ELLIPTICAL CONSTRUCTION IN TOEFL TEST

Advertisement both influence people’s spending habits

• their standard of living is also raised

• but also the raising of their standard of living

• they can raise their standard of living too

• and raise their standard of living

• as well as they raise in their standard of living

Parliament members were troubled not only by

the present political condition

• but the current social-economic condition is also

  bad

• and so is the current social economic condition

• besides the current social-economic condition is bad

• but also by the current social economic condition

• as well as the current social economic condition

“ ____ “

“Neither does she”

• I also sew my clothes

• she cannot sew her own clothes

• not do I sew my own clothes

• I don’t sew my own clothes

• Does dhe sew her own clothes

Tom didn’t go to school yesterday, and ___

• so didn’t I

• nor I didn’t

• I neither did

• I didn’t either

• I didn’t too

Tono : “My brother has just bought a motorcycle.”

Parto : “What a coincidence!” ____

• my brother has too

• also my brother

• so does my brother

• my brother does too

• my brother also did

Hanny became thh=e focus of attention

when she wore a colorful dress and ___ at my birthday party

• was a fool

• her foolishness

• behaved foolishly

• her foolish behavior

• her behavior is foolish

I think that my brother will be interested in reading

this novel, but ___

• so will my brother

• my father won’t

• so does my father

• my father is not

• my brother will be

Sarah didn’t plan anything for that weekend, and __

• so did Santo

• nor Santo did

• Santo did not

• neither didn’t Santo

• Santo did not either

We all were happy to know him winning the

competition,____

• and also Yulia

• and so Yulia did

• but Yulia did not

• but Yulia was not

• and neither did Yulia

Budi : I like that film very much

Rahmat : ____ I have seen it three times

• so do I

• so am I

• I am too

• I don’t either

• Neither do I