TOEFL INTRODUCTORY SKILL 1: Subject and Verb

_______ of classical ballet in The United States began around 1830.

• To teach

• Is teaching

• It was taught

• The teaching

The president a _______ the election by a landslide.

• won

• he won

• yesterday

• fortunately

When _______ the conference?

• the doctor attended

• did the doctor attend

• the doctor will attend

• the doctor's attendance

In the early 1900s, Eastman _______ inexpensive Brownie box cameras.

• it developed

• it was developed

• developed

• developing

_______ the discovery of the fossilized remnants of tides in one-billion-year-old rocks.

• Geological reports

• Geologists report

• The report of geologist

• Geologists' reports

The Brooklyn Bridge _______ took thirteen years to complete.

• in New York

• is in New York

• it is in New York

• which New York

The Arctic Circle _______ through northern North America, Europe, and Asia.

• the pass

• passing

• it passes

• passes

Earth's gravity pulls everything toward _______ the Earth.

• it centers

• the center of

• centered it

• the center

Kansas _______ at the geographical center of the United States.

• it is located

• the location is

• its location

• is located

_______ first pizza restaurant opened in New York City in 1895.

• The

• It was the

• At the

• It was at the