Thursday, August 8, 2019

Toefl Grammar Answers : Practice set 1

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1.      No head injury is too trivial to treat.   OR
No head injury is trivial enough to ignore.    OR
No head injury, however trivial, should be ignored. [Use of Comparative Structures]

2.      He expressed the opinion that the committee’s report, that the exhaustion of the mines is affecting the well-being of the whole country, was too serious to be accepted without further consideration.
[Sentence Structure]

3.      A brilliant but outrageous comedian, Lenny Bruce drew sketches that both amused and unsettled his audience. [Misrelated Modifier]

4.      The region has a climate so severe that plants growing there rarely have been more than twelve inches high. [Verb Tense]

5.      Regrettably, your application has been refused. [Use of Adverbs]

6.      Between ten and twelve percent of all students scored high enough to qualify for merit.                 [Sentence Structure]

7.      Because Colette’s first novel was so wildly successful, her husband locked her in their Paris flat with orders to produce more. [Misrelated Participle]

8.      You will never find a policeman walking just here in the park. [Positioning of Adverbs]

9.      When we attempted to restore the picture to its original condition, almost irreparable damage was discovered. [Dangling Participle]

10.   After he had drunk the warm milk, he began to feel sleepy and decided to go to bed. [Verb Tense]

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