciled me to living abroad. (mencocokan)
Resign (VT): He’s resigned himself to never being able to walk again. (menerima nasib)
Resort (VI ): We have resorted not to taking our annual vacation. (bermaksud)
Revert (VI ): Revert to smoking when under stress. (kembali pada keadaan semula)

Adjectives To + Gerund
Kata sifat tertentu yang diikuti oleh preposisi “to” dengan Gerund sebagai obyek dari preposisi tersebut.
Accustomed: I’ m accustomed to sleeping with the window open. (terbiasa)
Addicted : I’ve been addicted to watching Premier Language. (kecanduan)
Averse : Some government officials are not averse to accepting bribes. (keberatan)
Dedicated : This work was dedicated to supporting the poor. (dipersembahkan/ditujukan)
Disposed : They are disposed to keeping our secret. (bersedia)
Given : He’s given to going for long walks on his own. (bersedia)
Opposed : They’re opposed to going on this plan. (tidak bersedia)
Used : My teacher’s driven me used to studying hard. (terbiasa)
Vi : verb Intransitif
VT ; Verb Transitif
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CERTAIN KATA KERJA TRANSITIF

April 19, 2012    No comments

CERTAIN KATA KERJA TRANSITIF, Salah satu hal yang kadang membingungkan dalam Tes Toefl adalah adanya certain atau kata-kata tertentu yang mempunyai pola tertentu. Hal yang sama juga dialami oleh peserta kelas TOEFL di Smart English Meeting. 

Oleh karena itu, beberapa certain diposting di site ini, mudah-mudahan dapat memudahkan kita semua dalam upaya meningkatkan skor Toefl.
 
Certain To Infinitives (1) Kata kerja transitif yang objeknya berupa To Infinitive.

Afford : I can’t afford to buy it. (mampu)
Agree : They agree to help us. (menyetujui)
Appear : She appears to be tired. (kelihatannya)
Arrange : I’ll arrange to meet you at airport. (mengatur)
Ask : He asked to come with us. (meminta)
Beg : He begged to go with you. (ingin)
Care : I don’t care to see that show. (mau/suka)
Claim : She claims to know a famous movie star. (mengaku)
Consent : She finally consented to marry him. (menyutujui)
Decide : I have decided to leave it on Monday. (memutuskan)
Demand: I demand to know who is responsible. (meminta)
Deserve: She deserves to win the prize. (berhak/pantas)
Expect: I expect to enter graduate school in the fall. (mengharapkan)
Fail : She failed to return the book to the library on time. (lalai)
Forget: I forgot to mail the letter. (lupa)
Hesitate: Don’t hesitate to ask for my help. (ragu)
Hope : Jack hopes to arrive next week. (mengharapkan)
Learn: He learned to play the piano. (belajar)
Manage: She managed to finish her work early. (berusaha keras)
Mean : I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings. (bermaksud)
Need : I need to have your opinion. (membutuhkan)
Offer: They offered to help us. (manawarkan)
Plan : I am planning to have a party. (merencanakan)
Prepare : We prepared to welcome them. (mempersiapkan)
Pretend: He pretends not to understand. (berpura-pura)
Promise: I promised not to be late. (berjanji)
Refuse: I refuse to believe his history. (menolak)
Regret: I regret to tell you that you are failed. (menyesal)
Remember : I remembered to lock the door. (ingat)
Seem : That cat seems to be friendly. (nampak)
Struggle: I struggled to stay awake. (berusaha)
Swear: She swore to tell the truth. (bersumpah)
Threaten: She threatened to tell my parents. (mengancam)
Volunteer: He volunteered to help us. (suka rela)
Wait : I will wait to hear from you. (menuggu)
Want : I want to tell you something. (ingin)
Wish : She wishes to come with us. (berharap)

Certain To Infinitives (2) Kata kerja komplek transitif yang pelengkap objeknya (complement of object) berupa To Infinitive.

