English Task 2

Task 1 (Affirmative Agreement)

Direction: supply the correct form of the verb for the simple statement in each of the following sentences. Elaborate your reason.

1. Rose likes to fly, and her brother ______ too.

Jawab : "Does" karena subjeknya adalah "he"

2. They will leave at noon, and I _______ too.

Jawab : "Will" karena kata bantu+kata kerja

3. Their plane is arriving at nine o’clock, and so ______ mine.

Jawab : "Is" karena hanya ada "to be" pada klausa utama

4. I should go grocery shopping this afternoon, and so _______ my neighbour.

Jawab : "Should" karena kalimat utamanya composite verb

5. Our English teacher loves to travel, and so ________ we.

Jawab : "Do" karena bagian subjeknya we/our

Task 2 (Negative Agreement)

Direction: fill in the blanks with the correct form of either or neither. Elaborate your reason.

1. The children shouldn’t take that medicine, and _______  should she.

Jawab : "Neither" karena menyatakan pernyataan negatif

2. I don’t like plan to attend the concert, and ______ do they.

Jawab : "Neither" karena terdapat kalimat do

3. The Yankess couldn’t play due to the bad weather, and ______ could the Angels.

Jawab : "Neither" karena terdapat kalimat could

4. Mary can’t type well, and her sister can’t ______.

Jawab : "Either" karena kalimat kedua "can't"

5. They won’t have to work on weekends, and we won’t ______.

Jawab : "Either" karena kalimat kedua "won't"

Task 3 

Direction: identify the one underlined word or phrase that would not be acceptable in standard written English. Elaborate your reason.

1. He isn’t driving to the convention in March, and neither they are.

Jawab : "neither they are" karena single sentences

2. Catherine is studying law at the university, and so does John.

Jawab : "so does John" karena terdapat kalimat to be

3. Because they have moved away, they hardly never go to the beach anymore.

Jawab : "hardly never" karena kalimatnya negatif

4. Mary and her sister studied biology last year, and so does Jean.

Jawab : "so does Jean" karena seharusnya pakai did

5. George has not completed the assignment yet, and Maria hasn’t neither.

Jawab : "hasn’t neither" karena seharusnya pakai either