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Materi UTBK Subject-verb agreement

Subtes: Literasi dalam Bahasa Inggris > Supporting Grammar for Reading

Bekal Konseptual

Gunakan prinsip berikut sebagai kerangka kerja ketika menghadapi variasi soal:

  • read the sentence together with its surrounding context
  • identify the grammatical or semantic function being tested
  • reject options that are grammatically possible but contextually inconsistent

Metode Kerja yang Disarankan

  • Read the question to identify the exact information required.
  • Hubungkan setiap langkah secara langsung dengan tuntutan Subject-verb agreement.
  • Locate the relevant sentence and its surrounding context.
  • Check reference, grammar, logical relation, and scope.
  • Eliminate options that are possible in isolation but inconsistent with the passage.
  • Choose the option best supported by textual evidence.

Peta Materi dan Tuntutan Soal

Kompetensi Subject-verb agreement terlihat ketika peserta mampu memahami fungsi Subject-verb agreement dalam bacaan berbahasa Inggris secara tepat. Konteks dapat berubah, tetapi prinsip penalarannya tetap sama.

Bentuk stimulus yang mungkin: short passages, sentence completion, reference questions, inference, and evaluation.

Target belajar: mampu menemukan informasi penentu, menerapkan prinsip yang sesuai, mengeliminasi distraktor, dan membuktikan jawaban.

Jebakan Opsi yang Perlu Diwaspadai

  • choosing by translation alone
  • ignoring the head noun or reference word
  • selecting an option that changes the tense, logic, or scope

Latihan Terarah: 10 Soal UTBK

Sepuluh soal berikut merupakan soal model orisinal bergaya UTBK-SNBT. Setiap soal memakai stimulus, opsi, kunci, dan pembahasan untuk melatih penerapan kompetensi Subject-verb agreement.

Soal 1

Stimulus
The results of the survey, including the final table, ___ consistent with the earlier study.

Pertanyaan: Which option best completes the sentence according to Subject-verb agreement?

  1. A. has
  2. B. is
  3. C. was
  4. D. are
  5. E. be

Kemampuan yang dilatih: understanding how to which option best completes the sentence according to subject-verb agreement?.

Lihat kunci dan pembahasan

Kunci jawaban: D. are

Langkah Analisis

The head noun “results” is plural; the intervening phrase does not change agreement.

Mengapa Jawaban Ini Tepat?

Pilihan D memenuhi informasi, hubungan, dan batas yang dinyatakan pada stimulus. Bagian penentu jawabannya adalah proses yang dijelaskan pada pembahasan di atas.

Mengapa Pilihan Lain Tidak Tepat?

The other options may be grammatically possible, but they change the meaning, reference, tense, logical relation, or scope supported by the passage.

Verifikasi: Point to the exact wording or relationship in the passage that supports the answer.

Soal 2

Stimulus
Each of the devices ___ tested before it is sent to a school.

Pertanyaan: Which option best completes the sentence according to Subject-verb agreement?

  1. A. are
  2. B. have
  3. C. be
  4. D. were
  5. E. is

Kemampuan yang dilatih: understanding how to which option best completes the sentence according to subject-verb agreement?.

Lihat kunci dan pembahasan

Kunci jawaban: E. is

Langkah Analisis

“Each” is singular.

Mengapa Jawaban Ini Tepat?

Pilihan E memenuhi informasi, hubungan, dan batas yang dinyatakan pada stimulus. Bagian penentu jawabannya adalah proses yang dijelaskan pada pembahasan di atas.

Mengapa Pilihan Lain Tidak Tepat?

The other options may be grammatically possible, but they change the meaning, reference, tense, logical relation, or scope supported by the passage.

Verifikasi: Point to the exact wording or relationship in the passage that supports the answer.

Soal 3

Stimulus
The quality of the samples ___ affected by storage temperature.

Pertanyaan: Which option best completes the sentence according to Subject-verb agreement?

  1. A. were
  2. B. is
  3. C. have
  4. D. are
  5. E. be

Kemampuan yang dilatih: understanding how to which option best completes the sentence according to subject-verb agreement?.

