TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language TOEFL General 5

Question 1

She _____ to the market every Saturday morning.

Accepted Answer

goes

Answer

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.

Accepted Answer

for

Answer

'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.

Accepted Answer

hardly

Answer

'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.

Accepted Answer

which

Answer

'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 _____.

Accepted Answer

had already started

Answer

The past perfect tense ('had already started') is used to describe an action completed before another past action ('arrived').

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