This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Toefl > Toefl Grammar – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Toefl Grammar Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence with the best clause marker. A particular type of smoke signal ..... conveyed a triumph in battle was agreed on by each tribe. A) Whose. B) How. C) Which. D) Whom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Which. 2. Choose the best word:I stayed home, ..... it was raining outside. A) Yet. B) Or. C) For. D) While. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For. 3. Choose the correct conjunction to complete the sentence:She wanted to attend the seminar, ..... she had another appointment. A) So. B) Or. C) For. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) But. 4. After George had returned to his house, he was reading a book. A) To his house. B) Was reading. C) Had returned. D) He. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was reading. 5. He (A) has been working (B) here since (C) five years (D). A) D. B) C. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 6. Many theories on conserving the purity of water has been proposed, but not one has been as widely accepted as this one. A) Many. B) Has been. C) Not one has. D) As widely accepted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has been. 7. There was a traffic commotion going around the district. Many were to say that the school bus containing middle schoolers was ..... by a truck. A) Hitten. B) Hits. C) Hitting. D) Hit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hit. 8. The teacher emphasized that students should ..... to class on time. A) Came. B) Comes. C) Coming. D) Come. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Come. 9. We insist on you leaving the meeting before any further outbursts take place. A) Before. B) Further outbursts. C) You. D) Leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You. 10. Ansel Adams was a landscape photographer ..... photographs of the western United States show nature on a grand scale. A) Whose. B) Of his. C) His. D) Of whom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whose. 11. The report (A) that was submitted yesterday (B) contain (C) several important findings (D). A) D. B) C. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 12. Which one is INCORRECT?Much fats are composed of one molecule of glycerin combined with three molecules of fatty acids. A) Fatty acids. B) Much. C) One molecule. D) Molecules. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Much. 13. "I must leave early today." He said that he ..... early that day. A) Leave. B) Leaves. C) Must leave. D) Had to leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had to leave. 14. Which one is INCORRECT?The United States receives a large amount of revenue from taxation of a tobacco products. A) Receives. B) Taxation. C) Large amount. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 15. "I work in a bank." He said that he ..... in a bank. A) Work. B) Worked. C) Was working. D) Works. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worked. 16. The professor gave the same assignment to you and ..... A) Mine. B) Myself. C) Me. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Me. 17. Because they had spent too many time considering the new contract, the students lost the opportunity to lease the apartment. A) Because. B) Too many. C) Lost the opportunity to lease. D) Considering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Too many. 18. Linguistics, sociology and history ..... social sciences. A) Are. B) Do. C) Does. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 19. The results of the study was surprising. A) Were surprising. B) Is surprising. C) Was surprise. D) Was surprising. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were surprising. 20. He was late to the meeting ..... the heavy traffic. A) Although. B) Since. C) Because. D) Because of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because of. 21. Her explanation was so ..... that everyone understood immediately. A) Clearly. B) Clear. C) Clarity. D) Clearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clear. 22. ..... most brilliant Greek inventor was Archimedes, who lived about 2, 250 years ago. A) One of the. B) As the. C) Of the. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The. 23. The ancient city, ..... by an earthquake, lay in ruins. A) Was destroyed. B) Destroying. C) Destroyed. D) Had destroyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Destroyed. 24. Because they have moved away, they hardly never go to the beach anymore. A) Have moved. B) Hardly never. C) To the beach. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hardly never. 25. Daniel said that if he had to do another homework tonight, he would not be able to attend the concert. A) Would not be able. B) If he had to. C) Another. D) To attend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Another. 26. The professor (A) asked whether (B) the assignment (C) was finished or not (D). A) A. B) D. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. 27. Choose the letter of the word or phrase that best completes the sentence:By the time the explorers arrive at the remote outpost, the supply helicopter ..... A) Will have already left. B) Has already left. C) Will already leave. D) Already leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will have already left. 28. Although polar bears hunt other animals, they seldom rarely kill people. A) Kill. B) Other. C) Seldom. D) Although. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seldom. 29. "I was at the doctor all morning." She told me she ..... at the doctor all morning. A) Had been. B) Was. C) Has been. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been. 30. He suggested ..... early to avoid the traffic. A) Leaving. B) Leaves. C) To leave. D) Leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leaving. 31. By the time we got to the station, the train ..... A) Had left. B) Has left. C) Leaves. