TOEFL Test Sample 4 (Structure questions)

 Choose the letter of the word or group of word that best completes the sentence.

1. The first _____ appeared during the last period of the dinosaurs’ reign.

(A) flowers are plants

(B) plants have flowers

(C) plants flowers

(D) flowering plants

2. The earliest medicines _____ from plants of various sorts. 

(A) obtaining

(B) they obtained

(C) were obtained

(D) they were obtained

3. Simple sails were made from canvas _____ over a frame.

(A) a stretch

(B) stretched

(C) was stretched

(D) it was stretched

4. Pluto’s moon, Charon, _____ in a slightly elliptical path around the planet.

(A) moving

(B) is moving

(C) it was moving

(D) in its movement

TOEFL Test Sample - Structure questions

Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.

1. Mark Twain _____ the years after the Civil War the “Gilded Age.”

(A) called

(B) calling

(C) he called

(D) his calls

2. Early ____ toes instead of hooves on their feet.

(A) horses

(B) had horses

(C) horses had

(D) horses having

3. ______ grow close to the ground in the short Arctic summer.

(A) Above tundra plants

(B) Tundra plants

(C) Tundra plants are found

(D) For tundra plants

4. In 1867, ____ Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million.

(A) purchased the United States

(B) to purchase the United States

(C) the United States’ purchase of

(D) the United States purchased

5. Between 1725 and 1750, New England witnessed an increase in the specialization of _____.

(A) occupations

(B) occupies

(C) they occupied

(D) it occupied them

6. The large carotid artery ____ to the main parts of the brain.

(A) carrying blood

(B) blood is carried

(C) carries blood

(D) blood carries

7. _____ radio as the first practical system of wireless telegraphy.

(A) Marconi’s development

(B) The development by Marconi

(C) Developing Marconi

(D) Marconi developed

8. In 1975, the first successful space probe to ____ beginning to send information back to Earth.

(A) Venus

(B) Venus the

(C) Venus was

(D) Venus it was

9. The two biggest resort _____ Arkansas are Hot Springs and Eureka Springs.

(A) in

(B) towns in

(C) towns are

(D) towns are in

10. NASA’S Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center _________ control center for the Mercury Gemini, and Apollo space flights.

(A) it was at the

(B) it was the

(C) was the

(D) the

Source: TOEFL Skill

TOEFL Exercise 2 (Structure Questions)

Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.

1. A spacecraft is freed from friction ____ launched into space.

(A) it
(B) it is
(C) after is
(D) after it is

2. ____ with their surroundings, or they hide in crevices for protection.

(A) Lobsters
(B) Lobsters blend
(C) Lobsters blending
(D) Because lobsters blend

3. _____ a ball-and-socket joint, the elbow is a simple hinge joint.

(A) While the shoulder
(B) While the shoulder is
(C) The shoulder is
(D) The shoulder

4. A car has several sections with moving parts, ......... of those parts is essential.

(A) good lubrication
(B) well lubricated
(C) and good lubrication
(D) and well lubricated

5. Bears cannot see well _____ small eyes.

(A) bears have
(B) because having
(C) because they have
(D) because of bears

6. _____ at the Isthmus of Panama, so animals were able to migrate between North and South America.

(A) A land bridge existed
(B) When a land bridge existed
(C) A land bridge
(D) With a land bridge

7. ...........mostly made of granite, it also contains some human-made materials.

(A) The Empire State Building
(B) The Empire State Building is
(C) Although the Empire State Building is
(D) Although the Empire State Building is built

8. Pressure differences make the eardrum vibrate _____ the ear.

(A) enters the sound waves
(B) as sound waves
(C) sound waves enter
(D) as sound waves enter

9. An optical microscope magnifies as much as 2,000 times, but an electron microscope ..........as much as a million times.

(A) magnifying
(B) it magnifies
(C) can magnify
(D) magnify it

10. If scientific estimates are accurate, ___ _ with the Earth about 20,000 years ago.

(A) the Canon Diablo meteorite collided
(B) the collision of the Canon Diablo meteorite
(C) the Canon Diablo meteorite colliding
(D) colliding the Canon Diablo meteorite

11. _____ of the Pueblo Indians centered on intensive agriculture.

