60 PROBLEMS CAMBRIDGE TOEFL

60 PROBLEMS CAMBRIDGE TOEFL

SKILL 1: Be sure the sentence has a subject

MOUNTAIN LAKE

 THE JOB ON THE DAY SHIFT OR

NIGHT SHIFT AT THE PLANT

AVAILABLE

SKILL 2: Be careful of objects

 FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS AT VARIOUS

HOSPITALS IN THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN PRACTISING

MEDICINE

SKILL 3: BE CAREFUL OF

APPOSITIVES

 THE NEW TILE PATTERN,

YELLOW FLOWERS ON THE

WHITE BACKGROUND, REALLY BRIGHTENS UP THE ROOM.

 AT LONG LAST, THE CHIEF

EXECUTIVE OFFICER, HAS

DECIDED TO STEP DOWN.

 IN THE COLD OF WINTER, A

WALL HEATING UNIT, WOULD NOT TURN ON.

SKILL 4:BE CAREFUL OF PRESENT PARTICIPLES

 A PRESENT PARTICIPLE IS THE FORM OF THE VERB THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE CAN BE (1) PART OF

ING-THE VERB OR (2) ADJECTIVE

 IT IS PART OF THE VERB WHEN IT

IS ACCOMPANIED BY SOME FORM

OF THE VERB BE IT IS AN

ADJECTIVE WHEN IT IS NOT

ACCOMPANIED BY SOME FORM

OF THE VERB BE

 THOSE TRAVELERS ARE COMPLETING THEIR TRIPS ON DELTA SHOULD

REPORT TO GATE 3.

 THE ARTISANS WERE DEMONSTRATING VARIOUS HANDICRAFTS AT BOOTHS

THROUGHOUT THE FAIR.

 THE SPEAKER WAS TRYING TO MAKE HIS POINT WAS OFTEN INTERRUPTED VOCIFEROUSLY.

 THE ADVERTISEMENTS WERE

ANNOUNCING THE HALF-DAY SALE

RECEIVED A LOT OF ATTENTION.

 ANY BILLS WERE PAID BY THE FIRST OF THE MOTH WILL BE

CREDITED TO YOUR ACCOUNT

BY THE NEXT DAY

SKILL 6: USE COORDINATE CONNECTORS CORRECTLY

THE RAIN CLOUDS CAN BE SEEN IN THE DISTANCE,

BUT NO HAS FALLEN.

SO THE QUALITY OF THE

PRINT WAS NOT GOOD, I

CHANGED THE TONER

CATRIDGE

SKILL 7: USE ADVERB TIME & CAUSE

SON AS LONG AS HE MISBEHAVES SO

MUCH.

 THEIR BACKGROUNDS ARE THOROUGHLY

INVESTIGATED BEFORE ARE ADMITTED TO THE ORGANIZATION

SKILL 8: OTHER ADVERB

CONNECTORS

 CONDITION: IF, IN CASE, PROVIDED,

PROVIDING, UNLESS, WHETHER

 CONTRAST: ALTHOUGH, EVEN

THOUGH,THOUGH, WHILE,

WHERAS

 MANNER: AS, IN THAT

 PLACE: WHERE, WHEREVER

 THE COMMANDER LEFT STRICT

ORDERS ABOUT THE PASSES,

SEVERAL SOLDIERS LEFT THE POST ANYWAY

 I WILL TAKE YOU WHENEVER NEED

TO GO TO COMPLETE THE

REGISTRATION PROSEDURES

 PROVIDED SNOW HAD BEEN

FALLEN ALL DAY LONG, EVERYONE GOT TO THE CHURCH ON TIME FOR THE WEDDING

SKILL 9: Use noun clause

 The contract will be awarded is the

question to be answered at the

meeting.

 Why the condition of the patient

deteriorated so rapidly it was not

explained

Skill 10: use noun clause connector/subjects correctly

 YOU SHOULD FIND OUT WHICH THE BEST PHYSICS DEPARTMENT.

 WHOEVER WANTS TO TAKE THE

DESERT TOUR DURING SPRING

BREAK SIGNING UP AT THE OFFICE.

 THE VOTERS SHOULD ELECT

WHICHEVER OF THE CANDIDATES SEEMS BEST TO THEM.

 THE MOTORIST WAS UNABLE TO

DISCOVER WHO HE HAD STRUCK

HIS CAR.

SKILL 11: USE ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

CONNECTORS CORRECTLY

 THE CAR WHICH I HAVE BEEN

DRIVING FOR FIVE YEARS FOR SALE

AT A REALLY GOOD PRICE.

 I JUST FINISHED READING THE

NOVEL WHOM THE PROFESSOR

SUGGESTED FOR MY BOOK REPORT.