Lihat kunci dan pembahasan

Kunci jawaban: B. is

Langkah Analisis

The head noun “quality” is singular.

Mengapa Jawaban Ini Tepat?

Pilihan B memenuhi informasi, hubungan, dan batas yang dinyatakan pada stimulus. Bagian penentu jawabannya adalah proses yang dijelaskan pada pembahasan di atas.

Mengapa Pilihan Lain Tidak Tepat?

The other options may be grammatically possible, but they change the meaning, reference, tense, logical relation, or scope supported by the passage.

Verifikasi: Point to the exact wording or relationship in the passage that supports the answer.

Soal 4

Stimulus
Neither the teacher nor the students ___ willing to skip the safety check.

Pertanyaan: Which option best completes the sentence according to Subject-verb agreement?

  1. A. are
  2. B. has
  3. C. is
  4. D. be
  5. E. was

Kemampuan yang dilatih: understanding how to which option best completes the sentence according to subject-verb agreement?.

Lihat kunci dan pembahasan

Kunci jawaban: A. are

Langkah Analisis

With “neither … nor,” the verb agrees with the nearest subject, “students.”

Mengapa Jawaban Ini Tepat?

Pilihan A memenuhi informasi, hubungan, dan batas yang dinyatakan pada stimulus. Bagian penentu jawabannya adalah proses yang dijelaskan pada pembahasan di atas.

Mengapa Pilihan Lain Tidak Tepat?

The other options may be grammatically possible, but they change the meaning, reference, tense, logical relation, or scope supported by the passage.

Verifikasi: Point to the exact wording or relationship in the passage that supports the answer.

Soal 5

Stimulus
A series of workshops ___ planned for August.

Pertanyaan: Which option best completes the sentence according to Subject-verb agreement?

  1. A. be
  2. B. is
  3. C. have
  4. D. are
  5. E. were

Kemampuan yang dilatih: understanding how to which option best completes the sentence according to subject-verb agreement?.

Lihat kunci dan pembahasan

Kunci jawaban: B. is

Langkah Analisis

The head noun “series” is singular.

Mengapa Jawaban Ini Tepat?

Pilihan B memenuhi informasi, hubungan, dan batas yang dinyatakan pada stimulus. Bagian penentu jawabannya adalah proses yang dijelaskan pada pembahasan di atas.

Mengapa Pilihan Lain Tidak Tepat?

The other options may be grammatically possible, but they change the meaning, reference, tense, logical relation, or scope supported by the passage.

Verifikasi: Point to the exact wording or relationship in the passage that supports the answer.

Soal 6

Stimulus
Ten kilometers ___ too far to walk in this heat.

Pertanyaan: Which option best completes the sentence according to Subject-verb agreement?

  1. A. were
  2. B. are
  3. C. is
  4. D. be
  5. E. have

Kemampuan yang dilatih: understanding how to which option best completes the sentence according to subject-verb agreement?.

Lihat kunci dan pembahasan

Kunci jawaban: C. is

Langkah Analisis

A distance treated as one amount takes a singular verb.

Mengapa Jawaban Ini Tepat?

Pilihan C memenuhi informasi, hubungan, dan batas yang dinyatakan pada stimulus. Bagian penentu jawabannya adalah proses yang dijelaskan pada pembahasan di atas.

Mengapa Pilihan Lain Tidak Tepat?

The other options may be grammatically possible, but they change the meaning, reference, tense, logical relation, or scope supported by the passage.

Verifikasi: Point to the exact wording or relationship in the passage that supports the answer.

Soal 7

Stimulus
The researcher, together with two assistants, ___ the data every Friday.

Pertanyaan: Which option best completes the sentence according to Subject-verb agreement?

  1. A. are reviewing
  2. B. review
  3. C. reviews
  4. D. reviewing
  5. E. have reviewed

Kemampuan yang dilatih: understanding how to which option best completes the sentence according to subject-verb agreement?.

