SKILL 1: Focus on the second line 44 SKILL 2: Choose answers with synonyms 46 SKILL 3: Avoid similar sounds 48 TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-3) 50 Who, What, Where SKILL 4: Draw conclusions about who, what, where 51 SKILL 5: Listen for who and what in passives 54 SKILL 6: Listen for who and what with multiple nouns 56 TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 4-6) 58 TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-6) 59 N eg a tiv e s SKILL 7: Listen for negative expressions 60 SKILL 8: Listen for double negative expressions 62 SKILL 9: Listen for “almost negative” expressions 64 SKILL 10: Listen for negatives with comparatives 66 TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 7-10) 68 TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-10) 69 F u n c tion s SKILL 11: Listen for expressions o f agreement 70 SKILL 12: Listen for expressions o f uncertainty and suggestion 72 SKILL 13: Listen for emphatic expressions o f surprise 75 TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 11-13) 77 TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-13) 78 Contrary M ean in gs SKILL 14: Listen for wishes 7 g SKILL 15: Listen for untrue conditions gj TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 14-15) 83 TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-15) H4 Id iom a tic Language SKILL 16: Listen for two- and three-part verbs g5 SKILL 17: Listen for idioms gy TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 16-17) 89 TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-17) 89
h e L isten in g Part B Q u e stio n s Be fo re L isten in g SKILL 18: Anticipate the topics SKILL 19: Anticipate the questions W h ile L isten in g SKILL 20: Determine the topic SKILL 21: Draw conclusions about who, what, when, where SKILL 22: Listen for answers in order TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 18-22) T h e L isten in g Part C Q u e stion s B e fo r e L isten in g SKILL 23: Anticipate the topics SKILL 24: Anticipate the questions W h ile L isten in g SKILL 25: Determine the topic SKILL 26: Draw conclusions about who, what, when, where SKILL 27: Listen for answers in order TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 23-27)
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S en ten c e s with O n e Clause SKILL 1: Be sure the sentence has a subject and a verb SKILL 2: Be careful o f objects o f prepositions SKILL 3: Be careful o f appositives SKILL 4: Be careful o f present participles SKILL 5: Be careful o f past participles EXERCISE (Skills 1-5) TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-5) S en ten c e s with M u ltip le Clauses SKILL 6: Use coordinate connectors correctly SKILL 7: Use adverb time and cause connectors correctly SKILL 8: Use other adverb connectors correctly EXERCISE (Skills 6-8) TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 6-8) TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-8)
More S en ten c e s with M u ltip le Clauses SKILL 9: Use noun clause connectors correctly 146 SKILL 10 : Use noun clause connector/subjects correctly 148 SKILL 11 : Use adjective clause connectors correctly 149 SKILL 12 : Use adjective clause connector/subjects correctly 151 EXERCISE (Skills 9-12) 153 TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 9-12) 153 TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-12) 154 S en ten c e s with R ed u c ed Clauses SKILL 13: Use reduced adjective clauses correctly 155 SKILL 14: Use reduced adverb clauses correctly 158 EXERCISE (Skills 13-14) 160 TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 13-14) 160 TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-14) 161 S en ten c e s with In v er ted Subjects and Verbs SKILL 15 Invert the subject and verb with question words 163 SKILL 16 Invert the subject and verb with place expressions 164 SKILL 17 Invert the subject and verb with negatives 166 SKILL 18 Invert the subject and verb with conditionals 168 SKILL 19 Invert the subject and verb with comparisons 170 EXERCISE (Skills 15-19) 172 TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 15-19) 172 TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-19) 173 T h e Wr itten Expression Q u e stio n s 175 P ro b lem s with Subject/Verb Ag r eem ent SKILL 20 Make verbs agree after prepositional phrases 176 SKILL 21 Make verbs agree after expressions o f quantity 177 SKILL 22 Make inverted verbs agree 178 SKILL 23 Make verbs agree after certain words 180 EXERCISE (Skills 20-23) 181 TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 20-23) 181 TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-23) 182 P rob lem s with P a ra lle l Structure SKILL 24 Use parallel structure with coordinate conjunctions 184 SKILL 25: Use parallel structure with paired conjunctions 185 SKILL 26: Use parallel structure with comparisons 186 EXERCISE (Skills 24-26) 188 TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 24-26) 188 TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-26) 189 P ro b lem s w ith Comparatives and Su pe rla tiv es SKILL 27: Form comparatives and superlatives correctly 190 SKILL 28: Use comparatives and superlatives correcdy 191 SKILL 29: Use the irregular -er, -er structure correcdy 192 EXERCISE (Skills 27-29) 194 TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 27-29) 194 TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-29) 195
