Tips for the Toefl Test

Tips For TOEFL Test

1.Find something interesting to read and listen to, then practice speaking and writing about it.

Listen to Podcasts, recorded lectures – check the website of your favorite University. Go to news websites such as Ndtv.com, ibnlive.com, timesofindia.com. Read up on your favorite subjects on popular websites such as wikipedia.org. Tell a friend or family member about what you learned.

2.Work with a speaking partner, preferably with a native speaker of English or try an online video chat! The more opportunity you have to speak the language, the more familiar you will become.

3.Take on the role of a great journalist: Take good notes and use them to make summaries.

4.Make vocabulary flash cards and pretend you are a contestant on a vocabulary quiz show. Carry the flash cards with you often. They are a great way to make a bus ride go by quickly.

5.Visit TOEFL-TV on YouTube. www.youtube.com/TOEFLtv for great resources and tips from English language instructors and students that have taken the TOEFL test.

6. Reading Tips

Practice summarizing and paraphrasing texts. Use charts and outlines to organize the ideas in a text. Practice speed reading techniques. Practice reading (and answering questions) on a computer screen. Expand your vocabulary with daily-use vocabulary cards.

7. Listening Tips

i. Listen for basic information – did you comprehend the main idea, major points and important details?
ii. Listen for “pragmatic” understanding – Can you recognize a speaker’s attitude? What is the purpose of the speech? What is their role? Are they an authority or are they a passive part of the conversation?
iii. Listen for connecting and synthesizing – Can you understand the relationship between ideas? Compare and contrast. Determine the cause and effect.

reference link: http://entrance.icbse.com/top-10-tips-toefl-test/

SPECIFIC SECTIONAL STRATEGIES

SENTENCE COMPLETION:

1. If there is no main verb, you should first identify the 'subject' of the sentence.
   Then, you can eliminate any choice that does not contain a conjugated verb.
   Further, any selected conjugated verb must agree with the subject (in number and tense).
2. If there is no main subject, you should identify what the verb in the sentence is.
   Then plug in the choices and verify that the one you select agrees with the verb.
3. Eliminate choices that contain extra words, especially pronouns, verbs, or modifiers.
4. If the sentence contains a main subject and a main verb, you should eliminate any choice
   that is an incorrect part of speech, or does not agree in form, number, or tense
   with the rest of the sentence.
5. If the sentence contains neither a main subject nor a main verb, you can eliminate any
   choice that does not provide both a subject and a verb, and does not agree completely
   with the remainder of the sentence. reference link: http://www.testinfo.net/toefl/toefl-tips.htm

What to practice for the final test level 5

1. reported speech

2. vocabulary

3. conditionals

4. modal verbs

5. passive voice

6. present times (4)

7. been and gone

8. comparative and superlative

9. single past vs past progressive

10. past perfect vs past perfect progressive

11. differences between will vs going to

12 future progressive vs future perfect

you can practice these subjects in grammar aquarium posted before in this blog