TOEFL Error-recognition questions Set 1

The weather reports all (A) showed (B) that there were (C) a tremendous storm front moving (D) in.

• A

• B

• C

• D

The General Sherman Tree, the largest of (A) all the giant sequoias, are (B) reputed (C) to be the world's largest living (D) thing.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Only with two-thirds vote (A) by both houses are (B) the U.S Congress able to (C) override a presidential veto (D).

• A

• B

• C

• D

At least one sample of each of (A) the brands contains (B) measurable amounts of aflatoxin, and there is (C) three which exceed (D) the maximum.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Certain types (A) of snakes have been known (B) to survive fasts (C) more as (D) a year long.

• A

• B

• C

• D

In 1870, the attorney general was made (A) head of the Department of Justice, given an enlarged staff (B), and endow (C) with clear-cut law-enforcement functions (D).

• A

• B

• C

• D

The skeleton of a (A) shark is made of (B) cartilage rather than (C) having bone (D).

• A

• B

• C

• D

A bankruptcy (A) may be (B) either voluntary (C) nor (D) involuntary.

• A

• B

• C

• D

An understanding of engineering theories (A) and problems are (B) impossible until basic arithmetic is (C) fully mastered (D)

• A

• B

• C

• D

Of all the evidence that has piled up (A) since Webster’s paper was published, there is (B) no new (C) ideas to contradict (D) his original theory.

• A

• B

• C

• D