2017-08-15 TOEFL: word roots, reading fact

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 = sight
scrib/script = write (many nouns have “script” or “scription” and verbs have “scribe”)
sect/seg = cut
semi = half (This is the Latin root. The Greek root is “hemi”.)
sol (solitude) = alone
sol (solarium) = Sun
soph = wisdom
struct = build
sub = under
super = over
tele = far
term = end/limit (Words put limits around concepts.)
terra/terri = Earth/land
therm = heat
trans = across
ultra = over (The corresponding “under” root is “infra”.)
uni = one
vac = empty
veri = truth
viv/vit = life
vol = will
xeno = foreign/strange
zoo = animal
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TOEFL Overview: four sections, possible 30 points each (total: 120)
Reading: 3 or 4 passages, 20 minutes each, about 14 questions each
Listening: 2 or 3 sets, 3 passages each (1 convo + 2 academic), about 30 minutes per set
	(break)
Speaking: six tasks, 20 minutes total, 5.5 minutes of speaking time
Writing: two tasks, 60 minutes total, 50 minutes (20+30) of writing time
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Reading Question Types
- fact
- negative fact
- inference
- purpose
- paraphrase
- vocabulary
- reference
- sentence insertion
- summarize
- organize/categorize
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DELTA p. 15 - Take 1 minute to skim for the answers to both questions in the boxes.
p. 20 - Take 2 minutes to skim and answer the questions for the first passage.
1 A
2 C
3 D
p. 21 - Take 2 minutes again. Then check your answer with your partner and try to convince them if you disagree.
4 B
5 A
6 C
p. 22 - 3 minutes
7 B
8 C
9 D
10 B
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BREAK
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Handout (Cambridge) p. 181-182 - Read the passages and decide if each sentence is true or false.
Then compare your answers with your partner and try to convince them if you disagree.
Passage 1
A. T
B. F
C. T (A military risk is a security threat.)
D. T
E. F
F. F (There was no construction of the tunnel in 1930, so the construction couldn’t have led to anything.)
G. F
H. T
Passage 2
A. T
B. F (They likely came from an animal this size, but the bones they found were smaller.)
C. F
D. T (This is more of an inference question.)
E. T (This is also an inference, from “eardrums, which would not have worked in water”.)
F. F (It can recognize the source because the bones are isolated from each other, and it’s just the eardrum that is vestigial, not the middle ear.)
G. T
H. T (This can be concluded from the final sentence. “The separation of these bones” means the bones are in fact separated.)
Passage 3
A. T
B. F
C. F (It emits glue, not a smell.)
D. T
E. T
F. F
G. T
H. T
Passage 4
A. F (If A cannot match B, it means A is worse than B.)
B. T
C. T
D. F
E. F (The color of the varnish wasn’t important, and it ranges in color from orange to reddish-brown.)
F. T
G. F
H. T
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Handout (Cengage) p. 30-32 - Take 5 minutes to scan the text and find where the answer to each question can be found.
Do the same for the second passage (p. 32-33)
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Go back to (Longman) p. 51-53 on the handout. Take 2.5 minutes to answer the questions about each passage.
What words did you scan for when looking for the answers?
1 D “Crescent-shaped”
2 A “ninth largest lake in area”
3 D
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Homework: Handout p. 35-42 (the end of the handout) - Read the passages and answer the fact and negative fact questions.