TOEFL Practice tests

There is one error in each of the sentences below. The error is always in either part A, B, C or D. When you find the error, write the letter of the part it is in in the box at the start of the sentence. (Sentence 0 is done as an example.)

Questions 0-12.

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0. Today it seems hardly credible , but Los Angeles grew as it did because in its early days it had
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a highly advanced public transporting system.

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1. Sometime it snows in the northern states of America as early as October, though this
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isn't always the case.

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2. In the USA, some notorious bandits are figures of popular folklore; particularly them
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from the wild west such as Billy the Kid .

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3. Many of people considered it impossible when President Kennedy said America would put, a man
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on the moon by the end of the 1960s .

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4. If you really can't get to the station on time I suppose that you will have to take
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the taxi home tonight.

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5. After the social science lecture all students are invited to take parts in a discussion of the issues
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which were raised in the talk.

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6. If you lend me that book, I promise that I will give it back by Friday on the latest.


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7. He started as a salesman, then he went on to become a manager, finally finished his career
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as chairman of the board.

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8. Micorsoft, who is based far from Silicon Valley, is nevertheless America's most successful

computer company.

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9. Thanksgiving is a holiday which is celebrated only by Americans, and is a time for the family
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to be togetherness.

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10. Last year in the fall they went to Washington where are many famous monuments, and numerous
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other things which tourists can do.

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11. Peter said he would be in New York from early on Monday morning until last thing on Friday
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when he travel to Coney Island.

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12. Although it has it's faults, the US constitution is reckoned to be a highly successful experiment
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in participatory democracy.