TOEFL CBT BOOK PART 41

CD A, TRACK 4 _NARRATOR: LISTEN TO THE FOLLOWING TALK ABOUT CABBAGE._ WOMAN: TODAY, WE CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT VEGETABLE AND FODDER PLANTS.. WE SPOKE of other types of these, including ka[r]

The verb _functioning as the complement may appear in the infinitive form to_+verb or in the gerund form verb+_ing, depending upon the verb that it follows._ _The following verbs are alw[r]

Structure Section
Time: 20 Minutes 25 Questions
Directions: This section measures your ability to recognize language appropriate for standard written English. One type of question consists of incomplete sentences, with a blank showing where information is to be filled in. Choose the word or phra[r]

Part A
Directions: In this part, you will hear short conversations between two people. After the con- versation, a question will be asked. Choose the answer that most accurately answers the ques- tion based on what is stated or implied by the speakers. Mark the answer in your book[r]

For example, “The man is in the room” means the same as “The man is _ _in-side the room.” The opposite of this sentence is “The man is outin-side the room.” It_ _would not be correct to [r]

On the TOEFL test, it is often difficult to determine which word is the subject when the subject and verb are separated by a word or phrase. Because of that, it can be hard to determine whether a subject and verb agree in form.
Prepositional phrases and other parenthetical information have[r]

It is considered important to treat migraines because it is believed that pro-longed untreated attacks could cause physi-cal changes in the brain leading to chronic pain.. _The word it i[r]

The organization needed funds._ _SO _ AND _SUCH_ _Generally, when these words appear in a construction ending in that, so modifies_ _adjectives or adverbs and such modifies nouns._ WHEN [r]

Who is used to replace a noun phrase in the subject of the sentence. Whom is used to replace a noun phrase in the complement.
The TOEFL test probably won’t test the distinction between these two words be- cause even native English speakers often use them incorrectly.

A conditional sentence contains a dependent (or subordinate) clause and an inde-
pendent clause. The Structure section questions presented on the TOEFL test will typically require you to determine whether the sentence is complete, with both the dependent and independent clause following the[r]

Part IV: Putting It All Together: Practice Tests
Passage 3
Lightning has been a mystery since early times. People of ancient civilizations be- lieved angry gods threw lightning bolts from the sky. Nobody understood that lightning resulted from electricity until Ben Franklin flew a kite[r]

_ no complement _The phrase in the pool is a place modifier, not a complement._ A complement may also consist of something other than a noun or noun phrase, such as a verb in the infinit[r]

words within the passage.
■ Referents. Referent questions test your ability to identify antecedents of
pronouns used in the passage.
When you read a passage on the TOEFL test, first skim the entire passage, paying attention to the first sentences of each paragraph, in order to grasp the[r]

TRANG 1 CONVERT YOUR RAW SCORE USING THE FOLLOWING TABLE.[r]

__ _-cide-The root -cide- is used in nouns that derive from the verb “kill.”_ _Joseph committed fratricide._ _Meaning: Joseph killed his brother._ _This cleaning product contains a stron[r]

_The second meaning of the prefix in- is “in,” “into,” or “on.”_ _The doctor injected him with an antibiotic._ _Meaning: The doctor forced an antibiotic into his body with a syringe._ _T[r]

11. A: he wrote. The pronoun he should not appear because it immediately fol-
lows the subject and is not part of a dependent clause.
12. A: often the greatest fear. The order is adverb + adjective + noun.
13. D: grade. This is a type of parallel structure construction. The verb (grad[r]

3. A: the tighter it became. This is a double comparative sentence, and the order
is more + {adjective or adjective + -er} . . . more + {adjective or adjective + -er}.
It means that as one condition increases or changes, the other one does too.
4. B: planning. This is part of a noun phr[r]

AFTER _ _re-quested that or another phrase setting up the subjunctive form, the order is_ subject +_be in simple form _+VERB IN THE PAST PARTICIPLE.. A IS INCORRECT _be-cause the verb ap[r]

While the word error is generally a_ negative concept, it can be a positive concept to a coin collector because it makes the coin interesting and more valuable, unlike dam-age to the coi[r]