Preposition dan pasangan katanya | WAJIB HAFAL!

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Berikut daftar kata `preposition` dan pasangan katanya masing-masing. Bentuk umum kesalahan dalam soal TOEFL ITP: kadang diganti dengan preposition lainnya & kadang juga dihilangkan. 

Daftar preposition dan pasangannya

• Depend/dependent on/upon*
• Deal with
• Similar to
• Differ from
• The same as
• Rely on
• Refer to 
• Share ... with
• From ... to ...
• Between ... and ...
• Based ... on
• Means of: metode/cara
• Suit/suitable/suited for
• Composed of
• Consist of
• Associate(d) with / related to
• Substitute for
• Except (for)

*Note: `Upon` merupakan bentuk formal dari kata `on`.

Contoh soal

1. The Aleuts in western Alaska have always depended of the sea for food.
2. Since it lives in the desert, the collared lizard depends from insects for water as well as for food.
3. Because it is often dependent of the conditions of crystallization, the composition of the minerals in a rock can be important in determining the rock's geologic history.
4. Mutiny of a ship’s crew against the captain signifies the breakdown of the obedience and discipline required to deal effectively to perils at eat.
5. Historical geology deals about data on the development of the Earth gathered from the study of rocks, which are analyzed to determine their age and composition. 
6. Small to medium-sized marsh birds similar in body shape by cranes, rails are found throughout the world, except in the polar regions. 
7. Pythons differ than most other snakes by having two well developed lungs rather than a much smaller left lung or no left lung at all.
8. The lemur is an unusual animal belonging to the same order than mon’s and apes.
9. Bats rely to their hearing to navigate and to find food at night.
10. Speed refers only toward the rate of motion without specifying any direction of motion.
11. Best known for his research in statistical mechanics and meson physics, Chen Ning Yang shared the Nobel Prize in 1957 to another physicist from the United States, Tsung-dao Lee.
12. Pumps can operate under pressures ranging between a fraction of a pound to more than 10,000 pounds per square inch.
13. Commercial prices for gems are based in several factors including beauty, durability, rarity,and the current fashion.
14. Manure can be converted into methane gas by means the activated-sludge process of sewage disposal.
15. Varieties of yellow grapes that have tender skin, rich flavor and high sugar content are especially suited with making raisins.
16. The diamond is the only gemstone composed with just one chemical element, carbon.
17. Sleep is controlled by the brain and associated by characteristic breathing rhythms.
18. Because of its low cholesterol content, margarine is a widely used substitute from butter.
19. Except of the freehand toe, the feet of the gull are fully webbed. 

Kunci jawaban

1. depend on
2. depends on
3. dependent ... on
4. deal ... with
5. deals with
6. similar .. to
7. differ from
8. the same ... as
9. rely on
10. refers ... to
11. shared ... with
12. from (1 pound) to (1000 pounds)
13. based on
14. by means of 
15. suited for
16. composed of
17. associated with
18. [a widely used substitute] for
19. except / except for

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