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Saturday, March 23, 2019

How To Study TOEFL Preparation Through This Blog

TOEFL SKILLS blog gives you free TOEFL Preparation Course for PAPER BASED TEST. All the materials are taken from LONGMAN INTRODUCTORY FOR THE TOEFL TEST.

By studying TOEFL Preparation Course here, It is hoped that you will be able to do TOEFL Test more easily and increase TOEFL Score, too.

To help you Study TOEFL Preparation Course Blog here, read the guide below:

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Do Pre - Listening Test First. Listening Pre Test is aimed at knowing your early TOEFL Score of Listening and finding out your weakness in Listening section of TOEFL Test.

Read Listening Comprehension Section Info

Read General Strategy For Listening Comprehension

Study Listening Skills that are usually tested in Listening TOEFL Test. There are three Parts (Listening Part A/B/C):

1. Listening Part A (Short Dialogue)

Listening Part A consists of six skills. You must study it one by one.

Listening Part A (short dialogue info)

Strategy for listening Part A (short dialogue)

Skills of Listening Part A:

Skill/Problem 1

Skill/Problem 2

Skill/Problem 3

Skill/Problem 4

2. Listening Part B (Longer Conversation)

Listening part B info

Strategy for listening Part B

Skill 7: Questions

Skill 8 : The Topics

Skill 9 : Order of Answer

3. Listening Part C

STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

Do Structure Pre - Test first. Structure Pre-Test is aimed at knowing your early score of structure as well as finding our your weakness in English Grammar.

Structure and Written Expression info

General Strategy for Structure and Written Expression

Study the skills that are usually tested in TOEFL Test. There are two types: Structure Questions and Written Expression.

1. Structure Questions

Structure Questions info

Strategy For Structure Questions

Structure Questions:

2. Written Expression

Written Expression info

Strategy For Written Expression

Written Expression:

Structure and Written Expression POST TEST

READING COMPREHENSION

Do the Reading Pre - Test first to find our your early score of reading comprehension.
Read Reading Comprehension Section
Read Strategy for Reading Comprehension Question
Study the skills usually tested in reading Comprehension

Skills

5. Do the Reading Post - Test.

(Reading Post - Test is done after doing all skills and complete all exercise).

TOEFL POST TEST

After completing all skills, it's time do do THE POST TEST. Click HERE.

Friday, March 22, 2019

TOEFL Exercise (Skill 24-25)

Previous Skill: Adjective after linking Verb (Skill 25)

Below is TOEFL Exercise for reviewing Adjectives and Adverbs (Skill 24) and Adjective After Linking Verbs (Skill 25).

1. On December 17, 1903, the Flyer ____ near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, with Orville Wright as pilot.

(A) took off

(B) it took off

(D) took it off

2. Comets are relatively small celestial bodies ______ up chiefly of dirt and icy materials.

(A) make

(B) made

(D) make them

3. Researchers have long debated about _____ moon Titan contains hydrocarbon oceans or lakes.

(A) Saturn’s

(B) whether it is Saturn’s

(D) whether Saturn is a

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Adjective After Linking Verbs (Skill 25)

Previous Skill: Adjectives and Adverbs (Skill 24)

Generally an adverb rather than an-adjective will come directly after a verb because the adverb is describing the verb.

In this example, the verb spoke is followed by the adverb nicely. This adverb describes the verb spoke.

However, you must be very careful if the verb is a linking verb. A linking verb is followed by an adjective rather than an adverb.

In this example, the linking verb looks is followed by the adjective nice. This adjective describes the subject she.

You should be sure to use an adjective rather than an adverb after a linking verb. Be careful, however, because the adjective that goes with the linking verb does not always directly follow the linking verb.

In this example, the adjective nice, which describes the subject he, is itself described by the adverb unusually. From this example, you should notice that it is possible to have an adverb directly after a linking verb, but only if the -adverb describes an adjective that follows.

These sentences show the types of errors with linking verbs that are common on the TOEFL test.

The test looks easily* to me.

Sally feels unbelievable* happy about the news.

In the first example, the linking verb looks should be followed by the adjective easy rather than the adverb easily.
In the second example, the linking verb feels is followed by the adjective happy. The incorrect adjective unbelievable should be the adverb unbelievably because it describes the adjective happy.

The following chart lists commonly used linking verbs and outlines the differ ent uses of adjectives and adverbs after regular verbs and linking verbs.

EXERCISE 25: Each of the following sentences contains at least one adjective or adverb. Indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I).

1. Kathy looks gorgeously in that dress. (I)

Analysis:

Looks is linking Verb and should be followed by adjective gorgeous, not gorgeously.
So, the correct sentence should be Kathy looks gorgeous in that dress.

