Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Photographs
Strategies and Practice
Estrategias y Practica
TOEIC Description
10-20 Photographs
Places, Objects, People, and Animals
A speaker reads 4 possible statements describing
each photograph
The speaker reads the statements only once, you
cannot go back and hear the audio again
Prepositions
Question Response
Directions: You will hear a question or statement
followed by three responses. Choose the best
response to each question or statement and
circle (A), (B), or (C).
The questions/statements are not written in the
test book, so you have to listen carefully!
The questions/statements are only read once
If you dont understand a question or statement,
it is best to guess! Never leave them blank or
unanswered
Information Questions
Remember the W-H Questions: WHAT WHY WHO/WHOM WHOSE WHICH - WHERE - WHEN - HOW
They are NEVER answered YES/NO.
Eg: Where are you from?
A) Yes, my name is James.
B) Hes from England.
C) Im from Mexico.
Information Questions
Who questions require a person in the answer
What questions require some type of information in the
answer
Where questions require a place or position in the answer
Why questions require a reason in the answer (because.)
When questions require a time reference in the answer
Yes or no Questions
When questions DO NOT start with a W-H they usually
expect a YES/NO, RIGHT/WRONG, or TRUE/FALSE answer.
Eg: Can you speak Italian?
A) She talks all the time.
B) Yes, I can.
C) No, I dont like Spaghetti.
Similar-Sounding Words
Sometimes, test writers confuse students with words
that sound similar in the question and in the answer.
Example:
1) Have you ever played poker?
a) The play begins at 9:00
b) No, its the first time.
2) Where did you go shopping?
b) I often wear this dress.
b) I went to the supermarket.
3) Do you want me to type this report?
a) Its the same type.
b) No, thanks. Ill do it by myself.
SHORT
CONVERSATIONS &
TALKS
TOEIC Practice
WHO?
WHERE?
- In the street,
building?
- In a car, in public
transport?
Repeated words
Be careful of words that are
repeated in the answers; this does
not mean it is the correct answer!
TOEIC Workshop 4
INCOMPLETE SENTENCES AND READING
COMPREHENSION
Incomplete Sentences:
Description
30
questions,
recording.
they
are
not
in
the
You
You
Examples
Are
for tonights
A) lift
B) left
C) lived
D) let
This
Examples
Listen!
Wendy
the piano.
A) plays
B) played
C) is playing
D) dont play
This
Strategies
Answer
Eliminate
of speech
Read
Dont
Practice
2. Have you
A) yet
B) always
C) ever
D) usually
been to Canada?
Practice
3. Tom is the
A) tall
B) tallest
C) taller
D) most tall
back.
Strategies
Read
This
Read
Consider
Is
it an advertisement? A notification? An
email?
Strategies
Do
Do
You
Strategies: Inferences
The
Most importantly.
Time
management is critical!
Dont spend too much time on
difficult questionsjust guess
and move on
Practice
Call
555-1234
more
information
Where
would
thisfor
sign
most
likely be seen?
A)In a bookstore
B)In the mall
C) A hotel
D) A theater
Practice
World-famous photographer Ethan Armstrong is pleased
to invite you to the opening reception of his gallery.
On Wednesday, June 10
From 6:00 to 8:00pm
At The Armstrong Gallery
What will go
to the Young
Artists
Charity?
book
B) Some
photograp
Who sent this invitation?
What will happen during the reception?
hs
A) Some photographers
A) Photographs from the book will be donated
C) A
B) A painter
B) Ethan Armstrong will receive a donation
percentage
C) A charity
C) Young artists will take photographs
of the sale
D)Ethan Armstrong D)Guests will be able to buy some pictures
D)All the
Practice
Hi Justin,
How are you? Im so glad you can make it to my
birthday party next Saturday. Here are directions to get
to my house from the train station.
Walk out of the station and take the first Street on the
right. Continue going straight past Memorial Church.
Cross the bridge and turn right onto Lincoln Street at the
traffic light. My house is at the end of the Street on the
left, next to the public library.
Call me if you have any trouble and I will have my
brother pick you up!
Megan
What is the
purpose of
this message?
A)To invite
Justin to a
party
B)To buy a
new house
C)To explain
the way to
Megans
house from
the station
D)To cancel a
Practice
Hi Justin,
How are you? Im so glad you can make it to my
birthday party next Saturday. Here are directions to get
to my house from the train station.
What is Justin
supposed to
do?
Walk out of the station and take the first Street on the
right. Continue going straight past Memorial Church.
Cross the bridge and turn right onto Lincoln Street at the
traffic light. My house is at the end of the Street on the
left, next to the public library.
Call me if you have any trouble and I will have my
brother pick you up!
Megan
Practice
Hi Justin,
How are you? Im so glad you can make it to my
birthday party next Saturday. Here are directions to get
to my house from the train station.
Walk out of the station and take the first Street on the
right. Continue going straight past Memorial Church.
Cross the bridge and turn right onto Lincoln Street at the
traffic light. My house is at the end of the street on the
left, next to the public library.
Call me if you have any trouble and I will have my
brother pick you up!
Megan
Where does
Megan live?
A) Close to a
library
B) Near a
bookstore
C) On First
Street
D) By the train
station