EPT PREPARATION PROGRAM STRUCTURE PUSAT BAHASA UNIVERSITAS ISLAM NEGERI JAKARTA (For internal Usa Onty)EPT PREPARATION STRUCTURE PUSAT BANASA UNIVERSITAS ISLAM NEGERI JAKARTA (For internal use only)EPT PREPARATION TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction : 10-point Grammatical Areas .... 1 Exercises 1-2 Grammatical Area 1 : Subject — Verb 4 Exercises 3-18 Grammatical Area 2 : Verb — Agreement, Tense, and Form ....... 22 Exercises 19-26 Grammatical Area 3 : Full Subordination .. 43 Exercises 27-42 Grammatical Area 4 : The Verbals 59 Exercises 43-55 Grammatical Area 5 : Pronoun—Form, Agreement, and Reference 71 Exercise 56-64 Grammatical Area 6 :Word-Form _... 80 Exercises 65-77 Grammatical Area 7 : Word-Order 96 Exercises 78-83 Grammatical Area 8 : Parallel Structure. 103 Exercises 84-91 Grammatical Area 9 : Unnecessary Repetition ... 41 Exercises 92-97 Grammatical Area 10 : Correct Usage... 116 Exercises 98-103EPT PREPARATION STRUCTURE In the following pages, we will examine ten elements is structure that are covered in the Structure Section of She eer “engian Proficiency Test). These ten elements are organized into a list of ten objectives, called the 10-Point Checklist of Grammatical Areas. You should study this checklist carefully. Each time you examine a Structure question, go through this lst systematically as you look for the best sentence completion or the error. 10-Point Checklist of Grammatical Areas 4, Make sure the sentence has a subject and verb (both present; neither repeated) , Example of error: The boys playing in the yard. Children they need love and protection. 2. Make sure that the verb is in agreement with the subject (agreement), in the correct verb-tense (tense), and in the correct verb-form (form). Example of error: The father with his two children are having dinner. Ihave had breakfast this moming. That student has living here for ten years. 3. Make sure that the subordination is full (having a subject and verb). Example of error: Because wanted fo leam fast, the girl studied all the time. 4. Make sure that the verbals (verbs used as adjectives) are correct. Example of error: This is a very interested book. 5. Make sure that the pronoun is in the correct form, in agreement with its antecedent, and has correct reference. Example of error: it was me who answered the telephone. Each of the students did their homework last night. His father died yesterday which made him very sad. 8. Make sure that each word has a correct form. Example of error: Those roses smell. real sweet. 7. Make sure that a correct word order is used. Example of error: The policeman asked the man what was he doing. 8. Make sure that the sentence has parallel structures. Example of error: He likes to swim, to play tennis, and riding horses.{ the sentence does not make unnecessary repetition. ‘He is a very fast, quick swimmer. that the sentence contains correct usage. 1 aoa ssted for learning Arabic. Example of error: She is interes ich sentence to a problem area from the 10-checklist points 9. Make sure that Example of error: Exercise 1: Match ea above. Write the appro} a. Johnny Carson b. That student is crea ©. The doctor has all ready left the hospital. d. After the sun has rose, the birds begin chirping. ‘e. Alcoholism sometimes results from an emotion problem. The players were chosen for their ability to make fast, quick moves. The crowd enjoyed the excited movie. fh. That man is enough strong to lift three hundred pounds. The swimming pool was closed because needed cleaning. j. Some animals protect themself with camouflage. priate number in the blanks. he hosts a famous late night talk show. tive, conscientious, and does everything carefully, LLL Exercise 2: EPT Practice: (Time 6 minutes) Choose the one word or phrase, A, B, C, or D, that best completes the sentence. Write your answer in the blank. 1. The salamander to the order of Candata. Ain - B-belongs C. which D. belonging 2. It is the metallurgist studies ways to work metals. A. when B. which C. and D. who 3. Although named until 1782, aluminum oma oal was used as early as A. it was not B.is C. it D. which was. 4. Scientists are studying laetrile to find out if cancer. A. can it cure B. can cure , C. it can cure ). curing Identify the one underlined wor ed word or phrase, A, B, C, or D, that should be Corrected or rewritten. Write your answer in the blank. “ee —— 5. Ride sharii haring has became More popular since gasoline prices have rise? c D_—_ 6. The elephant population it has declined rapidly because many of the A animals are killed each year, 5 c D _7. When parents allow bis children to spend many hours watching tv, B the children are not likely to be physically fit c D __'8. Families re are enough fortunate to own a historic home may be abie B c to get restoration funds from the government. D __—9. A good sentence in Enalish is one that is brief, short, and easy to A B Cc D understand, _— 10. The first things a new international student must do include renting an A B apartment, registering for classes, and to get to know the city. Cc DEPT PREPARATION STRUCTURE Grammatical Area 1: Subject and Verb ach sentence to a problem area from the 10-checklist on Exercise 3: Match e mber in the blank. page 1. Write the appropriate nu a. The rhino as well as other Indonesian animals face possible extinction. b. The students back to campus after the holiday. c. Some people claim that importing meat is better than domestic meat. d. Each of those cars had their tires slashed. ©. Teachers are likely to praise correct and accurate answers. f. Chairil Anwar was known primarily for a poet. = g. Mechanical engineering is an applied scientist. hi The director wil see you if will wait a few minutes. Never it has rained so much in Flores. |; Many people gave time, money, and their energy to the project. NOTE ON SENTENCES: Every sentence has at least ‘The subject is either a noun, pronoun, gerund, to-infinitive, WN ‘one subject and one verb. or noun clause. Noun (N) Your invitation Pronoun (Pro) It Gerund (G) Accepting your invitation | makes me happy To infinitive (Inf) To accept your invitation Noun Clause (NC) That you invited me Refer to Exercises: 4, 5, 6, 7 (A) NOUNS Noun is either count or non-count. Some determiners can be used only with count-nouns or non-count, or with either. Look at this table: Count nouns. Non-count nouns athe The _| some, any some, any this, that, these, those this, that all, none, one, two, three ... all, none another, other, each, every = enough, more, most enough, more, most many much a lot of, lots of, plenty of a lot of, lots of, plenty of ? vend number of a (large) amount of (a) few i (a) little fewer ... than; more ... than less ... than; more ... than 4 Re =3. Singular and plural forms of nouns: (a) Some count nouns form their plural in a regular way: by adding ‘“s' or -es' (b) Some count nouns forms their plural in an irregular ways. person people feet foot tooth teeth wolf wolves child children (c) Some nouns have the same plural and singular form: bison fish deer ‘salmon species ‘spacecraft corps series 4. Besides the subject, nouns are also used in the following positions in a sentence: (a) as object : | saw a teacher in the classroom. (b) as complement : My sister is a feacher. Besides a quantifier, a noun may also be preceded by an article. What is an article? The articles are words (called the determiners) that come before nouns and modify the nouns in a way that they either generalize or particularize the nouns. There are two kinds of articles : the indefinite article ‘a’ or ‘an’ which is generally used with a singular countable noun, and the definite article ‘the’ which may be used with a singular or plural noun. Refer to Exercises: 8, 9, 10, and 11 The indefinite article ‘a’ or ‘an’ is used: 1. to give the meaning of one, any (whatever) toa ‘singular countable noun. Tell me a story. (one and any/whatever story) I want to read a magazine. 2. when the singular form is used to make a general statement about all people or things of that type ‘An English student should spend many hours practicing, A man is stronger than a woman.