Advise : She advised me to wait until tomorrow. (menasehati)
Allow: She allowed me to use her car. (mengizinkan)
Ask : I asked John to help us. (meminta)
Assist : Assist young people to make their way in the world. (membantu)
Beg: They begged us to come. (menginginkan)
Cause: Her laziness caused her to fail. (menyebabkan)
Challenge: She challenged me to race her to the corner. (manantang)
Convince: I couldn’t convince him to accept our help. (meyakinkan)
Dare : He dared me to do better than he had done. (menentang)
Encourage: He encouraged me to try again. (menganjurkan)
Expect: I expect you to be on time. (mengharap)
Forbid: I forbid you to tell him. (melarang)
Force: They forced him to tell the truth. (memaksa)
Get :He got her sister to help him with his homework. (menyuruh)
Help :Will you help me to carry this box upstairs? (membantu)
Hire: She hired a boy to mow the law. (mengupahi/menyewa)
Instruct : He instructed them to be careful. (memerintahkan)
Invite : Harry invited the Johnson to come to his party. (mengundang)
Need : We needed Chris to help us figure out the solution. (butuh)
Order : The judge ordered me to pay a fine. (menyuruh)
Permit : He permitted the children to stay up late. (mengizinkan)
Persuade : I persuaded him to come for a visit. (membujuk)
Remind : She reminded me to lock the door. (mengingatkan)
Request : His friend requested him to sing a song. (meminta)
Require : Our teacher requires us to be on time. (mewajibkan)
Teach : My brother taught me to swim. (mengajari)
Tell : The doctor told me to take these pills. (menyuruh)
Warn : I warned you not to drive too fast. (memperingatkan)

General Certain Verb Transitif yang diikuti oleh to Infinitif.

18/04/2012

TIPS TES TOEFL

April 18, 2012    No comments

TIPS TES TOEFL.  Di ramu dari sumber Tips for the Toefl Exam, dari berbagai buku Toefl, sengaja tidak diterjemahkan agar tidak mengurangi makna dari maksud penulis :)

Dalam tes Toefl, peserta akan disguhi tida sajian yaitu :
  • Listening Comprehension
  • Structure and Written Expression
  • Reading Comprehension.

General TOEFL strategies
  • Use your time wisely.
  • Get familiar with the instructions before taking the TOEFL so that you will not have to waste time reading them.
  • If you do not know the answer to a question, guess. There is no penalty for guessing. Unmarked answers will be counted as wrong.
  • Mark your answer sheet very carefully.
  • Do not write in your test booklet.

Grammar structure strategies Tips for the TOEFL exam

Structure and Written Expressions
  • Time: 25 minutes
  • 40 questions in two subsections
  • Structure (15 questions). You choose gramatically correct sentence completions for sentences with missing parts.
  • Written Expressions (25 questions). You choose the incorrect segments in complete sentences.

PRESENT PARTICIPLE
  • A presnt participle is the -ing form of a verb. It can be 1) part of the verb or 2) an adjective.
  • Its part of the verb when it is accompanied by some form of the verb be e.g The woman an was intrguing against her husband.
  • It is an adjective when is it not accompanied by some form of the verb be e.g The intriguing woman an was a mistery.
 PART PARTICIPLE
  • A past participle often end in -ed but there are also many irregular past participles (played, taught).
  • The -ed form of the verb can be 1) the simple past, 2) the past participle of a verb, or 3) an adjective e.g The fisinehed task is on the desk.

COORDINATE CONNECTORS
  • Many sentences have more than one caluse (group of words containing subject and verb). One way to connect two clauses is to use : AND< BUT, OR, or SO between the sentences.
  • When you analize a sentences, first identify the verb, if the is no verb in the main sentence, you have to choose the answer that contains the correct form of the verb needed.
  • Once you identify the verb, ask a wh.... question of the verb. This will locate the subject.
  • Subject Verb Agreemnt (SVA). The subject must agree with the verb of the esntence in two ways : in the number (singular vs. plural) or in person (first, second or third person).
  • Be aware that sometimes there are prepositional phrases (distractors)
  • Pronoun-noun agreement, a pronoun needs to agree with the noun in the term of number and gender.
  • Parallelism principle requires that expressions of similar content and function should be similar.
  • Comparison make sure to compare the same things always.
  • Be sure that the sentence has a subject and a verb.
  • Be carefull of object of preposition (oop) because they can be mistaken for the subject of the sentence. The object of the preposition is a noun such as : in, at, on, of, to, by, behind, etc, to form a prepositional phrase.
  • Be careful of appositives. An appositive is a noun that comes before or after another noun and has the same meaning. Appositive can be left out the phrase and it still makes sense.
  • Be careful of present participle: they can either be as part of the verb or an adjectives
  • Be careful of past participle
  • Use coordinate connectors cerrectly : and, but, so, or, yet
  • Parallel structure.
  • Invert the subject and verb with question words
  • Invers the subject and verb with negatives, SVA
Semoga bermanfaat, khsusnya anak-anak SEM yang belajar Toefl tiap malam sabtu :)