TOEFL Exercise 7: Inverted Subjects and Verbs

__ variety of flowers in the show,

from simple carnations to the most

exquisite roses.

(A) A wide

(B) There was a wide

(C) Was there

(D) Many

• A

• B

• C

• D

The wedges __ dartboard are worth

from one to twenty points each.

(A) they are on a

(B) are on a

(C) are they on a

(D) on a

• A

• B

• C

• D

__ producing many new movies for

release after the new season begins.

(A) His company is

(B) His companies

(C) The company

(D) Why the company is

• A

• B

• C

• D

__ that Emily Dickinson wrote, 24

were given titles and 7 were published

during her lifetime

(A) Of the 1,800 poems

(B) There were 1,800 poems

(C) Because the 1,800 poems

(D) The 1,800 poems

• A

• B

• C

• D

Since an immediate change was

needed on an emergency basis, __ by

the governor to curtail railway

expenditure.

(A) so it was proposed

(B) was proposed

(C) because of the proposal

(D) it was proposed

• A

• B

• C

• D

In the Morgan Library in New York

City __ of medieval and renaissance

manuscripts.

(A) a collection is

(B) in a collection

(C) is a collection

(D) which is a collection

• A

• B

• C

• D

Some fishing fleets might not have

been so inefficient in limiting their catch

to target species __ more strict in

enforcing penalties.

(A) the government had been

(B) if the government had

(C) had the government been

(D) if the government

• A

• B

• C

• D

Americans are destroying rapidly wetlands, faster than an acre every two minutes.

• A

• B

• C

• D

The central banking system of the United States consists of twelve banks district.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Telegraph service across the Atlantic was successful established in 1866.

• A

• B

• C

• D