2018-07-24 TOEFL: word roots, reading purpose

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, think of one or two words to explain the meaning of each root.
re (recycle, rebound, reuse, recline) = again/back
reg (regulation, regent, regime) = rule/king
retro (retrograde, retroactive, retrospect) = backward
rupt (disrupt, rupture) = break/burst
scend (ascend, descend, crescendo) = climb
scope/skep/spec (microscope, spectacle, speculate) = sight/vision
scrib/script (transcript, scripture, inscribe) = write/draw
sect/seg (section, bisect, sector, segment) = cut
semi (semicircle, semiannual) = half (This is the Latin root. The Greek root is “hemi”.)
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) = land/Earth
therm (thermometer, thermal) = heat
trans (transport, transaction, transverse) = cross
ultra (ultraviolet, ultrasound) = over (The opposite is “infra”.)
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) = strange/foreign
zoo (zoology, zooplankton) = animal
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TOEFL: four sections, four hours, 120 points total (30 per section)
1 reading: 60-80 minutes, 3 or 4 passages, 14 questions about each passage
2 listening: 60-90 minutes, 2 or 3 sets, 3 listenings per set, 17 questions per set
	(10-minute break)
3 speaking: 20 minutes total, 6 tasks, 5.5 minutes of speaking time
4 writing: 60 minutes total, 2 tasks, 20+30 minutes of writing time
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Reading Question Types:
- vocabulary
- fact
- negative fact
- paraphrase
- purpose
- inference
- reference (pronouns)
- sentence insertion
- summarize
- organize
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DELTA p. 90-91 - Description of purpose questions.
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p. 91 part 2 - Do you understand what all these verbs mean in the context of an author’s purpose?
praise - opposite of “criticize”
trace - follow the path or steps of something
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BREAK
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cide (homicide, suicide, pesticide, insecticide, patricide, matricide, regicide, fratricide, genocide)
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Handout (Longman) p. 101-102 - Take 8 minutes to skim the passage on Xerography and answer the purpose questions about it.
Compare your answers with your partner. If you disagree, convince your partner that your answer is correct.
1 D
2 A
3 C
4 C
5 C
6 B
7 D
8 A
p. 103-104 - Take 8 minutes to do questions 9-16. Then compare with your partner.
9 D
10 A
11 C
12 B
13 D
14 C
15 A
16 B
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Homework: finish the handout (p. 104-112)