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TOEFL Structure Skill 1: Subject and Verb: (C) The Phone
TOEFL Structure Skill 1: Subject and Verb: (C) The Phone
A sentence in English should have a subject and a verb. The most common types of problems
that you will encounter in the Structure section of the TOEFL test are related to subjects and
verbs; perhaps the sentence is missing either the subject, or the verb, or both; perhaps the
sentence has an extra subject or verb.
(A) Annapolis
(B) Because of Annapolis
(C) Why Annapolis
(D) Because Annapolis
7. Fitzgerald _________ the society of the 1920’s in his novel, The Great Gatsby.
(A) Reflect
(B) Reflects
(C) Are reflecting
(D) Have reflected
8. Fort Union was the site of what ______ principal fur-trading post on the upper Missouri River.
(A) the
(B) being the
(C) was the
(D) it was the
(A) it flowed
(B) flows
(C) flowing
(D) with flowing water
10. _____ Biloxi received its name from a Sioux word meaning “first people”.
3. Bryan studied hard for the exam, ____ he passed the test.
(A). or
(B). yet
(C). so
(D). and
(A). after
(B). since
(C). as long as
(D). whenever
5. The Carter family arrived at the party earlier, whereas the Jonas family ____ at the party
later.
(A). arrive
(B). arrives
(C). arrived
(D), is arriving