Minggu, 30 Juni 2013

TOEFL, AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT

TOEFL
1.       It is difficult to get used to sleep in a tent after having a soft,
          comfortable bed
 to lay on.
          To sleep  diganti menjadi to sleeping

2.       Marry usually arrives at the office at nine o’clock, but because the storm,
          she was two hours  late.
          Because di ganti menjadi because of

3.       Many exited women could seen at the departemen store sale.
          Could seen diganti menjadi could be seen

4.       He likes her new job very much and works hard.
          Her diganti menjadi his

5.       No one would have attended the lecture if you told the truth the guest speaker.
          Have attended digandi menjadi attend lalu di tambah kan had di kalimat if you had told

6.       He did not attend the meeting last week, and either i do.
          Either I do diganti menjadi neither I do
           
7.       Bess is used to fly after having crossed the continent many times
          during the past decade.
          To fly diganti menjadi flying

8.       Sam used to living in Oklahoma, but his company had him transferred to be a
          better position in Georgia.
          Living diganti menjadi live

9.      The president went fishing after he has finished with the conference.
         Has finished diganti menjadi had finish

10.     He did not attend the meeting last week, and neither i do.
          Neither i do diganti menjadi neither do i

11.     Anybody who plans to attend the meeting ought send a short note to the chairperson.
          Ought send diganti menjadi ought to send

12.     No one in our office wants to drive to work any more because of there are always
          traffic jams at rush hour.
          Because of diganti menjadi because

   Agreement (ungkapan setuju)
        §   I  agree (saya setuju)
                §  I agree with you (saya setuju dengan anda)
                §  That's so true (benar sekali)
                §  Exactly (tepat sekali)
                §  I am with you (saya sependapat dengan anda)
                §  No  doubt about it (tidak ada keraguan mengenai hal itu)     
              

In other cases, you can be as enthusiastic as you like in emphasizing your agreement. 

It was an interesting exhibition, wasn’t it? – Yes, it was superb/absolutely splendid!
A referendum will satisfy everybody. – Yes, definitely/quite/absolutely/I absolutely agree/I couldn’t agree more/I quite agree/ I agree entirely.

A referendum will not satisfy everybody. – Definitely not/It certainly won’t/You are absolutely right, it won’t/ I agree that it won’t.

It’s good practice and it’s good fun. – Exactly.
I feel I ought to give her a hand – Oh, quite, quite.
I must do something, though – Yes, I quite agree.
There is far too much attention being paid to these hoodlums – Yes I couldn’t agree more.
The public showed that by the way it voted in the General election – That’s quite true.
We reckon that this is what THEY would have wanted us to do. – I think you are absolutely right.


Partial agreement.

If you agree with someone, but not entirely or with reluctance, you can reply “I suppose so”.

I must have a job – I suppose so.
That’s the way to save lives, and save us a lot of trouble? – I suppose so.


If you are replying to a negative statement, you say, “I suppose not”.

Some of these places haven’t changed it – I suppose not.

Qualified agreement

In discussion and argument, there is often a need to agree with one aspect of a speaker’s view, and to disagree with another. Here are some of the methods you might use to express this sort of qualified agreement:

Certainly it’s true that …, but on the other hand…
I can see that…. But surely…
I am in total agreement with you about… but we also have to consider….
Agreed, BUT if we accept… then it must also be true that…

DISAGREEMENT

Notice that you need to be very polite when disagreeing with someone in English – even someone you know quite well. When you deny or contradict what someone else has stated, the effect is often impolite, unless the denial is qualified in some way. You can qualify it by an apology or by adjusting to the speaker’s point of view: 

English is a difficult language to learn.
-I am afraid I disagree with you: some languages are even more difficult, I think.
Or
- TRUE, but the grammar is quite easy.
Or
-Yes, but it’s not so difficult as Russian. 

Strong disagreement

If you know someone very well you can disagree more directly using expressions like these:

I can’t agree with you there.
You can’t be serious!
Come off it!
Don’t be silly! 


You should be very careful when using them, in order to avoid offending people.

That’s very funny – No, it isn’t.
You were the one who wanted to buy it – I am sorry, dear, but you are wrong.



Sumber :
http://nurinuryani.wordpress.com/expressions/expressions-ii/agreement-disagreement/