Lihat kunci dan pembahasan

Kunci jawaban: C. reviews

Langkah Analisis

The parenthetical phrase does not change the singular subject “researcher.”

Mengapa Jawaban Ini Tepat?

Pilihan C memenuhi informasi, hubungan, dan batas yang dinyatakan pada stimulus. Bagian penentu jawabannya adalah proses yang dijelaskan pada pembahasan di atas.

Mengapa Pilihan Lain Tidak Tepat?

The other options may be grammatically possible, but they change the meaning, reference, tense, logical relation, or scope supported by the passage.

Verifikasi: Point to the exact wording or relationship in the passage that supports the answer.

Soal 8

Stimulus
There ___ several reasons to verify the source.

Pertanyaan: Which option best completes the sentence according to Subject-verb agreement?

  1. A. be
  2. B. has
  3. C. are
  4. D. is
  5. E. was

Kemampuan yang dilatih: understanding how to which option best completes the sentence according to subject-verb agreement?.

Lihat kunci dan pembahasan

Kunci jawaban: C. are

Langkah Analisis

The verb agrees with the plural notional subject “several reasons.”

Mengapa Jawaban Ini Tepat?

Pilihan C memenuhi informasi, hubungan, dan batas yang dinyatakan pada stimulus. Bagian penentu jawabannya adalah proses yang dijelaskan pada pembahasan di atas.

Mengapa Pilihan Lain Tidak Tepat?

The other options may be grammatically possible, but they change the meaning, reference, tense, logical relation, or scope supported by the passage.

Verifikasi: Point to the exact wording or relationship in the passage that supports the answer.

Soal 9

Stimulus
One of the reports ___ a missing reference.

Pertanyaan: Which option best completes the sentence according to Subject-verb agreement?

  1. A. have contained
  2. B. contain
  3. C. contains
  4. D. are containing
  5. E. containing

Kemampuan yang dilatih: understanding how to which option best completes the sentence according to subject-verb agreement?.

Lihat kunci dan pembahasan

Kunci jawaban: C. contains

Langkah Analisis

The subject “one” is singular.

Mengapa Jawaban Ini Tepat?

Pilihan C memenuhi informasi, hubungan, dan batas yang dinyatakan pada stimulus. Bagian penentu jawabannya adalah proses yang dijelaskan pada pembahasan di atas.

Mengapa Pilihan Lain Tidak Tepat?

The other options may be grammatically possible, but they change the meaning, reference, tense, logical relation, or scope supported by the passage.

Verifikasi: Point to the exact wording or relationship in the passage that supports the answer.

Soal 10

Stimulus
The number of applicants ___ increased, but a number of forms ___ incomplete.

Pertanyaan: Which option best completes the sentence according to Subject-verb agreement?

  1. A. have; are
  2. B. is; has
  3. C. have; is
  4. D. has; is
  5. E. has; are

Kemampuan yang dilatih: understanding how to which option best completes the sentence according to subject-verb agreement?.

Lihat kunci dan pembahasan

Kunci jawaban: E. has; are

Langkah Analisis

“The number” is singular, while “a number of forms” is plural.

Mengapa Jawaban Ini Tepat?

Pilihan E memenuhi informasi, hubungan, dan batas yang dinyatakan pada stimulus. Bagian penentu jawabannya adalah proses yang dijelaskan pada pembahasan di atas.

Mengapa Pilihan Lain Tidak Tepat?

The other options may be grammatically possible, but they change the meaning, reference, tense, logical relation, or scope supported by the passage.

Verifikasi: Point to the exact wording or relationship in the passage that supports the answer.

Target Kompetensi

  • mampu menjelaskan fokus kompetensi Subject-verb agreement dengan kata-kata sendiri
  • mampu menunjukkan informasi yang paling menentukan jawaban
  • mampu menjelaskan alasan empat opsi lain tidak memenuhi tuntutan soal
  • mampu menyelesaikan variasi stimulus tanpa bergantung pada urutan opsi
  • mampu memeriksa kembali bukti teks, logika, model, hitungan, atau kaidah bahasa

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