Menguasai By The Time untuk TOEFL: Pola, Tips, Disertai Latihan Soal dan Pembahasannya

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BABAD.ID | Stori Loka Jawa - By the time digunakan untuk menunjukkan batas waktu ketika suatu tindakan sudah selesai sebelum atau setelah peristiwa lain terjadi.

Ungkapan ini sering digunakan dalam kalimat yang menghubungkan dua peristiwa yang terjadi dalam urutan waktu tertentu.

Pola Penggunaan "By the Time" dalam TOEFL

1. "By the time" + Simple Past, Past Perfect
    → Digunakan untuk menyatakan bahwa suatu peristiwa sudah selesai sebelum kejadian lain di masa lalu.
    Contoh:
   
• By the time we arrived (simple past), the movie had started (past perfect).
2. "By the time" + Present Simple, Future Perfect
    → Digunakan untuk menyatakan bahwa suatu peristiwa akan selesai sebelum kejadian lain di masa depan.
    Contoh:
   
• By the time she finishes (present simple) the book, I will have left (future perfect).

Tips Penting

• Perhatikan tenses setelah frasa "by the time," terutama dalam kalimat gabungan yang memiliki dua peristiwa. Biasanya, tenses yang digunakan adalah past perfect atau future perfect.
• Jika peristiwa terjadi di masa lalu, gunakan past perfect setelah "by the time."
• Jika peristiwa terjadi di masa depan, gunakan future perfect setelah "by the time."
• Jangan menggunakan future tenses setelah "by the time" jika subjeknya sama dalam satu kalimat.

Latihan Soal TOEFL: "By the Time"

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1. By the time he ____ home, everyone had gone to sleep.
    A) arrives
    B) arrived
    C) had arrived
    D) will arrive
   
2. By the time we got to the stadium, the game ____ already ____.
    A) has - started
    B) had - started
    C) is - starting
    D) was - started
   
3. By the time she ____ her degree, she will have spent five years in college.
    A) earns
    B) earned
    C) has earned
    D) will earn
   
4. By the time you call me, I ____ finished my assignment.
    A) will have
    B) had
    C) will
    D) have
   
5. By the time I saw him, he ____ left the building.
    A) has
    B) was
    C) had
    D) have
   
6. By the time the class started, the students ____ their seats.
    A) take
    B) took
    C) had taken
    D) taking
   
7. By the time she gets to work, her boss ____ a meeting.
    A) has had
    B) will have had
    C) had
    D) was having
   
8. By the time we arrived at the restaurant, our friends ____ for 30 minutes.
    A) waited
    B) had waited
    C) were waiting
    D) wait
   
9. By the time the train reaches the station, the passengers ____ ready to get off.
    A) will have been
    B) have
    C) were
    D) was
   
10. By the time she got back, her parents ____ gone to bed.
     A) was
     B) had
     C) have
     D) has
    
11. By the time I return, the meeting ____ over.
     A) is
     B) will have been
     C) has
     D) had
    
12. By the time they arrived, the concert ____ an hour earlier.
     A) starts
     B) had started
     C) started
     D) starting
    
13. By the time he realized his mistake, it ____ too late.
     A) has been
     B) will be
     C) had been
     D) is
    
14. By the time I finish reading this book, you ____ writing your essay.
     A) will have finished
     B) had finished
     C) finished
     D) finish
    
15. By the time she left, the store ____ closing.
     A) was
     B) has been
     C) had been
     D) had
    
16. By the time we saw the news, the storm ____ the city.
     A) hit
     B) has hit
     C) had hit
     D) hitting
    
17. By the time he retires, he ____ worked for 40 years.
     A) has
     B) had
     C) will have
     D) was
    
18. By the time she gets here, we ____ for two hours.
     A) will have waited
     B) had waited
     C) will be waiting
     D) wait
    
19. By the time they reached the airport, their flight ____ off.
     A) took
     B) has taken
     C) had taken
     D) was taking
    
    
20. By the time he ____ the meeting, everyone had left.
    A) attended
    B) attends
    C) had attended
    D) will attend

Pembahasan Soal

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1. B) arrived → karena peristiwa terjadi di masa lalu.
2. B) had - started → karena ada peristiwa yang selesai sebelum yang lain.
3. A) earns → untuk future perfect (will have spent).
4. A) will have → future perfect untuk kejadian sebelum masa depan.
5. C) had → past perfect karena kejadian terjadi sebelum "I saw him."
6. C) had taken → past perfect digunakan untuk aksi sebelum peristiwa lain di masa lalu.
7. B) will have had → future perfect untuk peristiwa sebelum masa depan.
8. B) had waited → past perfect untuk aksi yang selesai sebelum aksi lain.
9. A) will have been → future perfect digunakan sebelum aksi lain terjadi.
10. B) had → past perfect digunakan untuk sesuatu yang selesai sebelum waktu tertentu di masa lalu.
11. B) will have been → future perfect karena aksi selesai sebelum aksi lain terjadi.
12. B) had started → past perfect karena aksi selesai sebelum aksi lain terjadi.
13. C) had been → past perfect digunakan untuk kejadian yang terjadi lebih dahulu di masa lalu.
14. A) will have finished → future perfect untuk aksi yang selesai sebelum waktu tertentu di masa depan.
15. A) was → karena aksi terjadi bersamaan dengan "left."
16. C) had hit → past perfect karena aksi terjadi sebelum aksi lain.
17. C) will have → future perfect untuk menunjukkan aksi yang akan selesai sebelum masa depan.
18. A) will have waited → future perfect karena kejadian sudah berlangsung sebelum aksi lain.
19. C) had taken → past perfect untuk menunjukkan aksi yang sudah selesai sebelum aksi lain di masa lalu.
20. A) attended karena kalimat ini menggunakan “by the time” untuk menunjukkan peristiwa masa lalu, dan tense yang benar adalah simple past.

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