TOEFL Grammar With Answer Key Part III: Advanced

Introduction

The main purpose of these book series is to provide you an impressive and invaluable collection of TOEFL Grammar multiple-choice exercises with answers.

This book comprises different items and will take you on a beautiful journey towards improving your English for TOEFL exam.

There are three levels of difficulty in my TOEFL Grammar with Answer Key series: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. Choose the best that suits you and enhance your English knowledge.

This book deals with Advanced English level and is the third book of the series.

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Set I

1. Choose the right answer: Food prices have been … steadily for at least ten years..

a) lifting

b) raising

c) rising

2. Choose the right answer: I’ll have to study hard, … I can pass the final exam..

a) so that

b) in order

c) therefore

3. Choose the right answer: You … to eat if you don’t feel like it..

a) mustn’t

b) don’t have

c) haven’t

4. Choose the right answer: We’ll play football and … we’ll have lunch..

a) so

b) straight away

c) then

5. Choose the right answer: She has to go to Paris for the next … of her training..

a) step

b) point

c) stage

6. Choose the right answer: When the meeting had finished, we went … the plan once again..

a) over

b) down

c) up

7. Choose the right answer: I locked the animals in the cage to … them from getting away..

a) object

b) prevent

c) avoid

8. Choose the right answer: You’re … your time trying to persuade him..

a) spending

b) wasting

c) missing

9. Choose the right answer: Their last cook was better than their … one..

a) current

b) former

c) actual

10. Choose the right answer: I am grateful to you for being so patient … him..

a) for

b) at

c) with

11. Choose the right answer: Do you mean to say you exchanged that lovely car … this?.

a) on

b) for

c) with

12. Choose the right answer: The weather was … the poor harvest..

a) blamed for

b) accused of

c) condemned for

13. Choose the right answer: He is teaching on class and is examining at a literature exam tomorrow. …, she is chairing a meeting at the Club..

