Peterson’s master toefl writing skills part 29 pdf

ANSWER KEY AND EXPLANATIONS
Error Identification
1. D
2. B
3. B
4. D
5. B
6. C
7. B
8. B
9. D
10. A
11. C
12. B
13. B
14. B
15. D
16. B
17. C
18. C
19. D
20. D
21. B
22. A
23. B
24. A
25. B
1. The correct answer is (D). (his
wanting). See Chapter 5, “Pronouns”—
Possessives, page 98.
2. The correct answer is (B). (lay). See

Chapter 7, “Style”—Usage, page 142.
3. The correct answer is (B). (these
kinds). See Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—
Demonstratives, page 38.
4. The correct answer is (D). (physics).
See Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—Noun Ad-
jectives, page 35.
5. The correct answer is (B). (like).
See Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—Sameness
and Similarity, page 44.
6. The correct answer is (C). (drive).
See Chapter 4, “Verbs”—Verbals, page
77.
7. The correct answer is (B). (perma-
nence). See Chapter 7, “Style”—Parts
of Speech, page 162.
8. The correct answer is (B).
(they
finish). See Chapter 4, “Verbs”—Time
Clauses, page 69.
9. The correct answer is (D). (three-
hundred-year-old). See Chapter 3,
“Modifiers”—Hyphenated or Com-
pound Adjectives, page 37.
10. The correct answer is (A). (Tom had
sent). See Chapter 4, “Verbs”—
Conditionals, page 73.
11. The correct answer is (C). (the
younger). See Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—
Comparatives, page 46.

12. The correct answer is (B). (many).
See Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—Few, Little,
Much, and Many, page 39.
13. The correct answer is (B). (to be
sleeping). See Chapter 4, “Verbs”—
Verbals, page 77.
14. The correct answer is (B). (an
accurate). See Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—
Articles, page 53.
15. The correct answer is (D). (about
the weather constantly). See Chapter
6, “Basic Patterns”—Order of Adverbs,
page 113.
16. The correct answer is (B). (large
enough). See Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—
Too, Very, and Enough, page 55.
17. The correct answer is (C). (to pay
for the costs of my education com-
pletely). See Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—
Split Infinitives, page 29.
18. The correct answer is (C). (were not
stationed). See Chapter 4, “Verbs”—
Wishes, page 71.
19. The correct answer is (D). (the
button broke) OR (the needle broke).
See Chapter 5, “Pronouns”—Faulty
Reference, page 100.
20. The correct answer is (D). (it was).
See Chapter 6, “Basic Patterns”—
Embedded Questions, page 116.

21. The correct answer is (B). (they).
See Chapter 5, “Pronouns”—Personal
Pronouns—Case, page 93.
22. The correct answer is (A). (having
run). See Chapter 4, “Verbs”—Past
Participles, page 81.
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23. The correct answer is (B). (no
longer). See Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—
Negation, page 57.
24. The correct answer is (A). (having).
See Chapter 4, “Verbs”—Verbals,
page 77.
25. The correct answer is (B). (me). See
Chapter 5, “Pronouns”—Personal Pro-
nouns—Case, page 93.
Sentence Completion
26. A
27. C
28. C
29. B
30. D
31. C
32. B
33. A

34. B
35. B
36. D
37. B
38. A
39. D
40. A
26. The correct answer is (A). Choices
(B), (C), and (D), see Chapter 3,
“Modifiers”—Cause and Result,
page 50.
27. The correct answer is (C). Choice
(A), see Chapter 3, “Modifiers”—
Demonstratives, page 38. Choice (B),
see Chapter 7, “Style”—Usage,
page 142. Choice (D), same as A and B.
28. The correct answer is (C). Choices
(A), (B), and (D), see Chapter 7,
“Style”—Correlative Conjunctions,
page 157.
29. The correct answer is (B). Choices
(A), (C), and (D), see Chapter 6, “Basic
Patterns”—Clauses, page 121.
30. The correct answer is (D). Choices
(A), (B), and (C), see Chapter 7,
“Style”—Prepositions in Combina-
tions, page 167.
31. The correct answer is (C). Choices
(A), (B), and (D), see Chapter 4,
“Verbs”—Conditionals, page 73.

