Mometrix Test Preparation's TOEFL iBT Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass their Test Of English as a Foreign Language. The exam is extremely challenging, and thorough test preparation is essential for success.
Our study guide includes:
• Practice test questions with detailed answer explanations
• Step-by-step video tutorials to help you master difficult concepts
• Tips and strategies to help you get your best test performance
• A complete review of all TOEFL test sections
• Reading
• Listening
• Speaking
• Writing
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The Mometrix guide is filled with the critical information you will need in order to do well on your TOEFL exam: the concepts, procedures, principles, and vocabulary that the Educational Testing Service (ETS) expects you to have mastered before sitting for your exam.
The Reading section covers:
• Reading comprehension
• Evaluating a passage
• Responding to a passage
• Building a vocabulary
The Listening section covers:
• Listening skills
• Listening for content
• Listening for comprehension
The Speaking section covers:
• Tips for the speaking section
• Preparing to speak
• Telling a story
The Writing section covers:
• Tips for the writing section
• The writing process
• Punctuation
...and much more!
Our guide is full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing your exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing, but are explained in detail. The Mometrix TOEFL study guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language.
Any test prep guide is only as good as its practice questions and answer explanations, and that's another area where our guide stands out. The Mometrix test prep team has provided plenty of TOEFL practice test questions to prepare you for what to expect on the actual exam. Each answer is explained in depth, in order to make the principles and reasoning behind it crystal clear.
Many concepts include links to online review videos where you can watch our instructors break down the topics so the material can be quickly grasped. Examples are worked step-by-step so you see exactly what to do.
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Author(s): Mometrix English Language Proficiency
Edition: Retail PDF
Publisher: Mometrix Media LLC
Year: 10 July 2019
Language: English
Pages: 127
Tags: TOEFL & TOEIC Tests Study Guides
Introduction......Page 11
Study Environment......Page 12
Modality......Page 13
Secret Key #3 – Practice the Right Way......Page 14
Timed and Closed-Book Practice......Page 15
Secret Key #4 – Pace Yourself......Page 16
When to Start the Guessing Process......Page 17
How to Narrow Down the Choices......Page 18
Once you’ve eliminated any choices that you are confident (willing to bet $5) are wrong, select the first remaining choice as your answer.......Page 19
Switchback Words......Page 20
Extreme Statements......Page 21
Pace Yourself......Page 22
Final Notes......Page 23
Tip 3: Reading to Learn......Page 25
Types of Passages......Page 26
Organization of the Passage......Page 27
Purposes for Writing......Page 29
Writing Devices......Page 30
Body Paragraph......Page 32
Evaluating a Passage......Page 33
Responding to a Passage......Page 35
Building a Vocabulary......Page 37
Prefixes for Numbers......Page 38
Prefixes for Time, Direction, and Space......Page 39
Extra Prefixes......Page 40
Noun Suffixes......Page 41
Verb Suffixes......Page 42
Use the Pictures......Page 45
Voice Changes......Page 46
Find the Hidden Meaning......Page 47
Listening for the purposes of criticism......Page 48
Analyzing the message of the speech......Page 49
Tip 4: Organization......Page 50
Exhausting the possibilities......Page 51
Find the bridges......Page 52
Practice makes perfect......Page 53
Brainstorm......Page 54
Start Your Engines......Page 55
Pronoun usage......Page 56
Independent clauses......Page 57
Use Your Ear......Page 58
Don’t Panic......Page 59
Summary......Page 60
Passage 1......Page 61
Passage 2......Page 64
Passage 3......Page 67
Additional Instructions for the Test......Page 71
Additional Instructions for the Test......Page 78
Announcement:......Page 79
Theory of Mind......Page 80
Lecture Transcript......Page 82
Speaking Through Social Media......Page 83
Integrated Writing Task......Page 84
Independent Writing Task......Page 85
Passage 1 Answers and Explanations......Page 86
Passage 2 Answers and Explanations......Page 87
Listening......Page 91
Speaking......Page 97
Independent Writing Task......Page 99
Listening Passage 1: Conversation Transcript......Page 101
Listening Passage 2: Lecture Transcript......Page 102
Listening Passage 3: Lecture Transcript......Page 104
Listening Passage 4: Lecture and Discussion Transcript......Page 105
Listening Passage 5: Conversation Transcript......Page 107
Listening Passage 6: Lecture Transcript......Page 109
Speaking Passage 1: Conversation Transcript......Page 110
Speaking Passage 2: Lecture Transcript......Page 111
Writing Passage 1: Lecture Transcript......Page 112
Common English Language Idioms......Page 113
Causes of Test Anxiety......Page 116
Effects of Test Anxiety......Page 117
Physical Steps for Beating Test Anxiety......Page 118
Mental Steps for Beating Test Anxiety......Page 119
Step 4: Create Your Environment......Page 120
Step 6: Take a practice test......Page 121
Test Tips......Page 122
Important Qualification......Page 123
Thank You......Page 125
Additional Bonus Material......Page 126
