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TOEFL EXERCISE 18
Nama : Nugroho Syahputra
NIM : 207038052

EXERCISE 18: Indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I). An example (number 1) is
given below.

__I__ 1. Oxygen is abundanter than nitrogen (should be ‘more abundant’).

__C__ 2. Fashions this year are shorter and more colorful than they were last year.
__C__ 3. She always tries to the best and most efficient job that she can do.
__C__ 4. Harvard is probably the most prestigious university in the US.
__I__ 5. Rhonda is more hard working of the class. (should be ‘the most hard working’).
__C__ 6. The engineers hired this year have more experience than those hired last year.
__I__ 7. The hotter the food is, harder it is to eat. (should be ‘the harder’)
__C__ 8. The warmer the weather, the greater the attendance at the outdoor concert.
__I__ 9. The more you say, the worst the situation will be. (should be ‘the worse’)
__I__ 10. The more people there are at the party, you’ll have a good time. (should be ‘the better time
you will have’)
__I__ 11. The coffee is more stronger today than it was yesterday. (omit ‘more’)
__C__ 12. The tree that was struck by lightning had been the tallest of the two trees we had in the
yard.
__C__ 13. He will buy the most fuel-efficient car that he can afford.
__I__ 14. The closest it gets to summer, the longer the days are. (should be ‘the closer’)
__I__ 15. The business department is bigger of the departments in the university. (should be ‘the
biggest’)
__I__ 16. I really do not want to live in the Southeast because it is one of the most hot areas in the
United States. (should be ‘the hottest)
__C__ 17. It is preferable to use the most efficient and most effective method that you can.
__C__ 18. Tonight's dinner was more filling than last night's.
__C__ 19. The sooner the exam is scheduled, the less time you have to prepare.
__C__ 20. The house is now the cleanest that it has ever been.
__C__ 21. His research for the thesis was more useful than hers.
__I__ 22. Dining in a restaurant is more fun than to eat at home. (should be ‘eating’)
__C__ 23. I want a new secretary who is as efficient as the previous one.
__I__ 24. What you do today should be the same as did yesterday. (should be ‘what you did’)
___I__ 25. This lesson is more difficult than we had before.
(should be 'the lesson or the one’)

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