TOEFL EXERCISE 2

TOEFL EXERCISE ( Skill 1-3 ) : Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of words that is not correct.

1. Nobody (A) know when the (B) process of glass-making (C) was (D) inveted.

The wrong word in the sentence above is (A) know , because the subject "nobody" is singular.

2. The languages of the world (A) presents a vast (B) array of structural (C) similarities and (D) differences.

The wrong word in the sentence above is (A) presents, because the subject “the languages of the world” is plural so we must omit of the -s from “presents”.

3. The rise of multinationals (A) have (B) resulted in a great deal of legal ambiguity  because multinationals (C) can (D) operate in so many juridictions.

The wrong word in the sentence above is (A) have, because the subject “ The rise of multinationals” is singular, then the correct answer is “has” not “have”.

4.  All of the east-west interstate highways in the United States (A) has even (B) numbers, while north-south interstate highways (C) are (D) odd-numbered.

The wrong word in the sentence above is (A) has, because the subject “all of the east-west interstate highways in the United States” is plural, and the correct answer is “have” not “has”.

5. (A) When a massive star in the large Magellanic Cloud (B) exploded in 1987, a        wave of neutrinos (C) were (D) detected on Earth.

The wrong word in the sentence above is (C) were, because the subject “a wave of neutrinos” is singular, then we should use “was” not “were”.

6.     Every open space in the (A) targeted area that (B) has grass and few bushes (C) are (D) occupied by the white-crowned sparrow.

The wrong word in the sentence above is (C) are, because the subject is singular, so we must replace “are” with "is".

7.     Krakataoa (A) is remembered as the volcano that (B) put so much ash into the air that sunsets around the world (C) was affected for two years (D) afterward.

The wrong word in the sentence above is (B) put, because the subject is singular, so we must add -s to “put” become “puts”.

8.     The term “Yankee” (A) was originally a nickname for people from New England, but now anyone from the United States (B) are (C) reffered (D) to as a Yankee.

The wrong word in the sentence above is (B) are, because the subject “anyone from the United States” is singular, so we must replace “are” with “is”.

9. A network of small arteries, mostly (A) sandwiched between the skin and the (B) underlying muscles, (C) supply (D) blood to the face and scalp.

The wrong word in the sentence above is (C) supply, because the subject is singular, so we must add –s/-es to the “supply”  become “supplies”.

10.      Mesquite (A) is a (B) small tree in the Southwest (C) who can (D) withstand the severest drought.

The wrong word in the sentence above is (C) who, because the subject is a thing not human, so we must replace “who” with “which” or “that”.