EXERCISE (Skills 6-8): Underline the subjects once and the verbs twice in each of the fol- lowing sentences. Circle the connectors. Then indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I).
_C_ 1. Until the registrar makes a decision about your status, you must stay in an unclassified category. _I_ 2. Or the bills can be paid by mail by the first of month. (I - lacks subject) _I_ 3. The parents left a phone number with baby-sitter in case a problem with children. (I - lacks connector) _I_ 4. The furniture will be delivered as soon it is paid for. (I - lacks connector ‘as’) _C_ 5. Whenever you want to hold the meeting, we will schedule it. _I_ 6. The government was overthrown in revolution, the king has not returned to his homeland (I - lacks connector) _C_ 7. Whereas most of documents are complete, this form still needs to be notarized _C_ 8. Trash will be collected in morning so you should put trash cans out tonight. _I_ 9. It is impossible for the airplane to take off while is snowing so hard. (I - Double verb) _C_ 10. We did not go out to dinner tonight even though I would have preferred not to cook. TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 6-8): Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
1. The president of the United States appoints the cabinet members,_____
appointments are subject to Senate approval. Answer : (D) but their 2. The prisoners were prevented from speaking to reporters because______ Answer : (D) the superintendent did not want the story in the papers 3. Like Thomas Berger's fictional character Little Big Man, Lauderdale managed to find himself where _______of important events took place. Answer : (C) an extraordinary number 4. _______sucked groundwater from below, some parts of the city have begun to sink as much as ten inches annually. Answer : (B) As pumps have 5. Case studies are the target of much skepticism in the scientific community,______used extensively by numerous researches. Answer : (D) yet they are 6. According to the hypothesis in the study, the monarchs pick up the magnetic field of the_________ migrate by following magnetic fields. Answer : (B) target since monarchs 7. _______show the relations among neurons, they do not preclude the possibility that other aspects are important. Answer : (C) Although neural theories 8. _______ or refinanced, the lender will generally require setting up an escrow account to ensure the payment of property taxes and homeowner's insurance. Answer : (D) When a home is bought 9. If ultraviolet radiation enters the Earth's atmosphere,______ generally blocked by the ozone concentrated in the atmosphere. Answer : (B) it is 10. Among human chromosomes, the Y chromosome is unusual______ most of the chromosome does not participate in meiotic recombination. Answer : (D) in that TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-8): Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
2. ______ Hale Telescope, at the Palomar Observatory in southern California
scientists can photograph objects several billion light years away. Answer : (B) With the 4. The charter for the Louisiana lottery was spared no coming up for renewal, _______ spared No expense in the fight to win renewal. Answer : (C) so the lottery committee 6. The Sun's gravity severely distorted the path of the comet_______ entered its wildly erratic orbit around Jupiter. Answer : (D) once the comet 8. As its name suggests, the Prairie Wetlands Resource Center_______the protection of wetlands on the prairies of the Dakotas, Montana, Minnesota, and Nebraska. Answer : (B) focuses on 10. _______ creation of such a community was a desirable step, the requisite political upheaval had to be accepted. Answer : (A) Since the
