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Error Recognition Exercises for TOEFL

This document provides examples of errors in grammar, word usage, and punctuation. For each example, readers are asked to identify the underlined part that needs correction by marking the corresponding letter (A, B, C, or D) on their answer sheet. There are 44 multiple choice questions in total assessing a wide range of common linguistic issues.
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Error Recognition Exercises for TOEFL

This document provides examples of errors in grammar, word usage, and punctuation. For each example, readers are asked to identify the underlined part that needs correction by marking the corresponding letter (A, B, C, or D) on their answer sheet. There are 44 multiple choice questions in total assessing a wide range of common linguistic issues.
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ERROR IDENTIFICATION

Mark the letter A, B C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each
of the following questions.

1. It has been a long time since we talked to John, isn’t it ?


A B C D
2. As the demand increases, manufacturers who previously produced only a
A B
large, luxury car is compelled to make a smaller model in order to compete in the market.
C D
3. The better you are at English, more chance you have to get a job with international organizations
A B C D
4. Don't go out for lunch until you finished typing these letters.
A B C D
5. Because his sickness he didn’t take part in the English competition held last Sunday
A B C D
6. It announced today that an enquiry would be held into the collapse of a high-rise
A B C
apartment block in Kuala Lumpur last week.
D
7. Not only the number of mahogany trees has decreased markedly during the last
A B
decade, but other valuable trees are becoming scarcer and scarcer as well.
C D
8. Several people have apparent tried to change the man’s mind, but he refuses to listen.
A B C D
9. A galaxy, where may include billions of stars, is held together by gravitation attraction.
A B C D
10. When Irene got home, she was lying in bed thinking about the wonderful time she has had.
A B C D
11. My father asked me where had I gone the night before.
A B C D
12. Before the invention of TV, the common man seldom never had the opportunity to see and hear his leaders
express their views A B C
D
13. It rained very heavily, that prevented us from going out with our friends.
A B C D
14. When he will come to see me tomorrow, I will tell him the truth.
A B C D
15. Cloud, foggy, and dust in the atmosphere absorb ultra-violet rays
A B C D
[Link] were too many books on the shelves that I didn’t know which one to choose.
A B C D
17. The disposable camera, a single- use camera preloaded with print film has appeared
A B C D
in the late 1980s and has become very popular.
18. A five-thousand-dollars reward was offered for the capture of the escaped criminal
A B C D
19. The next important question we have to decide is when do we have to submit the proposal
A B C D
20. Buying clothes are often a very time-consuming practice because those clothes that
A B C
a person likes are rarely the ones that fit him or her.
D
21. As a child grows on, its physical health is affected by many elements in the air, water and food.
A B C D
22. It was a six-hours journey; we were completely exhausted when we arrived.
A B C D
23. Children enjoy telling and listen to ghosts stories especially at Halloween night.
A B C D
24. Opened the letter from her boyfriend, she felt extremely excited.
A B C D
25. Only by reading carefully and slowly that you can understand what the manual says
A B C D
26. A professor of economy and history at our university developed a new theory of
A B
the relationship between historical events and financial crises.
C D
27. Water polo is a game in that is played in the water by two teams, each with seven players.
A B C D
28. I didn’t feel like to go to church this morning because it was raining hard
A B C D
29. My friend asked me that I had gone to the movie the night before.
A B C D
30. Martin Luther King Jr.'s magnificent speaking ability enabling him to effectively
A B C
express the demands for social justice for Black Americans.
D
31. The novelist Shirley Hazzard is noted for the insight, poetic style, and sensitive she demonstrates
A B C D
32. The skin receives nearly the third of the blood pumped out by the heart.
A B C D
33. I had my motorbike repair yesterday but now it still doesn’t work.
A B C D
34. If you are working with young children in a primary school, you will find that
A B C
teaching lively songs and rhymes are very popular.
D
35. Paris has been well-known about its famous monuments, beautiful music, and
A B C
wonderful restaurants for over 100 years.
D
36. Foreign students who are doing a decision about which school to attend may not
A B C
know exactly where the choices are located.
D
37. It was suggested that Pedro studies the material more thoroughly before attempting to pass the exam.
A B C D
38. She was used to do shopping on Sunday but now she doesn’t have time.
A B C D
39. There are few areas of human experience that have not been writing about.
A B C D
40. Building thousands of years ago, the ancient palace is popular with modern tourists.
A B C D
41. What happened in that city were a reaction from city workers, including
A B C
firemen and policemen who had been laid off from their jobs.
D
42. The old woman cannot remember the place which she kept her savings.
A B C D
43. These strategies are used by students to help them understand lessons and to solve problems.
A B C D
44. Not only the athletes but also his wife are going to the party tonight.
A B C D

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