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T 1. The witnesses saw that most of the fire in the hills was extinguished.
F 2. Some of the animals from the zoo was released into the animal
preserve. (was should be were)
F 3. All of the students in the class taught by Professor Roberts is required
to turn in their term papers next Monday. (is should be are)
F 4. Half of the food that we are serving to the guess are still in the
refrigerator. (are should be is)
T 5. We believe that some of the time of the employees is going to be
devoted to quality control.
T 6. All of the witnesses in the jury trial, which lasted more than two weeks,
have indicated that they believed that the defendant was guilty.
F 7. She did not know where most of the people in the room was from.
(was should be were)
F 8. In spite of what was decided at the meeting, half of the procedures
was not changed. (was not changed should be were not changed)
T 9. I was sure that all of the questions on the test were correct.
T 10. Most of the trouble that the employees discussed at the series of
meetings was resolved within a few weeks.
TOEFL Exercise (Skills 24-26): Parallel Structure. Choose the correct answer.
4 1. Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood is neither journalistically
accurate__________ a piece of fiction nor a fictitious way or written in
a fictitious way nor completely fictitious
3 2. Vitamin C is necessary for the prevention and________of scurvy. It
cures cures cure for curing
4 3. A baby’s development is influenced by both heredity and___________
by environmental factors environmentally the influence of the
environment environment
2 4. Because bone loss occurs earlier in women than__________, the
effects of osteoporosis are more apparent in women. men do in men
as men similar to men
TOEFL Exercise (Skills 1-29): Comparatives and Superlatives. Choose the correct
answer.
1 1. _______a liberal arts college specifically for deaf people, is located in
Washington, D.C. Gallaudet College Gallaudet College is About Gallaudet
College Because of Gallaudet College
4 2. _____varieties of dogs at the show, including spaniels, poodles, and
collies.The several Those
Several There were several
4 3. While the discovery that many migratory songbirds can thrive in
deforested wintering spots_________, the fact remains that these birds are
dying at unusual rates. it is heartening hearten heartening is
heartening
Choose the incorrect part of the sentence.
4 4. The coyote is somewhat smaller in size that a timber wolf. Somewhat
smaller size that
3 5. The weather reports all showed that there were a tremendous storm
front moving in. reports all showed were moving
1 6. Seldom cactus plants are found outside of North America. cactus plants
are found outside of
1 7. In a basketball game a player what is fouled receives one or two free
throws. What is fouled receives free throws
2 8. Until recently, California was largest producer of oranges in the U.S.
recently largest producer of oranges
2 9. An understanding of engineering theories and problems are impossible
until basic arithmetic is fully mastered. engineering theories are is
mastered
1 10. The earliest the CVS (chorionic villus sampling) procedure in the
pregnancy, the greater the risk to the baby. Earliest the procedure
risk to