32. The correct answer is (B). Choices
(A), (C), and (D), see Chapter 3,
“Modifiers”—Too, Very, and Enough,
page 55.
33. The correct answer is (A). Choices
(B), (C), and (D), see Chapter 7,
“Style”−Prepositions in Combinations,
page 167. See also Chapter 4, “Verbs”—
Verbals, page 77.
34. The correct answer is (B). Choices
(A), (C), and (D), see Chapter 5,
“Pronouns”—Personal Pronouns—Case,
page 93.
35. The correct answer is (B). Choice
(A), see Chapter 5, “Pronouns”—
Faulty Reference, page 100. Choice (C),
same as A. See also Chapter 7,
“Style”—Parallelism, page 133. Choice
(D), see Chapter 6, “Basic Patterns”—
Order of Adverbs, page 113.
36. The correct answer is (D). Choices
(A) and (C), see Chapter 4, “Verbs”—
Wishes, page 71. Choice (B), incorrect
negative formation (did not live).
37. The correct answer is (B). Choices
(A), (C), and (D), see Chapter 7,
“Style”—Wordiness, page 136. See also
Chapter 7, “Style”—Voice, page 129.
38. The correct answer is (A). Choices
(B) and (C), see Chapter 5, “Pro-

nouns”—Those Modified, page 107.
Choice (D), See Chapter 7, “Style”—
Wordiness, page 136.
39. The correct answer is (D). Choices
(A), (B), and (C), see Chapter 4,
“Verbs”—Tense, page 67.
40. The correct answer is (A). Choices
(B), (C), and (D), see Chapter 6, “Basic
Patterns”—To/For (Purpose), page 118.
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ANSWER SHEET PRACTICE TEST 3
Error Identification
1. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
2. O
A
O
B
O
C
O

D
3. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
4. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
5. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
6. O
A
O
B
O

C
O
D
7. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
8. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
9. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
10. O
A
O

B
O
C
O
D
11. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
12. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
13. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
14. O

A
O
B
O
C
O
D
15. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
16. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
17. O
A
O
B
O
C
O

D
18. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
19. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
20. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
21. O
A
O
B
O

C
O
D
22. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
23. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
24. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
25. O
A
O

B
O
C
O
D
Sentence Completion
26. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
27. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
28. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D

29. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
30. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
31. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
32. O
A
O
B
O
C

O
D
33. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
34. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
35. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
36. O
A
O
B

O
C
O
D
37. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
38. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
39. O
A
O
B
O
C
O
D
40. O
A

O
B
O
C
O
D

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Practice Test 3
40 QUESTIONS • 25 MINUTES
ERROR IDENTIFICATION
Directions: For the Error Identification questions, each sentence
contains four underlined words or phrases. Select the one word or phrase
that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. Mark your
answer on the answer sheet provided.
1. Lawrence never lost the respect
(A)
for his parents who
(B)
had
struggled so hard to put
(C)
him
through
(D)
medical school.
2. I doubt weather

(A)
he will enter
(B)
the doctoral program this fall
because of
(C)
his financial
(D)
prob-
lems.
3. If Jackie and Mary had been
(A)
in
(B)
better
(C)
physical condition, they
might enjoyed
(D)
the hike more.
4. Not having passed
(A)
the law
exam, the
(B)
state refused
to issue him
(C)
a license to practice.
(D)

5. The interesting
(A)
designed stair-
way led directly
(B)
to a large
ballroom where
(C)
everyone
was waiting
(D)
for us.
6. Even though
(A)
they have been
(B)
looking
(B)
for an apartment for
(C)
a
month now, they have not been
able to find one anywheres.
(D)
7. I have reserved
(A)
six front-row
(B)
seats for
(C)

the basketball play-off
(D)
game last night.

