A traditional farmer usually 2._____ (use / uses) simple farming tools, such as an axe, a watering can, a sickle and a pickaxe.

Farming

There are two types of farming, they 1. _____ (is / are) traditional and modern farming. A traditional farmer usually 2._____ (use / uses) simple farming tools, such as an axe, a watering can, a sickle and a pickaxe. He 3. _____ (dig/ dogs) the land with a pickaxe and a hoe. He 4. _____ (plough / ploughs) the land with a plough that is drawn by one or two buffaloes. He 5. _____ (harvest / harvests) the crops with a sickle. He 6. _____ (work / works) very hard but 7. _____ (do / does) happily. When the harvesting time 8. _____ (come / comes), farmers 9. _____ (help / helps) each other. Before they _____ (start / starts) to harvest the crops, they usually 10._____ (hold / holds) a traditional ceremony.

A modern farmer 11. _____ (use / uses) modern equipments, such as tractor and a harvested. A tractor 12. _____ (is/are) very useful because it 13. _____ (replace / replaces) the energy of animals. A harvested is used to harvest all types of grains and seed crops. It is useful to replace the energy of men. Otherwise they have to help each other and work harder.

Number 2

Jawaban yang benar adalah ”uses”.

Soal meminta untuk melengkapi bagian rumpang pada kalimat dengan kata pada tanda kurung.

Kalimat yaitu ”A traditional farmer usually 2._____ (use / uses) simple farming tools, such as an axe, a watering can, a sickle and a pickaxe.” (Seorang petani tradisional biasanya 2._____ (menggunakan/menggunakan) alat pertanian sederhana, seperti kapak, kaleng penyiram, arit dan beliung.)

Terdapat kata ”usually” (biasanya) pada kalimat yang menandakan bahwa kalimatnya memakai Simple Present Tense.

Simple Present Tense digunakan ketika suatu kejadian sedang berlangsung saat ini atau kejadian yang berlangsung berulang kali (kebiasaan).

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Rumus Simple Present Tense:
S + V1

Subject = A traditional farmer.
Verb = uses, memakai imbuhan -s karena subjectnya merupakan orang tunggal.

Kalimatnya menjadi ”A traditional farmer usually uses simple farming tools, such as an axe, a watering can, a sickle and a pickaxe.” (Seorang petani tradisional biasanya menggunakan alat pertanian sederhana, seperti kapak, kaleng penyiram, arit dan beliung.)

Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah ”uses”.

Semoga membantu ya.