Full Description
This comprehensive course provides intermediate students (TOEFL test scores 380-480) with the skills, strategies, practice, and confidence they need to improve their scores on all sections of the paper TOEFL test, including the Test of Written English (TWE®).
The Introductory Paper Test book features:
Language skills sections that cover the intermediate-level language skills regularly tested on the paper TOEFL test., as well as the Test of Written English
Practice exercises for each of the language skills that maximize understanding and retention of those skills
Test-taking strategies for each section of the paper test that provide clearly defined steps to improve test performance
Diagnostic pre-tests and post-tests that allow students to identify strengths and weaknesses and assess improvement in each section
Two complete introductory-level practice tests that familiarize students with the actual test format using questions that test only intermediate-level language skills
One complete TOEFL-level practice test that allows students to see how the skills in this text are incorporated into an official-level TOEFL test and to determine their approximate TOEFL scores
Progress charts that allow students to keep track of their improvement
The Introductory Paper Test CD-ROM features:
Over 1,000 questions that cover each section of the test
Skills practice exercises for each of the language skills presented in the text
Introductory-level practice tests that simulate the format and timing of the actual paper TOEFL test
Pop-up explanations for all practice and test items
Record-keeping to monitor student progress
Contents
SECTION ONE: LISTENING COMPREHENSION
DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
The Listening Part A Questions
SKILL 1: Restatements
EXERCISE 1
TOEFL EXERCISE 1
SKILL 2: Negatives
EXERCISE 2
TOEFL EXERCISE 2
TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-2)
SKILL 3: Suggestions
EXERCISE 3
TOEFL EXERCISE 3
TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-3)
SKILL 4: Passives
EXERCISE 4
TOEFL EXERCISE 4
TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-4)
SKILL 5: Who and where
EXERCISE 5
TOEFL EXERCISE 5
TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)
SKILL 6: Agreement
EXERCISE 6
TOEFL EXERCISE 6
TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-6)
The Listening Part B Questions
SKILL 7: The question
EXERCISE 7
SKILL 8: The topic
EXERCISE 8
SKILL 9: The order of the answers
EXERCISE 9
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 7-9)
The Listening Part C Questions
SKILL 10: The questions
EXERCISE 10
SKILL 11: The topic
EXERCISE 11
SKILL 12: The order of the answers
EXERCISE 12
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 10-12)
SECTION TWO: STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION
DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST
STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION
The Structure Questions
SKILL 1: Subjects and verbs
EXERCISE 1
SKILL 2: Objects of prepositions
EXERCISE 2
EXERCISE (Skills 1-2)
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-2)
SKILL 3: Present participles
EXERCISE 3
SKILL 4: Past participles
EXERCISE 4
EXERCISE (S kills 3-4)
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 3-4)
TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-4)
SKILL 5: Coordinate connectors
EXERCISE 5
SKILL 6: Adverb clause connectors
EXERCISE 6
EXERCISE (S kills 5-6)
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 5-6)
TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-6)
SKILL 7: Noun clause connectors
EXERCISE 7
SKILL 8: Noun clause connector/subjects
EXERCISE 8
EXERCISE (S kills 7-8)
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 7-8)
TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-8)
SKILL 9: Adjective clause connectors
EXERCISE 9
SKILL 10: Adjective clause connector/subjects
EXERCISE 10
EXERCISE (S kills 9-10)
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 9-10)
TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-10)
The Written Expression Questions
SKILL 11: Agreement after prepositional phrases
EXERCISE 11
SKILL 12: Agreement after expressions of quantity
EXERCISE 12
SKILL 13: Agreement after certain words
EXERCISE 13
EXERCISE (S kills 11-13)
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 11-13 )
TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-13)
SKILL 14: Parallel structure with coordinate conjunctions
EXERCISE 14
SKILL 15: Parallel structure with paired conjuntions
EXERCISE 15
EXERCISE (S kills 14-15)
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 14-15)
TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-15)
SKILL 16: Past participles after have
EXERCISE 16
SKILL 17: Present participles or past participles after be
EXERCISE 17
SKILL 18: Base form verbs after modals
EXERCISE 18
EXERCISE (S kills 16-18)
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 16-18)
TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-18)
SKILL 19: Singular and plural nouns
EXERCISE 19
SKILL 20: Countable and uncountable nouns
EXERCISE 20
EXERCISE (S kills 19-20)
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 19-20)
TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-20)
SKILL 21: Subject and object pronouns
EXERCISE 21
SKILL 22: Possessives
EXERCISE 22
SKILL 23: Pronoun Reference
EXERCISE 23
EXERCISE (S kills 21-23)
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 21-23)
TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-23)
SKILL 24: Adjectives and adverbs
EXERCISE 24
SKILL 25: Adjectives after linking verbs
EXERCISE 25
EXERCISE (S kills 24-25)
TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 24-25)
TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-25)
TOEFL POST-TEST
SECTION THREE: READING COMPREHENSION
DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST
READING COMPREHENSION
The Reading Comprehension Questions
SKILL 1: Main idea questions
TOEFL EXERCISE 1
SKILL 2: Stated detail questions
TOEFL EXERCISE 2
TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-2)
SKILL 3: Unstated detail question
TOEFL EXERCISE 3
TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-3)
SKILL 4: Implied detail questions
TOEFL EXERCISE 4
TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-4)
SKILL 5: Vocabulary in context questions
TOEFL EXERCISE 5
TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)
SKILL 6: "Where" questions
TOEFL EXERCISE 6
TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-6)
TOEFL POST-TEST
TEST OF WRITTEN ENGLISH (TWE)
The Writing Score
Sample Essays
Before Writing
SKILL 1: The writing topic
SKILL 2: The supporting ideas
While Writing
SKILL 3: The introductory paragraph
SKILL 4: The supporting paragraphs
SKILL 5: The concluding paragraph
After Writing
SKILL 6: Edit sentence structure
6A: Simple sentence structure
6B: Compound sentence structure
6C: Complex sentence structure
SKILL 7: Edit written expression
7A: Agreement and parallel structure
7B: Verbs and nouns
7C: Pronouns and adjectives
Practice Tests
COMPLETE TESTS
COMPLETE TEST ONE-INTRODUCTORY LEVEL
COMPLETE TEST TWO-INTRODUCTORY LEVEL
COMPLETE TEST THREE-TOEFL LEVEL
APPENDIXES
APPENDIX A: Similar sounds
APPENDIX B: Prepositions
APPENDIX C: Word endings
APPENDIX D: Irregular verb forms
APPENDIX E: Word parts
SCORES AND CHARTS
Progress Chart
Scoring Complete Test Three
Diagnostic Charts
ANSWER SHEETS
RECORDING SCRIPT
