TOEFL Test Preparation

Grammar Test 1 (Error Recognition)

The sentences given below are divided into three parts (a), (b) and (c). One of these parts may contain an error. You have to indicate that part as your answer. If there are no errors, indicate (d) as your answer. Note that you only have to indicate the error; you don’t have to correct it.

1. The higher (a) / you climb the colder (b) / it get. (c) / No error (d)

2. The more he reads (a) / the lesser (b) / he understands. (c) / No error (d)

3. The old (a) / we grow (b) / the wiser we become. (c) / No error (d)

4. The government should (a) / pay attention to the problems (b) / of unemployed. (c) / No error (d)

5. The faster (a) / you act the better (b) / is it. (c) / No error (d)

6. They saw (a) / the criminal (b) / broke open the door. (c) / No error (d)

7. The poor exile was (a) / never to saw (b) / his native land again. (c) / No error (d)

8. The strike would have called off, (a) / if the workers’ demands (b) / had been granted. (c) / No error (d)

9. If you had played (a) / games regularly, you (b) / would become strong and healthy. (c) / No error (d)

10. If you had listened (a) / more carefully, (b) / you wouldn’t make so many mistakes. (c) / No error. (d)

11. I consider (a) / a privilege (b) / to have this opportunity of welcoming you. (c) / No error (d)

12. It is just silly (a) / throw away (b) / your chances like that. (c) / No error (d)

13. What a difficult business (a) / to start the car (b) / with such a low battery. (c) / No error (d)

15. The leader said (a) / that it would be unwise (b) / to not accept the democratic demands of the common people. (c) / No error (d)

16. He said (a) / that the climate (b) / had effected his health. (c) / No error (d)

17. Is it any good (a) / me (b) / talking to him? (c) / No error (d)

18. There is (a) / no question of denying (b) / the fact that she broke it. (c) / No error (d)

19. Classes had stopped (a) / two weeks (b) / before the examination started. (c) / No error (d)

20. As soon as the clients left, (a) / he locked up his office (b) / and went home. (c) / No error (d)

21. The rebels had already shot (a) / before (b) / the United Nations could intervene. (c) / No error (d)

22. The leaning tower of Pisa (a) / leans (b) / more and more every year. (c) / No error (d)

23. The government has been carried (a) / on propaganda (b) / to popularize family planning. (c) / No error (d)

24. He brushed (a) / all the plans I had (b) / carefully formulated. (c) / No error (d)

25. All the militant organization (a) / in the country (b) / should have banned. (c) / No error (d)

Answers

1. Part c : it should be ‘it gets’
2. part b : It should be ‘the less’
3. part a : it should be ‘The older’
4. part c: it should be ‘of the unemployed’
5. part c: it should be ‘it is’
6. part c: it should be ‘break open’
7. part b: it should be ‘never to see’
8. part a: it should be ‘the strike would have been called off’
9. part c: it should be ‘would have become strong and healthy’
10. part c: it should be ‘you wouldn’t have made so many mistakes’
11. part b: it should be ‘it a privilege’
12. part b: it should be ‘throwing away’
13. part b: it should be ‘it was to start the car’
14. part b: it should be ‘in public interest to reveal’
15. part c: it should be ‘not to accept the democratic demands of the common people’
16. part c: it should be ‘had affected his health’
17. part b: it should be ‘my’
18. part b: it should be ‘no denying’
19. part a: it should be ‘classes had been stopped’
20. part a : it should be ‘As soon as the clients had left’
21. part a: it should be ‘The rebels had already been shot’
22. part b: it should be ‘has been leaning’
23. part a: it should be ‘The government has been carrying’
24. part b: it should be ‘he brushed aside’
25. part c: it should be ‘should be banned’

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