TOEFL TEST PREPARATION

STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

This section is designed to measure your ability to recognize language

that is appropriate for standard written English. There are two types
question in this section.

DIRECTION : These following questions are incomplete sentences.

Beneath each sentence you will see four words or phrases marked
(A), (B), (C) and (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best
completes the sentence. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number
of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of
the answer you have choosen.
Look at the example :
1. After ________ the election by a landslde.
(A) Won
(B) He won
(C) Yesterday
(D) Fortunately
The sentence should read , “The president won the election
by a landslide”. Therefore, you should choose (A).

2. When________ the conference?

(A) the doctor attended.
(B) did the doctor attend.
(C) the doctor will attend.
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 (D) the doctor’s attendance.
The correct choice is (B).The sentence should read, “When
did the doctor attend the conference?”.
Now begin work on the C. Child who was the
question. happiest of all the class
1. Captain Tsubasa,______ D. Of the happiest
crept slowly through the children in the class.
underbrush.
3. ______ he began to make
A. Being remote from the
friends more easily.
enemy,
A. having entered school
B. Attempting to not
in the new city, it was
encounter the enemy,
found that
C. Trying to avoid the
B. after entering the new
enemy, (because he
school. (because he new
wants to avoid the
student)
enemy,so he hide in the
C. when he had been
under brush)
entering the new school,
D. Not involving himself
D. Upon entering into the
in the enemy.
new school.
2. Tommy was one ______
A. Of the happy childs of 4. It is very difficult to
this class sto[ the cultivation of
B. Of the happiest child in marijuana because____
the class, (because he A. It grows very carelessly
happiest child)
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 B. Of it’s growth without D. Is pointing to evidence
attention of our intention to
C. It grows well with little know a lot more about
care (because it little what is called our solar
care so difficult to system.
grows) 6. Many of the international
D. It doesn’t care much to problems we are now
grow. facing______
A. Linguistic
5. The fact that space
incompentencies
exploration has increased
B. Are the result of
dramatically in the past
misunderstandings
thirty years ______
(explaine
A. Is an evidence of us
misunderstandings of
wanting to know more
the international
of our solar system
problems)
B. Indicated that we are
C. Are because of not
very eager to learn all
understanding
we can about our solar
themselves
system. (because
D. Lacks of the intelligent
explaine the space
capabilities of
exploration)
understanding each
C. How we want to learn
other.
more about the solar
system,

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7. Mr. Robeth is a note (explain about
chemist________ preposition of place)
A. As well as an effective D. Because the former
teacher (because he as receives money and
well as effective has programs
teacher) differently from the
B. And too a very latter.
efficient teacher 9. Manufactures often
C. But he teaches very sacrifice quality____
good in addition A. For a larger profit
D. However he teaches margin (explain
very good also. preposition of time)
8. Public television stations B. In place of to earn
are different from more money
commercial C. To gain more quantities
stations_______ of money,
A. Because they receive D. And instead earn a
money differently and bigger amount of
different types of profit.
shows, 10. Automobile production in
B. For money and the United States_______.
program types, A. Have taken slumps and
C. In the areas of funding rises in recent years
and programming

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 B. Has been rather erratic D. Is dependent on the
recently (explain fact that while they
present perfect) have eliminated
C. To gain more quantities windows, they are not
of money capable to produce
D. Are going up and down efficient air
all the time. conditioning systems.

11. A major problem in the 12. John said that no other

construction of new car could go______
buildings ______ A. So fast like his car
A. Is that windows have B. As fast like his car
been eliminated while C. As fast like the car of
air conditioning him,
systems have not been D. As fast as his car.
perfected (explain (because car’s john is
present perfect) the pastest)
B. Is they have eliminated
13. Her grades have
windows and still don’t
improved, but only
have good air
______
conditioning
A. In a small amount
C. Is because windows are
B. Very slightly (because
eliminated but air
have improve)
conditioners don’t
C. minimum
work good
D. some
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14. While attempting to
reach his home before the
storm, ______
A. With swiftness
B. It happened that John’s
bike broke down
C. The storm caught John
D. John had an accident
on his bicycle.
(because he experience
accident cause the
storm)
15. The changes in this city
have occurred _______
A. With swiftness
B. Rapidly (explain
adverb of manner)
C. fastly
D. in rapid ways.