 THE MOVIE WHICH WE WATCHED

ON CABLE LAST NIGHT IT WAS

REALLY FRIGHTENING.

 THE STORY THAT YOU TOLD ME

ABOUT BOB

SKILL 12: USE ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

CONNECTOR/SUBJECTS

CORRECTLY

 THE CARS ARE TRYING TO ENTER

THE FREEWAY SYSTEM ARE LINED

UP FOR BLOCKS.

 THE NEIGHBOURS REPORTED THE

MAN WHO WAS TRYING TO BREAK INTO THE CAR TO THE POLICE.

 THESE PLANTS CAN ONLY SUTVIVE

IN AN ENVIRONMENT IS EXTREMELY HUMID.

 THE SHOES WHICH MATCHED THE

DRESS THAT WAS ON SALE.

SKILL 13: REDUCED ADJECTIVE

CLAUSES CORRECTLY

 TO REDUCE AN ADJECTIVE CLAUSE, OMIT THE ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

CONNECTOR/SUBJECT AND THE BE-VERB.

CONNECTOR/SUBJECT AND CHANGE THE MAIN VERB TO THE –ING FORM.

 ONLY REDUCE AN ADJECTIVE CLAUSE IF

THE CONNECTOR/SUBJECT IS DIRECTLY

FOLLOWED BY THE VERB.

 IF AN ADJECTIVE CLAUSE IS SET OFF WITH

A COMMA, THE REDUCED CLAUSE CAN BE MOVED TO THE FRONT OF THE SENTENCE.

 THE BRAND NEW CADILLAC,

PURCHASING LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO, WAS DESTROYED

 DISSATISFIED WITH THE

SERVICE AT THE RESTAURANT, THE MEAL REALLY WAS NOT

ENJOYABLE.

SKILL 14 : USE REDUCED

 STEVE HAS HAD TO LEARN

HOW TO COOK AND CLEAN

SINCE LEFT HOME.

 ALTHOUGH NOT SELECTING

FOR THE TEAM, HE ATTENDS

ALL THE GAMES AS A FAN.

 WHEN PURCHASED AT THIS

STORE, THE BUYER GETS A

GUARANTEE ON ALL ITEMS.

 YOU SHOULD NEGOTIATE A LOT BEFORE BUY A NEW CAR.

Skill 16: INVERT THE SUBJECT &

VERB WITH PLACE

EXPRESSIONS

 WHEN A PLACE EXPRESSION AT THE

FRONT OF THE SENTENCE IS

NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE

SENTENCE, THE SUBJECT AND THE VERB THAT FOLLOW ARE INVERTED.

 WHEN A PLACE EXPRESSION AT THE

FRONT OF THE SENTENCE CONTAIN

EXTRA INFORMATION THAT IS NOT

NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCE, THE SUBJECT AND VERB THAT FOLLOW ARE NOT INVERTERTED

 THERE A BIG HOUSE IS ON THE

 IN THE APARTMENT NEXT TO MINE,

A FAMILY WAS THAT HAD A LOT OF PETS.

 THERE A BIG HOUSE IS ON THE

CORNER.

SKILL 17: INVETRT THE SUBJECT AND VERB WITH NEGATIVES

 NO , NOT, HARDLY, NEVER,

NEITHER,

 NOR, BARELY, ONLY, RARELY,

SCARCELY, SELDOM

 WHEN A NEGATIVE EXPRESSION

APPEARS IN FRONT OF A SUBJECT AND VERB (AT THE BEGINNING OF

A SENTENCE OR IN THE MIDDLE OF

A SENTENCE), THE SUBJECT AND

THE VERB ARE INVERTED

 RARELY WERE THEY SO HAPPY.

 NEVER THE BOY WROTE TO HIS SISTER

 DID HE GO OUT OF THE HOUSE

AT NO TIME.

 SELDOM THEIR SECRETARY HAS MADE SUCH A MISTAKE

 BARELY HE HAD FINISHED THE EXAM WHEN THE GRADUATE

ASSISTANT COLLECTED THE

PAPERS

 THE POLICE DID NOT ARRIVE TO SAVE THE GIRL, AND NEITHER THE PARAMEDICS DID

SKILL 18: INVERTED THE

SUBJECT AND VERB WITH

CONDITIONALS

 THERE ARE PLENTY OF BLANKETS IN

THE CLOSET IF SHOULD YOU GET COLD DURING THE NIGHT

 HAD BEEN WE INFORMED OF THE

DECISION, WE MIGHT HAVE HAD

SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT IT

 HAS HE ENOUGH VACATION DAYS LEFT THIS YEAR, HE’LL TAKE TWO FULL

WEEKS OFF IN DECEMBER