TOEFL Preliminary Course - Parts Of Speech 1

TOEFL PRELIMINARY COURSE

Lesson 1

Parts of Speech

1. Identifying Nouns as Subject of a Sentence
2. Identifying Nouns as Object of a Sentence

Sample Text

As recently as a century ago, tigers were commonplace throughout Asia, excluding the Middle East and western Russia. Today, they are found only in small pockets of India, Southeast Asia, and the southeastern edge of Russia. Most of the loss in tiger population and habitat is due to the expansion of the activities of civilization, such as mining and farming, and to the deforestation that happens concurrently. Still, a significant portion of the population decline is a consequence of the ongoing hunting of both tigers and their prey.

Multiple Select

As recently as a century ago, tigers were commonplace throughout Asia, excluding the Middle East and western Russia.

Spot the nouns in the sentence above!

• Recently

• Century

• Ago

• Tigers

• Commonplace

Multiple Select

As recently as a century ago, tigers were commonplace throughout Asia, excluding the Middle East and western Russia.

Go on!

• Throughout

• Asia

• Middle East

• Western

• Russia

Multiple Choice

Most of the loss in tiger population and habitat is due to the expansion of the activities of civilization, such as mining and farming, and to the deforestation that happens concurrently.

Spot the subject of the sentence! Hint the subject is always 'NOUN' in form.

• Most of the loss in the tiger population and habitat

• Tiger population and habitat

• Due to the expansion

• Activities of civilization, such as mining and farming

• The deforestation that happens concurrently

Fill in the Blanks

Still, a significant portion of the population decline is a consequence of the ongoing hunting of both tigers and their prey.

Rewrite the SUBJECT part of the sentence!

Multiple Choice

Indeed, the Bengal tiger, the most populous of all tiger subspecies, only (............) about 2,500 animals in the wild, though that number has increased slightly in recent years.

• Number

• Numbers

• Numbered