Perfect Phrases to stand out on the TOEFL-for the more than 800,000 people who take the test\ To be accepted into most North American undergraduate and graduate programs, international students must take and pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language. Perfect Phrases for the TOEFL Speaking and Writing Sections gives you all the phrases and most commonly used words you need to excel on both the writing and speaking sections of the test. Presented in the easy-to-understand Perfect Phrases...
Perfect Phrases to stand out on the TOEFL-for the more than 800,000 people who take the testTo be accepted into most North American undergraduate and graduate programs, international students must take and pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language. Perfect Phrases for the TOEFL Speaking and Writing Sections gives you all the phrases and most commonly used words you need to excel on both the writing and speaking sections of the test. Presented in the easy-to-understand Perfect Phrases format, these phrases allow you to effectively communicate and express yourself in standard American English, and to score your very best on the test.Roberta Steinberg, Professor or English and ESL at Mount Ida College and adjunct instructor at MIT, has written several TOEFL and TOEIC preparation texts, including McGraw-Hill's TOEFL CBT.
Introduction: How to Use the Book 1The Speaking Section 3Description of Tasks 5Independent Task: Speaking, Personal Preference 6Independent Task: Paired Choice Task 10Integrated Task: Reading/Listening/Speaking (Campus-based) 14Integrated Task: Listening/Reading/Speaking (Academic topic) 22Integrated Task: Listening/Speaking (Campus-based) 29Integrated Task: Listening/Speaking (Academic topic) 35Phrases and Vocabulary for the Speaking Section with Reference to Skill and Purpose 41Speaking Skill Development 51Websites for Improving Listening Skills 51The Writing Section 53Description of Tasks 55Independent Task 55Integrated Task 61Phrases and Vocabulary for the Writing Section with Reference to Skill and Purpose 73Writing Skill Development 83Suggestions for the Independent Task 83Suggestions for the Integrated Task 85Vocabulary Development 87Summarizing Practice 89Increasing Vocabulary through Reading 89Increasing Vocabulary with the AcademicWord Lists 89Grammar 97Grammar Pretest 97Grammar Rules and Exercises 101Grammar Posttest 147Punctuation 155Punctuation Pretest 155Punctuation Rules 157Punctuation Posttest 162