This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Toefl > Toefl Grammar – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Toefl Grammar Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Scarcely ..... the announcement when people started leaving the hall. A) They had heard. B) Hearing they. C) They heard. D) Had they heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had they heard. 2. The book, along with several articles, ..... missing from the library. A) Are. B) Is. C) Be. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 3. His father does not approve of him to go to the banquet without dressing formally. A) Does not. B) Him to go. C) Without dressing. D) Formally. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Him to go. 4. The manager refused ..... the request due to budget limitations. A) Approve. B) To approve. C) Approved. D) Approving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To approve. 5. Without the proper card installed inside the computer, ..... impossible to run a graphical program. A) It is. B) Is definitely. C) Is. D) Because of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is. 6. He's a doctor, ..... ? A) Does he. B) Isn't he. C) Hasn't he. D) Didn't he. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Isn't he. 7. Which one is INCORRECT?Uranus is the seventh planets from the Sun. A) Planets. B) The. C) Is. D) The Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Planets. 8. The company will not hire new employees until the budget ..... A) Will approve. B) Is approved. C) Approving. D) Approves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is approved. 9. Harry's advisor persuaded his taking several courses which did not involve much knowledge of mathematics. A) His taking. B) Which. C) Much knowledge of mathematics. D) Not involve. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His taking. 10. Complete the sentence with the best clause marker:The drumbeats ..... we heard sent a message. A) Which. B) Who. C) Whose. D) Whomever. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Which. 11. Most of the books placed in the shelf of inside the classroom ..... in bad conditions for using them. A) Those are. B) Are. C) Is. D) Are those. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 12. The President decided to ..... his visit to Europe.(to not to go ahead with a plan) A) Shout. B) Call. C) Cry. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Call. 13. His hobbies include swimming, running, and ..... A) To biking. B) Biking. C) To bike. D) Bikes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biking. 14. There's a new Oriental restaurant in town, isn't it? A) A. B) In town. C) New. D) Isn't it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isn't it. 15. Could:Used to describe things you were able to do in the past, describe future possibilities, and make polite requests.Should:Used to give advice.Would:Used to describe what you'd do in unlikely situations. Also used to offer something politely.My doctor said I ..... eat more vegetables. A) Should. B) Could. C) Would. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Should. 16. The midnight sun is a phenomenon in which the Sun visible remains in the sky for twenty-four hours or longer. A) B. B) C. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 17. The manager prefers that the report ..... by tomorrow morning. A) Finishes. B) Was finished. C) Be finished. D) Has finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Be finished. 18. It was essential that he ..... all the documents before the meeting. A) Has reviewed. B) Reviews. C) Reviewed. D) Review. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Review. 19. We ..... speak loudly here. It's a library. A) Should. B) Mustn't. C) Might not. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mustn't. 20. The student looked tired after ..... the long experiment. A) Completion. B) Completed. C) Completing. D) Complete. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Completing. 21. Complete the sentence: ..... the research team completes the report, the data cannot be published. A) Since. B) Although. C) Because. D) Unless. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unless. 22. The government has decided voting on the resolution now rather than next month. A) On the resolution. B) Voting. C) Rather. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voting. 23. Choose the letter of the word or phrase that best completes the sentence:The ancient Romans had a highly ..... system of roads that spanned their entire empire. A) Elaborating. B) Elaboration. C) Elaborately. D) Elaborate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elaborate. 24. Choose the letter of the word or phrase that best completes the sentence:Having worked for ten hours straight, the construction worker felt extremely ..... A) Tired. B) Tiring. C) Tiresome. D) Tire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tired. 25. Hardly (A) the train had arrived (B) when the passengers (C) rushed onto the platform (D). A) D. B) B. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 26. She would have accepted the offer (A) if she had known (B) about it sooner (C), isn't it (D)? A) B. B) C. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D. 27. The North Pole ..... a latitude of 90 degrees north. A) Has. B) It has. C) Which is having. D) Is having. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has. 28. The more difficult the task, ..... effort is required. A) Very. B) Most. C) The more. D) Much. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The more. 29. They ..... in that house for twenty years before they moved. A) Will live. B) Will have been living. C) Lived. D) Live. E) Had been living. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Had been living. 30. Not until the manager arrived ..... the discussion begin. A) Had. B) Has. C) Was. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did. 31. We need to figure ..... a solution to this problem. A) On. B) Up. C) In. D) Out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Out. 32. There were a time that I used to swim five laps every day, but now I do not have enough time. A) Used to swim. B) Were. C) Day. D) Have enough time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 33. Do you ..... English every day? A) Studied. B) Study. C) Studying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Study. 