(A) The economic activity
(B) Because the economic activity
(C) The economy was active
(D) When the economic activity

12. In popular terminology, any long snowstorm with ____ is called a blizzard.

(A) the amount of wind is large
(B) a large amount of wind
(C) it is very windy
(D) very windy

13. Nuclear power can be produced by fusion, _____ produced by fission.

(A) it can also be
(B) it can also
(C) and it can also be
(D) and it can also

14. _____, igneous rocks may be changed into gneisses.

(A) The temperature is high
(B) If the temperature is high
(C) High temperatures
(D) If high temperature

15. In 1905, Henry Flagler _____ his plans to extend his Florida East Coast Railway out across the sea to Key West.

(A) it was announced
(B) announcement
(C) the announcement of
(D) announced

16. The sound ____ from a vibrating object will be high or low depending on the number of vibrations.

(A) Comes
(B) it is coming
(C) is coming
(D) coming

17. During the late 1880s, urban streetcars were electrified through ______ large motors.

(A) they used
(B) used
(C) the use of
(D) when they used

18. _____ almost 274 square miles, but 96 percent of the park is under water.

(A) Although Biscayne National Park encompasses
(B) Biscayne National Park encompasses
(C) Biscayne National Park encompassing
(D) Biscayne National Park

19. Legislation _______ in 1916 and 1917 gave the Wilson administration authority to intervene in the national economy if it proved necessary.

(A) it was passed
(B) was passed
(C) passed
(D) passes

20. Because a family of birds set up housekeeping in Joel Chandler Harris’s mailbox when the birds were in need of a place to stay, ______ the Wren’s Nest.

(A) the home is named
(B) so the home is named
(C) naming the home
(D) the home’s name

21. Today, the true story of _____ at Little Bighorn remains a mystery.

(A) Happened
(B) it happened
(C) what happened
(D) what happening

22. For more than a decade, ____ that certain species are becoming scarce.

(A) the warnings of bird-watchers
(B) warn the bird-watchers
(C) birdwatchers have warned
(D) a warning for bird-watchers

23. Early in the eighteenth century, Halley accurately predicted when ____ of 1682 would return.

(A) the comet
(B) was the comet
(C) the comet was
(D) had the comet

24. No single factor explains why _____ vary so greatly among individuals.

(A) aging affects
(B) the effects of aging
(C) aging has an effect
(D) the aging effect

25. Lack of clarity about ____ the party in the coming year will be removed at the party’s convention.

(A) will lead
(B) lead
(C) they will lead
(D) who will lead

26. We do not ____ the bow drill was first developed for woodworking or fire making.

(A) whether it
(B) know whether it
(C) know whether
(D) sure whether

27. Minute Man National Historical Park is a monument to where _____

(A) the beginning of the Revolutionary War
(B) in the beginning of the Revolutionary War
(C) the Revolutionary War to begin
(D) the Revolutionary War began

28. Tests on the colors of cars were conducted at the University of California to determine _____ the safest colors for cars.

(A) which
(B) which were
(C) if
(D) how were

29. The National Institute of Dental Research estimates _____ in fluoridated areas have about 25 percent less tooth decay than children elsewhere.

(A) for school children
(B) school children’s
(C) that school children
(D) that for school children

30. The process of photosynthesis explains how ____ able to use the energy in sunlight to manufacture foods from the simple chemicals in air and water.

(A) green plants
(B) green plants are
(C) planting greens
(D) with green plants are

Source: TOEFL Exercise 2 (structure questions)

TOEFL Exercise 1 (Structure Questions)

Choose the letter of the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.

1. Mark Twain _____ the years after the Civil War the “Gilded Age.”

(A) called
(B) calling
(C) he called
(D) his calls

2. Early ____ toes instead of hooves on their feet.

(A) horses
(B) had horses
(C) horses had
(D) horses having

3. ______ grow close to the ground in the short Arctic summer.

