This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Toefl > Toefl Grammar – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Toefl Grammar Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In recent years, global trade agreements ..... to include environmental protection clauses. A) Have expanded. B) Expanded. C) Expand. D) Will expand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have expanded. 2. The documents ..... by the secretary yesterday. A) Typed. B) Were typed. C) Typing. D) Are typed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were typed. 3. ..... does not circle around the earth was proven by Galileo. A) Since the rest of the universe. B) As the rest of the universe. C) That the rest of the universe. D) The rest of the universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That the rest of the universe. 4. One of the most powerful optical telescopes, the "Big Eye" at Mt. Palomar, ..... a two hundred-inch back. A) With. B) Has. C) That has. D) Which. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has. 5. By next summer, the water-purification system ..... in all rural communities. A) Will have been installed. B) Will install. C) Installs. D) Installed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will have been installed. 6. Helium is not flammable, ..... therefore safer than hydrogen. A) That is. B) And is. C) But is. D) And it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And is. 7. In 1849 Walter Hunt, ..... American inventor, patented a design that served as the basis for modern safety pins. A) An. B) Who was, as an. C) He was an. D) Being. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An. 8. Modern art began in second half of the 1800s, after the camera was invented. A) After. B) Second. C) The. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second. 9. If your brother ..... here, he would help us with this work. A) Be. B) Were. C) Is. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 10. Since jellyfish could not float if they had to ..... undigested meal around, they digest their food quickly. A) Carrying. B) Carry. C) Carried. D) Cry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carry. 11. Scarcely ..... the announcement when people started leaving the hall. A) Had they heard. B) They had heard. C) Hearing they. D) They heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had they heard. 12. The book, along with several articles, ..... missing from the library. A) Are. B) Be. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 13. 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. 14. The manager refused ..... the request due to budget limitations. A) Approved. B) Approve. C) Approving. D) To approve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To approve. 15. Without the proper card installed inside the computer, ..... impossible to run a graphical program. A) Because of. B) It is. C) Is. D) Is definitely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is. 16. He's a doctor, ..... ? A) Hasn't he. B) Does he. C) Didn't he. D) Isn't he. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isn't he. 17. Which one is INCORRECT?Uranus is the seventh planets from the Sun. A) Is. B) The. C) The Sun. D) Planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Planets. 18. The company will not hire new employees until the budget ..... A) Approves. B) Will approve. C) Is approved. D) Approving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is approved. 19. Harry's advisor persuaded his taking several courses which did not involve much knowledge of mathematics. A) Not involve. B) Much knowledge of mathematics. C) His taking. D) Which. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His taking. 20. Complete the sentence with the best clause marker:The drumbeats ..... we heard sent a message. A) Whose. B) Who. C) Whomever. D) Which. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Which. 21. ..... while a ball-and-socket joint, the elbow is a simple hinge joint. A) While the shoulder is. B) The shoulder. C) The shoulder is. D) While the shoulder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While the shoulder is. 22. Most of the books placed in the shelf of inside the classroom ..... in bad conditions for using them. A) Are. B) Are those. C) Is. D) Those are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 23. 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. 24. His hobbies include swimming, running, and ..... A) To bike. B) Bikes. C) Biking. D) To biking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biking. 25. There's a new Oriental restaurant in town, isn't it? A) In town. B) New. C) Isn't it. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Isn't it. 26. 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. 27. The midnight sun is a phenomenon in which the Sun visible remains in the sky for twenty-four hours or longer. A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 28. The manager prefers that the report ..... by tomorrow morning. A) Has finished. B) Was finished. C) Finishes. D) Be finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be finished. 29. It was essential that he ..... all the documents before the meeting. A) Reviewed. B) Reviews. C) Has reviewed. D) Review. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Review. 30. We ..... speak loudly here. It's a library. A) Mustn't. B) Should. C) Might not. D) Could. 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