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The following example shows how these sentence patterns could be tested in
structure questions on the TOEFL test.

Example

The citizens worry about ____ is doing.
(A) what the government
(B) the government
(C) it
(D) is what the government

In this example, the sentence contains the main subject and verb, the citizens worry, and it
also contains an additional verb, is doing. The sentence needs a subject for the verb is doing
and a connector to join the two clauses. The best answer is answer (A) because it has the
connector what and the subject government. Answers (B) and (C) are incorrect because they
do not have connectors. Answer (D) is incorrect because it has an extra verb.
The following chart lists the noun clause connectors and the sentence patterns
used with them.

NOUN CLAUSE CONNECTORS

• what, when, where, why, how
• whatever, whenever
• whether, if
• that

S V (noun clause connector) S V

Sally explained why she did it.

EXERCISES

PART A. Choose the correct answer.

Can you tell me why ______ not delivered today?
(A) was the mail
(B) the mail
(C) the mail was
(D) the mail is

PART B. Choose the incorrect word or phrase and correct it.

The instructor explained where was the computer lab located.
A B C D

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