STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN

EXPRESSION IN TOEFL TEST

 TWO TYPES OF QUESTIONS
IN THE STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN
EXPRESSION

1.STRUCTURE (Questions 1- 15)

2.WRITTEN EXPRESSION
(Questions 16-40)
 GENERAL STRATEGIES
1. Be Familiar with the Directions
2. Begin with questions 1 through 15
3. Continue with questions 16-40
4. If you have time, return to questions 1
through 15
5. Never leave any answer blank on your
answer sheet.
 The Structure Question

SUBJECT AND VERB

SKILL 1: Be sure the sentence has a subject and
verb
Example I :
1.____ is taking a trip to New York.
A. They
B. When
C. The woman
D. Her
Example II:
___was backed up for miles on the freeway.
A. Yesterday
B. In the morning
C. Traffic
D. Cars
Example III:
Engineers ___ for work on the new space
program.
A. Necessary
B. Are needed
C. Hopefully
D. Next month
Example IV:
The boy ___going to the movies with a friend.
A. He is
B. He always was
C. Is relaxing
D. Will be
Exercise I: underline the subjects once and the
verbs twice in each of the following sentence.
Then indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or
incorrect ( I )

1. Last week went fishing for trout at the nearby

mountain lake. (I)
Last week I went fishing for trout at the nearby
mountain lake
2. A schedule of the day’s events can be obtained
at the front desk.
3. A job on the day shift or the night shift at the
plant available.
4. The new computer program has provides a
variety of helpful applications.
5. The box can be opened only with a
special screwdriver.
6. The assigned text for history class it
contains more than twenty chapters.
7. The papers in the wastebasket
should be emptied into the trash can
outside.
8. Departure before dawn on a boat in
the middle of the harbor.
9. Yesterday found answer interesting
article or pollution.
10. The new machine is processes 50
percent more than the previous
machine.
The questions that include subject and
verb skills in Pre- Test
1. The North Pole ___ a latitude of 90 degrees
north.
A. It has
B. Is having
C. Which is having
D. has
13. Rubber___ from vulcanized silicones with a
high molecular weight is difficult to
distinguish from natural rubber.
A. Is produced
B. producing
C. That produces
D. produced