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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 8

N. Sopiah · Accepted Answer

Jawaban yang benar adalah "to tell".

Soal tersebut meminta kita untuk melengkapi kalimat rumpang no.8 dengan salah satu dari dua pilihan kata yang tersedia pada soal (telling/to tell).

Arti dari soal "At the 51st floor Jim stopped singing and Scott began _____ sad stories." adalah "Di lantai 51 Jim berhenti bernyanyi dan Scott mulai _____ cerita sedih.

Soal tersebut membutuhkan to-infinitive yang berfungsi untuk memperjelas kegiatan apa yang akan Scott lakukan. 
Dalam hal ini, penggunaan to-infinitive menjadi tepat daripada penggunaan gerund "telling".

Maka, kalimat lengkap dari soal tersebut adalah "At the 51st floor Jim stopped singing and Scott began to tell sad stories." (Di lantai 51 Jim berhenti bernyanyi dan Scott mulai menceritakan kisah sedih."

Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah "to tell".

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