TOEFL Grammar Review No. 1

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These are review exercises of English grammar. Read the questions carefully, and choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence. Work as fast as you can.

Click the answer button to see the correct answer.

1.

There is some disagreement between my parents and _____ about which university I should go to.
1) me
2) us
3) I
4) we
Answer 1
hint Means that the speaker and his parents don't agree with each other.Which form of the first person pronoun is used here?

2.

A basket of apples, oranges, and lemons _____ sent to me last Christmas.
1) is
2) are
3) was
4) were
Answer 3
hint Pay attention to "last Christmas". Which is the subject, "a basket" or "apples, oranges, and lemons"?

3.

That the committee members could not agree with each other _____ caused a serious problem.
1) was
2) has
3) is
4) have
Answer 2
hint What is the subject of this sentence? What is the tense of this sentence?

4.

Every state in the United States makes _____ own laws about education, marriage, divorce, and so on.
1) their
2) the
3) its
4) his
Answer 3
hint Is "every state" plural or singular?

5.

We went to Montreal last May and _____ many lobsters because they were very cheap.
1) ate
2) eat
3) have eaten
4) had eaten
Answer 1
hint Pay attention to "last May".

6.

"Are Mary and Tom still living in San Francisco?"
"No, they _____ to Detroit."
1) will just move
2) are just moved
3) have just moved
4) had just moved
Answer 3
hint This means that Mary and Tom are living in Detroit now.

7.

"How are you feeling?"
"I've been feeling better since I _____ the doctor."
1) have visited
2) visit
3) had visited
4) visited
Answer 4
hint The speaker visited the doctor sometime in the past.

8.

"How long have you been working for that company?"
"I _____ there for ten years in May."
1) will have worked
2) was working
3) will work
4) has worked
Answer 1
hint This means that the speaker has worked for the company for almost ten years.

9.

"I took an exam this morning. It was really hard."
"_____ a lot before you took it?"
1) Have you studied
2) Will you have studied
3) Had you studied
4) Do you study
Answer 3
hint This is asking whether the speaker studied hard for the exam. The speaker took the exam in the past.

10.

"Why is Bill unhappy?"
"Because his birds _____ away."
1) flew
2) fly
3) had flown
4) flown
Answer 1
hint This means that Bill does not have his birds any more.

11.

"Did you go to Yellowstone for a vacation?" "I _____ to go, but my wife got sick three days before the departure."
1) have been planning
2) had been planning
3) have planned
4) was planned
Answer 2
hint This means that they were planning to go but the wife got sick, and they did not go.

12.

I haven't heard from my son _____.
1) for several weeks
2) for several weeks ago
3) since several weeks before
4) since a long time
Answer 1
hint Which expression is used to indicate duration of time?

13.

Did you say that you _____ there only three days ago?
1) went
2) had been
3) have been
4) had gone
Answer 1
hint The speaker is asking if the hearer had gone three days before the question is being asked.

14.

Television _____ very popular since the 1950s.
1) is
2) has been
3) was
4) had been
Answer 2
hint This means that television became popular in the 1950s, and it is still popular now.

15.

The children swam, rode horses and _____ baseball at the camp last year.
1) played
2) have played
3) way playing
4) had played
Answer 1
hint Pay attention to "swam", "rode", and "last year".

16.

"Are we about to have supper?"
"Yes, it _____ in the dining room."
1) serves
2) is serving
3) is being served
4) was served
Answer 3
hint This means that someone is serving supper now.

17.

"They're still looking for Jack."
"Hasn't he _____ yet?"
1) found
2) been found
3) being found
4) to find
Answer 2
hint Pay attention to "hasn't". Which of these choices is grammatically correct?

18.

"Those two pictures are very artistic."
"Yes, they _____ in France."
1) were painted
2) were paint
3) painted
4) were painting
Answer 1
hint This means that someone painted those pictures in France.

19.

I wanted _____ by the doctor, but it was not possible.
1) to see
2) to be seen
3) seeing
4) being seen
Answer 2
hint Pay attention to "by".

20.

"Where did you get these old clothes?!
"We _____ them in the old apartment."
1) found
2) were finding
3) were found
4) have been found
Answer 1
hint Is this sentence active or passive?

21.

"What happened to the old newspaper boy?"
"He _____ to a new neighborhood to work."
1) has sent
2) was send
3) was sent
4) sent
Answer 3
hint This means that someone moved the newspaper boy to a new neighborhood.

22.

Gold _____ near San Francisco in 1848, and the gold rush started the following year.
1) was discovered
2) was discover
3) has been discovered
4) they discovered
Answer 1
hint This means that someone discovered gold near San Francisco in 1848.

23.

_____ that medical insurance is extremely high.
1) It is felt
2) We are felt
3) We feel that it is
4) It feels
Answer 1
hint This means that some people feel that insurance is high, though the speaker does not say who.

24.

Every system on the plane _____ before departure.
1) will been checked
2) will has checked
3) will be checked
4) will checked
Answer 3
hint What form of the verb follows "will" in the passive? Who will check what?

25.

"What a beautiful dress Mary's wearing."
"I hear that it _____ especially for her by a French tailor."
1) made
2) has made
3) is made
4) was made
Answer 4
hint This means that a French tailor made Mary's dress especially for her.

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