Vocabulary Quiz #3

Hi students,

Below you will find Vocabulary Quiz #3. Remember that it is open book, open dictionary, internet-friendly, etc.: you can use whatever you need to do well on it!

Please complete this quiz by Friday, April 27th.

Finally, do not forget to click "submit" below when you finish.

Let me know if you have any questions. Good luck!

HW for Week 14 (April 20th)

1. Structure and Reading Practice Tests

• Structure (Grammar): 25 minutes
• Reading: 55 minutes
• Check answers when finished.

2. AWL Group 10

• inclination
• albeit
• undergo
• intrinsic
• invoked

Students: 
You might want to check out the Wiktionary Academic Word List for AWL definitions and example sentences.

3. TOEFL Practice


Grammar (same as week 13)

Grammar Practice Test

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Practice

Students--You've got to try this one:

Free Rice Vocabulary Practice and Charity

Reading (same as week 13)
PBT Complete Practice Test w/answer key
This is a great test students. It's a complete test with a detailed answer key. Give it a try! Good luck!

Reading Practice #2
These are short, TOEFL-style articles and questions. When you go to the website, scroll down and click on any article title to begin a practice test. You can complete as many as you like.

Listening


Listening Practice Directions

The following listening activities are all for the IBT test. However, they still provide good listening practice for the PBT test as well.

Listening Practice #1: IBT Conversation Practice 1

Listening Practice #2: IBT Conversation Practice 2

Listening Practice #3: IBT Lecture Practice 1

Listening Practice #4: IBT Lecture Practice #2

HW for Week 13 (week after spring break)

1. Reading Power Lesson Two 
-Session A
-Session B
-Session C
-Session D
-Practice Exercises #1-6 (do not do #7-10: we will do these sections in class as a short review test).
-Check Answers

-Vocabulary

• Read
• Do practice exercises
• Check Answers

2. AWL Group 9


incompatible
concurrent
analogous
qualitative
attained


Students: 
You might want to check out the Wiktionary Academic Word List for AWL definitions and example sentences.

3. TOEFL Practice


Grammar

Grammar Practice Test

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Practice

Students--You've got to try this one:

Free Rice Vocabulary Practice and Charity

Reading
PBT Complete Practice Test w/answer key
This is a great test students. It's a complete test with a detailed answer key. Give it a try! Good luck!

Reading Practice #2
These are short, TOEFL-style articles and questions. When you go to the website, scroll down and click on any article title to begin a practice test. You can complete as many as you like.

Listening


Listening Practice Directions

The following listening activities are all for the IBT test. However, they still provide good listening practice fo the PBT test-takes as well.

Listening Practice #1: IBT Conversation Practice

Listening Practice #2: IBT Lecture Practice

Listening Practice #3: IBT Lecture Practice #2

TOEFL Reading Strategies

Strategy 1: (for easier articles)
1. Preview the article.
2. Preview the questions.
3. Answer questions.

Strategy 2:
1. Preview
2. Read the article quickly
3. Answers the questions.

Strategy 3:
1. Skim the entire article. (read it all very quickly)
2. Try to remember key nouns, dates, sections.
3. Answer the questions.
*Strategy
1. Preview questions
2. (preview the article)
3. Answer the questions.

Strategy 4:
1. Only read the introduction. (topic, main idea)
2. Answer easy questions first. ("refer" questions and synonym questions)
3. Answer the last questions.

Strategy 5:
1. Preview for first sentence, names, dates, places, and other key words.
2. Read questions to find out which questions match with preview.
3. Answer.

Strategy 6:
1. Read article carefully.
2. Answer questions that you already know.
3. Then, go back and answer harder questions.

Summary:
1. Preview or skim the article; try to remember key words, names, places, dates, and sections.
2. Read the questions (?).
3. Skim the article. (only if necessary)
4. Answer the questions: easy questions first; then go back and answer difficult questions.

Don't Forget: 
Always answer all of the questions before moving on to the next section.

Vocabulary Quiz #2

When: Friday, March 30th
What: Academic Vocabulary Words from Groups 5, 6, 7, and 8

Here is a list of the words that will be on the quiz:

• Group 8
• displacement
• arbitrary
• ambiguous
• manipulation
• denote 
• Group 7
• intervention
• voluntary
• paradigm
• hierarchical
• differentiation 
• Group 6
• presumption
• subsidiary
• domain
• underlying
• initiatives 
• Group 5
• alter
• marginal
• fundamental 
• sustainable
• notion 

TOEFL HW for Week 11 (March 30th)

1. Reading Power Lesson One 
-Session A
-Session B
-Session C
-Session D
-Practice Exercises #1-10
-Check Answers

-Vocabulary

• Read
• Do practice exercises
• Check Answers

2. AWL Group 8


displacement
arbitrary
ambiguous
manipulation
denote


To find definitions and practice for these words, click HERE.
Click on "Practice Test 8;" then click on "see all words."

3. TOEFL Practice


Grammar

Grammar Practice Test

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Practice

Students--You've got to try this one:

Free Rice Vocabulary Practice and Charity

Reading
TOEFL IBT Reading Practice
Note: Give yourself 15 minutes to complete this test.

Reading Practice #2
These are short, TOEFL-style articles and questions. When you go to the website, scroll down and click on any article title to begin a practice test. You can complete as many as you like.


Listening


Listening Practice Directions

1. Click on the links below.
2. Click "hide text."
3. Play the listening.
4. Answer the questions.
5. Click "Show Text"
6. Review your answers by reading the article, listening to it again, or reading and listening to it at the same time.

Listening Practice #1

Listening Practice #2

TOEFL HW for Week 9

1. Grammar Power Lesson Six 
-Session A
-Session B
-Session C

-Practice Exercises #1-3 (Plese don't do "Review")
-Check Answers
-Vocabulary (from Grammar Power Lesson Five)
-Read
-Do practice exercises
-Check Answers


2. AWL Group 7
intervention
voluntary
paradigm
hierarchical
differentiation


To find definitions and practice for these words, click HERE.
Click on "Practice Test 7;" then click on "see all word."



3. TOEFL Practice


Grammar

Grammar Practice Test

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Practice

Students--You've got to try this one:

Free Rice Vocabulary Practice and Charity

Reading
Reading Practice #1 
Note: Scroll down past the TOEFL reading explanation to where it says "Practice TOEFL Test Paragraph Comprehension" and start the test. Note that answers are at the bottom.

Reading Practice #2
These are short, TOEFL-style articles and questions. When you go to the website, scroll down and click on any article title to begin a practice test. You can complete as many as you like.


Listening


Listening Practice Directions

1. Click on the links below.
2. Click "hide text."
3. Play the listening.
4. Answer the questions.
5. Click "Show Text"
6. Review your answers by reading the article, listening to it again, or reading and listening to it at the same time.

Listening Practice #1

Listening Practice #2

Listening Practice #3