Problems With Pronoun
Problems With Adjectives And Adverbs
Problems with Adjectives and Adverbs
Categoría: Tests
Written Expressions Questions: Problems with Passive Verbs
In the next link you have some exercises for each skills (37-38):
Written Expressions Questions: Problems with the use of the verb.
Many different problems in using the correst verba tense are possible in English. However, four specific problembs occur frequently on the TOEFL test, so you need to pay careful attention to these four:
- Knowing when to use the past with the present.
- Using had and have correctly.
- Using the correct tense with time expressions.
- Using the correct tense with will and would.
In the next link you have some exercises for each skills (33-36):
Problems with the use of the verb
QUIZ
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 33-36): Choose the word or group of words that is not correct. http://www.educaplay.com/es/recursoseducativos/1557467/html5/problems_with_use_of_the_verb.htm
Written Expressions Questions: Problems with the form of the verb.
it is common in written expression questions on the TOEFL for the verbs to be formed incorrectly. Therefore, you should check the form of the verb carefully. You should be familiar with the following verbs forms:
You should be particularly aware of the following three problematic situation with verbs because they are the most common and the easiest to correct:
- Check what comes after HAVE.
- Check what comes after BE.
- check what comes after MODALS VERBS.
In the next link you have some exercises for each skills (30-32):
Problems with the Form of the Verbs
QUIZ
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 30-32): Choose the word or group of words that is not correct.
http://www.educaplay.com/es/actividades/1545236/actividad.swf?time=1411624732
Written Expressions Questions: Problems with comparatives and superlatives.
Sentences with incorrect comparatives and superlatives can appear on the TOEFL test. it is therefore important for you to know how to do the following:
- Form the comparative and superlative correctly.
- Use the comparative and superlative correctly.
- Use the irregular -er, -er structure.
In the next link you have some exercises for each skills (27-29):
Problems with Comparatives and Superlatives
QUIZ
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 27-29): In the questions 1 to 3 choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence and in the questions 4 to 10 choose the word or group of words that is not correct.
Written Expressions Questions: Problems with parallel structures.
In good English an attempt should be make to make the language as even and balanced as possible. this balance is called «parallel structure». You can achieve parallel structure by making the form of words as similar as possible. the following is an example of a sentence that is not parallel:
I like to sing and dancing.
The problem in this sentence is not the expression to sing, and the problem is not the word dancing. The expression to sing is correct by itself, and the word dancing is correct by itself. Both of the following sentences are correct:
I like to sing.
I like dancing.
The problem in the incorrect example is that to sing and dancing are joined together in one sentence with and. They are different forms where it is possible to have similar forms; therefore the example is not parallel. It can be corrected in two different ways: we can make the first expression like the second, or we can make the second expression like the first.
I like to sing and to dance.
I like singing and dancing.
There are several situations in which you should be particularly careful of parallel structure. Parallel structure are required in the following situations:
- With coordinate conjunctions, such as and, but, or.
- With paired conjunctions, such both…and, either…or, neither…nor, not only…but also.
- With comparisons.
In the next link you have some exercises for each skills (24-26):
QUIZ
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 24-26): In the questions with a space (____) choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence and in the other questions choose the word or group of words that is not correct.
http://www.educaplay.com/es/actividades/1547254/actividad.swf?time=1411785641
Written Expressions Questions: Problems with subject/verb agreement
Subject/verb agreement is simple: if the subject of the sentences is singular, then the verb must be singular; if the subject of the sentences is plural, then the verb must be plural. An s on a verb usually indicates that the verb is singular, while an s on a noun usually indicates that the noun is plural.
The boy walks to school.
The boys walk to school.
You should be careful of subject/verb agreement in the following situations:
- After prepositional phrases.
- After expressions of quantity.
- After inverted verbs.
- After certain words, such as anybody, everything, no one, something, each and every.
In the next link you have some exercises for each skills (20-23):
Problems with subject-verb agreement
QUIZ
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 20-23): In the questions with a space (____) choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence and in the other questions choose the word or group of words that is not correct.
http://www.educaplay.com/es/actividades/1547240/actividad.swf?time=1411707590
Structure Questions: Sentences with inverted subjects and verbs
Inverted subjects and verbs occur most often in the formation of a question. To form a question with a helping verb (be, have, can, could, will, would, etc.) the subject and helping verb are inverted.
He can go to the movies.
Can he go to the movies?
You would tell me the truth.
Would you tell me the truth?
She was sick yesterday.
Was she sick yesterday?
To form a question when there is no helping verb in the sentence, the helping verb do is used.
He goes to the movies.
Does he go to the movies?
You told me the truth.
Did you tell me the truth?
There are many other situations in English when subjects and verbs are inverted, but if you jus remember this method of inverting subjects and verbs, you will be able to handle the other situations.
The most common problems with inverted subjects and verbs on the TOEFL test occur in the following situations:
- With questions words such as what, when, where, why and how.
- After some place expressions.
- After negative expressions.
- In some conditionals.
- After some comparisons.
In the next link you have some exercises for each skills (15-19):
Sentences with inverted subjects and verbs
QUIZ
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 15-19): Choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
Structure Questions: Sentences with reduced clauses
it is possible in English for a clause to appear in a complete form or in a reduced form.
My friend should be on the train which is arriving at the station now.
Although it was not really difficult, the exam took a lot of time.
The fist sentences shows an adjective clause in its complete form, which is arriving at the stations now, and in its reduced form, arriving at the station now. The second sentences shows an adverb clause in its complete form, although it was not really, and its reduced form, although not really difficult.
In the next link you have some exercises for each skills (13-14):
Sentences with reduced clauses
QUIZ
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 13-14): Choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
Structure Questions: More sentences with multiple clauses
As we saw in Skills 6 to 8, many sentences in English have more than one clause. In Skill 9 to 12, we see more patterns for connecting the clauses in sentences with multiple clauses.
In the next link you have some exercises for each skills (9-12):
More sentences with multiple clauses
In the next game we can make a review about the connectors:
http://www.educaplay.com/es/recursoseducativos/1550472/html5/connectors.htmConnectors
QUIZ
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 9-12): Choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
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