TOEFL Listening: Part A (Who and What in Passive)

Who and What in Passive

Skill 6: Who and What in Passives (Menganalisis Subjek Tindakan Ganda)

💡 Strategi Utama: Menghindari Jebakan Posisi Pelaku

Pada tingkat lanjut, struktur pasif sering kali mengapit dua buah nama orang atau benda sekaligus di dalam kalimat. Pengecoh utama di lembar soal adalah menukar posisi pelaku tindakan (*Who*) dengan penerima dampak tindakan (*What/Whom*). Anda harus berkonsentrasi penuh pada frasa kata depan "by..." untuk menemukan pelaku aslinya.

📋 Cara Membaca Pola Distribusi Logika:

Jika dialog berbunyi: "A was helped by B" (A ditolong oleh B).
➔ Arti aslinya adalah B melakukan tindakan menolong, sedangkan A yang menerima bantuan.
⚠️ Jangan pilih jawaban yang membalik logika menjadi: "A helped B" (Salah Total).

📝 Contoh Soal TOEFL Listening

Klik tombol audio di bawah untuk mendengarkan percakapan dari sistem Chrome Anda, lalu pelajari pembahasannya:

🔊 Dengarkan Percakapan:

Man (Baris 1)	Did the new subscriber contact the network administrator?
Woman (Baris 2)	The user was finally called by the manager.
Narrator	What does the woman mean?

Pilihan Jawaban pada Lembar Ujian:

(A) The subscriber phoned the network system manager.
(B) The user cleared the database server history records.
(C) The manager made a phone call to the subscriber.
(D) The administrator successfully verified the account.

Kunci Jawaban: C
Pembahasan: Pembicara kedua (wanita) menggunakan kalimat pasif: "The user was finally called by the manager" (Pengguna/pelanggan akhirnya ditelepon oleh manajer).
➔ Pelaku tindakan aktifnya adalah the manager, sedangkan penerima telepon adalah the user (subscriber).
Oleh karena itu, konversi aktif yang benar adalah opsi C: The manager made a phone call to the subscriber. Pilihan A salah karena membalik posisi pelaku seolah-olah pelanggan yang menelepon manajer.

🎯 Interactive Practice Quiz

Klik tombol "▶ Dengarkan Audio Soal" untuk mendengar percakapan interaktif dua orang, kemudian pilih opsi jawaban yang paling tepat!

Question 1: What does the man imply?

A. David gave some constructive feedback to Sarah.

B. Sarah expressed disapproval of David's work.

C. They decided to call off the wind turbine program.

D. Sarah was blamed by the project manager.

Question 2: What does the woman mean?

A. The system breach automatically bypassed the sensor gate.

B. The network software caused an unstable connection.

C. The database virus completely destroyed the router.

D. The network administrator managed to intercept the danger.

Question 3: What does the man imply?

A. The researchers gave an excellent speech to the visitors.

B. The museum curator provided assistance to the researchers.

C. The ancient ruins artifacts were stolen last night.

D. The government refused to renovate the sorting facility.

Question 4: What does the woman mean?

A. The chemical plant manager avoided the clean emission law.

B. Millions of plastic bottles were thrown into the dumpster.

C. The citizens complained about the local landfill site.

D. The director thoroughly checked the factory waste regulations.

Question 5: What does the man imply?

A. An expert gave some instructions to David to secure his account.

B. David successfully resolved the server data breach alone.

C. The technician forgot to log in to the cloud storage.

D. David cleared his web browser history records yesterday.