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had left. 32. I didn't go to the party ..... I was sick. A) So. B) Although. C) Because. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because. 33. Complete the sentence with the best clause marker:Anyone ..... wanted to get the news and could understand the beats or signals could easily just watch or listen. A) Who. B) Where. C) If. D) Which. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who. 34. The Louisiana Purchase, made in 1803, almost was doubled the size fo the United States. A) Was doubled. B) The Louisiana Purchase. C) The. D) Almost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was doubled. 35. The proposal would have been approved if it ..... earlier. A) Has been submitted. B) Submitted. C) Had been submitted. D) Was submitted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had been submitted. 36. Each object ..... Jupiter's magnetic field is deluged with electrical charges A) Enters. B) It enters. C) Enter. D) Entering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Entering. 37. We couldn't understand ..... she decided to quit the program. A) What. B) Why. C) Which. D) Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Why. 38. In 1729, Benjamin Franklin published the Pennsylvania Gazette, which soon became the most read widely newspaper in the colonies. A) Read widely. B) Soon. C) Which. D) Published. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Read widely. 39. The museum ..... historical artifacts carefully to ..... their condition for future exhibitions. A) Has been preserving, to maintain. B) Preserves, maintain. C) Preserved, maintain. D) Is preserving, maintaining. E) Has preserved, maintains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has been preserving, to maintain. 40. He was drink a cup of coffee when the telephone rang. A) When. B) A cup. C) Rang. D) Was drink. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was drink. 41. The project will fail ..... immediate action is taken. A) Since. B) Although. C) Because. D) Unless. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unless. 42. Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error:I wanted to attend the concert but I didn't have enough money. A. wanted to attend B. but I didn't C. have enough money A) A. wanted to attend. B) B. but I didn't. C) C. have enough money. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. have enough money. 43. In the company of human beings, parrots demonstrate a remarkable talent for mimicry, for which they never use in the forest. A) For. B) The company. C) For which. D) Remarkable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For which. 44. She was born ..... January 15th. A) In. B) By. C) On. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 45. Each of the applicants (A) were (B) required to submit (C) two recommendation letters (D). A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 46. The incidence of anorexia nervosa, ..... , is growing in industrially advanced societies. A) An eating disorder. B) An eating disorder which. C) For which an eating disorder. D) Is an eating disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An eating disorder. 47. Whole-grain food products ..... in most large supermarkets across the United States and Canada. A) Can now be purchased. B) The purchase of which. C) Now to purchase. D) Now can purchase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can now be purchased. 48. The homework ..... by all of the students before class started. A) Was completed. B) Is completing. C) Has completed. D) Completes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was completed. 49. By the time the lecture ended, most of the audience ..... A) Leaves. B) Left. C) Was leaving. D) Had left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had left. 50. Rarely ..... such a fascinating performance. A) Have I seen. B) I have seen. C) Do I see. D) I see. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have I seen. 51. Because Sam and Michelle had done all of the work theirselves, they were unwilling to give the results to Joan. A) Unwilling to give. B) Had done. C) Theirselves. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theirselves. 52. The new regulations require that every application ..... before the deadline. A) Was submitted. B) Has been submitted. C) Be submitted. D) Is submitted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Be submitted. 53. The fact that he passed the exam so easily ..... everyone. A) Surprises. B) Surprised. C) Surprising. D) Surprise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surprises. 54. Choose the letter of the word or phrase that best completes the sentence:The professor and his students, along with a laboratory assistant, ..... preparing for the annual science fair presentation. A) Are. B) Is. C) Were to. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are. 55. It has been a long time since we have talked to John, isn't it? A) Has. B) Isn't it. C) A long time. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Isn't it. 56. I'd rather you ..... to him about it. A) Not talk. B) Don't talk. C) Didn't talk. D) Not to talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't talk. 57. The problem is too complicated for us ..... without assistance. A) Solving. B) To solve. C) Solve. D) Solved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To solve. 58. If he ..... harder, he could have passed the exam. A) Had studied. B) Was studying. C) Study. D) Studies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had studied. 59. During 2011, roughly one of every twelve African elephants ..... by a poacher. A) Were killed. B) Are killed. C) Was killed. D) Is killed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was killed. 60. Complete the sentence with the best clause marker:That is the valley ..... the tribe lives. A) Who. B) Where. C) Which. D) That. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where. ← 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