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STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION Section II: Structure does not require you to actually write grammatically and stylistically correct sentences. You will have that opportunity in Section IV: Writing (or the Test of Written English™ [TWE®] if you take the paper-based exam). Instead, Section II presents you with a series of sentences in which you have to correctly fill in the blank or identify a grammatical mistake. These sentences will cover a wide range of topics, including history, biology, culture, and art. But you do not need background knowledge in the subject to answer the questions correctly. The sentences will provide enough context to make their meaning clear, but the actual subject of the sentence is not important. What matters is that you can recognize and correct errors in English grammar and style. KINDS OF STRUCTURE QUESTION ON THE TOEFL EXAM On both the computer-based and paper TOEFL exams, you will find two types of questions: Type 1 : Incomplete sentences. Th