CONTENTS P rob lem s with th e Form o f th e Verb SKILL 30: After have, use the past participle 196 SKILL 31: After be, use the present participle or the past participle '97 SKILL 32: After will, would, or other modals, use the base form o f the verb 198 EXERCISE (Skills 30-32) >99 TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 30-32) 199 TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-32) 200 P rob lem s with the U s e o f the Verb SKILL 33: Know when to use the past with the present 201 SKILL 34: Use have and had correctly 202 SKILL 35: Use the correct tense with time expressions 204 SKILL 36: Use the correct tense with will and would 205 EXERCISE (Skills 33-36) 207 TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 33-36) 207 TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-36) 208 P rob lem s with P a ssiv e Verbs SKILL 37: Use the correct form o f the passive 2 10 SKILL 38: Recognize active and'passive meanings 211 EXERCISE (Skills 37-38) 212 TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 37-38) 2 >2 TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-38) 213 P rob lem s with N o u n s SKILL 39: U s e the correct singular or plural noun 214- SKILL 40: Distinguish countable and uncountable nouns 2 15 SKILL 41: Recognize irregular plurals o f nouns 217 SKILL 42: Distinguish the person from the thing 218 EXERCISE (Skills 39-42) 2 19 TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 39-42) 220 TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-42) 221 P rob lem s with P ron ou n s SKILL 43: Distinguish subject and object pronouns 222 SKILL 44: Distinguish possessive adjectives and pronouns 223 SKILL 45: Check pronoun reference for agreement 225 EXERCISE (Skills 43-45) 226 TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 43-45) 226 TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-45) 227 P rob lem s with Ad jec tiv e s and Adverbs SKILL 46: Use basic adjectives and adverbs correctly 228 SKILL 47: Use adjectives after linking verbs 230 SKILL 48: Position adjectives and adverbs correctly 232 EXERCISE (Skills 46-48) 233 TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 46-48) 234 TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-48)
More P rob lem s with Ad jec tiv e s SKILL 49: Recognize -ly adjectives Use predicate adjectives correctly Use -ed and -ing adjectives correctly EXERCISE (Skills 49-51) TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 49-51) TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-51) P rob lem s with A r ticles SKILL 52: Use articles with singular nouns Distinguish a and an Make articles agree with nouns Distinguish specific and general ideas EXERCISE (Skills 52-55) TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 52-55) TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-55) P rob lem s with P r ep o s itio n s SKILL 56: Recognize incorrect prepositions SKILL 57: Recognize when prepositions have been omitted EXERCISE (Skills 56-57) TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 56-57) TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-57) P rob lem s with U sa g e SKILL 58: Distinguish make and do SKILL 59: Distinguish like, alike, unlike, and dislike SKILL 60: Distinguish other, another
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Q u e stio n s about the Id ea s o f the P a ssa g e 3 J T . I . 1 • A n c m o Answerr mmnai inn Uidnena q u es•.t!i_o__n s correctly SKILL 2: Recognize the organization o f ideas TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-2) D ir e c tly A n sw e r ed Q u e stion s SKILL 3 SKILL 4 SKILL 5: Find pronoun referents TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 3-5) TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-5) Answer stated detail questions correctly Find “unstated” details
In d ir e c tly A n sw e r ed Q u e stio n s SKILL 6: Answer implied detail questions correctly SKILL 7: Answer transition questions correctly TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 6-7) TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-7) Vocabu la ry Q u e stio n s SKILL 8: Find definitions from structural clues SKILL 9: Determine meanings from word parts SKILL 10: Use context to determine meanings o f difficult words SKILL 11: Use context to determine meanings o f simple words TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 8-11) TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-11) O v era ll R ev iew Q u e stio n s SKILL 12: Determine where specific information is found SKILL 13: Determine the tone, purpose, or course TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 12-13) TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-13)
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B e fo r e W r iting SKILL 1: Decode the topic SKILL 2: Develop supporting ideas W h ile Wr iting SKILL 3: Write the introductory paragraph SKILL 4: Write unified supporting paragraphs SKILL 5: Write the concluding paragraph SKILL 6: Connect the supporting paragraphs in the essay After W r iting SKILL 7: Edit sentence structure 7A Simple sentence structure 7B Compound sentence structure 7C Complex sentence structure SKILL 8: Edit written expression 8A Inversions and agreement 8B Parallel, comparative, and superlative structures 8C Verbs 8D Nouns and pronouns 8E Adjectives and adverbs 8F Prepositions and usage P ra c tic e T e sts 307 311 314 316 320 324 326 328 330 333 338 341 346 349 355 370 370 376 379 382 385 388 391 394 394 396 398 401 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 |
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