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8. The five hours of classes the students
have every day are audio-lingual
(A)
, read-
ing, writing, laboratory
(B)
, and to choose
(C)
an extra special-interest
(D)
course.
9. The crops are already showing
(A)
signs of
dehydration
(B)
and probably cannot sur-
vive another
(C)
week without no
(D)
rain.
10. The children had such difficult time
(A)

when they began
(B)
school in their new
neighborhood that their parents de-
cided never
(C)
to move
(D)
again.
11. He had
(A)
his tailor made
(B)
an exotic
oriental-looking
(C)
robe for opening
(D)
night.
12. Teamwork requires
(A)
that a player pass
(B)
the ball to whomever
(C)
is in the best
(D)
position to make the goal.
13. There were never any secrets among
(A)

my
sister and me
(B)
when
(C)
we were growing up.
(D)
14. Dr. Lacey was the kind of administrator
which
(A)
tried to maintain
(B)
high morale
among
(C)
his staff by encouraging
(D)
open
communication.
15. Let’s take one of this
(A)
pamphlets and
look up
(B)
the special flights to
(C)
Hawaii in
(D)
November.
16. Samuel’s new position as

(A)
head of the
editorial staff is certainly
(B)
a more
demanding one
(C)
than Henry.
(D)
17. Susan was determined to leave
(A)
the
office by
(B)
4:30 for catching
(C)
the early
train home.
(D)
18. The newlyweds found a style of living
in Italy
(A)
as
(B)
satisfying
(C)
that they wished
that they could stay
(D)
there forever.

19. Those
(A)
who had already purchased
(B)
tick-
ets were instructed to go to gate first
(C)
immediately.
(D)
20. The cost of
(A)
gasoline has raised
(B)
tremendously
(C)
in the last eight-month
(D)
period.
21. It
(A)
is important that you turned off
(B)
the
heater every morning before
(C)
you leave
(D)
for class.
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22. With regard to
(A)
your letter of October
26, we are quiet
(B)
disappointed to learn
(C)
that you are unable
(D)
to accept the job at
this time.
23. Dr. Alvarez looked tiredly
(A)
as
(B)
he ap-
proached the podium to give
(C)
his fare-
well speech to the graduating
(D)
class.
24. Their
(A)
office has not
(B)
still
(C)

returned the
original document to us.
(D)
25. I was very
(A)
embarrassed at the
inauguration
(B)
last week when I set
(C)
in
the wrong chair on the stage.
(D)
SENTENCE COMPLETION
Directions: In the Sentence Completion questions, one or more words are left out of
each sentence. Under each sentence, you will see four words or phrases. Select the one
word or phrase that completes the sentence correctly, then mark your answer on the
answer sheet provided.
26. There ________ in that part of the
country.
(A) are not much industry
(B) is not many industry
(C) are not many industry
(D) is not much industry
27. The Marcus Aurelius, ________ went
down at sea in 1970, is reputed to
have had great wealth on board.
(A) that which
(B) which
(C) who

(D) what
28. He ________ since he lost his job.
(A) has been feeling bad
(B) is feeling badly
(C) had been feeling badly
(D) is feeling bad
29. Let’s put a new ________ on the
window sill.
(A) flower’s box
(B) flowers’ box
(C) flower box
(D) flowers box
30. I let my cousin ________ my car
when he came to visit me.
(A) to borrow
(B) borrow
(C) borrowing
(D) borrowed
31. John remembered his parents’
anniversary and ________.
(A) sent them some flowers
(B) to them sent some flowers
(C) sent to them some flowers
(D) some flowers to them sent
32. The plans for that building were
drawn up in 1965 but ________.
(A) their implementation was not
put into action until 1970
(B) the plans for that building
were not implemented until

1970
(C) were not implemented and
started until 1970
(D) were not implemented until
1970
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