Ups, sorry.

Use ON, if it is explicitly or implicitly followed by a name of the day (e.g. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc.).

I met her on Saturday. (explicit)
I met her on July 31, 2010. (implicit)
I met her on Saturday, July 31, 2010. (explicit)

In the second example, “July 31, 2010” is a date, but we can easily track down, by using a calender for instance, what day was back then. In the third one, the use of ON is also correct but “Saturday” is unnecessary here.

If you fill out the birth of date field of a form, you will notice “Month =..(January)…, Day = ..(31)…, Year = .(1979)…”, even though you should fill out the Day field with, for instance, 31. Then, during the interview, you should say “I was born on January thirty-first, nineteen seventy-nine“.

On the other hand, if you don’t mention the day, you should use IN instead.

I met her in July.
I met her in July, 2010.
I met her in 2010.

I was born in January.
I was born in January, 1979.
I was born in 1979.

In the former group of examples, IN indicates that the day I met her is uncertain but took place in July consisting of 31 days or took place in 2010 consisting of 365 days, while in the latter, IN indicates the day I was born is uncertain but took place in January or in 1979.

To make it short, use ON if followed by a specific day, beyond which we should use IN.

Penggunaan preposition ini dapat dibaca di Penggunaan IN, ON dan AT (Part 1), Penggunaan IN, ON dan AT (Part 2), Penggunaan IN, ON dan AT (Part 3),

Please refer and compare my pointers below to your writing!
1. this test
2. couldn’t leave a reply
3. because of some troubles
4. luck
5. I am a beginner

Hi,

1. USED TO.
Used to sudah didiskusikan di Cara penggunaan though dan used to.

2. SUCH.
Such digunakan untuk memberi makna hiperbolik, atau untuk menyatakan “seperti itu”. Such diikuti oleh noun (bisa plural, bisa singular, bisa juga uncountable). Kalau nounnya plural tambahkan akhiran s/es; kalau singular tambahkan article a/an; kalau uncountable tidak ada penambahan.

9. Opsi B dan C sama. Frame di B atau C, salah satunya, seharusnya jamak (i.e. frames). Ataukah dibedakan oleh tanda ‘ – ‘ di dimensional-frame di opsi C? However, jawaban yang benar seharusnya B. Cek alasannya di topik Penggunaan nouns sebagai adjectives

Berikut adalah link-link ke topik yang ditanyakan:

1. Causative.
2. subjunctive verbs khususnya poin M.

Verbs yang sering digunakan antara lain:
demand (menuntut), decree (mendekritkan/memutuskan/menetapkan), insist (mendesak), request (memohon/meminta), ask (meminta/menyuruh), suggest (menyarankan), recommend (merekomendasikan/menganjurkan), advise (menasihati), propose (mengusulkan), order (memerintahkan/menyuruh), require (mempersyaratkan/mengharuskan), urge (mendorong/mendesak), command (memerintahkan), stipulate (menetapkan), etc.

Serta adjectives berikut:
important (penting), necessary (perlu/penting), essential (penting), vital (penting), imperative (harus/tidak boleh tidak), obligatory (wajib), urgent (urgen/sangat mendesak), mandatory (wajib), etc.

3. Present participle dan past participle

4. How = bagaimana, sedangkan when = kapan. Pola penggunaannya (begitu juga kata tanya lainnya) dalam kalimat tanya dapat dibaca di topik How to address questions.

5. Kalau verbs yang tidak boleh diikuti oleh infinitive dapat dibaca di Penggunaan gerunds, sedangkan yang tidak boleh diikuti oleh gerunds dapat dibaca di Penggunaan Infinitives. Kalau verb yang tidak boleh diikuti oleh dua-duanya (baik oleh infinitive maupun oleh gerund) adalah stative/linking verbs.

6. because vs because of, although vs despite dan in spite of.

Jawaban untuk Soal no. 1 seharusnya A (passes). Karena main clause “the striker will shoot it to the goal” adalah dalam simple future tense, dan agar tense sequence-nya correct, maka sub-clause yang paling tepat adalah dalam simple present tense.

Jawaban untuk Soal 2 should be D (by themselves). Di sini by menunjukkan reciprocal, sehingga by themselves = mereka sendirian, hanya berdua saja. “Karena sekarang anak-anaknya sudah besar, pak dan bu Grayson tinggal berdua saja (sendirian tanpa anak)“.

Opsi B akan benar kalau kalimatnya, misalnya: “Being not supported by their children, Mr. and Mrs. Grayson live themselves from scavenging”. A dan D salah karena theirselves bukan kata dalam bahasa Ingggris.

