Listening Part A: Negative Expressions/Ungkapan atau Kalimat Negatif (Skill 2)

Skill Sebelumnya: Skill 1: Restatement

Negative/Kalimat Negatif
(English Version)

Ungkapan atau kalimat-kalimat negatif  seringkali di temukan atau di ujikan di Listening Part A dari TOEFL Test.

Hal-hal yang harus di perhatikan adalah:

• Apabila orang ke-2 (2nd speaker/line) mengungkapkan atau berbicara kalimat negatif, maka jawabannya adalah ungkapan/kalimat positif, dan
• Apabila orang ke-2 (2nd speaker/line) mengungkapkan atau berbicara kalimat positif, maka jawabannya adalah ungkapan/kalimat negatif.

Contoh:

On the recording, you hear:

(woman)  : Did you get a lot of work done at the library today?

(man)       : I couldn’t. It wasn’t very quiet there.

(narrator) : What does the man mean? 

In your test book, you read: 

(A) The library was noisy 

(B) He got a lot done. 

(C) He couldn’t quite get to the library today.

(D) The library’s a good place to work because it’s quiet. 

Analisa:

Jawaban yang benar adalah A karena if it was not quiet in the library (Jika suasana kelas tidak tenang), this means that it was noisy (Berarti suasananya berisik). Jadi jawaban yang benar adalah The library was noisy, yang artinya sama dengan wasn't quite.

Gambar di bawah ini menunjukan bagaimana kalimat negatif biasa di ujikan di TOEFL Test.

EXERCISE 2: In this exercise, underline the negative expression in the second line of each short conversation. Then read the question, and choose the best answer to that question. Remember that the best answer is one that uses an opposite meaning.

On the recording, you hear:

1. (woman) :  You made so many mistakes in this homework.
    (man)      :  I wasn’t very careful.
    (narrator): What does the man mean?

    (A) He was rather careless.
    (B) He does not care about mistakes.
    (C) He took care of the work at home.
    (D) He did not carry the work home.

2. (man)      : Is there a lot of soup? I’m kind of hungry.
    (woman) :  Sorry, there’s not a lot.
    (narrator): What does the woman mean?

    (A) There’s not very much soap.
    (B) She doesn’t like soup.
    (C) There’s only a little soup.
    (D) The man should not be hungry.

3. (woman)  : How was the weather on your trip?
    (man)      : There wasn’t a cloud in the sky.
    (narrator): What does the man mean?

     (A) It was cloudy.
     (B) He couldn’t see the sky
    (C) It wasn’t very crowded.
    (D) There was a lot of sunshine.

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