TOEFL - Sentence - Verbs

Almost everyone fails _____ the driver’s test on the first try.

• passing

• to have passed

• to pass

• in passing

When the silkworm gets through to lay its eggs, it dies. (find the mistake)

• the silkworm

• to lay

• its

• it dies

If endangered species ____ saved, rain forests must be protected.

• are to be

• be

• can be

• will be

The average spoken sentence in conversational English takes 2.5 seconds ___.

• for to complete

• completing

• to complete

• by completing

Only twenty years ago, most doctors agreed ____ truthful with their terminally ill patients, a trend that has reversed itself in modern medical practice.

• don’t to be

• not to be

• we shouldn’t been

• not to been

William Torrey Harris was one of the first educators interested ____ a logical progression of topics in the school curriculum.

• in establishing

• for establishing

• establishing

• to establish

North American Indian tribes used sign language ___ with tribes that spoke a different language or dialect.

• to communicating

• for communicate

• to communicate

• for communicated

Arts tends to be ___ more after the death of the artist, but most literary works tend to decrease in value when the writer dies.

• price

• worthy

• worth

• value

Adult eagles let their offspring ____ nests near their original nesting area.

• build

• builds

• building

• to build

A barometer is a device with a sealed metal chamber designed to reading the changes in the pressure of air in the atmosphere. (find the mistake)

• A barometer

• sealed

• to reading

• air