Introduction

There are two types of questions in the Structure Section of the computer based TOEFL
exam: sentence completion and error identification. In addition, most TOEFL tests can
include up to 16 different grammar points, ranging from adjectives to subordination. Our
practice Structure Section reviews both types of questions in all 16 structure areas!
Test Answers
1.

Harriet Beecher Stowe, who lived from 1811 to 1896, _______________ famous as a writer and human rights
reformer.
Answer: became

2.

Contemporary advertising plays an important role in the developing of markets for the inexpensive commodities
made possible by the high productivity of industry.
Answer: developing
A smallest species of bird is the Bee Hummingbird of Cuba, weighing only two grams.

3.
Answer: A
Daniel Boone (1734-1820), ______________ , played a major part in the exploration and settlement of Kentucky.
4.
Answer: an American pioneer

5.

The interactions between a gorilla named Koko and a kitten provided interested insights into the emotional, social,
and linguistic aptitude of primates.
Answer: interested

6.

Fish can be raised in cages and raceways: long, narrow earthen or concrete ponds where receive a continuous flow
of water from a nearby spring or stream.
Answer: where

7.

I agree with the point of view that the benefits with inoculating every twelve-year-old child with the hepatitis B
vaccination far outweigh the disadvantages.
Answer: with (2)
Fats and oils contain _________________stored energy, per unit of weight, as carbohydrates or proteins.

8.
Answer: twice as much
Ninety chemical substances are known for existing in nature, and 22 more have been made synthetically.
9.
Answer: for existing

10.

Rapidly changing technical fields such as software manufacturing require constant updating of equipments in order
to remain competitive.
Answer: equipments

People with generalized anxiety disorder often find that its worries interfere with their ability to concentrate on tasks.
11.
Answer: its

12.

The Renaissance painter Raphael Santi was as a whole responsible for the Stanza della Segnatura which he
completed in 1511.
Answer: as a whole

13.

Absolute zero (-459.69 F) is characterized from a complete lack of heat, so it is the lowest temperature theoretically
possible.
Answer: from
A large number of people live in the Bolivian Altiplano _________________ its cold, dry, and windy climate.

14.
Answer: despite

15.

The layer of air surrounding our globe _________________important gases such as water vapor and carbon
dioxide.
Answer: contains

16.

Although scientists have rejected theories about a prenatal cause for autism, they still do not know
_____________________ .
Answer: what causes the illness
Scientists think the temperatures on the Earth's core range from 7200 to 9000 F.

17.
Answer: on
The cheetah is __________________ the impala, its preferred prey.
18.
Answer: much faster than

19.

To protect their copyright owners, __________________ to persuade other countries to enforce their copyright laws
vigorously.
Answer: the United States attempts

20.

Few medical discoveries have changed the world as dramatically as Sir Fredrick Banting's 1931 discoverer of
insulin.
Answer: discoverer