2017-09-26 TOEFL: word roots, reading paraphrase

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Word roots (list 6) - With your partner, try to figure out or guess the meaning of each root
re = again/back
reg = rule
retro = backward
rupt = break
scend = climb
scope/skep/spec = look/see
scrib/script = write
sect/seg = cut
semi = half (This is the Latin root. The Greek equivalent is “hemi”.)
sol (solitude) = alone
sol (solar) = sun
soph = wisdom
struct = build
sub = under (The Greek equivalent is “hypo”.)
super = over (The Greek is “hyper”.)
tele = far
term = end (Words like “terminology” and “define” have to do with putting limits or boundaries on ideas.)
terra/terri = earth/land
therm = heat
trans = cross/across
ultra = over (The opposite is “infra”.)
uni = one
vac = empty
veri = true
viv/vit = life
vol = will
xeno = strange/foreign
zoo = animal
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TOEFL test - four sections, scored out of 30 points each (120 total)
1 reading - 60-80 minutes, 3 or 4 passages
2 listening - 60-90 minutes, 2 or 3 sets of 3 listening passages each
	(10-minute break)
3 speaking - 20 minutes total, six tasks, 5.5 minutes of speaking time
4 writing - 60 minutes total, two tasks, 50=20+30 minutes of writing time
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Reading Section: first part of the test, 14 or 15 questions for each passage, 3 or 4 passages
Reading Question Types
- fact
- negative fact
- vocabulary
- purpose
- inference
- paraphrase
- reference
- sentence insertion
- summary
- organize/categories
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Paraphrase questions: “Which sentence below best expresses the essential information of the highlighted sentence? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.”
DELTA p. 110 - Answer the question in the box.
p. 111-112 has some clues you can use to help choose the correct answer
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p. 114-115 - See if you can quickly answer all four of these questions in 3 minutes
1 D
2 A (B and D are inaccurate, C is incomplete)
3 C
4 B
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BREAK
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Handout (Cengage) p. 103-105 exercise 5.1 - Write (I) for incomplete restatements, (X) for incorrect or inaccurate restatements, and (C) for correct restatements of the original sentence.
Check your answers with your partner and try to convince your partner that your answer is correct if you disagree.
1 incomplete (doesn’t include “today there are no reptiles capable of flight”)
2 correct
3 incorrect - It’s the town of Muncie, not Middleton
4 incorrect
5 correct
6 incorrect - All the formations have two-word names
7 correct
8 incomplete
9 incorrect (You should be able to infer that Handel wrote clarinet music before the mid-19th century.)
10 correct
11 correct
12 incorrect - They were equally talented.
13 incorrect
14 incorrect
15 incomplete - It doesn’t mention the visual spectacle.
16 incorrect - Initials will not be elevated by the growth of the tree.
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(Longman) p. 28 - Take 2 minutes to answer the questions about camouflage. Then compare with a partner. Why are the other answers wrong?
1 A
2 D
p. 29-30 - Take 4 minutes. Then compare with your partner. Convince your partner that your answer is correct. Why are the other answers wrong?
3 A
4 B
5 C
6 D
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p. 33 - Take 2 minutes to answer 11 and 12. Then compare with your partner. Convince your partner that your answer is correct. Why are the other answers wrong?
11 D
12 A
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Homework: handout (Longman) p. 31-32 “The Pulitzer Prize”, (Oxford) p. 140, 144-145 - Answer the paraphrase questions about these two readings.