Insert Text Questions

Insert Text Questions

TOEFL - Prep

What Are Insert Text Questions?

In this type of question, you are given a new sentence and are asked where in the passage it would best fit. You need to understand the logic of the passage as well as the grammatical connections (like pronoun references) between sentences. Every set includes an Insert Text question. There is never more than one in a set.

The squares are located at the beginnings or ends of sentences. Sometimes all four squares appear in one paragraph.

How to Recognize Insert Text Questions

Sometimes they are spread across the end of one paragraph and the beginning of another. You are then asked this question:

Insert Text questions are easy to identify when taking the TOEFL iBT ® test. In the passage you will see four black squares.

tips for insert text questions

Practice time

“Scholars offer three related but different opinions about this puzzle. (A) One opinion is that the paintings were a record of the seasonal migrations made by herds. (B) Because some paintings were made directly over others, obliterating them, it is probable that a painting’s value ended with the migration it pictured. (C) Unfortunately, this explanation fails to explain the hidden locations, unless the migrations were celebrated with secret ceremonies.(D)”

Directions: Look at the part of the passage that is displayed above. The letters (A), (B), (C), and (D) indicate where the following sentence could be added.All three of them have strengths and weaknesses, but none adequately answers all of the questions the paintings present. Where would the sentence best fit?

A Choice A B Choice B C Choice C D Choice D

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