Soal written expression biasanya hadir bersama soal structure dan soal reading comprehension. Soal written expression sendiri merupakan tes dalam TOEFL yang menguji kemampuan Anda dalam mengidentifikasi bahasa Inggris tulis sesuai standar penulisan formal.
Berikut adalah beberapa contoh soal written expression yang bisa Anda gunakan sebagai bahan latihan. Agar dapat menjawab soal-soal ini dengan mudah, sebaiknya Anda mempelajari macam-macam tenses dan contoh soalnya terlebih dulu.
Baiklah, mari kerjakan 20 soal written expression TOEFL berikut ini. Jawaban dan pembahasan tertera di bawah setiap section.
Soal Written Expression TOEFL – Section 1

- Many exercises such as calisthenics, running, or to swim involve producing muscle tension through a range of movements that are called isotonics.
- The basic elements of public-opinion research are interviewers, questionnaires, tabulating equipment and to sample population.
- Intelligence, education, and experience all helps shape management style.
- Numerous types of cells, such as skin cells and white blood cells, have the power reproduce asexually.
- Although ferns lack flowers, they do have leaves, stems, and root.
Jawaban Soal Written Expression TOEFL dan Pembahasannya
- Many exercises such as calisthenics, running, or to swim involve producing muscle tension through a range of movements that are called isotonics.
Jawaban: to swim, seharusnya diubah menjadi swimming.
Pembahasan: Kata ‘to swim’ perlu disesuaikan dengan jenis kata sebelum/sesudah konjungsi (or). Dalam hal ini, kata yang satu jenis dengan running dan callisthenics adalah ‘swimming’, semuanya berupa gerund.
- The basic elements of public-opinion research are interviewers, questionnaires, tabulating equipment and to sample population.
Jawaban: to sample, seharusnya diubah menjadi sampling.
Pembahasan: Kata ‘to sample’ perlu disesuaikan dengan jenis kata sebelum/sesudah konjungsi (and). Dalam hal ini, kata yang sejenis dengan ‘tabulating equipment’ adalah ‘sampling’. Oleh karena itu, ‘to sample’ perlu diubah menjadi ‘sampling’.
- Intelligence, education, and experience all helps shape management style.
Jawaban: helps, seharusnya help (tanpa s).
Pembahasan: Kata ‘helps’ tidak cocok karena subjectnya lebih dari satu (plural). Polanya adalah: plural subject + verb 1 (tanpa s/es).
- Numerous types of cells, such as skin cells and white blood cells, have the power reproduce asexually.
Jawaban: powerful reproduce, seharusnya powerful reproducing.
Pembahasan: Pola ‘power reproduce asexually’ perlu diubah ke dalam pola: pre modifier (adj) + head (noun) + post modifier.
Caranya, kata ‘power’ yang berupa noun perlu diubah menjadi adjective, yakni ‘powerful’. Kemudian, kata ‘reproduce’ yang berupa verb perlu diubah menjadi noun dengan bentuk gerund ‘reproducing’. Hasilnya menjadi ‘the powerful reproducing asexually’.
- Although ferns lack flowers, they do have leaves, stems, and root.
Jawaban: root, seharusnya roots (pakai s).
Pembahasan: Jenis kata atau kelas kata sebelum/sesudah konjungsi (and) harus disamakan. Dalam hal ini, ‘stems’ dan ‘leaves’ bersifat plural. Oleh karena itu, ‘root’ perlu diubah menjadi ‘roots’ agar bersifat plural.
Soal Written Expression TOEFL – Section 2
- Conservation organizations help for to preserve the ecology of an area by keeping track of endangered species.
- Halifax is largest city and the chief port of Nova Scotia and is the eastern terminus of Canada’s two great railway systems.
- Since a hospital is organized to protect and treat people who are ill, its goals, structures, and functions depend on the currently state of medical science.
- A change in direction of the monsoon winds result from the differences between the heating or cooling of landmasses and that of oceans.
- Small distinctions among stamps, unimportant to the person average, would mean a great deal to the stamp collector.
Jawaban Soal Written Expression TOEFL dan Pembahasannya
- Conservation organizations help for to preserve the ecology of an area by keeping track of endangered species.
Jawaban: for to, seharusnya to saja.
Pembahasan: Preposition tidak bisa diikuti preposition lagi. Selain itu, kata ‘help’ biasanya diikuti dengan ‘to infinitive’.
- Halifax is largest city and the chief port of Nova Scotia and is the eastern terminus of Canada’s two great railway systems.
Jawaban: is largest, seharusnya is the largest.
Pembahasan: Kata ‘largest’ bermakna terbesar / terluas. Untuk menyatakan ter-, maka perlu ditambahkan ‘the’ sehingga menjadi the largest.
- Since a hospital is organized to protect and treat people who are ill, its goals, structures, and functions depend on the currently state of medical science.
Jawaban: currently, seharusnya current.
Pembahasan: Kata current lebih tepat karena menunjukkan state of medical science. Maka, kalimatnya menjadi ‘current state’. Hal ini sesuai dengan pola noun phrase: modifier (adj) + head (noun).
- A change in direction of the monsoon winds result from the differences between the heating or cooling of landmasses and that of oceans.
Jawaban: result, seharusnya diubah menjadi is resulted.
Pembahasan: ‘Is resulted’ lebih tepat karena bermakna ‘dihasilkan’. Untuk penulisannya, perhatikan pola passive voice: be + verb 3.
- Small distinctions among stamps, unimportant to the person average, would mean a great deal to the stamp collector.
Jawaban: the person average, sebaiknya diubah menjadi the personal average.
Pembahasan: Disini diperlukan kata adjective. ‘Person’ bukan merupakan adjective. Oleh karena itu perlu diubah menjadi ‘personal’. The personal average sesuai dengan pola noun phrase: modifier (adj) + head (noun).