2. The children have grown considerably. (C)

Analysis:

grown is regular verb and followed by adverb, considerably. So it is correct.

3. Steve walked rapid to the corner to catch the bus. (I)

Analysis:

walk is regular verb and rapid is adjective. Rapid should be rapidly. So it incorrect.
The correct sentence should be Steve walked rapidly to the corner to catch the bus.

4. The boys became sick with the flu. (C)

Analysis:

became is linking verb and sick is adjective. So , it is correct.

5. The mother closed the door careful. (I)

Analysis:

closed is regular verb and careful is adjective. So it is incorrect.
careful should be carefully (Adverb)

6. Tom appeared rather unhappily at what had happened.(I)

Analysis:

appeared is linking verb and unhappily is adverb, So it is incorrect.
unhappily should be happy (adjective)

7.The choir members sang enthusiastically. (C)

Analysis:

sang is regular verb and enthusiastically is adverb. SO it is correct.

8. The soup tastes too salty. (I)

Analysis:

tastes is linking verb and salty is adverb. So it is incorrect.
the correct sentence should be The soup tastes too salt.

9. The book seemed easily for the students.

Analysis:

seemed is linking verb and easily is adverb. So it is incorrect.Easily should be easy (adjective)
The correct sentence should be The book seemed easy for the students.

10. In the late afternoon, the sun set slow in the west.

Analysis:

set is regular verb and slow is adjective. So it incorrect. Slow should be slowly (Adverb).
The correct sentence should be ......., the sun set slowly.....

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Next Article: TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skill 24-25)

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skill 1-25)

Previous Lesson: TOEFL EXERCISE 24-25

1. On December 17, 1903, the Flyer ____ near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, with Orville Wright

as pilot.

(A) took off

(B) it took off

(D) took it off

2. Comets are relatively small celestial bodies ______ up chiefly of dirt and icy materials.

(A) make

(B) made

(D) make them

3. Researchers have long debated about _____ moon Titan contains hydrocarbon oceans or lakes.

(A) Saturn’s

(B) whether it is Saturn’s

(D) whether Saturn is a

Complete EXERCISE and Answer Key, CLICK HERE.

Adjectives and Adverbs (Skill 24)

Previous Skill: Pronoun Reference (Skill 23)

Sometimes in the Written Expression section of the TOEFL test, adjectives are incorrectly used in place of adverbs, or adverbs are incorrectly used in place of adjectives. Adjectives and adverbs have very different uses in sentences. Adjectives have only one job: they describe nouns or pronouns.

In the first example, the adjective delicious describes the noun meal.

In the second example, the adjective delicious describes the pronoun it.

Adverbs have three different uses. They can describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

In the first example, the adverb quickly describes the verb writes.
In the second example, the adverb quickly describes the adjective written (which describes the noun letter).
n the third example, the adverb extremely describes the adverb quickly, which describes the adjective written (which describes the noun letter).

The following are examples of incorrect sentences as they might appear on the TOEFL test.

In the first example, the adverb largely is incorrect because the adjective large is needed to describe the noun table.
In the second example, the adjective soft is incorrect because the adverb softly is needed to describe the verb talked.
In the third example, the adjective extreme is incorrect because the adverb extremely is needed to describe the adjective long.
In the last example, the adjective unbelievable is incorrect because the adverb unbelievably is needed to describe the adverb quickly.

The following chart outlines the important information that you should remember about the use of adjectives and adverbs.

EXERCISE 24:

1. Her hair was an unusually color of red. (I)

Analysis:

the adverb unusually is incorrect. It should be unusual (adjective) to describe the color (noun)

2. The weather is really comfortable. (C)

Analysis:

Really (adverb) is correct because it describes comfortable (adjective)

3. We attended a poor planned conference. (I)

Analysis:

Adjective poor is incorrect. It should be poorly (adverb) because it describes planned (adjective).

4. He talked slowly and carefully. (C)

Analysis:

Adverb Slowly and carefully are correct because they describe talked (verb)

5. The composition was careful prepared.(I)

Analysis:

Adjective careful is incorrect. It should be carefully (adverb) because it describes prepared (adjective)

6. She had an incredible story about her long trip. (C)

Analysis:

adjective incredible is correct because it describes story (noun).

7. He sent me a quickly written note. (C)

Analysis:

adverb quickly is correct because it describes written (adjective).
adjective written is correct because it describes note (noun).

8. The cat meowed sad. (I)

Analysis:

adjective sad is incorrect. It should be sadly (adverb) because it describes meowed (verb)

9. The children are hungry and tired. (C)

Analysis:

Adjective hungry and tired are correct because they describe children (subject)

10. The lecturer spoke extremely loud. (I)

Analysis:

Adjective loud is incorrect. It should be loudly (adverb) because it describes spoke (verb).

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