34. If she ..... the invitation, she would have met the director. A) Has accepted. B) Accepts. C) Accepted. D) Had accepted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had accepted. 35. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error:The students were happy and they had finished the project. A. The students were happy B. and they had C. finished the project A) A. The students were happy. B) B. and they had. C) C. finished the project. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. and they had. 36. Almost medical doctors have had some training in psychology and psychiatry. A) Almost. B) In. C) Have had. D) Training. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Almost. 37. Complete the sentence with the best clause marker:The place that the signal came from, ..... on a hill or a valley-conveyed most of the meaning of an Apache smoke signal. A) Why. B) Because. C) Whether. D) So that. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whether. 38. Which word best completes the sentence:You can take the train ..... the bus to the conference. A) And. B) But. C) Or. D) Yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Or. 39. "Game of Thrones" characters ..... countless times throughout the series. A) Have been betrayed. B) Are betrayed. C) Will be betrayed. D) Had been betrayed. E) Are being betrayed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been betrayed. 40. By the time we arrived, they ..... the party. A) Are leaving. B) Had already left. C) Will leave. D) Will have already left. E) Had left. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had already left. 41. The professor asked the students to ..... more details on their assignments and ..... additional references for better clarity. A) Fill out, go over. B) Put in, take up. C) Add up, lay out. D) Get out, turn on. E) Flesh out, look up. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Flesh out, look up. 42. "The Avengers" team ..... by Nick Fury for years next month. A) Are assembling. B) Will assemble. C) Have been assembling. D) Will have been assembled. E) Will have assembled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will have been assembled. 43. Not until last week ..... the new system fully functional. A) Is. B) Was it. C) Was. D) Was been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was it. 44. Some linguists have argued that in ..... language, children must learn not only how to construct sentences in that language but also must acquire knowledge how the sentences are used. A) To learn. B) Learnt. C) Learn. D) Learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Learning. 45. Professional gardeners appreciate flowers for their ..... , sorgeous colors, and pleasant fragrance. A) Attractively shaped. B) Shape and attract. C) Shaped attractively. D) Attractive shapes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attractively shaped. 46. It is essential that every student ..... the safety rules. A) Follow. B) Followed. C) Follows. D) Following. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Follow. 47. Choose the letter of the word or phrase that best completes the sentence:While many people prefer to buy new devices, I enjoy buying old electronics and ..... them. A) To fix. B) My fixing. C) Fix. D) Fixing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fixing. 48. The Beatles ..... their iconic performance at Shea Stadium in 1965, which ..... a new era of live music. A) Delivered, launching. B) Were delivering, launched. C) Had delivered, launching. D) Delivered, launched. E) Deliver, launches. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Delivered, launched. 49. Complete the sentence with the best clause marker:The tribes ..... lived in the Great Plains used smoke signals. A) What. B) Wherever. C) That. D) How. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That. 50. Because of the new regulations, companies must ensure that all equipment ..... properly. A) Is maintaining. B) Is maintained. C) Maintain. D) Are maintain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is maintained. 51. Henry objects to our buying this house without the approval of our attorney, and John does so. A) Of our attorney. B) John does so. C) Without the approval. D) Our buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John does so. 52. Every day, the heart ..... approximately 100, 000 times in an average adult. A) Beats. B) Will beat. C) Beat. D) Beating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beats. 53. The librarian asked the students to ..... their phones before entering the reading area and to ..... the borrowed books at the counter. A) Put off, drop by. B) Turn up, bring up. C) Turn on, pick up. D) Go over, hand out. E) Turn off, drop off. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Turn off, drop off. 54. Right now, the research team ..... field trials for a novel vaccine delivery system. A) Conducts. B) Will conduct. C) Is conducting. D) Conducted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is conducting. 55. Total eclipses of the moon are considerably rarest than total eclipses of the sun. A) Rarest. B) Considerably. C) Total. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rarest. 56. No sooner ..... to relax than the phone rang. A) I have sat down. B) I sat down. C) Did I sit down. D) I had sat down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did I sit down. 57. The information (A) provided by the manager (B) were (C) extremely useful (D). A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 58. Choose the letter of the word or phrase that best completes the sentence:He dedicated his life to researching the stars, ..... led to the discovery of several new galaxies. A) Which. B) What. C) Those. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Which. 59. The team (A) was disappointed (B) in losing (C) their first match (D). A) Their first match. B) Disappointed. C) Was disappointed. D) In losing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their first match. 60. Love is only ..... by people who have never been embraced by it. A) Seeks. B) Seeked. C) Seeking. D) Sought. 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