This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Toefl > Toefl Grammar – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Toefl Grammar Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The coach advised the players to ..... their arguments and to ..... all their focus on the upcoming match. A) Set out, rely on. B) Put aside, zero in on. C) Put up, turn on. D) Put out, run into. E) Put aside, bring up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Put aside, zero in on. 2. Complete the sentence with the best clause marker:The Mossi people of West Africa use talking drums as a means of preserving their history, ..... has been handed down generation to generation. A) How. B) When. C) So that. D) Which. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Which. 3. ..... you doing the homework with Paola and Auxi, Carla, Rebecca and Nicole would kill you because this must be done together. A) Were. B) Were you if. C) If you. D) If you were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 4. Ralph Waldo Emerson's belief ..... the individual freedom of all people greatly influenced later American thinkers. A) As of. B) On. C) In. D) As in. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 5. Complete these sentences with although, in spite of or despite ..... it rained a lot, we enjoyed our holiday. A) Although. B) In spite of. C) Despite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Although. 6. I ..... interested in learning a new language. A) Was. B) Have. C) Am. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Am. 7. The professor explained the reason ..... the project was delayed. A) Why. B) Which. C) That. D) Where. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Why. 8. The reason (A) why she failed (B) the test (C) were unclear (D). A) D. B) A. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 9. She is assisten of a doctor, She Is a ..... A) Police woman. B) Nurse. C) Teacher. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nurse. 10. She enjoys not only painting but also ..... A) Sing. B) Singing. C) To sing. D) Sings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Singing. 11. Those homework that your teacher assigned is due on Tuesday unless you have made prior arrangements to turn it in late. A) Those. B) Have made. C) Assigned. D) On Tuesday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Those. 12. No one could explain how the prisoner ..... from his cell. A) Has escaped. B) Escapes. C) Had escaped. D) Escaped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Escaped. 13. He asked me (A) where did I (B) buy (C) the computer (D). A) B. B) A. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 14. Each of the students (A) in the class (B) are required (C) to submit an essay (D) by Friday. A) By Friday. B) In the class. C) Are required. D) To submit an essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To submit an essay. 15. "I've been ill for a couple of weeks." He told me he ..... ill for a couple of weeks. A) Been. B) Was. C) Has been. D) Had been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been. 16. In the 15th century, explorers ..... sea routes that linked Europe to Asia. A) Discovered. B) Will discover. C) Have discovered. D) Discover. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discovered. 17. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error:Because he was tired he decided to go to bed early. A. Because he was tired B. he decided to go C. to bed early A) A. Because he was tired. B) B. he decided to go. C) C. to bed early. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Because he was tired. 18. This is the cake ..... mary made A) Which. B) Who. C) When. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Which. 19. Which one is CORRECT? ..... two major art museum, the Fogg and the Sadler. A) Harvard University, with its. B) Harvard University has. C) At Harvard University. D) There at Harvard University. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harvard University has. 20. The organizers had to ..... the concert because of bad weather and ..... a new date for the event. A) Call off, figure out. B) Put off, put out. C) Cancel, set out. D) Take off, run into. E) Call off, take up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Call off, figure out. 21. If a person does not have an attorney, the court ..... one. A) Appointing. B) Will appoint. C) Appointed. D) Would appoint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will appoint. 22. A good dictionary can be an excellent ..... of information. A) Source. B) Sources. C) Sourcing. D) Sourced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Source. 23. The professor is thinking to go to the conference on aerodynamics next month. A) Is. B) On aerodynamics. C) To go. D) Next month. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To go. 24. For the fever and headache took two aspirin tablets.Is this sentence grammatically correct? A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INCORRECT. 25. The manager asked the team to be punctual, to work hard, and ..... A) Cooperatively. B) To cooperate. C) Being cooperative. D) Cooperation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To cooperate. 26. Brontosaurus ..... that ate plants and had four legs, a very long neck and tail and also small head. A) Are described as a large dinosaur. B) Is described as a large dinosaur. C) Were described as a large dinosaur. D) Have been described as a large dinosaur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is described as a large dinosaur. 27. The students ..... their homework when the teacher arrived. A) Finish. B) Were finishing. C) Had finished. D) Finishes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were finishing. 28. The manager has finished working on the report last night, and now she will begin to write the other proposal. A) To write. B) Has finished. C) Working. D) On the report. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has finished. 29. The manager ..... employees' performance monthly to ..... the company's growth remains stable. A) Monitored, ensured. B) Has been monitoring, ensuring. C) Have been monitoring, ensuring. D) Monitors, ensure. E) Is monitoring, to ensure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monitors, ensure. 30. The museum displays several ..... sculptures from the 18th century. A) Marble beautifully. B) Beautiful marble. C) Marble beautiful. D) Beautifully marble. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beautiful marble. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesToefl Grammar Quiz 1Toefl Grammar Quiz 2Toefl Grammar Quiz 3Toefl Grammar Quiz 4Toefl Grammar Quiz 5Toefl Grammar Quiz 6Toefl Grammar Quiz 7Toefl Grammar Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books