CONTENTS 1
PART Ⅰ ESSENTIALS OF TOEFL STRUCTURE 1
Item 1 Irregular Verbs 1
Item 2 Hints on Participles 3
Item 3 Special Link Verbs 7
Item 6 Dangling Elements 1 8
Item 4 Participial Phrases Used as Adverbs 9
Item 5 The Nominative Absolute Construction 14
Item 7 Conditional Sentences 22
Item 8 The Subju nctive Use with WISH,IF ONLY,SUPPOSE(SUPPOSING),I’D RATHER,I’D JUST AS SOON,AS IF,IT IS TIME,etc 29
Item 9 The Subjunctive Use with Verbs of DEMAND,SUGGESTION or ORDER and with Certain Adjectives 34
Item 10 A Brief Review of SUCH&SO 37
Item 11 The Infinitive without “TO” 39
Item 12 Gerund or Infinitive 42
Item 13 Adjective Comparison 48
Item 14 The Use with COULD,WAS(WERE)ABLE TO,MANAGE TO,SUCCEED IN 54
Item 15 The Use with RISE,ARISE,RAISE,LIE LIE & LAY 57
Item 16 Subordination 62
Item 17 Parallelism 67
Item 18 Inversion 74
Item 19 The Periodic Sentence 80
Item 20 Fifty Common Two-Word Verbs 83
Item 21 A List ofIdioms Always Tested 91
Item 22 Phrases with TELL,DO&MAKE 96
Item 23 Common Expressions with Prepositions 104
Item 24 Phrases with Prepositions or Adverbial Particles 135
PART Ⅱ SELECTED QUESTIONS FROM TOEFL WITH DETAILED NOTES 146
PART Ⅲ KEY TO EXERCISES AND TOEFL QUESTIONS 311
Item 1 Irregular Verbs 311
Item 2 Hints on Participles 316
Item 3 Special Link Verbs 317
Item 4 Participial Phrases Used as Adverbs 318
Item 5 The Nominative Absolute Construction 320
Item 6 Dangling Elements 322
Item 7 Conditional Sentences 324
Item 8 The Subjunctive Use with WISH,IF ONLY,SUPPOSE(SUPPOSING),I’D RATHER,I’D JUST AS SOON,AS IF,IT IS TIME,etc 327
Item 9 The Subjunctive Use with Verbs of DEMAND,SUGGESTION or ORDER and with Certain Adjectives 329
Item 10 A Brief Review of SUCH&SO 330
Item 11 The Infinitive without“TO” 331
Item 12 Gerund or Infinitive 332
Item 13 Adjective Comparison 333
Item 14 The Use with COULD,WAS(WERE)ABLE TO,MANAGE TO,SUCCEED IN 335
Item 15 The Use with RISE,ARISE,RAISE,LIE,LIE & LAY 337
Item 16 Subordination 338
Item 17 Parallelism 340
Item 18 Inversion 342
Item 19 The Periodic Sentence 345
Item 20 Fifty Common Two-Word Verbs 346
Item 21 A List of Idioms Always Tested 347
Item 22 Phraseswith TELL,DO&MAKE 348
Item 23 Common Expressions with Prepositions 351
Item 24 Phrases with Prepositions or Adverbial Particles 355
TOEFL Questions 357