Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)

Look at the example.

"Why do you always want to use _____ pens?"

1) to one
2) of my
3) that my
4) one of my

We would say: "Why do you always want to use one of my pens?" Therefore you should press "4."

Click the answer button to see the correct answer.

1. _____ the secretary, we don't need to work this Saturday.
   1) According
   2) According of
   3) According from
   4) According to
   Answer 4
   hint The speaker has obtained information from the secretary.
2. "I have a stomach ache."
   "That's too bad. You _____ see the doctor."
   1) better
   2) better have
   3) have better
   4) had better
   Answer 4
   hint The second speaker is suggesting that the first one should see a doctor.
3. How long does it take _____ the train station?
   1) get to
   2) to get
   3) to get to
   4) getting to
   Answer 3
   hint The main verb of this sentence is "take". Is there any preposition used with "get"?
4. Bill likes his job very much and _____.
   1) works hardly
   2) hard works
   3) hardly work
   4) works hard
   Answer 4
   hint What is the difference between "hard" and "hardly"? Where does "hardly" or "hard" come, before or after "works"?
5. Please fill _____ this application form.
   1) up
   2) on
   3) down
   4) out
   Answer 4
   hint What preposition does "fill" take in the phrase that means "answer the questions on (an application form)".
6. "I've never seen that film."
   "_____ have I."
   1) So
   2) Either
   3) Neither
   4) Too
   Answer 3
   hint The second speaker hasn't seen that film, either.
7. "Haven't you been to Hawaii?"
   "_____ been there."
   1) Yes, I haven't
   2) Yes, I wasn't
   3) No, I haven't
   4) No, I have
   Answer 3
   hint The question is negative. In English, even if a question is negative, it does not change the answer.
8. "Where does Mary live?" "She lives _____."
   1) in the Ohio Street
   2) on Ohio Street
   3) at Ohio Street
   4) on the Ohio Street
   Answer 2
   hint at (house number); _____ (street name); in (town or city name)
9. Is your car _____?
   1) as large as mine
   2) so large as me
   3) as large as me
   4) so large as mine
   Answer 1
   hint The speaker is comparing the size of two cars. Which is used in a positive sentence, "as - as" or "so - as"?
10. I've never seen _____.
    1) such a tall tower
    2) so tall tower
    3) such tall tower
    4) as tall tower
    Answer 1
    hint This means, "I have never seen a tower as tall as that one."
11. Please carry this table and this chair _____ the next room.
    1) inside
    2) at
    3) in
    4) into
    Answer 4
    hint The speaker is asking you to carry the table and chair from one room to another.
12. My mother didn't buy _____ bread at that bakery.
    1) one
    2) some
    3) a
    4) any
    Answer 4
    hint "Bread" is an uncountable noun. "Some" is used in a positive sentence, and "any" in a negative sentence.
13. "How often do you play golf?"
    "I play _____."
    1) two times in a month
    2) two times a month
    3) two months a time
    4) two times of a month
    Answer 2
    hint The second speaker plays twice a month.
14. Ellen started her current job _____ April 1.
    1) at
    2) on
    3) in
    4) to
    Answer 2
    hint at (hour); _____ (date); in (month, year)
15. Would you go with me if you _____ the money?
    1) will have
    2) have
    3) would have
    4) had
    Answer 4
    hint The speaker knows that the other person does not have money. Pay attention to the tense of this sentence.
16. There has never _____.
    1) been a musical like this before
    2) been a musical like before this
    3) a musical been like this before
    4) before a musical been like this
    Answer 1
    hint What follows "never"? Like what?
17. Since you had a cold, did you stay _____ home yesterday?
    1) at
    2) in
    3) inside
    4) into
    Answer 1
    hint The speaker is asking whether you stayed home yesterday.
18. "Whose car is this?"
    "It's _____"
    1) the car of my friend
    2) my friend's
    3) the friend of my car
    4) my friend's one
    Answer 2
    hint It is not always necessary to repeat a noun a second time.
19. "How do I use this?" "Hold it _____."
    1) on your left firmly hand
    2) in your firmly left hand
    3) firmly in your left hand
    4) firmly on your left hand
    Answer 3
    hint "Firmly" is an adverb that modifies "hold". What do you have _____ your hand? Is the answer "in" or "on"?
20. It's hard to believe _____.
    1) Tom would say such a terrible thing
    2) such a terrible thing Tom would say
    3) to say Tom would such a terrible thing
    4) would Tom say such a terrible thing
    Answer 1
    hint A clause is missing The speaker finds it hard to believe that Tom would say something that bad.
21. "Did you understand what I meant?" "_____."
    1) I think so
    2) So I think
    3) I so think
    4) So think I
    Answer 1
    hint This means that the speaker thinks he/she understood it.
22. Mary is the woman who is standing _____ Nancy.
    1) before
    2) to the front of
    3) in front of
    4) front of
    Answer 3
    hint This means that Nancy is standing behind Mary.
23. _____ the audience has left the theater.
    1) Every one
    2) Every member
    3) Every member of
    4) Every all of
    Answer 1
    hint Pay attention to "has". This means that all the members of the audience have left.
24. Jim _____ he received his Ph.D. in 1977.
    1) spoke that
    2) talked that
    3) said that
    4) told that
    Answer 3
    hint This is an indirect quotation. Do any of these verbs require an object?
25. We _____ that concert.
    1) were disappointed by
    2) were disappointed of
    3) were disappointing
    4) were disappointing in
    Answer 1
    hint This means that we were not satisfied with that concert. Which voice is used, an active or passive voice?