Preparation Course for the TOEFL Test

Complete Course for the TOEFL Test Deborah Phillips Longman

School year 2005-2006 12^th Grade High School

Semester VIII

Skills and Strategies

Section One: LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Contrary Meanings

Skill 14: Listen for wishes

Skill 15: Listen for untrue conditions

Idiomatic Language

Skill 16: Listen for two-and three-part verbs

Skill 17: Listen for idioms

The Listening Part B Questions

Before Listening

Skill 18: Anticipate the topics

Skill 19: Anticipate the questions

While Listening

Skill 20: Determine the topic

Skill 21: Draw conclusions about who, what, when, where

Skill 22: Listen for answers in order

The Listening Part C Questions

Before Listening

Skill 23: Anticipate the topics

Skill 24: Anticipate the questions

While Listening

Skill 25: Determine the topic

Skill 26: Draw conclusions about who, what, when, where

Skill 27: Listen for answers in order

Section Two: STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSSION

Problems with Form of the Verb

Skill 30: After have, use the past participle

Skill 31: After be, use the present participle or the past participle

Skill 32: After will, would, or other modals, use the base form of the verb

Problems with the Use of the Verb

Skill 33: Know when to use the past with the present

Skill 34: Use have and had correctly

Skill 35: Use the correct tense with time expression

Skill 36: Use the correct tense with will and would

Problems with Passive Verbs

Skill 37: Use the correct form of the passive

Skill 38: Recognize active and passive meanings

Problems with Nouns

Skill 39: Use the correct singular or plural noun

Skill 40: Distinguish countable and uncountable nouns

Skill 41: Recognize irregular plurals of nouns

Skill 42: Distinguish the person from the thing

Problems with Pronouns

Skill 43: Distinguish subject and object pronouns

Skill 44: Distinguish possessive adjectives and pronouns

Skill 45: Check pronoun reference for agreement

Problems with Adjectives and Adverbs

Skill 46: Use basic adjectives and adverbs correctly

Skill 47: Use adjectives after linking verbs

Skill 48: Position adjectives and adverbs correctly

More Problems with Adjectives

Skill 49: Recognize –ly adjectives

Skill 50: Use predicate adjectives correctly

Skill 51: Use –ed and –ing adjectives correctly

Problems with Articles

Skill 52: Use articles with singular nouns

Skill 53: Distinguish a and an

Skill 54: make articles agree with nouns

Skill 55: Distinguish specific and general ideas

Problems with Prepositions

Skill 56: Recognize incorrect prepositions

Skill 57: Recognize when prepositions have been omitted

Problems with Usage

Skill 58: Distinguish make and do

Skill 59: Distinguish like, alike, and unlike

Skill 60: Distinguish other, another, and others

Section Three: READING COMPREHENSION

Vocabulary Questions

Skill 8: Find definitions from structural clues

Skill 9: Determine meanings from word parts

Skill 10: Use context to determine meanings of difficult words

Skill 11: Use context to determine meanings of simple words

Overall Review Questions

Skill 12: Determine where specific information is found

Skill 13: Determine the tone, purpose, or course

APPENDIXES

APPENDIX A: Similar Sounds

APPENDIX B: Two-and Three-Part Verbs

APPENDIX C: Idioms

APPENDIX D: Prepositions

APPENDIX E: Word Endings

APPENDIX F: Irregular Verb Forms

APPENDIX G: Formation of the Passive

APPENDIX H: Irregular Plurals

APPENDIX I: Word Parts