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. "Do you go out _____ with your husband?"
   "Yes, we sometimes go out."
   1) every often
   2) in a time
   3) once upon a time
   4) once in a while
   Answer 4
   hint This asks whether you go out sometimes. This is an idiomatic expression.
2. The Whites will move to Los Angeles. But we will _____ with them.
   1) keep touch
   2) keep at touch
   3) keep on touch
   4) keep in touch
   Answer 4
   hint This means that they will continue to have contact. This is an idiomatic expression.
3. Mary has a bad disposition. How do you _____ her?
   1) put up with
   2) put with
   3) put up to
   4) putting up with
   Answer 4
   hint This asks how you get along with her. This is an idiomatic expression.
4. "We should buy a new car."
   "But our old car will do for _____."
   1) a time being
   2) the time being
   3) a being time
   4) the being time
   Answer 2
   hint This means that their old car will be all right for now. This is an idiomatic expression.
5. "Do you have any idea how much it will cost?"
   "Yes, I have it all _____."
   1) figures
   2) figured for
   3) figured in
   4) figured out
   Answer 4
   hint This means that the speaker has already calculated the cost. This is an idiomatic expression.
6. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson _____ every afternoon.
   1) go for a walk
   2) walking
   3) go a walk
   4) go to walking
   Answer 1
   hint This means that they take a walk every afternoon. This is an idiomatic expression. "Go" does not take an object.
7. "Where _____ those strange sounds are coming from?"
   "I'm sorry. I don't know."
   1) are you suppose
   2) do you suppose
   3) supposedly
   4) you suppose
   Answer 2
   hint This asks where you think the strange sounds are coming from. How do you make a question?
8. Some new people will be hired. They have to _____ electronics.
   1) acquaint with
   2) be acquainted with
   3) get acquaint with
   4) getting acquainted with
   Answer 2
   hint This means that they have to have some knowledge of electronics. This is an idiomatic expression.
9. "Are you _____ in our products?"
   "Yes, we are."
   1) cared
   2) attended
   3) concerned
   4) interested
   Answer 4
   hint Which can take "in?" This asks if you would like to consider buying their products.
10. Mr. and Mrs. White will leave for Africa this afternoon. We are _____ at Kennedy International.
    1) see them off
    2) see off them
    3) seeing them off
    4) seeing off them
    Answer 3
    hint Pay attention to "are." Does "them" come before or after "off?"
11. "When did you get the bike?"
    "My father gave _____."
    1) to me the bike last week
    2) me the bike last night
    3) to me the bike last night
    4) last night the bike to me
    Answer 2
    hint "give someone something" or "give something to someone" Phrases which show time or place usually come at the beginning or end of a sentence.
12. When Mary got to the office, _____.
    1) she made a cup of tea
    2) she was making a cup of tea
    3) she makes a cup of tea
    4) she has made a cup of tea
    Answer 1
    hint What is the tense of the when clause?
13. Nancy chose the _____ dress in the store.
    1) prettiest
    2) most pretty
    3) most prettier
    4) most prettiest
    Answer 1
    hint There are two types of comparative and superlative forms. One is -er and -est such as "earlier" and "earliest." The other one is accompanied with "more" and "most". Which type is "pretty?"
14. I managed _____ my friend in the crowded department store.
    1) to find
    2) to find out
    3) to found
    4) to found out
    Answer 1
    hint What form of the verb comes after "to?"
15. When you enter a Japanese home, you need to _____ your shoes.
    1) move
    2) move off
    3) remove
    4) remove off
    Answer 3
    hint This means that you need to take off your shoes.
16. My teacher isn't _____ with my report.
    1) please
    2) pleased
    3) pleasing
    4) pleasant
    Answer 2
    hint This means that my teacher isn't happy with my report. What can follow "isn't?"
17. "When did you arrive?"
    "I arrived here five minutes _____ you did."
    1) ago
    2) before
    3) since
    4) since before
    Answer 2
    hint Who arrived earlier? "Ago" is used indicate "before the present." I arrived here five minutes ago.
18. After _____ my homework, I'll go with you.
    1) finish
    2) to finish
    3) finishing
    4) the finish of
    Answer 3
    hint This means that after I finish my homework, I'll go with you.
19. _____ have the bigger one?
    1) Do you rather
    2) Will you rather
    3) Would you rather
    4) Won't you rather
    Answer 3
    hint This asks the hearer if he/she wants the bigger one.
20. "Who was the man with you yesterday?"
    "He was _____."
    1) the man next door
    2) the next door man
    3) the man next to the door
    4) the man next by the door
    Answer 1
    hint This means that he was the man who lives next to me.
21. That news is _____ to be true.
    1) good
    2) very good
    3) so good
    4) too good
    Answer 4
    hint This means that that news is so good that it cannot be true.
22. Is it necessary that Jack _____ his homework?
    1) do
    2) does
    3) did
    4) must do
    Answer 1
    hint Pay attention to the tense of "is."
23. This is the village _____ Linda grew up.
    1) that
    2) which
    3) where
    4) there
    Answer 3
    hint This means that this is the village which Linda grew up in.
24. I would like to study English. _____ I could communicate with non-Japanese people.
    1) So
    2) Then
    3) Well
    4) Therefore
    Answer 2
    hint This word indicates an effect.
25. I'm sorry I can't do it now. I'm _____.
    1) in hurry
    2) in a hurry
    3) on a hurry
    4) hurrying
    Answer 2
    hint This means that the speaker is hurrying to go somewhere now. This is an idiomatic expression.