TOEFL SKILLS & EXERCISES

🔆 #Advanced 🔆


🔶Answer key 🔶



🔅Michael was encouraged to make a complaint.

🔅Learning languages comes easy to her.

🔅There seems to have been a misundertanding of/about the rules.

🔅Adrian is nowhere near as talkative as Sara.

🔅There are bound to be people opposed to the plan.

🔅By no means was it easy to find work here.

🔅“Don’t put the blame on me!” he said.

🔅Very few suggestions were put forward at the meeting.

🔅I did my utmost to cut out chocolate.

🔅If I had the opportunity to do so, I would like to work in fashion.

🔅 I can’t be bothered to cook most evenings.

🔅Pep went on to become the coach after playing for Barca.

🔅The work was due to (be/have been) completed last month.

🔅She has made no mention of the divorce to me yet.

🔆#Advanced🔆

🔶 ADVANCED KEYWORDS TRANSFORMATION 🔶

⚜People suggested that Michael complain.
🔅ENCOURAGED
Michael ................................................................................................. complaint.



⚜She finds it easy to learn languages.
🔅COMES
Learning languages ................................................................................................. her.



⚜It seems that we misunderstood the rules.
🔅BEEN
There seems to ................................................................................................. the rules.



⚜Sara tends to talk a lot more than Adrian. 
🔅NOWHERE
Adrian is ................................................................................................. as Sara.


⚜There will surely be people who oppose the plan. 
🔅BOUND
There are ................................................................................................. to the plan.



⚜It was not in any way easy to find work here.
🔅MEANS
By ................................................................................................. to find work here.




⚜“It’s not my fault.” he said.
🔅PUT
“Don’t ................................................................................................. me!” he said.





⚜Not many suggestions were made at the meeting.
🔅FORWARD
Very ....................................................................................... at meeting.





⚜I tried everything I could to stop eating chocolate.
🔅UTMOST
I ....................................................................................... out chocolate.



⚜If I could work in fashion, that’s what I would like to do. 
🔅OPPORTUNITY
If I ....................................................................................... so, I would like to work in fashion.



⚜I’m too lazy to cook most evenings.
🔅BOTHERED
I ....................................................................................... most evenings.



⚜Pep first played for Barca and then became the coach.
🔅WENT
Pep ................................................................................... the coach after playing for Barca.



⚜They should have completed the work last month. 
🔅DUE 
The work ....................................................................................... last month.




⚜She hasn’t mentioned the divorce to me yet.
🔅MENTION 
She has ....................................................................................... the divorce to me yet.

💢 Direct

💢 Lead

💢 Conduct

💠 Who's leading the party in the next election?
🌀 (Not *directing* *conducting*)
❇️ (lead = be in charge of people)

💠 Who directs party policy?
🌀 (Not *conducts*) 
❇️ (direct = be in charge of a thing, e.g. a policy, a plan, finance)

💠 Who conducts/ directs the London Symphony Orchestra these days?
❇️ (the conductor is in charge of - conducts -the musicians in performance; the director is in charge of - directs - business concerns)