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Calendario 500x5
TOEFL
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language

3 Sections:
Listening comprehension
Structure and written expression (Grammar)
Reading comprehension.
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50 questions (some tests may be longer).

Listen to recorded materials and respond questions about the
material. You will hear the recording program one time only.

There are 3 parts in the Listening Comprehension section:

Part A: 30 short conversations.
Part B: Long conversations followed by a number of questions.
Part C: Long talk followed by a number of questions.

*General Strategies*
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Listening Part A questions:

You will hear a short conversation between 2 speakers followed by a question from the
narrator. You must choose the best answer.

*Example Page 11*

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Strategies for Listening Part A

Focus on the second line of the conversation.

The correct answer a restatement of a key word or idea in the second line.
Remember to answer each question if you are not sure of the correct
response. Never leave any answers in black.

Focus on
the 2nd
line !
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*Skill 1: Focus on the second line.

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The second line of the conversation probably contains the answer to the question.

Listen to the first line on the conversation. If you understand it, that's good. If you don't
understand it, don't worry because it probably does not contain the answer.

Be ready to focus on the second line of the conversation because it probably contains the
answer. Repeat the second line in your mind as you read through the answers in the text.
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(Page 13) Exercise 1

(Page 13-14) TOEFL Exercise

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40 Questions
Two types of questions:

1. Structure: sentences in which a part of the sentence has been replaced with
a _________ (Blank). You must choose the correct answer that completes
the sentence in a correct way.

2. Written Expression: Sentences in which four words have been underlined.

You must choose the underlined word that is not correct.

*General Strategies*
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(Page 98) Sentences with one clause
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A sentence in English must have at least one subject and one verb.
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Exercise 1:
Underline the subjects once and the verbs twice in each of the following sentences.
The indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I)

1.- Last week went fishing for trout at the nearby mountain lake.
2.- A schedule of the day's events can be obtained at the front desk.
3.- A job on the day shift or the night shift at the plant available.
4.- The new computer program has provides a variety of helpful applications.
5.- The box can be opened only with a special screwdriver .
6.- The assigned text for history class it contains more than twenty chapters.
7.- The papers in the wastebasket should be emptied into the trash can outside.
8.- Departure before dawn on a boat in the middle of the harbor.
9.- Yesterday found an interesting article on pollution.
10.- The new machine is processes 50% more than the previous machine.
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