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TOEFL Vocabulary, Build a Sentence and Grammar, Set 2

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What this test covers

20 TOEFL Vocabulary and Structure

Sample questions with answers

The first 5 questions of this test, with the correct answer and explanation.

Q1. Clean drinking water is scarce in the region during the dry season. "Scarce" is closest in meaning to
- A. plentiful
- B. cheap
- C. dirty
- D. in short supply ✓
Answer: D. in short supply
Explanation: Scarce means there is not enough of something.
Q2. The new lighting will enhance the museum's displays. "Enhance" is closest in meaning to
- A. improve ✓
- B. damage
- C. hide
- D. replace
Answer: A. improve
Explanation: To enhance is to make better.
Q3. The detective found the suspect's story plausible. "Plausible" is closest in meaning to
- A. confusing
- B. believable ✓
- C. impossible
- D. boring
Answer: B. believable
Explanation: A plausible story seems reasonable or likely.
Q4. The rules seemed arbitrary, with no clear reason behind them. "Arbitrary" is closest in meaning to
- A. fair
- B. random ✓
- C. traditional
- D. strict
Answer: B. random
Explanation: Arbitrary decisions are not based on reason.
Q5. The pain should diminish after a few days. "Diminish" is closest in meaning to
- A. begin
- B. increase
- C. decrease ✓
- D. spread
Answer: C. decrease
Explanation: To diminish is to become smaller or less.

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Q6. Smartphone use is prevalent among university students. "Prevalent" is closest in meaning to
- A. expensive
- B. rare
- C. widespread
- D. banned
Q7. The architect rejected conventional designs in favour of bold new shapes. "Conventional" is closest in meaning to
- A. cheap
- B. modern
- C. traditional
- D. temporary
Q8. The researchers reached a tentative conclusion that needs further testing. "Tentative" is closest in meaning to
- A. final
- B. incorrect
- C. surprising
- D. not yet certain
Q9. She kept meticulous records of every experiment. "Meticulous" is closest in meaning to
- A. secret
- B. extremely careful
- C. brief
- D. careless
Q10. Flooding was one consequence of the heavy rain. "Consequence" is closest in meaning to
- A. cause
- B. measurement
- C. result
- D. warning
Q11. A student asks: "Where should I submit the assignment?" Which response is a correctly ordered sentence?
- A. You can it upload to the course website.
- B. Upload you can it to the course website.
- C. You can upload to the course website it.
- D. You can upload it to the course website.
Q12. Choose the correctly ordered question about the museum's opening time.
- A. When can you tell me the museum opens?
- B. Can you tell me when the museum opens?
- C. Can you tell me when does the museum open?
- D. Can you tell me the museum when opens?
Q13. Choose the correctly ordered sentence about the shop.
- A. I wonder whether is the shop still open.
- B. Whether I wonder the shop is still open.
- C. I wonder the shop whether is still open.
- D. I wonder whether the shop is still open.
Q14. Choose the correctly ordered sentence reporting the professor's question.
- A. The professor asked us what we had learned.
- B. The professor asked what us we had learned.
- C. What the professor asked us we had learned.
- D. The professor asked us what had we learned.
Q15. Choose the correctly ordered sentence beginning with "Not only".
- A. She not only did finish early, but also she helped others.
- B. Not only did she finish early, but she also helped others.
- C. Not only she finished early, but she also helped others.
- D. Not only did finish she early, but she also helped others.
Q16. Had I known about the meeting, I ______ it.
- A. attended
- B. would attend
- C. will attend
- D. would have attended
Q17. Neither of the answers ______ correct.
- A. are
- B. were
- C. is
- D. have been
Q18. She has been working at the hospital ______ 2019.
- A. since
- B. from
- C. for
- D. during
Q19. The book ______ I borrowed from the library was fascinating.
- A. that
- B. who
- C. what
- D. whose
Q20. It is essential that every student ______ the form before Friday.
- A. submit
- B. submitted
- C. will submit
- D. submits