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Some types of Grammar problems are likely to occur in Part A of the TOEFL test. You will find examples of some of these types below and an explanation of the correct answer on the answer sheet you receive after completing the test.

In these questions the main clause is incomplete.

1. _____ was an attempt to bring back the classic architectural style of Rome and Greece.

(A) It was the Gothic movement
(B) The Gothic movement
(C) For the Gothic movement
(D) While the Gothic movement

2. Wildlife preserves _____ to protect many kinds of plants and animals.

(A) have intending
(B) intending
(C) intend
(D) are intended

3. Nicotine, known to be a stimulant drug, _____ activity in the central nervous system.

(A) and raises
(B) raises it
(C) by raising
(D) raises

4. Of all the world's languages, _____.

(A) dominating on the Internet with English
(B) the domination of the Internet by English
(C) English is the most dominant on the Internet
(D) when English dominates the Internet

Here the subordinate clause is incomplete.

5. _____ birds are warm-blooded, they are not considered mammals.

(A) Although
(B) Many
(C) How many
(D) But

6. _____ seat belts save lives has been proven time and time again.

(A) If
(B) There are
(C) That
(D) The

7. Termites damage homes _____ chew through wood.

(A) when they
(B) are they
(C) they
(D) by they

Here the prepositional phrase is incomplete.

8. _____ breakdown of his car, John was sure to miss the wedding.

(A) Because the
(B) Sometimes the
(C) With the
(D) The

9. Edgar Allen Poe is well known _____.

(A) for his horror stories.
(B) writing horror stories.
(C) short horror stories.
(D) he has written horror stories.

10. The opossum protects itself _____ to be dead.

(A) it pretending
(B) that it pretend
(C) by pretending
(D) the pretense