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TOEFL Part 2
Structure & Written Expressions
1st Meeting By Siska Lidya Revianti, S.Pd., M.Hum. General Strategies • Be Familiar with the directions • Begin with questions 1 through 15: the easiest (1-5), medium (6-10), the most difficult (11- 15) later, after 16-40 • Continue with questions 16 through 40: the easiest (16-20), (21-35) medium, the most difficult (36-40) • If you have time, return to questions 11 through 15 (last turn) • Never leave any questions blank on your answer sheet Strategies for Structure Questions • First, study the sentence what is needed • Then, study each answer based on HOW WELL it completes the sentence • Do not try to eliminate incorrect answers by looking ONLY at the answers (incorrect only if they are used to complete the sentence) • Always fill in the answer sheet • Time management is very important Structure in English Pattern • Contextual language (who, whom, what, when, how, etc) • Pattern: SPOK Bahasa SubjectVerbObjectAdverb English Types of Word • Noun/kt benda: to tell about things/person exp: book, people, doctor, police • Verb/kt kerja: to tell about actions/states exp: study, go, work, is,am,are • Adjective/kt sifat: to describe the characters of things exp: handsome, pretty, angry, thick • Adverb: to give additional information about certain condition Adv. of Time: at 6 a.m., in the morning, last night Adv. of Place: at school, in the bedroom, in the garden Adv. of Manner: carefully, slowly, happily Subject and Verbs • Subject : Things/ People (It, He, She, It, They, We, I, You, Names) • Verb: to express action (V1, V2, V3, V-ing, to be + V3/V-ing) Objects of Preposition • Defined as a NOUN / PRONOUN that comes after preposition (in, at, of, to, behind, on) • If a word is an OBJECT OF PREPOSITION, it is NOT THE SUBJECT Present Participles • The V-ING FORM of the Verb • The Present Participle can be: 1. Part of the Verb to be (is/am/are) exp: The train is arriving at the station now. 2. Adjective NO to be form exp: The train arriving at the station now is an hour late. Past Participles • Defined as: 1.the form of VERB HAVE (HAVE/HAS)/BE(WAS/WERE) + V3 exp: The classes were taught by Prof. Smith. 2.THE FORM OF ADJECTIVE V3 The classes taught by Prof. Smith were very interesting. TOEFL Exercises A spacecraft is freed from fiction___ launched into space. A.it B.it is C.after is D.after it is A spacecraft is freed from fiction___ launched into space. • You see that the first clause is complete (a spacecraft is freed from fiction). Before the second clause we need to put a CONJUNCTION and the SUBJECT of the second clause. • So,…the correct answer is D. after it is after (the conjunction) it (the subject) is (the verb to complete launched-> passive) TOEFL Exercises • ___ with their surroundings, or they hide in crevices for protection. A. Lobsters B. Lobsters blend C. Lobsters blending D.Because lobsters blend ___ with their surroundings, or they hide in crevices for protection. • You see that the 1st clause is NOT complete and we have a conjunction (or) then the 2nd clause is complete. So what is needed in the 1st clause? The 1st clause needs a SUBJECT and a VERB. The correct answer is B. Lobsters blend to complete the 2nd clause. TOEFL Exercises • ____ a ball-and-socket joint, the elbow is a simple hinge joint. A.While the shoulder B.While the shoulder is C.The shoulder is D.The shoulder ____ a ball-and-socket joint, the elbow is a simple hinge joint. • You see that the 1st clause is NOT complete and we have NO conjunction in the sentence. However, the 2nd clause is complete. So what is needed in the 1st clause? The 1st clause needs a CONJUNCTION, a SUBJECT and a VERB. The correct answer is B. While the shoulder is to complete the 1st clause. While is a conjunction, the shoulder is a subject and is as a verb.