TOEFL Grammar Review No. 3

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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.

Martin Luther King was _____ committed to guaranteeing the rights of blacks.
1) deep
2) deeply
3) hard
4) hardly
Answer 2
hint What modifies "committed", an adjective or an adverb? Some adjectives and adverbs have entirely different meanings.

2.

Many advertisements claim that now contact lenses made of soft plastic are _____, comfortable, and easy to use.
1) safe
2) safety
3) safely
4) unsafe
Answer 1
hint Pay attention to "comfortable" and "easy".

3.

"Ansel Adams was really a great photographer."
"Yes, I think he was the most _____ nature photographer the US has ever produced."
1) skill
2) skillfully
3) skillful
4) skilling
Answer 3
hint Which could modify "photographer"? Pay attention to "great".

4.

I am thirsty. May I have something _____ to drink?
1) cold
2) coldness
3) coldest
4) coldly
Answer 1
hint What does this word modify?

5.

You can stay here _____ you like.
1) as long as
2) as much as
3) as far as
4) so far as
Answer 1
hint The speaker is referring to durations of time.

6.

High taxes placed on _____ goods by the British sparked the American Revolution.
1) imported
2) importation
3) import
4) importationed
Answer 1
hint This means that high tax was put on the goods sold to America by Britain. One of these words is not a real English word.

7.

Baseball gloves made for _____ use are costly because of their fine workmanship.
1) profession
2) professionally
3) professional
4) professioned
Answer 3
hint Should this be a noun, a verb, or an adverb? One of these words is not a real English word.

8.

That _____ film deals with workers in China.
1) document
2) documentary
3) documental
4) documentally
Answer 2
hint This refers to a non-fiction film. Some of these words are not real English words.

9.

The US Constitution guarantees _____ under the law.
1) equalness
2) equally
3) equal
4) equality
Answer 4
hint An object of "guarantees" is missing. What could be an object?

10.

The weather for tomorrow will be chilly, clear, and _____.
1) wind
2) windily
3) hard wind
4) windy
Answer 4
hint Pay attention to "chilly" and "clear".

11.

It is important for children to feel acceptance, _____ and love from their parents.
1) security
2) securely
3) secure
4) securitiness
Answer 1
hint Pay attention to "acceptance" and "love". One of these words is not a real English word.

12.

Hurricanes from the Gulf of Mexico have caused considerable _____ to coastal cities in Texas.
1) damages
2) many damages
3) damage
4) much damage
Answer 3
hint Is "damage(s)" a countable or uncountable noun? Can you use "considerable" with "much" or "many?

13.

Employers look for _____ when interviewing perspective employees.
1) dependability
2) dependableness
3) dependence
4) dependable
Answer 1
hint An object is missing. One of these words is not a real English word.

14.

Managers agree that they are interested in potential workers who are responsible, hardworking and _____.
1) confident
2) confidently
3) confidence
4) confidentless
Answer 1
hint Pay attention to "responsible" and "hardworking". One of these words is not a real English word.

15.

George Washington has been described as _____, persistent, and outspoken.
1) courage
2) courageously
3) courageous
4) courageousness
Answer 3
hint Pay attention to "persistent" and "outspoken".

16.

"Do you think that your daughter will take the job she was offered?"
"I don't know. She seemed _____ in it, but..."
1) interest
2) interesting
3) interested
4) interestingly
Answer 3
hint What form of the word should follow "seemed"?

17.

"I was _____ that Mary couldn't come to the party with us last night."
"Her boss made her work overtime."
1) disappoint
2) disappointed
3) disappointing
4) disappointedly
Answer 2
hint Which comes after "was", an adjective or adverb?

18.

"What a terrible baseball game!"
"I thought it was _____."
1) delight
2) delighting
3) delightful
4) delighted
Answer 3
hint Which comes after "was", an adjective or adverb?

19.

"How _____ we are to hear that you received a prize."
"Thank you. It was really a surprise."
1) please
2) pleasing
3) pleasingly
4) pleased
Answer 4
hint This means that the first speaker is happy that the second speaker received a prize.

20.

"Professor Miller's class is the worst that I have ever taken."
"Yes, I think it's _____."
1) boring
2) boringly
3) bored
4) boredly
Answer 1
hint Which comes after "is", an adjective or adverb?

21.

"This handmade furniture is beautiful."
"It's _____ to see such quality."
1) pleasing
2) please
3) pleased
4) pleasantly
Answer 1
hint Which comes after "is", an adjective or adverb?

22.

"You look nervous."
"This thunder makes me _____."
1) scare
2) scaring
3) scary
4) scared
Answer 4
hint This means that the thunder frightens the second speaker.

23.

There are _____ statistics about the traffic accidents.
1) frighten
2) frightening
3) frightened
4) fright
Answer 2
hint Which of the above can modify "statistics"?

24.

Charlie Chaplin was well known for the _____ characters he portrayed.
1) amuse
2) amused
3) amusing
4) amusingly
Answer 3
hint Which can modify "characters"?

25.

Michael Jackson is described as an _____ young singer.
1) excite
2) exciting
3) excited
4) excitingly
Answer 2
hint Which can modify "young singer"?

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