TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language TOEFL General 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: She _____ to the market every Saturday morning.
- go
- goes (Correct answer)
- going
- gone
Correct answer: goes
With a third-person singular subject (she), the simple present tense requires adding -s to the base verb: 'goes'.
Question 2: They have lived in this town _____ ten years.
- since
- for (Correct answer)
- ago
- during
Correct answer: for
'For' is used with the present perfect tense to indicate a duration of time, while 'since' is used with a specific point in time.
Question 3: He spoke so quietly that we could _____ hear him.
- hard
- hardly (Correct answer)
- hard enough
- hardened
Correct answer: hardly
'Hardly' is an adverb meaning 'almost not,' which correctly modifies the verb 'hear.' 'Hard' is an adjective or a different adverb meaning with great effort.
Question 4: This is the book _____ I told you about.
- who
- whom
- which (Correct answer)
- what
Correct answer: which
'Which' is the correct relative pronoun when referring to a thing (book). 'Who' and 'whom' are used for people, and 'what' cannot introduce a relative clause.
Question 5: By the time we arrived, the film _____.
- already started
- has already started
- had already started (Correct answer)
- was already start
Correct answer: had already started
The past perfect tense ('had already started') is used to describe an action completed before another past action ('arrived').
Question 6: Would you mind _____ the window? It's cold outside.
- close
- to close
- closed
- closing (Correct answer)
Correct answer: closing
After 'mind,' a gerund (-ing form) is required. 'Would you mind closing' is the grammatically correct construction.
TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language TOEFL General 5
She _____ to the market every Saturday morning.