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Bill, ...

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Bill, Jim, and Scott were at a convention together and were 1. _____ (sharing/shared) a large suite on the top of a 75 story sky scraper. After a long day of meetings they were 2. _____ (shocking/shocked) to hear that the elevators in their hotel were 3. _____  (broke/broken) and they would have 4. _____  (climbed/to climb) 75 Flights of stairs to get to their room. Bill said to Jim and Scott, let's break the monotony of this unpleasant task by 5. _____  (concentrate/concentrating) on something interesting. I'll tell jokes for 25 flights, and Jim can sing songs for 25 flights, and Scott can tell sad stories the rest of the way. At the 26th floor Bill stopped 6. _____  (telling/ to tell) jokes and Jim 7. _____  (began/begun) to sing. At the 51st floor Jim stopped singing and Scott began 8._____  (telling/to tell) sad stories. "I will tell my saddest story first," he said. "I left the room key in the car!"

Number 6

A. Asarotun · Accepted Answer

Jawaban : telling

Pembahasan :
Soal meminta untuk melengkapi kalimat nomor 6 dengan memilih kata yang terdapat di dalam kurung.

Kalimat soal adalah "At the 26th floor Bill stopped 6. _____ (telling/ to tell) jokes and Jim 7. _____ (began/begun) to sing". (Di lantai 26 Bill berhenti 6. _____ (menceritakan/menceritakan) lelucon dan Jim 7. _____ (mulai/mulai) bernyanyi.)

Bagian rumpang perlu diisi dengan kata kerja V-ing karena makna kalimat menyatakan sesuatu yang tidak dilakukan lagi.

- Stop + V-ing digunakan untuk menyatakan sesuatu yang tidak dilakukan lagi.
- Stop + to + infinitive digunakan untuk menyatakan sesuatu yang tidak dilakukan lagi untuk sementara dan akan berlanjut untuk dilakukan kembali.

Kalimat lengkapnya menjadi "At the 26th floor Bill stopped 6. telling jokes and Jim 7. _____ (began/begun) to sing". (Di lantai 26 Bill berhentimenceritakan lelucon dan Jim 7. _____ (mulai/mulai) bernyanyi.)

Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah : telling

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