TOEFL MOUTH PUNCH

PREDICATE ADJECTIVES

100

CORRECT OR INCORRECT:

NO TWO SNOWFLAKES ARE LIKE.

INCORRECT

NO TWO SNOWFLAKES ARE ALIKE.

200

CORRECT OR INCORRECT:

I ALWAYS GO TO CLUBS THAT HAVE LIVE MUSIC.

CORRECT

I ALWAYS GO TO CLUBS THAT HAVE LIVE MUSIC.

300

CORRECT OR INCORRECT:

I WOULD NEVER WANT TO BE ALONE WITH HIM.

CORRECT

I WOULD NEVER WANT TO BE ALONE WITH HIM.

400

CORRECT OR INCORRECT:

YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY: LET ASLEEP DOGS LIE.

INCORRECT

YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY: LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE.

500

CORRECT OR INCORRECT:

ANOTHER GREAT SAYING I LOVE IS: GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE.

CORRECT

GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE

ADVERBS AND ADJECTIVES

100

CORRECT OR INCORRECT:

I DIDN'T CARE FOR HER CAREFULLY CREATED CUPCAKES.

CORRECT OR INCORRECT:

I DIDN'T CARE FOR HER CAREFULLY CREATED CUPCAKES.

200

CORRECT OR INCORRECT:

THAT WAS SUCH A LOVELY DINNER.

CORRECT 

THAT WAS SUCH A LOVELY DINNER.

300

CORRECT OR INCORRECT:

HER SCORE ON THE TOEFL TEST WAS DEVASTATINGLY TO HER.

INCORRECT

HER SCORE ON THE TOEFL TEST WAS DEVASTATING TO HER.

400

CORRECT OR INCORRECT:

IF YOU ARRIVE EARLY ON THE EARLY TRAIN, STOP BY THE TACO TRUCK RUN BY MY FRIEND EARL.

CORRECT

IF YOU ARRIVE EARLY ON THE EARLY TRAIN, STOP BY THE TACO TRUCK RUN BY MY FRIEND EARL.

500

CORRECT OR INCORRECT:

IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING NICELY TO SAY, DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL.

INCORRECT

IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING NICE TO SAY, DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL.

PLURAL, SINGULAR, OR BOTH

100

TROUT

TROUT

BOTH

200

STIMULI

STIMULI

PLURAL

300

PHENOMENA

PHENOMENA

PLURAL

400

HYPOTHESES

HYPOTHESES

PLURAL

500

FUNGI

FUNGI

PLURAL

COUNTABLE OR UNCOUNTABLE

100

RESEARCH

RESEARCH

UNCOUNTABLE

200

EVIDENCE

EVIDENCE

UNCOUNTABLE

300

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

UNCOUNTABLE

400

WORK

WORK

UNCOUNTABLE

500

FURNITURE

UNCOUNTABLE

CORRECT THE IDIOM

100

I DIDN'T TAKE HER CELL PHONE.  SHE'S BARKING UP THE WRONG TRAFFIC LIGHT.

I DIDN'T TAKE HER CELL PHONE.  SHE'S BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE.

200

WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT SONG?  iT'S ON THE TIP OF MY LIPS.

WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT SONG?  iT'S ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE.

300

IT TAKES TIME TO LEARN A LANGUAGE.  POMOCA WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY.

IT TAKES TIME TO LEARN A LANGUAGE.  ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY.

400

CHUCHO: I KNEW FRANCE WOULD WIN.

LUPITA.  YOU HIT THE NAIL ON HIS HEAD.

CHUCHO: I KNEW FRANCE WOULD WIN.

LUPITA.  YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.

500

HE GOT A JOB, STOPPED DRINKING, AND MOVED OUT OF HIS PARENTS' HOUSE.  HE REALLY TURNED OVER A NEW TORTILLA.

HE GOT A JOB, STOPPED DRINKING, AND MOVED OUT OF HIS PARENTS' HOUSE.  HE REALLY TURNED OVER A NEW LEAF.