TOEFL EXERCISE_2

TOEFL EXERCISE_2

7.  It is not clear when ____ , although there are many different theories.

a. dinosaurs becoming extinct

b. dinosaurs extinction

c. dinosaurs became extinct

d. did dinosaurs become extinct

the answer is C because it’s used past tense and happened in the past.

8.  the professor decided to allow the students to take the examination a second time because the low scores.

The answer is D because it must be use preposition because of, it is generally followed by verb+ing or a noun.

9.  if the driver’s own car ___ damage, the favorite probably would have won the race.

a. had not been

b. not

c. no had been

d. has no been

the answer is A because it is must use past perfect contruction in the past condition.

10.  having withdrawn from the race, the candidate decided supporting his opponent despite the opponent’s representing the other political party.

The answer is Supporting, because the word decided must be followed by infinitive (to support).

11.  the soldiers were enable to determine where ____.

a. the jeep had been left

b. had been leave the jeep

c. had the jeep been left

d. had the jeep left

the answer is A because after the question word in an ambended question, the order must be subject + verb.

12.  the manager was angry because somebody ____.

a. had allowed the photographers to enter the building

b. had let the fotographers to enter into the building

c. permitting the photographers enter the building

d. the photographer let into the building without the proper documentations

the answer is A because the past perfect tense is used to describe an action that happened before another action and both of these actions have happens first is the past perfect tense. The action that occurs after the use of the past simple tense.

13.  the committee members resented ___ of the meeting.

a. the president that he did not tell them

b. the president not to inform them

c. the president’s not informing them

d. that the president had failed informing themselves

the answer is C because word Resent is transitive verb, followed by a verb noun and must be a noun phtase or a clause. After a verb that requires a gerund in the subordinate clause, any noun must be possessive.

14.  _____ did Arthur realize that there was danger.

a. upon entering the store

b. when he entered the store

c. after he had entered the store

d. only after entering the store

the answer is D because after is a limiting word (only) introduces a sentence. It means the subject and verb are altered. So this sentence has the auxiliary did.