EXERCISE AND TOEFL EXERCISE TASKS

-EXERCISE A- number five

In a box on the top shelf of the cabinet in the hallway of the house.

in this sentence, is not the best answer (W). because there are no subject and verb.

- in a box on the top shelf of the cabinet : prepositional
- in the hallway of the house : prepositional
correction : Myra put a newspaper in a box on the top shelf of the cabinet in the hallway of the house.
* Myra : subject
* Put : verb

-EXERCISE B- number seven

The dishes in the sink really need to be washed as soon as possible.

in this sentence, about the verb 'need' and the construction that's often follow it :

for one small group of verbs (deserve. need, require, and less commonly, want) the choice involves a difference in voice, the participle construction corresponding to a passive infinitive construction.

* your shoes need cleaning / to be cleaned. example on the top it's just plus correction.

for the answer this sentence is (R). because there are subject and verb

* The dishes : Subject

* In the Sink : Prepositional

* need : verb

-TOEFL EXERCISE- number one

Mark Twain ___ the years after the civil war the 'gilded age'.

option :

A. called

B. he called

C. calling

D. his calls

that the sentence has a subject Mark Twain. but there is no verb. because answer (A) called is a verb, it is the best answer. answer (B),(C),(D) are not correct.

A. the best answer because it match with the meaning of the sentence and suitable for the past sentence

B. the wrong answer because there is double subject in sentence, Mark Twain and he

C. the wrong answer because it is not present continuous tense and there is no “TO BE ” (am, is , are)

D. the wrong answer because his is a possessive pronoun