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Written Expression
Direction : In question 16-40, each sentences has four underlined
words or phrases. The four underlined parts of the sentence are
marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Identify the one underline word or
phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.
Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill
in the space that correct responds to the letter of the answer you have
chosen.
       
16. The official object to them wearing long dresses for the
A B C
inaugural dance at the country club
D
Because possessive pronouns so “Them” change be “Their”
17. Janet is finally used to cook on a electric stove after having a
A B
gas one for so long.
C D
“Cook” change be “Cooked” because simple past

18. He knows to repair the carburetor without taking the whole car
A B C
Apart
D
“Taking” change be “Take” because simple present

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19. Stuart stopped to write his letter because he had to leave for the
A B C D
hospital
“To write” change be “Writing” because stopped is gerund

20. She must retyping the report before she hands it in to the
A B C D
director of financing.
“Retyping” change be “Retype” because after “Must” is verb
1,expressing obligation

21. How much times did Rick and Jenifer have to do the
A B
experiment before they obtained the results they had been
C D
Expecting?
Asking about time so “Much” change be “Many” because
countable noun

22. Each of the students in the accounting class has to type their
A B C
own research paper this semester.
D
“Their” change be “Its” because accounting is noun,possessive
pronoun

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23. Mrs. Stevens, along with her cousins from New Mexico, are
A B C
planning to attend the festivities.
D
“Are” change be “Is” because explain about Mrs. Stevens,
singular noun

24. They are going to have to leave soon, and so do we.

A B C D
“So do” change be “So are” because “We” is plural noun

25. All the students are looking forward spending their free time
A B C D
relaxing in the sun this summer.
“Forward spending” change be “Forward spend” because simple
present

26. Dresses, skirts, shoes, and children’s clothing are advertised at

A B C
great reduced prices this weekend.
D
“Advertised” change be “Advertise” because simple present

27. Mary and her sister just bought two new winters coats at the

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 A B C D
clearance sale.
“Winters” change be “Winter”

28. A lunch of soup and sandwiches do not appeal to all of the

A B C D
students.
“Do” change be “Does” because sop and sandwiches is “Its”
simple present

29. Some of us have to study their lesson more carefully if we

A B C
expect to pass this examination.
D
“Their” change be “Our” because object is “Us”

30. Mr. Petters used to think of hisself as the only president of the
A B C D
Company
“His self” change be “Him self” because reflexive pronoun

31. The instructor advised the students for the procedures to

A B
follow in writing the term paper.
C D

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 “For” change be “On” because preposition

32. Although both of them are trying to get the scholarship, she
A B C
has the highest grades.
D
“Highest” change be “Higher” because both of them

33. The new technique calls for heat the mixture before applying
A B C
it to the wood.
D
“Heat” change be “Heating” because For+Verb ING

34. The pilot and the crew distributed the life preservers between
A B C
the twenty frantic passengers.
D
“Between” change be “Into” because preposition

35. A five-thousand-dollars reward was offered for the capture of

A B C D
the escaped criminals.

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 “Five-thousand-dollars” change be “Five-thousand-dollar”
because A

36. The equipment in the office was badly in need of to be

A B C D
repaired.
“To be repaired” change be “being repaired” because Of+Verb
ING

37. A liter is one of the metric measurements, aren’t they?

A B C D
“Aren’t they” change be “Isn’t it” because singular

38. We thought he is planning to go on vacation after the first of

A B C D
the month.
“Is” change be “Was” because simple past

39. There are a large supply of pens and notebooks in the

A B C
storeroom to the left of the library entrance.
D
“Are” change be “Is” because explain large supply

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40. The president refuses to accept either of the four new
proposals made by the contractors.

“Either” change be “None” because either not following by of

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