Word Often Confused Part 3_TOEFL "Style" Part 8 Writing Skill

 

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“STYLE: WORDS OFTEN CONFUSED PART 3“

Gambar 1. Word Often Confused (Kata-Kata Yang Seringkali Membingungkan) TOEFL Writing Skill

 

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Pernahkah kalian merasa bingung untuk menggunakan vocabulary yang tepat ketika belajar berbicara atau menulis dalam bahasa Inggris? Dalam bahasa Inggris terdapat beberapa aturan penggunaan beberapa kata dalam membentuk sebuah frasa atau kalimat. Hal ini dikarenakan kata-kata tersebut memiliki makna yang sama; namun, memiliki fungsi dan penggunaan yang berbeda dalam sebuah kalimat. Sementara itu, kita juga dapat menemukan beberapa kata memiliki bentuk dan bunyi yang sama, tetapi kata-kata tersebut memiliki makna yang berbeda. Hal ini seringkali disebut dengan “Minimal Pairs”.

Pengguanaan sebuah kata dalam kalimat tidak hanya mempertimbangkan arti kata itu sendiri, tertapi juga perlu memperhatikan gramatika dan konteks kalimat sehingga nantinya kalimat tersebut tidak menjadi rancu dan ambigu. Oleh karena, itu penting bagi kita, tetutama pelajar EFL, mempelajari beberapa fungsi dan penggunaan kata-kata berikut dalam kalimat baik secara tertulis atau lisan sehingga nantinya dapat menyusun kalimat yang padu dan benar dalam bahasa Inggris.

Pada kesempatan kali ini, kita akan membahas “Words Often Confused Part 3”. Yuk simak penjelasannya berikut ini!

 

WORDS OFTEN CONFUSED PART 3

Berikut ini terdapat beberapa kata yang seringkali salah digunakan (membingungkan) dalam sebuah kalimat:

1. Respectfully/Respectively

Respectfully berarti dengan hormat “with respect.” Contoh: The audience rose respectfully when the president entered.

Respectively berarti berurutan “in the order given.” Contoh: The Thompsons lived in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York respectively.

 

2. So/So That

So merupakan conjunction yang menghubungkan clause of result dengan main clause. Contoh: It rained a lot that year, so there were lots of wildflowers to enjoy. (result)

So that menggabungkan clause of purpose dengan main clause. Contoh: We wore raincoats so that we would not get our clothes wet. (purpose)

 

Baca Juga:

Part of Speech: Conjunction

Kinds of Clause: Main Clause Vs Subordinate Clause

 

3. Stationary/Stationery

Stationary berarti pada posisi yang tepat “in a fixed position.” Contoh: The only time most children are stationary is when they are asleep.

Stationery merujuk pada persediaan/ perlengkapan tulis. Contoh: That stationery store sells fancy writing paper and envelopes.

 

4. Their/There/They’re

Their merupakan third-person plural possessive pronoun. Contoh: They sold their home to a couple from London.

There merupakan (1) adverb of place atau (2) expletive yang menceritakan tentang keberadaan sesuatu. Perhatikan beberapa contoh kalimat berikut ini!

• Your package is there on the counter. (adverb of place)
• There are fifty states in the United States. (expletive)

They’re merupakan contraction dari “they are”. Contoh: They’re ready to see you now.

 

Baca Juga:

Part of Speech: Pronoun

Part of Speech: Adverb 

Contraction in English

 

5. To/Too/Two

To merupakan (1) bagian dari infinitive form atau (2) preposition. Perhatikan beberapa contoh berikut ini!

• I like to walk in the rain.
• I walked to the store.

Too merupakan adverb yang mengindikasikan  kelebihan. Contoh: It is too hot today to study.

Two merupakan number (2). Contoh: I have two children, John and Greg.

 

Baca Juga:

Part of Speech: Preposition

Gerund Vs Infinitive

Kinds of Number: Cardinal Vs Ordinal Number

 

6. Weather/Whether

Weather merupakan noun yang berarti kondisi cuaca “atmospheric conditions.” Contoh: It is nice weather today for a picnic.

Whether merupakan conjunction yang berarti jika “if.” Contoh: I do not know whether he will come to the party.

 

Baca Juga: Part of Speech: Noun

 

7. Who’s/Whose

Who’s merupakan contraction dari “who is”. Contoh: I do not know who’s coming tonight.

Whose merupakan (1) a question word atau (2) possessive relative pronoun. Perhatikan beberapa contoh kalimat berikut ini!

• Whose book is this?
• I met the man whose daughter is in my class.

 

Baca Juga:

Question Word: Wh/H Vs Yes/No Question

Adjective Clause “Relative Pronoun”

 

Error Examples

Berikut ini terdapat beberapa kesalahan kata pada kalimat terkait “word often confused part 3”; serta, pembenarannya!

 

WRONG	RIGHT
Last summer I visited the capital cities of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island respectfully.	Last summer I visited the capital cities of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island respectively.
I bought a car so I would not have to walk to work.	I bought a car so that I would not have to walk to work.
A model must sometimes remain stationery for hours at a time.	A model must sometimes remain stationary for hours at a time.
Please put the piano over their near the window.	Please put the piano over there near the window.
Robin is really much to nervous to be in public relations.	Robin is really much too nervous to be in public relations.
Bob is not sure weather or not he will be able to attend your opening next week.	Bob is not sure whether or not he will be able to attend your opening next week.
Who’s purse do you think this is?	Whose purse do you think this is?

 

Skill Builder 8: Words Often Confused Part 3

Directions: There is an error in word choice at some of the sentences below. Decide whether the sentence is correct (C) or incorrect (I).

(___) 1. The whether is usually nice in Hawaii all year round.

(___) 2. They’re buying a home in the city next year.

(___) 3. We met two of my father’s business associates at the dinner.

(___) 4. Did you find out whose coming early?

(___) 5. I love to browse in stationary stores.

(___) 6. Bob thinks this material is too difficult for first-year students.

(___) 7. The students left there books on the floor during the exam.

(___) 8. The audience applauded respectively at the end of her speech.

(___) 9. Do not send any of these booklets too people who did not put their complete address on the form.

(___) 10. He parked his car on the street so that he would not have to pay for parking in the garage.

 

Key Answer

1.      Incorrect 2.      Correct 3.      Correct 4.      Incorrect 5.      Incorrect

6.      Correct 7.      Incorrect 8.      Incorrect 9.      Incorrect 10.  Correct

 

Its Correction

1. The weather is usually nice in Hawaii all year round.

2. They’re buying a home in the city next year.

3. We met two of my father’s business associates at the dinner.

4. Did you find out who’s coming early?

5. I love to browse in stationery stores.

6. Bob thinks this material is too difficult for first-year students.

7. The students left their books on the floor during the exam.

8. The audience applauded respectfully at the end of her speech.

9. Do not send any of these booklets to people who did not put their complete address on the form.

10. He parked his car on the street so that he would not have to pay for parking in the garage.

 

Next to >>> Style: Correlative Conjunction

 

Source

Peterson`s (www.petersons.com). (2007). Peterson`s Master TOEFL Writing Skills. Peterson`s, a Nelnet Company

 

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