TOEFL EXERCISE_2

Mftah Aulia Utami/TBI 6E/171230150

7.  It is not clear when­____, although there are many different theories.

a. dinosaurs becoming extinct

b. dinosaurs extinction

c. dinosaurs became extinct

d. did dinosaurs become extinct

Explanation : The answer is C, because it is use simple past tense

8. The professor decide to allow to students to take the examination a second time because the low scores.

Explanation : The answer is D, the word "because" it must use "because of". And "Because of" is a preposition; Prepositions are short words that usually stand in front of nouns (sometimes also in front of gerund verbs).

9. If the driver's own car _____ damage, the favorite probably would have won the race.

a. had not been

b. not

c. no had been

d. has no been

Explanation : The answer is A, because it has a Conditional sentences/if clauses. The past perfect is used in conditional sentences to express a hypothetical, counterfactual circumstance. If clause : Past Perfect. Main clause : would + have + past participle, in this type condition not possible to fulfill (too late) .

10. Having withdrawn from the race, the candidate decided supporting his opponent despite the opponent's representing the other political party.

 Explanation : The answer is B, the word "Decided" must be followed by the infinitive (to support)

11. The soldiers were unable to determine where ____.

a. the jeep had been left

b. had been leave the jeep

c. had the jeep been left

d. had the jeep left

Explanation : The answer is A, because after the question word in an embedded question, it must be subject + verb.

12. The manager was angry because somebody _____.

a. had allowed the photographers to enter the building

b. had let the photographers to enter into the building

c. permitting the photographers enter the building

d. the photographer let into the building without the proper documentations

Explanation : The answer is A, because it use The past perfect tense, it indicates that an action was completed (finished or "perfected") at some point in the past before something else happened. This tense is formed with the past tense form of "to have" (had) + the past participle of the verb (which can be either regular or irregular in form).

13. The committee members resented ____ of the meeting.

a. the president that he did not tell them

b. the president not to inform them

c. the president’s not informing them

d. that the president had failed informing themselves

Explanation : The answer is C, because the word "Resent" is a transitive verb, it followed by a verb noun. In this sentence, there is an additional logical subject before the gerund, so you must add ('s) after the logical subject to form the correct grammatical form.

14. _____ did Arthur realize that there was danger.

a. upon entering the store

b. when he entered the store

c. after he had entered the store

d. only after entering the store

Explanation :  The answer is D, this sentence involves the use of an adverbial at the beginning of the sentence. Correct form is adverbial + auxiliary + subject + verb. The auxiliary did is in the main sentence before the subject Arthur, so D is the only possible answer, as it begins with adverbial only.