Tips for TOEFL Grammar

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General TOEFL strategies Use your time wisely. Get familiar with the instructions before taking the TOEFL so that you will not have to waste time reading them. If you do not know the answer to a question, guess. There is no penalty for guessing. Unmarked answers will be counted as wrong.







Tips for the TOEFL exam







Structure and Written Expressions  Time: Time: 25 minutes 40 questions in two subsections Structure (15 questions). You choose gramatically correct sentence completions for sentences with missing parts. Written Expressions (25 questions). You choose







PR E S E N T P A R TI TIC C IPLE S A p re se n t p a rticip le is th th e -in g fo rm o f a ve rb . T h e p re se n t p a rticip le ca ca n b e (1 ) p a rt o f th e ve rb o r ( 2 ) a n d a d je ct cti ive . It is p a rt o f th e v e rb w h e n it is a cco m p a n ie d b y so m e fo fo rm rm o f th e v e rb rb b e . e . g . T h e w o m a n w a s in trig u in g a g a in st h e r h u sb a n d







PA S T PA R T IC IP LE

A p a st p a rticip le o fte n e n d s in –e d b u t th e re a re a lso m a n y irre g u la r p a st p a rticip le s . ( p la y e d , ta u g h t)

T h e –e d fo rm rm o f th e v e rb rb c a n b e (1 ) th e sim p le p a st, ( 2 ) th e p a st p a rticip le o f a









COORDINATE COORD INATE CONNE CONNECTORS CTORS

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 When you analize a sentence, first identify the verb, if there is no verb in the main sentence, you have to ch

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Su Subj bjec ect t-ve verb rb ag agre reem emen ent t.- th the e su subj bjec ect t mu must st ag agre ree e with the the verb of o f a sentence in tw two way ways: in number (singular vs vs. plural) or in in pe person ( first, seco se cond nd or th thir ird d pe pers rson on). Be aw awar are e th that at so some me ti time mes s th ther ere e ar are e pr prep epos osit itio iona nal l







Be sure that the se sen ntence has a subje jec ct and a ver erb b Be ca care refu ful l of ob obje ject cts s of pr prep epos osit itio ions ns be beca caus use e they they can ca n be mi mist stak aken en fo for r th the e su subj bjec ect t of th the e se sent nten ence ce.







Be ca care refu ful l of pr pres esen ent t pa part rtic icip iple les s: th they ey ca can n ei eith ther er be as part of the verb or an adjective

Be careful of past pa par rticip ipl les









Tips for TOEFL Grammar

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