HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE TOEFL PART 48

fi!i Factual Conditionals-Probable Results for the Future
Remember that willand a verb word expresses the opinion that the results are absolutely certain. In
order of more to less probable, use the following modals: will, can, may.
Avoid using t[r]

We arrived so late as Professor Baker had already called the roll. We arrived so late that Professor Baker had already called the roll. He drives so fast as no one likes to ride with him.
He drives so fast that no one likes to ride with him. dverb

In making a personal decision, I am opting for a comfortable living instead of the high-powered job with a larger salary. As the son of a success- ful executive, I remember expensive vacations that my father paid for but did not participate in because[r]

Captain James Cook came upon a group of uncharted islands that he named the Sandwich Islands as a tribute to his friend, the Earl of Sandwich. Today the islands are known as the Hawaiian Islands.
Some historians contend that the is[r]

She is the prettiest of all of the girls in our class. New York is the larger of all American cities. New York is the largest of all American cities.
Of all of the candidates, Alex is probably the less qualified. Of all of the candidates, Alex[r]

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is howto count it. And, in that respect, the two classifications of nouns are very different.
Count or countable nouns have both singular and plural forms. They are used in agreement with singular or plural verbs. In contrast, mass or noncount, uncountable nouns have only one form. Th[r]

On the day of the test, the amount of time you will have to answer all of the questions will appear on the computer screen. The time you spend listening to the test material will not be counted. The listening material[r]

In 1920, the same year that he published his first book, This Side of Paradise, he married
Zelda Sayre, also a writer. His most famous book, The Great Gatsby, appeared in 1925.
Fitzgerald had a great natural talent, but unfortunately he became a compulsive drinke[r]

VERB = tense + (modal) + (have + participle) + (be + -ing) + verb word
Each of the parts of this formula will be summarized in one or more of the problems in this review. Don't spend time studying it now. Just refer to it as you progress through this review sect[r]

5. (D) Because the author states that Neolithic towns were transformed, it may be conclud- ed that they are mentioned to contrast them
with the civilizations that evolved. Choice (A) is not correct because a Neolithic town does not qualify as a civilizat[r]

Suggestion: You could see if the book is available through interlibrary loan.
Assumption: Your interlibrary loan books arrived in time?
Problem: I can't seem to find the desk for interlibrary loans.
internship n. a training opportunity for an advance[r]

Example: Nancy always crams for the quizzes in her math class.
Suggestion: Why don't you study each night instead of cramming the night before the test?
Assumption: You mean you crammed for the biology final?
Problem: I need to be more o[r]

Problem: I can't find good used textbooks anywhere.
thesis n. a written research report in partial fulfillment of a graduate degree
Example: Tracy isn't taking any courses this semester because she is writing her thesis.
Suggestion: You should get the handbook at the grad[r]

Narrator 1: Now listen to an example answer.
Example Answer
A fax machine has three parts. The fax that's sending text and images has sensors to read black-and- white points on paper and communicate the patterns digitally to a microprocessor, and the[r]

So what do you think happened? Well, subjects who were tested alone made errors in answers fewer than 1 percent of the time. This was the control group. But of those tested in groups of seven, let's see um, 75 percent yielded at least once to conform to a group answ[r]

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J U L I O A N D O K S A N A will both be taking the TOEFL exam in a few weeks. Their proficiency in English is at nearly the same level. They have both taken the practice exams in the TOEFL® Infor- mation Bulletin. However, Oksana has done a few things th[r]

of people in the river valleys of Mesopotamia and Egypt was leading to a whole new pattern for human life.
As we have seen, early human beings formed small groups that de- veloped a simple culture that enabled them to survive. As human soci- eties grew and develop[r]

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