TOEFL EXERCISE

Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of words that is not correct.!

1. Nobody know when the process of glass-making was invented.
A B C D

Answer : A

Cause nobody is singular and the correct answer is knows not know.

2. The languages of the world presents a vast array of structural similarities and differences.
A B C D

Answer : A
Cause the languages is plural and the correct answer is present not presents.

3. The rise of multinationals have resulted in a great deal of legal ambiguity because multinationals.
A B

can operate in so many jurisdictions.
C D

Answer : A
Cause the rise is singular and the correct answer is has not have.

4. All of the east-west interstate highways in the united states has even numbers, while north-
A B
south interstate highways are odd-numbered.
C D

Answer : A
Cause all is plural and the correct answer is have not has.

5. When a massive star in the large Magellanic Cloud exploded in 1987, a wave of neutrinos were
A B C

detected on Earth.
D

Answer : C
Cause a massive star is singular and the correct answer is was not were.

6. Every open space in the targeted area that has grass and a few bushes are occupied by the
A B C D

white-crowned sparrow.

Answer : C
Cause every is singular and the correct answer is is not are.

7. Krakatao is remembered as the volcano that put so much ash into the air that sunsets around
A B

the world was affected for two years afterward.
C D

Answer : D
Cause krakatao is singular and the correct answer is later not afterward.

8. The term “Yankee” was originally a nickname for people from New England, but now anyone
A

from the United States are referred to as a Yankee.
B C D

Answer : B
Cause anyone is singular and the correct answer is is not are.

9. A network of small arteries, mostly sandwiched between the skin and the underlying muscles,
A B

supply blood to the face and scalp.
C D

Answer : C
Cause a network is singular and the correct answer is supplying not supply.

10. Mesquite is a small tree in the Southwest who can withstand the severest drought.
A B C D

Answer : C
Cause mesquite is singular and the correct answer is that not who.