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STRUCTURE QUESTIONS (Paper and Computer) PROCEDURES FOR THE STRUCTURE QUESTIONS (Paper TOEFL® Test and Computer TOEFL® Test) |. First, study the sentence. Your purpose is to determine what is needed to complete the | sentence correctly. 2. Then study each answer based on how well it completes the sentence. Eliminate answers that do not complete the sentence correctly. 3. Do not try to eliminate incorrect answers by looking only at the answers. The incorrect answers are generally correct by themselves. The incorrect answers are generally incorrect only when used to complete the sentence. Now, you should move on to the language skills. The following language skills will help you to implement these strategies and procedures in the structure questions of both the paper TOEFL test and the computer TOEFL test. SENTENCES WITH ONE CLAUSE Some sentences in English have just one subject and verb, and it is very important for you to find the subject and verb in these sentences. In some sentences it is easy to find the sub- ject and verb. However, certain structures, such as objects of prepositions, appositives, and participles, can cause confusion in locating the subject and verb because each of these structures can look like a subject or verb. An object of the preposition or an appositive can be mistaken for a subject, while a participle can be mistaken for a verb. Therefore, you should be able to do the following in sentences with one subject and verb: (1) be sure the sentence has a subject and a verb, (2) be careful of objects of preposi- tions and appositives when you are looking for the subject, and (3) be careful of present participles and past participles when you are looking for the verb. 199 