3. Kalau dari artinya: look over (mengecek kembali), look into (menginvestigasi/mencari tahu), look up (mendongak, mencari), maka (menurut saya) jawaban C yang paling tepat. “Participants harus memperhatikan (look out for) titian yang ada di sungai itu.

No problem at all. Gampang dihapus kok. . Oya, kalau apa yang saya sampaikan kurang jelas (atau salah) jangan sungkan untuk menanyakannya kembali.

Hello to you too. Your English is quite good.
Apakah kata-kata di atas sudah benar atau belum?
There are only small errors in “…is only have…“, “answer“, “with join“. Here are my suggestions:

My practice test result was only five answers correct.

or

I got only five answers correct.

I hope by joining this forum I can improve my English.

1. JOINING.
Verbs should be in their verb-ing form (gerund) when preceded by a preposition (e.g. by, after, for, etc).

After reading this note, you will understand why the verb join is incorrect and should be joining. Thanks for asking.

2. WAS.
The main problem in this part of your writing is because you used both is and have simultaneously. In the simple present tense, we should use either a be or a verb, but not both. This rule is also true for the simple past tense.
But why did I choose to use was instead of is? In other words, why did I choose to use the simple past tense instead of the simple present tense? Well, when you were writing your comment, you had done the test and you had got the score, hadn’t you? What was your score? So, you should say “My score was…..” or “My practice test result was….”.

3.CORRECT.
Correct is an adjective. Adjectives are mostly placed before nouns.

correct answer
good person
pretty girl.

My second example above should only be used in a daily conversation, not in a standard written English. I wrote it that way because I wanted to show you why answer was incorrect and should’ve been answers. And, the better sentence should be

I got only five correct answers.

What about the first example?

Dari polanya,
1. Kalimat verbal:

S + verb1 + O.. (simple present)
S + verb2 + O … (past tense)

2. Kalimat Non-verbal:

S + is/am/are + adjective/noun (simple present)
S + was/were + adjective/noun (simple past)

Dari penggunaannya, simple present untuk mengekspresikan regularitas di masa sekarang, sedangkan past simple past untuk action atau regularitas in the past.
Contoh:

a. I play badminton two times a week.
b. When I was young, I played badminton there times a week.

Di contoh a, walaupun tidak ada keterangan waktu, regularitas “bermain badminton” terjadi di masa sekarang karena digunakannya verb1 “play“,sedangkan di contoh b, digunakan verb2 “played‘ plus keterang waktu “when I was young” (ketika aku muda. So, contoh b adalah kalimat dalam past tense.

Moga sedikit membantu dan untuk lebih lengkapnya, silakan baca kembali simple present tense dan simple past tense.

“Aku sebagai moderator sekarang” vs “Aku moderatornya sekarang”.
“Siapa sebagai moderator?” vs “Siapa moderatornya?”

Menurut hemat saya, kedua pasang kalimat ini secara implisit bermakna sama. Karena bahasa Inggris lebih bagus kalau kalimatnya lebih ringkas, maka kalimat-kalimat kedua yang lebih baik.

I am the moderator now.
Who is the moderator?

Kalau kalimatnya menggunakan verb bertindak (act) barulah enak kalau digunakan AS,

I am acting as a moderator now.
Who is acting as a moderator?

Sekedar tambahan, ada beberapa verb yang tidak perlu ditambahkan AS karena (mungkin) maknanya sudah termaktub didalamnya. Misalnya: elect, choose, appoint, and consider.

John telah dipilih sebagai directur yang baru.
Amir dipilih sebagai ketua kelas kemarin.
Budi ditunjuk sebagai pembawa pesan.
George Suta telah dianggap (sebagai) kandidat ketua PSSI yang tidak sah oleh FIFA.

John has been elected a new director.
Amir was chosen the class leader yesterday.
Budi was appointed the messenger.
George Suta has been considered an illegitimate PSSI’s leader candidate by FIFA.

… questions
… must study
3. I have hardly met her since the last conversation at the airport.
4. The Financial report has been put on your desk by him.
5. I think she is old enough to follow that fashion.

Don’t worry about the score! As I said when we chatted, your English is excellent. Although we just met, I’ve got an impression that you have used the English language frequently. The score you got, however, was most likely because you had hardly reviewed your English grammar books. Therefore, my other suggestion to you is to consult your grammar books from time to time because the standard written English is somewhat different from the spoken one.