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STRUCTURE EXERCISE 1

Indicate if the sentences correct or incorrect.

e.g. The medication relieves fever fastly. (incorrect, it should be fast not fastly)

1. The president was born in Bandung on the twenty March 1978.

2. We have been waiting for the bus since one hour.
3. The secretary not longer works with Prof. Terry.
4. Not one research they have finished on time.
5. Because the patient registered lately, so they have to wait for the doctor longer than
others.

Identify the elements of each sentence.

e.g. The smashed potatoes are serving right now for the special guests.
adjective subject verb
adjective subject verb
1. My boy is serving drinks on the tiled patio.
2. Arin rapidly increased the speed of the racing car.
3. The shining stars lit up the darkened sky.
4. The excited children are trying to build a snowman in the falling snow.
5. Passangers registered in the flight are listed on the paper.

TOEFL STRUCTURE EXERCISE 1

Choose the option that best completes the sentence. Follow the strategies suggested above.

e.g. ... is necessary for the development of strong bones and teeth.
a. Calcium
b. That calcium
c. Although calcium
d. It is calcium

How you do it:

1) Find the VERB. The verb of this sentence is ‘IS’.
2) Identify the missing part. The missing part of this sentence is THE SUBJECT,
which means it only needs a noun to form the subject.
 3) Check THE OPTIONS. Option (c) and (d) could be eliminated right away,
because it doesn’t need another verb from option (d)); and it doesn’t need any
conjuction (although) from option (c) since it only has ONE CLAUSE, “
a. Calcium
b. That calcium
c. Although calcium
d. It is calcium
4) The best answer is (a), because the sentence discusses “Calsium” in general
context.
This steps approximately takes 5 – 20 seconds.

1. ... That the English settled in Jamestown B. Despite

A. In 1607 that it was C. In spite of
B. That in i607 D. Nevertheless
C. Because in 1607
D. It was in 1607 6. … the variable drops by a unit of 1, the
rank drops by X amount.
2. Staying in a hotel costs ... renting a A. Why
room in a dormitory for a week. B. Whenever
A. twice more than C. How
B. twice as much as D. What
C. as much twice as
D. as much as twice 7. This method is widely used …
algorithm is not only effective but also
3. ... getting the highest result in the class, very simple.
John still had problems with the A. because its
teacher. B. because
A. Despite of C. it is because
B. Inspite of D. because of its
C. Even though
D. Nonetheless 8. Mary Garden, ... the early 1900’s was
considered one of the best singing
4. ... air is composed of about 78 percent actresses of her time.
nitrogen and only about 21 percent A. a soprano was popular
oxygen, is a little known fact on the B. in a popular soprano
streets. C. was a popular soprano
A. How that D. a popular soprano in
B. That
C. When 9. Matthew feels … angry about the issue.
D. However A. terrible
B. very terrible
5. … he was seen to be an aggressive C. terribly
politician, he was a quiet and loving D. is terribly
family man at home.
A. Although
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10. The receptionist in that hotel answered B. none longer
the phone …. C. longer doesn’t
A. careless D. no longer
B. careful
C. is careful 17. Penguins, the most highly specialized
D. carefully of all aquatic birds, may live …
twenty years.
11. The planet Mercury has ... elliptical A. before
orbit. B. since
A. moderate C. for
B. moderately D. from
C. very moderate
D. a moderate 18. Memorial Day, a holiday set aside to
remember those who have died, is
12. An 18-watt fluorescent bulb seems as usually celebrated on ….
… as a 75-watt incandescent bulb. A. may twenty
A. brightly B. the twentieth may
B. bright C. may twentieth
C. brighter D. twentieth may
D. more bright
19. Not until the Triassic Period ….
13. In the northern United States, two A. the first primitive mammals
European species of small white birch develop
… planted as ornamentals. B. the first primitive mammals did
A. extensive develop
B. extensively C. did the first primitive mammals
C. are extensively develop
D. is extensively D. did develop the first primitive
mammals
14. The telephone works by changing the
voice’s sound waves into … signals. 20. A symbol of the ancient competition,
A. electrically the Olympic flame burns …
B. electrical throughout the games.
C. electricity A. in a continuous way
D. electric B. continuously
C. continuous
15. Sounds quitter than 10 decibles are … D. continual
for the human ear to hear.
A. possible 21. The first … appeared during the last
B. possibly period of the dinosours’ reign.
C. impossible A. flowers are plants
D. impossibly B. plants have flowered
C. flowering plants
16. According to communication theory, D. plants flower
after the message leaves the sender, he
… controls it. 22. Simple sails were made from
A. not longer canvas … over a frame.
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 A. a stretch
B. stretched
C. was stretched
D. it was stretched

23. Techniques of breath control

form an essential part of any ...
program to improve the voice.
A. it trains
B. trains
C. train
D. training

24. The cornea is located under the

conjunctiva, on … of the eye.
A. the part is exposed
B. exposed the part
C. the exposed part
D. exposes part.

25. The evolution of vertebrates

suggests development from a
very simple heart in fish to a
….
A. four-chamber heart
B. four-chambers heart
C. four-chamber hearts
D. four-chamber’s heart

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