Stucture Toefl Test (1)
1. Sentence must have at least one subject and one verb.
e.g: Ani eats apple
2. Proposition: On, in, at, of, behind and so on. To
be object,
followed by noun, pronoun, gerund or noun clause no
subject
e.g: My book is on the table
3. Appositive: noun or noun clause cames after and before another
noun and it is generaly set with commas.
e.g: Emily, a beautiful girl, is singing on the stage.
A beautiful girl, emily is singing on the stage.
4. Present participle
a. Part of verb accompanied by “be”
e.g: Beca is dancing beautifully
b. Part of adjective not accompanied by “be”
e.g: The girl dancing on the floor is beautiful
5. Past participle
a. Part of verb accompanied by “be, have/has”
e.g: Allan has written the letter
e.g: The letter was written by Allan
b. Part of adjective not accompanied
e.g: the picture painted by Emily is noe in a museum
6. Coordinate Connectors
(and, but, or, so, yet) always companied by comma.
e.g: She laughed, but she wanted to cry
7. Adverb time and caese connectors
a. Time: after, as, aslong as, as soon as, before, by the time, one,
since, until, when, whenever, while.
e.g: The baby cry because he is hungry
b. Cause: as, because, inasmuch, now that, since.
e.g: Because he is hungrt, the baby cry there is
comma in the middle
8. Other adver connector
Condition: if, in case, provided, providing, unless, whether
Contras: altough, eventhough, though, while, whereas
Manner: as, in that
Place: where, wherever
o Nb: the structure of the sentence is same with no.7
9. Noun clouse connectors
What, when, where, why, how e.g: I know
what you did
Whatever, whenwver S V NC S V
Whether, if e.g: What you did was
wrong
That NC S V V
10. Subject/ verb agreement after certain words
These words oe expression are grammatically singular, so.
They take singular verbs.
o Anybody, everyody, nobody, somebody, each (+ noun)
o Anyone, everyone, no one, someone, every (+ noun)
o Anything, everything, nothing, something
Soal TOEFL (Structure Test 1)
1. After the funeral, the residents of the apartment building __________.
(a) sent faithfully flowers all weeks to the cemetery.
(b) sent to the cemetery each week flowers faithfully.
(c) sent flowers faithfully to the cemetery each week.
(d) sent each week faithfully to the cemetery flowers.
2. Because the first pair of pants did not fit properly, he asked for
__________.
(a) another pants (c) the others one
(b) other pants (d) another pair.
3. The committee has met and __________.
(a) they have reached a decision.
(b) it has formulated themselves some opinions.
(c) its decision was reached at.
(d) it has reached a decision.
4. Alfred adams has not __________.
(a) lived lonelynessly in times previous.
(b) never before lived sole.
(c) ever lived alone before.
(d) before lived without the company of his friends.
5. John’s score on the test is the highest in the class; __________.
(a) he should study last night.
(b) he should have studied last night.
(c) he must have studied last night.
(d) he must had to study last night.
6. Henry will not be able to attend the meeting tonight because __________.
(a) he must to teach a class. (c) of he will teach a class.
(b) he will be teaching a class. (d) he will have teaching a class.
7. Having been served lunch, __________.
(a) the problem was discussed by the members of the committee.
(b) the committee members discussed the problem.
(c) it was discussed by the committee members the problem.
(d) a discussion of the problem was made by the members of the
committee.
8. Florida has not yet ratified the equal rights amendment, and __________.
(a) several other states hasn’t either.
(b) neither has some of the others states.
(c) some other states also have not either.
(d) neither have several other states
9. The chairman request that __________.
(a) the member studied more carefully the problem.
(b) the problem was more carefulnessly studied.
(c) with more carefulness the problem could be studied.
(d) the members study the problem more carefully.
10. California relies heavily on income from fruit crops, and __________.
(a) florida also. (c) florida is as well
(b) florida too. (d) so does florida
11. The professor said that __________.
(a) the student can turn over their report on the monday.
(b) the report on monday could be received form the students by him.
(c) the students could hand in their reports on monday.
(d) the student will on monday the reports turn in.
12. This year will be difficult for this organization because __________.
(a)they have less money and volunteers than they had last year.
(b) it has less money and fewer volunteers than it had last year.
(c) the last year it did not have as few and little volunteers and money.
(d) there are fewer money and volunteers that in the last year there were.
13. The teacher have had some problem deciding __________.
(a)when to the students they shall return the final papers.
(b) when are they going to return to the students the final papers.
(c) when they should return to the final papers to the students.
(d) the time when the final papers they should return for the students.
14. She wanted to serve some coffee to her guests; however, __________.
(a) she hadn’t many sugar.
(b) there was not great amount of the sugar.
(c) she did not have much sugar.
(d) she was lacking in amount of the sugar.
15. There has not been a great response to the sale, __________?
(a) does there
(b) hasn’t there
(c) hasn’t it
(d) has there
Tes structure 2
1. The Cyclist _______ he crossed the main street
(A) Looked with caution after. (C) Was looked cautions when.
(B) Had looked cautiously before. (D) looks cautious when.
2. Here_______ notebook and report that I promised you last week
(A) Is the. (C) Was the.
(B) Are the. (D) Has been a.
3. Neither Jane nor her brothers _______ a consent from for tomorrow's
field trip
(A) Need. (C) Is needing.
(B) Needs. (D) Has need.
4. Cuba is _______ sugar-growing areas in the world
(A) One of the larger. (C) One of the largest.
(B) One of largest. (D) Largest.
5. The skiers would rather _______ through the mountains than go by bus
(A) To travel on train. (C) Travel by train.
(B) Traveled by train. (D) Travelling by the train.
6. That magnificent _______ temple was constructed by the Chinese
(A) eight-centuries-old. (C) Old-eight centuries
(B) Eight-centuries’s-old. (D) eight-century-old.
7. There were two small rooms in the beach house, _______ served as as a
kitchen.
(A) The smaller of which (C) The Smaller of them.
(B) The Smallest of which. (D) Smallest of that
8. Pioneer men and women endured terrible hardships, and _______
(A) So do their children. (C) Also the Childs.
(B) Neither did the children. (D) Had he studied more.
9. Mr. Duncan _______ his brother, who has a better position.
(A) Twice as much as. (C) Twice as many as.
(B) Twice more than. (D) Twice as more as.
10. _______, he would have been able to pass the exam.
(A) If he studied more. (C) Studying more
(B) If he were studying to a greater degree. (D) He had studied
more
11. Mr. Duncan does not know _______ the lawn mower after they had
finished using it.
(A) When did they put. (C) Where they put.
(B) When they did put. (D) Where to put.
12. The facilities of the older hospital _______
(A) is as good of better than the new hospital.
(B) Are as good or better than the new hospital.
(C) Are as good as or better than the new hospital.
(D) Are as good as or better than those of the new hospital.
13. Our flight from Amsterdam to London was delayed _______.
(A) Write a composition on their. (C) wrote some composition of his or her.
(B) To write composition about the. (D) Had written any composition for
his
14. The teacher suggested that her students _______ experiences with ESP.
(A) Write a composition on their. (C) wrote some composition of his or her.
(B) To write composition about the. (D) Had written any composition for
his
15. Of the two new teachers, one is experienced and _______
(A) The others are not. (C) The other is not.
(B) Another is inexperienced. (D) Other lacks experience.
