ACE THE TOEFL ESSAY PART 14

Pronouns
Pronouns are words that take the place of a noun in a sentence. The pre-
fix pro means for or in the place of. There are subject pronouns and object
pronouns. In an active statement, the subject comes before the verb, and the object comes afte[r]

e. To have been buying on credit is not wise.
We need the same tense in the infinitive subject as we have in the main
verb, which is is.
47. Walking along the creek sure beats living in the city, commuting to work, and being trudging around in traffic all mor[r]

Persona—The false personality or character that a writer takes on in a writ- ten work. For example, a writer may act as if he is uneducated; then, in the last sentence of a paragraph, he will write in powerful and informative diction to make his opinions have more significance. Phrase—[r]

16. As we were walking through the woods, the rabbits were jump- ing everywhere. Make both clauses self-sufficient like these are. I call them self-sufficient, because they both have a subject and a verb that act independently of one another. Yet, if you write sen- tences with partici[r]

In addition, he has taught at Tarrant County College; Rose State College; Redlands Community College; the University of Arkansas at Little Rock; the University of Maryland–College Park, [r]

commuting to work and having been trudging around in traffic all morning.. commuting to work and trudging around in traffic all morning.[r]

Topic 29 Has human harmed the Earth or made it a better place? 91
Topic 29 Has human harmed the Earth or made it a better place? 92
Topic 30 Should a high school be built in your community? 93
Topic 30 Should a high school be built in your community? 94

but, on the other hand, I could never buy into the idea of quitting life completely.
6. If I were you, I would try to fix my car before the cold weather set in. 7. She strolled along the riverbank and eyed the horizon, but, neverthe- less, she was still lonely[r]

1. If an adjective has seven letters or more, modify it with more or most. Exceptions: wealthy, naughty, healthy, handsome, obscure, handsome, friendly. 2. If the adjective is formed by adding -ed or -ing, do not add -er or -est to make the comparative or superlative. Modify it with mo[r]

Before the topic is presented, you must choose whether to type your essay on the computer or to hand write your essay on the paper essay answer sheet provided. Scratch paper will be given to you for making notes. For the paper-based TOEFL, t[r]

19. Is there an extra fee for the essay? on the day that the scores are rnailed.See
No.The test fee covers all parts of the the latest edition of ETS In formation Bulletin
for the TOEFL for precise in[r]

134 HOW TO·PREPARE FOR THE TOEFL ESSAY
Proofing Checklist
You will not be able to take this list into the testing room, but soon it will be second nature to you. As you proof the practice essays in this book and proof your own practice essays, you will become[r]

your reader see, hear, taste, smell, or feel what it is you are describing by choosing vivid
vocabulary. Avoid vague, general words such as good, nice, and bad, and replace these with more descriptive, specific terms. Metaphors (comparisons of two unlike items) are also often used in descriptio[r]

uniforms, but there should be restrictions about what kind of clothing students can wear.”
ALL ABOUT SCORING
The scoring system for the computer test and the TWE exam is the same: two readers independently rate your essay and give it a score from 0–6. The<[r]

Find Topics Online
All of the writing prompts used on the computer-based TOEFL exam are available online. Although you cannot select which one you want to write about on the test, make sure to review the topics list. Pick several prompts and practice composing es[r]

the theme and its supporting pints are all mentioned After they have done the exercises an con- clusions, have them look at the condwions of their own work to see if they summarize the theme
that was p e n t e d in the intr[r]

Whatever the influence, people are always picking up new ideas. This is advantageous for a number of reasons. Primarily, humans look for ways to make things easier, which affects our daily life pos- itively, leaving time for other things like family and relaxation. So, regardless of how peopl[r]

The boy is happier than the man. The bigger man said hello.
See appendices for comparatives and superlatives.
Note that there are irregular adjectives just as there are irregular verbs. We will discuss these in more detail in a later chapter. I mentioned that we delay some modifi[r]

Because the main verb was progressive, the auxiliary verb we added
must be progressive, as well. Also, we changed the auxiliary verb was from the active sentence to were in the passive sentence, because the aux-
iliary verb must agree in number with t[r]

the DO. The verb must be active, however (not a be verb). In this sentence, the action verb is see, so we must ask what is seen. The answer is the good,
the bad, and the ugly. These words are adjectives like the word old. However,
they are acting[r]