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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

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

9.      If the driver’s own car_________ damaged, the favorite probably would have won the race.

a.       Had not been

b.      Not

c.       Not had been

d.      Has no be

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  Having withdrawn from the race, the candidate decided supporting his opponent despite the opponent’s representing the other political party.

11.  The soldiers were unable 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

12.  The manager was angry because somebody_________.

a.       Had allowed the photographers to enter the building

b.      Had let the photographers to enter the building

c.       Permitting the photographers enter the building

d.      The photographers let into the bulding

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

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

Answer

7. C : dinosaurs became extinct. Because it is past tense and it happened in the past.

8. D : because. The expression must be because of because it is followed by a noun phrase, the low scores.

9. A : had not been. Use the past perfect construction in past condition.

10. B : supporting. Decide must be followed by the infinitive, to support.

11. A : the jeep had been left. After the question word in an embedded question, the order is subject + verb.

12. A : had allowed the photographers to enter the building. The past perfect tense is used to describe an action that happened before another action and both of these actions have happened in the past. The first thing that happens first is the past perfect tense. The action that occurs after the use of the past simple tense. Recipe: S + had + past participle.

13. C : the president’s not informing them. After the verb resented there must be a noun phrase or a clause. Remember that after a verb that requires a gerund in the subordinate clause, any noun must be possessive. Informing is a gerund because of resented.

14. D : only after entering the store. After a limiting a word (only) introduces a sentence, the order of the subject and verb is altered. That is why this sentence has the auxiliary did. A would have been correct if the order hadn’t been reversed: upon entering the store, Arthur realized.