2019-02-20 TOEFL: word roots, reading vocab

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
---
Word Roots (list 6) - With your partner, try to think of one or two words to explain the meaning of each root.
re (recycle, rebound, reuse, recline) = back/again
reg (regulation, regent, regime) = rule
retro (retrograde, retroactive, retrospect) = backward (this “tro” is the same root we see in “intro” and “extro”)
rupt (disrupt, rupture) = break/burst
scend (ascend, descend, transcend) = climb
scope/skep/spec (microscope, skeptic, spectacle) = see/observe
scrib/script (transcript, scripture, inscribe) = write/draw
sect/seg (section, bisect, sector, segment) = cut/divide
semi (semicircle, semiannual) = half
sol (solitude, desolate) = alone
sol (solar, solarium) = sun
soph (philosophy, sophisticated) = wisdom
struct (construct, structure) = build
sub (subterranean, submerge, substandard) = under
super (superstructure, supersonic) = over
tele (telephone, telescope, telepathy) = far
term (determine, terminate) = end/limit
terra/terri (territory, terrain) = earth/land
therm (thermometer, thermal) = heat
trans (transport, transaction, transverse) = across
ultra (ultraviolet, ultrasound) = over (“infra” can be used in opposite words)
uni (universe, unique, unilateral) = one
vac (vacuum, vacate, evacuate) = empty
veri (verify, veracity) = true
viv/vit (vital, vivacious) = life
vol (benevolent, volunteer, volition) = will
xeno (xenophobia, xenophile) = foreign/strange
zoo (zoology, zooplankton, paleozoic) = animal
---
ultrasonic = higher than (audible) sound
supersonic = faster than sound
---
TOEFL: 4 hours, 4 sections, 30 points per section / 120 total, $205
1 reading: 60-80 minutes, 3 or 4 passages, about 14 questions per passage
2 listening: 60-90 minutes, 2 or 3 sets (each set has 3 listenings, 17 questions, 10 minutes to answer)
	(10-minute break)
3 speaking: 20 minutes, 6 tasks, 5.5 minutes of total speaking time
4 writing: almost 60 minutes, 2 tasks, 20+30 minutes of writing time
---
Reading Question Types:
- vocabulary
- purpose/method
- paraphrase
- fact/detail
- negative fact
- inference
- reference (pronouns)
- sentence insertion
- summarize
- organize/categorize
---
Vocabulary From Context
---
Cengage p. 48-49 - Some things you can look for in the text to help you figure out the meaning of a new word.
---
BREAK
---
p. 50-51 exercise 2.1 - Use context to define each term in your own words.
Passage 1 - Take 6 minutes.
2 continuous
3 the end of the day / sunset (or the time after sunset before it’s completely dark)
4 basic / simple
5 weak / low / dim
6 waste / garbage
7 wander / walk around freely
Passage 2 - 4 minutes
8 took charge / took control
9 course of studies for the whole school
10 optional, not required
11 emphasized
---
Optional homework: finish exercise 2.1
---
p. 54 exercise 2.2 - Choose the correct meanings from each passsage.
Passage 1 - 8.25 minutes (45 seconds per question)
Check with your partner and convince them of your answers if you disagree.
1 B
2 C
3 C
4 D
5 A
6 D (“nothing if not accommodating” means they were very accommodating)
7 B
8 B
9 A
10 A
11 A
Passage 2 - 40 seconds per question
12 D
13 C
14 A
15 B
16 D
17 B
18 A
---
“Working hard or hardly working?”
---
Passage 3 - 35 seconds each
19 C
20 B
21 C
22 A
23 B
24 D
25 D
26 B
Passage 4 - 30 seconds each
27 A
28 A
29 D
30 C
31 A
32 D
33 B
---
Homework: Longman handout (all)