toefl reading exercises

Group 5

TOEFL READING EXERCISES

WHAT WILL WE SHARE HERE?

Strategy 101: knowing the questions How to answer those effectively

WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS?

Main IdeaQuestions

Word DefinitionQuestion

Pronoun ReferenceQuestion

Story BasedQuestions

WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS?

Main IdeaQuestions

Word DefinitionQuestion

Pronoun ReferenceQuestion

Story BasedQuestions

These are questions asks the main idea of the passageAnd/or paragraph

Example Questions:• What is the main idea of the passage?• What does the passage mainly talk about?• What will possiby the next paragraph will

talk about?

These questions needs us to know the whole story before answering it

WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS?

Main IdeaQuestions

Word DefinitionQuestion

Pronoun ReferenceQuestion

Story BasedQuestions

These are questions asks the definition of certain words.

Example Questions:• What is the meaning of X in line Y?• What best can replace X in line Y?

These questions needs us to either know the real definition OR see the sentence to predict the meaning

WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS?

Main IdeaQuestions

Word DefinitionQuestion

Pronoun ReferenceQuestion

Story BasedQuestions

These are questions asks what one pronoun refers to in other sentence.

Example Questions:• What is the does X in line Y refer to?

These questions needs us to see the sentence directly before or after the pointed word’s sentence to answer

WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS?

Main IdeaQuestions

Word DefinitionQuestion

Pronoun ReferenceQuestion

Story BasedQuestions

These are questions asks the facts mentioned in the passage

Example Questions:<various>

These questions (also) needs us to know the whole story before answering it

WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS?

Now that we know thetypes of questions, let’s try to make a strategyto answer these effectively!

Part 1

SEQUENCE

SEQUENCE TO ANSWER:

Main IdeaQuestions

Word DefinitionQuestion

Pronoun ReferenceQuestion

Story BasedQuestions

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4

Type of question that does not require you to read the whole passage

Type of question that requires you to read and comprehend the part/whole passage

Part 2

HOW TO ANSWER?

HOW TO ANSWER?

Main IdeaQuestions

Word DefinitionQuestion

Pronoun ReferenceQuestion

Story BasedQuestions

HOW TO ANSWER?

Main IdeaQuestions

Word DefinitionQuestion

Pronoun ReferenceQuestion

Story BasedQuestions

Easiest, simply refer to a sentence directly before or directly after the sentence.

HOW TO ANSWER?

Main IdeaQuestions

Word DefinitionQuestion

Pronoun ReferenceQuestion

Story BasedQuestions

2 things that might can be done:

1. Try to replace the word in the sentence with the word in the option and find a better and more relevant soundings

2. Try to guess and eliminate most-not-possible answers one by one

HOW TO ANSWER?

Main IdeaQuestions

Word DefinitionQuestion

Pronoun ReferenceQuestion

Story BasedQuestions

Usually needs you to pinpoint where in the passage does the story is being told.Just answer is always inside the passage.

TIPS: usually (not always) the real answer don’t use the same wording as those written in the passage

HOW TO ANSWER?

Main IdeaQuestions

Word DefinitionQuestion

Pronoun ReferenceQuestion

Story BasedQuestions

CASE: if this is the only type of question availableOr if you have done others but still haven’t find out what is the main idea

HOW TO ANSWER?

Main IdeaQuestions

Word DefinitionQuestion

Pronoun ReferenceQuestion

Story BasedQuestions

FOR PASSAGE MAIN IDEA

Nitrogen fixation is a process by which nitrogen is continuously fed into biological circulation. In this process, certain algae and bacteria convert nitrogen into ammonia (NH3). This newly-created ammonia is then for the most part absorbed by plants.

The opposite process of denitrification returns nitrogen to the air. During the process of denitrification, bacteria cause some of the nitrates form the soil to convert into gaseous nitrogen or nitrous oxide (N2O). In this gaseous form, the nitrogen returns to the atmosphere.

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PINPOINT EACH 1st and last sentence of each paragraph

HOW TO ANSWER?

Main IdeaQuestions

Word DefinitionQuestion

Pronoun ReferenceQuestion

Story BasedQuestions

FOR PARAGRAPH MAIN IDEA

In the philosophy of John Dewey, a sharp distinction is made between intelligence and reasoning. According to Dewey, is the only absolute way to achieve a balance between realism and idealism, between practicality and and wisdom of life. Intelligence involves “interacting with other things and knowing them,” while reasoning is merely the act of an observer, “…a mind that beholds or grasps outside the world of things…” With reasoning, a level of mental certainty can be achieved, but it is through intelligence that control is taken of events that shape one’e life. ....

See 1st and last sentence

HOW TO ANSWER?

Main IdeaQuestions

Word DefinitionQuestion

Pronoun ReferenceQuestion

Story BasedQuestions

FOR PARAGRAPH MAIN IDEA

In the philosophy of John Dewey, a sharp distinction is made between intelligence and reasoning. According to Dewey, is the only absolute way to achieve a balance between realism and idealism, between practicality and and wisdom of life. Intelligence involves “interacting with other things and knowing them,” while reasoning is merely the act of an observer, “…a mind that beholds or grasps outside the world of things…” With reasoning, a level of mental certainty can be achieved, but it is through intelligence that control is taken of events that shape one’e life. ....

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