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STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

INTRODUCTION

The structure and written expression is tested in the second section of the TOEFL test.
This section consists of forty questions. You have to complete the forty questions in 25
minutes. There are two kinds of questions, namely:

Part A. Structure (Sentence Completion)
Structure questions start from number 1 – 15. It consists of fifteen incomplete
sentences and about forty percent of them are simple sentences, containing only one
subject-verb combination. The other sixty percent are generally complex sentences,
containing at least two subject-verb combinations involving some type of subordination. Each
sentence is followed by four answer choices and you must choose the answer that best
completes the sentence.

Example

________ is taking trip to New York.

(A) They
(B) When
(C) The woman
(D) Her

When identifying the sentence, you know that it has a verb (is taking), and that the verb
needs a subject. Answers (B) and (D) are incorrect because when and her are not subjects. In
answer (A) they may become a subject, but they is plural and the verb is taking is singular.
The correct answer is answer (C); the woman can be a singular subject. Therefore, you should
choose answer (C).

PROCEDURES FOR THE STRUCTURE QUESTIONS
1. First, study the sentence. Your purpose is to determine what is needed to complete
the sentence correctly.
2. Then study each answer based on how well it completes the sentence. Eliminate
answers that do not complete the sentence correctly.

Part B. Written Expression (Error Identification)
Written Expression questions start from number 16 – 40. It consists of twenty-five
sentences with four underlined words or phrases in each sentence. As in part A, about forty
percent of them are simple sentences and about sixty percent are complex sentences. But in
part B, you are looking for an error, the part of the sentence that is not correct. You should
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