a) At top

b) At the top of it

c) On top of it

14. Choose the right answer: I don’t see any … in arriving early at the movie..

a) point

b) cause

c) aim

15. Choose the right answer: Her application for a visa was turned … by the consulate..

a) aside

b) down

c) over

16. Choose the right answer: These are controlled environments which … concerns about the weather..

a) eliminate

b) necessitate

c) require

17. Choose the right answer: It is … impossible to tell the twins apart..

a) closely

b) realistically

c) virtually

18. Choose the right answer: He claimed that he was the … heir to the throne..

a) due

b) rightful

c) correct

19. Choose the right answer: The rather humid climate in no way … from the beauty of the place..

a) detracts

b) attracts

c) protracts

20. Choose the right answer: … no need to buy traveller’s cheques since many countries take credit cards..

a) It has

b) You’re

c) There’s

21. Choose the right answer: Is there … bread for all the sandwiches?.

a) enough

b) correct

c) equal

22. Choose the right answer: Teaching is not a/an … which pays well..

a) post

b) occupation

c) work

23. Choose the right answer: The letter was delivered personally, … hand..

a) from

b) with

c) by

24. Choose the right answer: I … do that if I were you..

a) wouldn’t

b) shan’t

c) won’t

25. Choose the right answer: There was nothing to … him with the burglary..

a) link

b) place

c) join

26. Choose the right answer: The manufacturers are advertising a new … of perfume..

a) mark

b) box

c) brand

27. Choose the right answer: … my stay in hospital, I lost five kilos..

a) In

b) During

c) While

28. Choose the right answer: I’m sorry to hear that they have … They were such good friends..

a) dropped out

b) fallen against

c) fallen out

29. Choose the right answer: Shall I use this … to fry the eggs?.

a) pan

b) dish

c) kettle

30. Choose the right answer: I … being given a receipt..

a) asked to

b) insisted on

c) demanded

31. Choose the right answer: These cars originally had two doors but the latest … has four..

a) model

b) brand

c) pattern

32. Choose the right answer: That boy is far ahead … everyone else in the class..

a) from

b) with

c) of

33. Choose the right answer: She is also interested … art..

a) in

b) with

c) about

34. Choose the right answer: It’s impossible to prevent them from quarreling … each other..

a) for

b) with

c) by

35. Choose the right answer: I’m thinking … looking for a new job..

a) on

b) of

c) at

36. Choose the right answer: Brian prefers football … tennis..

a) to

b) over

c) than

37. Choose the right answer: The internship in a psychiatric ward … for the rest of her life..

a) had an influence on her

b) had influence over her

c) had an influence at her

38. Choose the right answer: If I had known the way to his house, I … him..

a) had been visiting

b) would visit

c) would have visited

39. Choose the right answer: He … that he had been involved in the decision to attack the enemy..

a) declined

b) denied

c) refused

40. Choose the right answer: As brown as … = having a tanned skin..

a) a berry

b) dust

c) chocolate

41. Choose the right answer: It’s an awful … your wife couldn’t come..

a) shame

b) shock

c) harm

42. Choose the right answer: There is a fault at our TV station. Please don’t … your set..

a) repair

b) switch

c) adjust

43. Choose the right answer: Don’t touch the cat, it may … you..

a) kick

b) scratch

c) tear

44. Choose the right answer: The managers agreed to … the question of payment..

a) balance

b) control

c) discuss

45. Choose the right answer: Owing to the bad weather, the garden party was ….

a) called off

b) shouted off

c) cried down

46. Choose the right answer: I’m sorry I opened your handbag but I … it for mine..

a) imagined

b) recognized

c) mistook

47. Choose the right answer: The … of these volunteers for hard work is amazing..

a) efficiency

b) capacity

c) ability

48. Choose the right answer: I like London, but I wish it … rain so much..

a) didn’t

b) won’t

c) hadn’t

49. Choose the right answer: The grandfather was so tired that he … asleep in the chair..

a) went

b) became

c) fell

50. Choose the right answer: Brian has just taken an examination … chemistry..

a) for

b) in

c) about

51. Choose the right answer: They shouldn’t have … the accident. It wasn’t my fault..

a) blamed me for

b) accused me of

c) accused me with

52. Choose the right answer: The bank won’t lend you the money without some … that you will pay it back..

a) profit

b) charge

c) guarantee

53. Choose the right answer: When you come tomorrow why not … your sister with you?.

a) take

b) bring

c) carry

54. Choose the right answer: After he had broken his leg, he could only go up and down stairs ….

a) hardly

b) in difficulties

c) with difficulty

55. Choose the right answer: Who does this book belong …?.

a) to

b) for

c) with

56. Choose the right answer: All my handbags … of leather..

a) being made

b) will have been made

c) are made

57. Choose the right answer: She’s a really hard-… person and won’t stand for any nonsense..

a) ship

b) nosed

c) bargain

58. Choose the right answer: A sabbatical year = ….

a) a miserable year

b) a year in which previously made plans are bound to

c) a year in which one is released from one’s normal duties

59. Choose the right answer: It always … me as odd that he should go off to work so late in the day..

a) struck

b) hit

c) smacked

60. Choose the right answer: I walked away as calmly as I could … they thought I was the thief..

a) or else

b) in case

c) owing to

61. Choose the right answer: If it’s raining tomorrow, we shall have to … the match till Monday..

a) cancel

b) play

c) put off

62. Choose the right answer: Call in and see our … of autumn fashions today..

a) election

b) selection

c) reputation

63. Choose the right answer: We have no … in our files of your recent letter to the tax office..

a) record

b) account

c) list

64. Choose the right answer: When his aunt died, he … a lot of money from her..

a) paid

b) spent

c) inherited

65. Choose the right answer: Give her a telephone number to ring … she gets lost..

a) unless

b) in case

c) perhaps

66. Choose the right answer: His parents never allowed him ….

a) to smoke

b) a smoking

c) smoking

67. Choose the right answer: "Brian is