• Structure and Written Expression: To demonstrate their ability to recognize grammatically cor¬ rect English, examinees must either choose the correct way to complete sentences or find error* in sentences. | STRUCTURE QUESTIONS Paper and Computer 203 8. At the building site the carpenters with the most experience were given the most intricate work. 9. For the fever and headache took two aspirin tablets. 10. The report with complete documentation was delivered at the conference. Skill 3 BE CAREFUL OF APPOSITIVES Appositives can cause confusion in structure questions on the TOEFL test because an appositive can be mistaken for the subject of a sentence. An appositive is a noun that comes before or after another noun and has the same meaning. Sally the best student in the class got an A on the exam. In this example Sally is the subject of the sentence and the best student in the class can easily be recognized as an appositive phrase because of the noun student and because of the commas. The sentence says that Sally and the best student in the class are the same person. Note that if you leave out the appositive phrase the sentence still makes sense Sally got an A on the exam . The following example shows how an appositive can be confused with the subject of a sentence in structure questions on the TOEFL test. Example 1 from the Paper and Computer TOEFL Tests jB _ George is attending the lecture. A Right now B Happily C Because of the time D My friend In this example you should recognize from the commas that George is not the subject of the sentence. George is an appositive. Because this sentence still needs a subject the best answer is D my friend. Answers A B and C are incorrect because they are not subjects. The next example shows that an appositive does not always come after the subject an appositive can also come at the beginning of the sentence. Example 2 from the Paper and Computer TOEFL Tests JQg Sarah rarely misses her basketball shots. A An excellent basketball player B An excellent basketball player is C Sarah is an excellent basketball player D Her excellent basketball play 204 STRUCTURE In this example you can tell that Sarah is the subject and misses
