TOEFL Sentence Correction Practice

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the 6) The hazards of smoking __________ heart
sentences. disease, lung cancer, and asthma.

1) When Kazakhstan was a nation of nomads, A. include

___________ any knowledge of sophisticated B. is including
agricultural equipment or technology. C. to include
D. which is including
A. where people had not hardly
B. people had hardly 7) Circuses in America are very different
C. people hardly was ___________ in Russia.
D. people not hardly had
A. those
2) Fermenting mares milk ______________ the B. of those
milk alcoholic. C. in those
D. from those
A. to make
B. is making 8) __________ first international government body
C. makes was the League of Nations founded by American
D. is made president Franklin D. Roosevelt in the aftermath
of World War II.
3) The Great Wall of China _________ man-made A. There was
object visible from space. B. It was the
C. The
A. only is D. A
B. is the only
C. the only is 9) Most models of cell phones come with alarm
D. only clocks to remind you __________ important
events.
4) The hot summers and cold windy winters in
Astana mean _______ city planners have to take A. For
the weather into account. B. Of
C. That
A. for D. Is
B. which
C. which is 10) Egotistical people need to learn that they are
D. that ______________people in the world.
A. not the only
5) The extreme heat and absence of life gives B. only not the
visitors to Death Valley _________ of being C. not only
another planet. D. not the

A. feeling 11) When you answer the phone it is important to

B. the feeling ask _________ the caller wants to talk.
C. is to feel A. who
D. has the feeling B. with whom

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C. which B. tries
D. with who C. trying
D. is tried
12) ____________ jeans were invented by two
Jewish businessmen in the American west for 18) It is now believed that when a teacher focuses on
railroad workers to wear. the needs of individual students, they
A. Not well-known that ___________.
B. That well-known is that A. are more successful
C. It is not well-known that B. are succeeding more
D. That it is well-known C. to more succeed
D. more are succeeded
13) President Jimmy Carter has received many
awards _________ his humanitarian work. 19) New studies indicate that ______________
A. because quality of a product but also its popularity
B. despite strongly determines whether a consumer will buy
C. since it or not.
D. for A. not the only
B. not only the
14) In the winter, birds fly south ________ avoid cold C. only not the
weather. D. is not only the

A. have to
B. because to
C. in order to
D. for to

15) International phone cards are available now

__________ the whole world.

A. covers
B. that cover
C. that covering
D. covered

16) The memory of the Cold War still has an effect on

the politics and attitudes ____________.
A. many of the people.
B. of many person.
C. many people are.
D. of many people.

17) The most important thing is not winning or

losing, but ______________ your best at
whatever you do.

A. try

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