Pembahasan tes TOEFL

1) We don't know ... we have to change planes or not.

a. if
True, reason : the testing point is about an indirect question. Here the conjunction "if" introduces an indirect question. "If" here is not the conjunction "if" in the conditional clause.
Examples : Did he come? (direct question)
Do you know if he came? (indirect question)
Are you all right? (direct question)
He wants to know if you're all right. (indirect question)

b. until
False, reason : until = till, up to the time that. It doesn't make any sense.
Example : I'll wait until you come.

c. that
False, reason : It doesn't make any sense. "That" can introduce a noun clause.
Example : I didn't know that he was shot

d. when
False, reason : It doesn't make any sense. "When" introduces time clauses telling us the time that something happened or will happen.
Example : I will phone you when he comes.

2) I'll give you ... medicine to ease your pain.

a. a few
False, reason : "A few" means "several, some" and and precedes a plural countable noun.

b. several
False, reason : several + plural noun, several means "a few, some" and and precedes a plural countable noun.

c. some
True, reason : the testing point is about countable and uncountable nouns. The noun medicine is an uncountable noun. Among the choices some is the only one that we can use with the uncountable. We remind you that we can also use some with countable nouns. In this case, the noun after some should be plural.

d. many
False, reason : "Many" means "a large number of" and needs a plural noun.


3) I know a man called Rupert ... house is near yours.

d. whose
True, reason : the testing point is about relative clauses - possession case
Here you are asked whether you know the relative clause or not. The word "whose", called a relative pronoun in English, precedes a bare noun. A bare noun is the one that hasn't taken an article (a, an, the) or a possessive adjective (e.g. my, his, her).
"Whose" can be used for both people and things.
Example: I know a girl whose cover is blue belongs to me. (Here "cover" is a bare noun.)