TOEFL EXERCISES 2
1. Zoos in New Orleans, San Diego, Detroit, and
the Bronx have become biological
A
parks where animals roams free
and people watch from across a moat.
B C D
The
Answer : C
The
Correct One : roams free must be “roam free”
Reason
: because the subject ‘animals’ is plural, so the verb without ‘-s’
2. George has not completed the
assignmentyet, and Maria hasn’t
neither
A B
C D
The
Answer : D
The
Correct One : hasn’t neither must be “ has not either”
Reason : because it
is negative agreement
3. Hanny enjoyed to beable to meetseveral
Congress members during her vacation.
A B
C D
The
Answer : A
The
Correct One : it should be “being”
Reason
: because after the word enjoy it should be followed by gerund which is verb 1
+ -ing.
4. No one would have attended the lecture
if you toldthe truth about
A B C
the guest speaker.
D
The
Answer : B
The
Correct One : it should be “had told”
Reason
: because the sentence is a conditional sentence type 3
5. Marie has registered for both the
afternoon anthropology class as well as
A B
theevening sociology lecture.
C D
The
Answer : B
The
Correct One : it should be “and”
Reason
: because as well as means in addition to therefore the subject should not be
compound (both).
6. Compact discs areaffected neither by
scratching and by dust.
A B C D
The
Answer : D
The
Correct One : and must be “nor”
Reason
: because ‘netheir...nor’ is correlative conjunction
7. Plastics used to make textiles can be drawn
into fine threads, then woven or knit
A B C D
into fabrics.
The
Answer : D
The
Correct One : knit must be”knitted”
Reason
: because must be parallel with the verb before
8. Henry David Thoreau stressed the importance
in individuality and of living
A B
in harmonywith nature.
C D
The
Answer : B
The
Correct One : of living must be “living”
Reason
: because must be parallel with the word before
9. The coach was depending for his team to
win the game so that they would have a
A B C
chance to play in the Super Bowl.
D
The
Answer : A
The
Correct One : depending for must be “depending on”
Reason
: because the verb “depend” should be followed by the preposition “on”.
10. According to Freud, mental life is characterized
by internal conflicts who are largely
A B C D
unconscious.
The
Answer : C
The
Correct One : The more suitable is “that” or “which”.
Reason
: because the subject is inanimate noun
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