TOEFL Jr. Intermediate skills (Tera)

Main Idea

100

To find topic sentence, you have to read __________ of passage 

first few sentences or beginning 

200

To find keywords, you have to look for r________ w____

repeated words

300

examples of keywords are: events, n_____, p______, ideas, and other nouns

names, places

400

email passage: Read topic sentence and C ________ sentence 

Conclusion

500

How do you find concluding sentence?

Read ___ to _____ sentences at the _____ of passage.

two to three

end

Detail

100

Underline ___ Question and K______ in given question. 

WH - 

Keywords

200

Step 2 - Find K_______ in p_______.

keywords, passage

300

What is synonym? 

Name me 2 synonyms of "cold" in 5 secs! 

different words, but same meaning

freezing, chilly, cool, frosty, icy, etc.

400

What is antonym? 

Give me 2 antonyms for "friendly" in 5 secs! 

opposite meaning

- mean, rude, enemy-like, bully, cruel, harsh, etc.

500

Process of Elimination is when you e_____ answer choices that certainly cannot be the answer. 

erase

Vocabulary/Pronoun Referent

100

What is a noun? 

List 5 nouns in 7 secs!

Name, Place, Animal, or things

200

What is a pronoun? 

Name me 5 pronouns in 7 secs! 

Words used to replace nouns

300

To find out the answer, you have to read sentence ________ the pronoun. 

before

400

Check grammar!
You have to find out if pronoun is 

p______ or o_______

and if they are one or more than one

person or object

500

Kim won the contest, and when Amanda seemed truly pleased for her, she felt silly for being jealous of her sister. 

Who is she??

Kim

Inference

100

Inference is What I ______ + What I __________

What I KNOW + What I READ or LISTEN

200

What is mentioned in the passage can be the answer. 

True or False? 

False. 

300

Other than stories, you have to avoid S_________ (best, highest, worst...) in Inference Questions. 

Superlatives 

400

Listening Question: 

When you take notes, you have to A.S.K

What does A.S.K stand for? 

Abbreviation

Symbol

Keywords

500

Give me examples of 3 words that are used in Inference questions! 

What is p_________ true about...?
What is i________ about....?
What does the passage s_________ about.....?

probably

inferred

suggest

Rhetorical devices

100

Rhetorical devices tell us  w___ the author is saying and h___ he/she persuades the readers to believe

what, how

200

For listening, you need to listen to the v_____ of speaker for tone, emphasis, stress, and rhythm

voice

300

(Listening-Prosody) watch out for s______ !! 

Give one example of s_______ in 10 seconds! 

sarcasm

400

(Listening) Think about c_______ (situation) to find correct answer. 

ex. late for class = negative tone

context

500

You have to find out purpose of author

Give me two other purposes author might have in reading. 

ex. To explain...

to support..., to give example..., to describe..., to support..., to compare..., to criticize....