(A) Above tundra plants
(B) Tundra plants
(C) Tundra plants are found
(D) For tundra plants

4. In 1867, ____ Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million.

(A) purchased the United States
(B) to purchase the United States
(C) the United States’ purchase of
(D) the United States purchased

5. Between 1725 and 1750, New England witnessed an increase in the specialization of _____.

(A) occupations
(B) occupies
(C) they occupied
(D) it occupied them

6. The large carotid artery ____ to the main parts of the brain.

(A) carrying blood
(B) blood is carried
(C) carries blood
(D) blood carries



7. _____ radio as the first practical system of wireless telegraphy.

(A) Marconi’s development
(B) The development by Marconi
(C) Developing Marconi
(D) Marconi developed

8. In 1975, the first successful space probe to ____ beginning to send information back to Earth.

(A) Venus
(B) Venus the
(C) Venus was
(D) Venus it was

9. The two biggest resort _____ Arkansas are Hot Springs and Eureka Springs.

(A) in
(B) towns in
(C) towns are
(D) towns are in

10. NASA’S Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center _________ control center for the Mercury Gemini, and Apollo space flights.

(A) it was at the
(B) it was the
(C) was the
(D) the

11. The first _____ appeared during the last period of the dinosaurs’ reign.

(A) flowers are plants
(B) plants have flowers
(C) plants flowers
(D) flowering plants

12. The earliest medicines _____ from plants of various sorts.

(A) obtaining
(B) they obtained
(C) were obtained
(D) they were obtained

13. Simple sails were made from canvas _____ over a frame.

(A) a stretch
(B) stretched
(C) was stretched
(D) it was stretched

14. Pluto’s moon, Charon, _____ in a slightly elliptical path around the planet.

(A) moving
(B) is moving
(C) it was moving
(D) in its movement

15. Techniques of breath control form an essential part of any _____ program to improve the voice.

(A) it trains
(B) train
(C) trains
(D) training

16. Robert E. Lee ____ the Confederate army to General Grant in 1865 at the Appomattox Courthouse.

(A) surrendered
(B) he surrendered
(C) surrendering
(D) surrender

17. The pituitary gland, _____ the brain, releases hormones to control other glands.

(A) found below
(B) it is found below
(C) its foundation below
(D) finds itself below

18. At around two years of age, many children regularly produce sentences _____ three or four words.

(A) are containing
(B) containing
(C) contain.
(D) contains planet.

19. Multinational companies ________ it increasingly important to employ internationally acceptable brand names.

(A) finding
(B) are finding
(C) they find
(D) they are finding

20. 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 the part

21. _____ first settled the Hawaiian Islands between A.D. 300 and 750.

(A) The Polynesians
(B) The Polynesians arrived
(C) Because of the Polynesians
(D) It was the Polynesians

22. In 1066, a bright comet _____ in the sky attracted much attention.
(A) was appearing
(B) appears
(C) it appeared
(D) appearing

23. In some daguerreotype cameras, _____ through a hole in the back of the box.

(A) the objects view
(B) the object was viewed
(C) from the view of the object
(D) viewed the object

24. In the Stone Age, stone tools _____ with other rock materials.

(A) polishing
(B) they polished
(C) for polish
(D) were polished

25. The first steamship to cross the Atlantic ____ Savannah, in 1819.
(A) was the
(B) it was the
(C) the
(D) in it the

26. The Earth’s plates meet each other at cracks in the Earth _____ faults.

(A) were called
(B) calls
(C) called
(D) it was called

27. The first plant-like organisms probably _____ in the sea, perhaps 3 billion years ago.

(A) life
(B) living
(C) lived
(D) it was living

28. In male pattern baldness, ______strongly influences the degree of hair loss.

(A) heredity
(B) inherited
(C) inherits
(D) heredity has

29. In Watch the Skies, Curtis Peebles ______attempt to explain America’s belief in flying saucers.
(A) makes a fascinating
(B) making a fascinating
(C) fascination with making
(D) fascination made a

30. The irregular coastline of _____ a succession of bays and inlets, with the hook of the Cape Cod peninsula in the southeast.

(A) Massachusetts
(B) Massachusetts is
(C) Massachusetts it is
(D) Massachusetts on

Source: TOEFL Exercise 1 (Structure questions).