Soal Written Expression TOEFL – Section 3 (Level Sulit)
- Dwelling primarily in the ice northern polar seas, beluga whales are characteristically small, white, agile, and elusive.
- The planet Mars is a freezing, barren deserts with huge, dry canyons and towering volcanoes.
- Archeological studies have provided evidence that the use of plants for decoration as well as for food developed early in the history.
- Members of a nation’s foreign service represent that country’s interests abroad and report on the conditions, trends, and policies of the country which they are stationed.
- Of the many machines invented in the late nineteenth century, none had a great impact on the United States economy than the automobile.
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Jawaban Soal Written Expression TOEFL dan Pembahasannya
- Dwelling primarily in the ice northern polar seas, beluga whales are characteristically small, white, agile, and elusive.
Jawaban: ice, seharusnya icy.
Pembahasan: Pola ‘ice northern polar seas’ seharusnya mengikuti pola noun phrase: modifier (adj) + head (noun). Maka, kata ‘ice’ perlu diubah ke dalam bentuk adjective, yakni ‘icy’.
- The planet Mars is a freezing, barren deserts with huge, dry canyons and towering volcanoes.
Jawaban: deserts, seharusnya desert.
Pembahasan: Pada rangkaian kata ‘a freezing, barren deserts with huge’ terdapat article article atau determiner ‘a’. Hal ini menunjukkan benda tunggal maka kata ‘deserts’ yang berbentuk plural harus diubah menjadi singular, yakni ‘desert’.
- Archeological studies have provided evidence that the use of plants for decoration as well as for food developed early in the history.
Jawaban: in the history, seharusnya in history.
Pembahasan: ‘The’ dipakai untuk menerangkan sesuatu yang sudah diketahui dengan jelas. Sementara, kata ‘history’ pada kalimat soal masih abstrak dan belum jelas. Jadi, sebaiknya ‘the’ dihapus sehingga menjadi ‘early in history’.
- Members of a nation’s foreign service represent that country’s interests abroad and report on the conditions, trends, and policies of the country which they are stationed.
Jawaban: which they are, sebaiknya diubah menjadi which are (tanpa they).
Pembahasan: Kata ‘they’ sebaiknya dihapus karena sudah terdapat relative pronoun ‘which’.
- Of the many machines invented in the late nineteenth century, none had a great impact on the United States economy than the automobile.
Jawaban: great, seharusnya greater.
Pembahasan: Perhatikan pada kalimat soal terdapat kata ‘than’ yang bermakan ‘daripada’. Maka, kata ‘greater’ lebih tepat digunakan karena sesuai untuk perbandingan (greater than).
Soal Written Expression TOEFL – Section 4 (Level Sulit)
- Fibers can come from plants, animals, or mineral ores, or they may be made from a variety chemical substances.
- The Tapir, and odd-toed, hoofed mammal, feed on plants, eating such things as grass, leaves, fallen fruit, and moss in large quantities.
- For thousands of years, people have used some kind of refrigeration cooling beverages and preserve edibles.
- The first railroad in the United States were short wooden tramways connecting mines also quarries with nearby streams.
- Tariffs preventing the most efficient use of the world’s resources by restricting division of labor to national boundaries.
Jawaban Soal Written Expression TOEFL dan Pembahasannya
- Fibers can come from plants, animals, or mineral ores, or they may be made from a variety chemical substances.
Jawaban: variety chemical, seharusnya diubah menjadi various chemical.
Pembahasan: Rangkaian kata ‘variety checimal substances’ perlu disesuaikan dengan pola noun phrase: modifier (adj) + head (noun). Oleh karena itu, ‘variety’ perlu diubah ke dalam adjective menjadi ‘various’.
- The Tapir, and odd-toed, hoofed mammal, feed on plants, eating such things as grass, leaves, fallen fruit, and moss in large quantities.
Jawaban: feed, seharusnya eat.
Pembahasan: ‘Feed’ bermakna memberi makan sehingga kurang tepat untuk melengkapi kalimat soal. Kata yang cocok adalah ‘eat’ yang bermakna memakan.
- For thousands of years, people have used some kind of refrigeration cooling beverages and preserve edibles.
Jawaban: cooling, seharusnya which cool.
Pembahasan: Kata sebelum dan sesudah konjungsi (and) harus memiliki jenis atau kelas yang sama.
Perhatikan bahwa kata setelah ‘and’ adalah ‘preserve edibles’ (menggunakan verb 1). Maka kata sebelum ‘and’ harus menggunakan verb 1. Oleh karena itu, ‘cooling’ harus diubah menjadi ‘cool’.
Sekarang kedua bagian sama-sama menggunakan verb 1 (preserve – cool). Namun, susunan kalimat belum sempurna. Maka, perlu penambahan relative pronoun ‘which’ untuk menggantikan kata refrigeration dan memperbaiki susunan kalimat agar menjadi benar.
- The first railroad in the United States were short wooden tramways connecting mines also quarries with nearby streams.
Jawaban: also, seharusnya and.
Pembahasan: Kata ‘also’ tidak tepat digunakan untuk menghubungkan kata ‘mines’ dan ‘quarries’, karena kata ‘also’ adalah adverb, bukan konjungsi. Oleh karena itu, kata yang tepat adalah ‘and’ karena berupa konjungsi.
- Tariffs preventing the most efficient use of the world’s resources by restricting division of labor to national boundaries.
Jawaban: preventing, seharusnya prevent.
Pembahasan: Rangkaian kata di atas belum sesuai dengan pola simple present: S + Verb 1. Kalimat di atas belum memiliki predicate yang tepat, maka predicate yang tepat seharusnya ‘prevent’.

