Name : Altia Ghina Fathurromah

Course : ATLB 20 C

TOEFL EXERCISE (SKILLS 1 -5) :

1. The North Plate River _______ from Wyoming into Nebraska
   (A) it flowed (bcs we already have subject)
   (B) flows (In the sentence there is a clear subject, the blank and two phrases.)
   (C) flowing (bcs it is really not a verb.)
   (D) with flowing water (bcs it’s a phrase since it starts with a preposition "with")

2. ________ Biloxi  received its name from a Sioux word meaning "first peopke"..
(Incorrect bcs missin subject)
  (A) The city of (In the sentence we can locate the verb "received" and after it a series of
phrases. Before the verb there is only a name of a place with a blank before it. This leads
us to understand that we need a phrase to complete the subject)
  (B) located in (bcs the phrase only established the place, but the sentence would need
another subject reference such as a name of a local monument)
  (C) It is in (bcs it’s not a completing phrase; it also has a verb)
  (D) The tour included (bcs it has a complete subject and verb)

3. A pride of lions _______ up to forty lions, including one to three males, several
females and cubes. (Incorrect bcs too much verb)
   (A) can contain (This means need the main subject of the sentence.)
   (B) it contains (bcs it’s not really a verb)
   (C) contain (bcs it does not match the number form of the subject)
   (D) containing (bcs it has a subject)

4. __________ tea plant are small and white.

   (A) The (bcs it is only the article. This means the subject "plant" would not match the
verb "are".)
   (B) On the ( bcs it’s same as a obtion (A) but with the variation of the preposition.)
   (C) Having flowers the (bsc iits not complete subject but two previous letter.)
   (D) The flowers of (This means need a phrase which completes the subject)

5. The tetracylines, __________ antibiotics, are used to treat infections.

    (A) are a family of (bcs its has a main verb)

    (B) being a family of ( bcs its does not have a connecting preposition at the end.)
    (C) a family of (This means have a phrase which gives additional information, so a
phrase starter is needed)
    (D) their family is (bcs its has a subject and verb)
6. Any possible academic assistance from taking stimulants _______ marginal at best. .
(Incorrect bcs missin subject)
    (A) it is (bcs it has a subjet)
    (B) they is (bcs it has the adverb “there” in a subject position.)
    (C) is (identify there is no real main verb; it is only a series of phrases.)
    (D) as (bcs its not a verb)

7. Hendy Adams, born in Boston ________ famous as a historian and novelist.

   (A) became (it has a complimentary phrase between commas. The main subject is
complete.)
   (B) and because ( bcs it has a conjunction.)
   (C) he was (bcs it has a subject)
   (D) and he became (bcs it has conjunction and subject)

8. The major cause __________ the pull of the Moon on the Earth.(Incorrect bcs missin
subject)
   (A) the ocean tides are (bcs it has the article "the" and it does not include a connecting
preposition.)
   (B) of ocean tides is (In the sentence there is a subject, which seems broken. After the
blank there is a series of phrases)
   (C) of the tides in the ocean (bcs it doesn’t have a verb)
   (D) the oceans' tides (bcs it doesn’t have a connecting not verb)

9. Still a novely in the late nineteenth century, _________ limited to the rich (Incorrect
bcs too much Subject)
   (A) was (bcs its only a verb)
   (B) wa photography (bcs it would create a question in the sentence needed.)
   (C) it was photography( bcs it does hv a connector at the end)
   (D) photography was (The sentence starts with a series of phrases and a comma. After
the blank there is what could be a verb and its object. This means we need the main
subject and possibly the other part of the verb.)

10. A computerized mpa of the freeways using information gathered by sensors

embedded in the pavement ______ on a local cable channed during rush hours.
   (A) airs(need the main verb of the sentence. We should notice that everything before
the blank is a series of phrases; "using," "gathered," and "embedded" are not verbs)
   (B) airing (bcs its not a verb)
   (C) air (bcs it doesn’t match the number form of the main subject “map”
   (D) to air “bcs the verb is in infinitive form.