TOEFL ITP PREPARATION

PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL ITP

CONTENTS

INTRO

SECTION 1: LISTENING COMPREHENSION

SECTION 2: STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

SECTION 3: READING COMPREHENSION

INTRO: Preparing for a TOEFL ITP test

TAKING THE PRACTICE TEST

CHECK TIME

CHECK INSTRUCTIONS

THREE SECTIONS

GENERAL TIPS: LISTENING COMPREHENSION

TIPS

TIPS

TIPS

TIPS

LISTENING TO CONNECT INFORMATION

LISTENING FOR BASIC COMPREHENSION

LISTENING FOR PRAGMATIC UNDERSTANDING

SECTION 1 LISTENING COMPREHENSION

• The first section of the TOEFL test is the Listening Comprehension section .
• This section consists of fifty questions (some tests may be longer) . You will listen to recorded materials and respond to questions about the material. You must listen carefully, because you will hear the recording program one time only, and the material on the recording is not written in your test book.

There are three parts in the Listening Comprehension section o f the TOEFL test.

GRAL STRATEGIES

LISTENING COMPREHENSION: PART A - SHORT QUESTIONS

STRATEGIES

EXERCISE 1

TOEFL EXERCISE 1

SKILL 1

SKILL 1

TOEFL EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 2

SKILL 2

SKILL 2

TOEFL EXERCISE 3

EXERCISE 3

SKILL 3

SKILL 3

TE (skills 1-3)

LISTENING COMPREHENSION: PART A - SHORT QUESTIONS

WHO, WHAT, WHERE

EXERCISE 4

TOEFL EXERCISE 4

SKILL 4

SKILL 4

TOEFL EXERCISE 5

EXERCISE 5

SKILL 5

SKILL 5

TOEFL EXERCISE 6

EXERCISE 6

SKILL 6

SKILL 6

TE (skills 4-6)

REVIEW (1-6)

LISTENING COMPREHENSION: PART A - SHORT QUESTIONS

NEGATIVES

EXERCISE 7

TOEFL EXERCISE 7

SKILL 7

SKILL 7

EXERCISE 8

SKILL 8

TOEFL EXERCISE 8

SKILL 8

TOEFL EXERCISE 9

EXERCISE 9

SKILL 9

SKILL 9

TOEFL EXERCISE 10

EXERCISE 10

SKILL 10

SKILL 10

TE (skills 7-10)

REVIEW (1- 10)

SECTION 2 STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

• The second section of the TOEFL test is the Structure and Written expression .
• This section consists of forty questions (some tests may be longer). You have twenty-five minutes to complete the forty questions in this section .

T h e se c o n d sectio n o f the TO EFL test is the Structure and W ritten E xpression section .

GRAL STRATEGIES

THE WRITTEN EXPRESSION QUESTIONS:

SKILL 21

SKILL 20

SKILL 23

PROBLEMS W S/V AGREEMENT

SKILL 25

SKILL 24

SKILL 26

PROBLEMS W PARALLEL STRUCTURE

SKILL 28

SKILL 27

SKILL 29

PROBLEMS W COMPARATIVES & SUPERLATIVES

SKILL 31

SKILL 30

SKILL 32

PROBLEMS W THE FORM OF THE VERB

SKILL 36

SKILL 34

SKILL 33

SKILL 35

PROBLEMS W THE USE OF THE V

SKILL 38

SKILL 37

PROBLEMS WITH PASSIVE VERBES

SKILL 1: FOCUS ON THE SECOND LINE

In Listening Part A you will hear a short conversation involving two people; this conversa­tion is followed by a question. It is important to understand that the answer to this type of question is most often (but not always!) found in the second line o f the conversation.

LISTEN FOR NEGATIVES W IT H COMPARATIVES

N egatives can be u sed w ith com paratives in L isten in g Part A o f the T O EFL test. A sen ­ te n c e with a negative and a com parative has a su perlative, o r very strong, m ean in g.

LISTEN FOR WHO AND WHAT WITH MULTIPLE NOUNS

W hen th ere is m ore than o n e n o u n in a se n te n c e in L isten in g Part A, it is co m m o n for th e answers to con fu se w h ich n o u n d o es what.

LISTEN FOR DOUBLE NEGATIVE EXPRESSIONS

It is p o ssib le for two n egative ideas to app ear in o n e se n te n c e, and the result can b e quite con fu sin g .

SKILL 4:DRAW CONCLUSIONS ABOUT WHO, WHAT,WHERE

It is common in Listening Part A to ask you to draw some kind of conclusion. In this type of question the answer is not clearly stated; instead you must draw a conclusion based on clues given in the conversation. One kind of conclusion that is common in this part of the test is to ask you to determine who the speaker is, based on clues given in th e conversation.

LISTEN FOR “ALMOST NEGATIVE” EXPRESSIONS

C ertain ex p ressio n s in E nglish have “alm ost n eg a tiv e ” m ea n in g s. T h e se ex p ressio n s are c o m m o n o n th e T O EFL test and n e e d to b e review ed.

LISTEN FOR WHO AND WHAT IN PASSIVES

It is sometimes difficult to un derstand who or what is doing the action in a passive sentence. This problem is often tested in Listen in g Part A.

SKILL 7: LISTEN FOR NEGATIVE EXPRESSIONS

N eg ative ex p ressio n s are very c o m m o n in L isten in g Part A, an d the m o st co m m o n kind o f c o rr ec t resp o n se to a negative statem en t is a p ositive statem en t co n ta in in g a word with an o p p o site m ea n in g .

AVOID SIMILAR SOUNDS

Often the incorrect answers in Listening Part A are answers that contain words with similar sounds but very different meanings from what you hear in the recording program. You should definitely avoid these answers.

CHOOSE ANSWERS WITH SYNONYMS

Often the correct answer in Listening Part A is an answer that contains synonyms (words w ith similar meanings but different sounds) for key words in the conversation.