Lesson 42: Word order TOEFL

Reorder the following

• On nights when

• the sky is

• clear and the air is calm,

• the Earth's surface

• rapidly radiates heat into the atmosphere

Find the mistake:

Frank Lloyd Wright is known for his original highly methods of harmonizing buildings with their surroundings.

• known for

• original highly

• harmonizing buildings

• their surroundings

Answer explanation

The word order should be:

adv+adjective

highly original

Find the mistake:

Some algae are microscopic and consist of one only cell, but others are large plants containing many cells.

• are microscopic

• one only

• large plants

• many cells

Answer explanation

The word order should be adv+adjective+noun

only one cell

A fully grown male mountain lion may be eight_____ _____.

• feet long

• long feet

• longer feet

• the longest feet

Answer explanation

The word order should be:

Adjective + Noun

long feet

Reorder the following

• Stone fruits

• are fruits such as

• peaches and plums

• in which a hard pit

• is surrounded by soft pulp.

Answer explanation

The word order is:

prep + marker (or connector)

Find the mistake:

Job enrichment is a technique used to increase satisfaction workers' by giving them more responsibilities.

• a technique

• satisfaction worker's

• giving them

• more responsibilities

Answer explanation

The word order is:

Possessive + noun

worker's satisfaction

Find the mistake:

The first permanent European settlement in what is now Mississippi was a center trading in Biloxi.

• permanent European

• what is now

• was a

• center trading

Answer explanation

The word order should be:

adjective (participle) + noun

trading center

In the Early 1800's, a ​​ (a)   developed among geologists​ (b)   how rocks ​ (c)   formed.

• dispute
• about
• are

Answer explanation

The word order should be:

Subject + verb

dispute developed

rocks are

Preposition + marker or adverb

about how

Find the mistake:

Most country music songs are deeply personal and deal with themes of love, lonely, and separation.

• country music

• deeply personal

• deal with

• lonely

Answer explanation

This is a parallel structure issue:

"Love" is a noun so "lonely" should be "loneliness" to make it a noun.

Find the mistake:

An umbra is a shadow's darkest central part from which is light totally excluded.

• shadow's darkest

• from which

• is light

• totally excluded

Answer explanation

The word order should be:

Preposition+ wh-clause marker +subject+verb

from which light is