TOEFL : STRUCTURE skill 1-36

Engineers ...... for work on the new space program (be sure the sentence has a subject and a verb)

• necessary

• are needed

• hopefully

• next month

With his friend ........ foundthe movie theater (be careful of objects of preposition)

• has

• he

• later

• when

........., Sarah rarely misses her basketball shots (be careful of apposatives)

• An excellent basketball player

• An excellent basketball player is

• Sarah is an excellent basketball player

• Her excellent basketball play

The child ...... playing in the yard is my son (be careful of present participle)

• now

• is

• he

• was

The packages ...... mailed at the post office will arrive on Monday (be careful of past participle)

• have

• were

• them

• just

A powe failure occured, ....... the lamps went out (use coordinate connector correctly)

• then

• so

• later

• next

...... I was late, I missed the appointment (use adverb time and cause connectors correctly)

• I

• because

• The train

• Since he

You will get a good grade on the exam provided .... (Use other adverb connectors correctly)

• studying

• study

• to study

• you study

..... was late caused many problems (use noun clause connectors correctly)

• That he

• The driver

• There

• Because

...... was on television made me angry (use noun clause connectors/subjects correctly)

• It

• The story

• What

• When