TOEFL Preparation
Meeting 11
SKILL 19:
SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS
EACH
EVERY
SINGLE SINGULAR NOUN
ONE
Example:
• Each student should study hard
• She likes being a single mother
• One building has been built in this city
BOTH
TWO
MANY PLURAL NOUN
SEVERAL
VARIOUS
Example:
Many students study hard to get higher scores
There are several women over the mountain
They found various types of rocks
Problems in TOEFL Test
He just finished several book*
She studied each chapters*
My mother likes watching various movie*
The woman is a single mothers*
Exercise 19
__ I 1. She talked to each people in the room.
C 2. There is not a single bit of food in the refrigerator.
____ 3. You need two piece of identification to cash a check.
____ 4. Both classes started on time.
____ 5. We took a new routes to the beach house.
____ 6. He gave many different reasons for his actions.
____ 7. You must answer every questions on the test.
____ 8. She tried several times to call me.
____ 9. He offered me only one glass of water.
____ 10. We had various kind of drinks with the meal.
SKILL 20:
COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
MANY
NUMBER
COUNTABLE NOUNS
FEW
FEWER
Example:
1. There are a number of problems that need solving
2. A few students do not like travelling
3. Many birds are flying over the sky this year
MUCH
AMOUNT
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
LITTLE
LESS
Example:
1. There is amount of water that is flowing here
2. A little happiness can cure him
3. She doesn’t have much money now
Problems in TOEFL Test
Example:
1. They have taken much* trips recently
2. There was not many* water in the pool
3. She is keeping a number* of money
4. Government solve fewer complicated problem*.
Exercise 20
_ C 1. She will visit in a few months.
I 2. Many are unnecessary.
____ 3. You need to show a little kindness.
____ 4. You have a number of choice.
____ 5. There was a large amount of apples in the bowl.
____ 6. We have fewer opportunities now.
____ 7. How much money is left?
____ 8. He caused less problems this time.
____ 9. They need a little times to finish their work.
____ 10. He visited many exotic places.
TOEFL Exercise (Skill 19-20)
____ 1. Cone shells live in much different seas and feed mainly on small fish and worms
A B C D
____ 2. The leaves of the common sunflower are rough to the touch on both side.
A B C D
____ 3. Hemoglobin enables the red blood cells to carry oxygen and small numbers of carbon dioxide.
A B C D
____ 4. Those with narcolepsy experience the uncontrollable desire to sleep, perhaps several time in
A B C
one day.
D
____ 5. Another great artists of the time and possibly the most gifted silversmith in the colonies was
A B C D
Paul Revere.
____ 6. Alzheimer’s disease afflicts two in ten person over the age of seventy in the
A B C D
United States.
____ 7. The red cardinal spends many of its time feeding on the ground.
A B C D
____ 8. In the 1920s, Tulsa had a higher number of millionaire than any other U.S. city
A B C D
____ 9. Because Washington is a district and not a state, its residents have less rights than other
A B C D
citizens.
____ 10. Implosive consonants occur in many different language but they are particularly common in
A B C D
American Indian and African languages.
SKILL 21:
SUBJECT AND OBJECT PRONOUN
SUBJECT PRONOUN OBJECT PRONOUN
I ME
YOU YOU
THEY THEM
WE US
IT IT
SHE HER
HE HIM
Example:
1. My parents have taken many trips recently
They have taken many trips recently
2. Mary saw the film with Barry
She saw it with him
Problem in TOEFL Test
1. Me* and my friend are taking a trip
2. Our neighbors are going with you and I*
3. My family will visit he* next week.
Exercise 21
C 1. You should do it for her.
I 2. They helped she with the work.
____ 3. Her and Bob came over to visit me.
____ 4. I brought it for you and them.
____ 5. He opened the refrigerator and took some food from it.
____ 6. She lent it to you and I.
____ 7. She spent all the money on them.
____ 8. You forgot to give it to they.
____ 9. We offered she a place to stay.
____ 10. They watched us play with it.
