2017-07-05 TOEFL: word roots, reading vocab

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 think of one or two words to explain the meaning of each root.
re = again/back
reg = rule
retro = backward
rupt = break
scend = climb
scope/skep/spec = see
scrib/script = write (There are many verbs with -scribe and related nouns with -script or -scription.)
sect/seg = cut
semi = half (This is the Latin root, the Greek root is “hemi”.)
sol (solitude) = one/alone
sol (solarium) = sun
soph = wisdom
struct = build
sub = under
super = over
tele = far
term = end/limit (Like “finite”, words with “term” can have to do with explaining or defining something.)
terra/terri = land/earth
therm = heat
trans = cross
ultra = over
uni = one
vac = empty
veri = true
viv/vit = life
vol = will
xeno = strange/foreign
zoo = animal
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supersonic = higher velocity than sound
subsonic = slower velocity than sound
ultrasonic = higher frequency than sound (that humans can hear)
infrasonic = lower frequency than sound we can hear
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TOEFL Test: 4 sections, 30 possible points for each section
1 reading - 60-80 minutes, 3 or 4 passage
2 listening - 60-90 minutes, 2 or 3 sets of 3 listenings each (6 or 9 listening passages)
	(10 minute break)
3 speaking - six tasks, 20-30 minutes (5.5 minutes of speaking time)
4 writing - two tasks, 60 minutes total (50 minutes of writing time)
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Reading Question Types - All reading questions are multiple choice, but they may ask about different things.
- fact
- negative fact
- vocabulary
- reference
- inference
- purpose
- paraphrase
- sentence insertion
- summarize
- categorize/organize
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Vocabulary Questions: Together with fact questions, these are the most common type of question on the reading section.
DELTA p. 48 - Read the first sentence of the paragraph in the box. What does “cartography” mean?
Read the last sentence. What is “depicted”?
- Vocabulary questions on the TOEFL are always related to the context of that reading passage.
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p. 49-52 describes some context clues you can use to help figure out the meaning of a word
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BREAK
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p. 56-57 - Take 4 minutes to answer the first four questions of exercise 1.3.A. Then with a partner identify the context clue(s) that helped you choose the answer.
1 D
2 A
3 B
4 A
p. 58-59 - Take another 4 minutes to answer 5-10.
5 A
6 B
7 A
8 D
9 C
10 D
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p. 59-61 exercise 1.3.B - Take 10 minutes to answer all the questions in this exercise. Then check with your partner and identify why you think the answer is correct or incorrect. (That is, refer to the context clues that led you to choose your answer.)
1 D
2 B - The glare increases as the moon’s crescent grows. Only the level of bright light does this.
3 A - It helps to know that “withstand” means “stand against” or something like “overcome”.C
4 C
5 D
6 C
7 C
8 A
9 B
10 A
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p. 66 Extension - Each section of the book has a page with suggestions for additional types of practice you may be able to do outside of class.
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Homework: p. 67-71 - Read these passages and answer the questions.
	Optional: 72-75