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TOEFL PREPARATION 1 STRUCTURE STRUCTURE WRITTEN EXPRESSION GENERAL STRATEGIES Be familiar with the directions. Begin with questions 1 through 15. Continue with questions 16 through 40. If you have time, return the questions 11 through 15. Guess to complete the section before time is up. THE STRUCTURE QUESTIONS Example: Pepsin ______ an enzyme that is used in digestion. (A) that (B) is (C) of (D) being STRATEGIES FOR THE STRUCTURE QUESTIONS First study the sentence. Then study each answer based on how well it completes the sentence. Do not try to eliminate incorrect answers by looking only at the answers. Never leave any answers blank. Do not spend too much time on the Structure questions. SKILL 1: SUBJECTS AND VERBS Example _________ was ringing continuously for hours. (A) Loudly (B) In the morning (C) The phone (D) The bells During the Precambrian period, the Earth’s crust formed, and life ________ in the seas. First appeared First to appear Is first appearing Appearing Diane Feinstien of California ____ to the House or Representatives in l986 and to the Senate in 1996. when elected Elected who was elected was elected SUBJECTS AND VERBS A sentence in English must have at least one subject and one verb. The first thing you should do as you read a sentence in the structure section of the TOEFL test is to find the subject and the verb. SKILL 2 : OBJECTS OF PREPOSITION Example To Mike _____ was a big surprise. (A) really (B) the party (C) funny (D) when OBJECTS OF PREPOSITIONS A preposition is followed by a noun or pronoun that is called an object of the preposition. If a word is an object of a preposition, it is not the subject. SKILL 3 : PRESENT PARTICIPLES Example: The film ____ appearing at the local theater is my favorite. (A) now (B) is (C) it (D) was Humans living at high elevations __ to the lower level of oxygen in the air by producing more red blood corpuscles. adjust to adjust the adjustment adjusting The