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Dr. Byrnes' TOEFL Courses
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Dr. Byrnes' English Skills Courses
Pronunciation: vowels, consonants and connected speech
Prosody: word stress, sentence stress, focus word stress and intonation
Vocabulary: Exam words A-Z, Roots and affixes, Synonyms
Grammar for Writing and Speaking
TOEFL Listening Lecture on Theory of Mind (TPO66L1)
TOEFL Listening: Tricky Function Question
TOEFL Speaking
TOEFL Writing
Grammar
Grammar: The most confusing grammar rule = zero article with singular countable nouns
Grammar tor TOEFL Writing: "the" + noun for lexical variety
Grammar: Eight parts of speech and word order
Grammar: Agreement ErrorsUse the definite article correctly
Five noun types for noun countability: https://youtube.com/shorts/Y0lcoVS17sk?feature=share
Use countable nouns correctly: https://youtube.com/shorts/s6XVICbNFwg?feature=share
Three types of countable nouns: https://youtube.com/shorts/EENBQxEJTZs?feature=share
Three types of uncountable nouns: https://youtube.com/shorts/UuCDCRmMDM4?feature=share
How to talk about quantity with uncountable nouns: https://youtube.com/shorts/WpsqHMATes0?feature=share
Rule 1: Noun-determiner agreement: https://youtu.be/vlJtsxBUbVc
Plural countable indefinite quantifiers: https://youtu.be/VCchH-W1yiM
Nationality of a person and people: https://youtu.be/dhVGpGIJS6A
Uncountable indefinite quantifiers: https://youtu.be/ripAqfYlK_Y
Plural and uncountable indefinite quantifiers: https://youtu.be/x6a9vsf5gQg
Types of Determiners: https://youtu.be/86wM27qxxnM
Determiner order (pre-main-post):https://youtu.be/D-9oF2MBwzw Distinction of countable and uncountable nouns: https://youtu.be/SesnD3ymTAQ Use “the” for specific things: https://youtu.be/3yLJssZHb9o Singular countable indefinite quantifiers:https://youtu.be/GJXgto8e3Do
Grammar tor TOEFL Writing: "the" + noun for lexical variety
Grammar: Eight parts of speech and word order
Five noun types for noun countability: https://youtube.com/shorts/Y0lcoVS17sk?feature=share
Use countable nouns correctly: https://youtube.com/shorts/s6XVICbNFwg?feature=share
Three types of countable nouns: https://youtube.com/shorts/EENBQxEJTZs?feature=share
Three types of uncountable nouns: https://youtube.com/shorts/UuCDCRmMDM4?feature=share
How to talk about quantity with uncountable nouns: https://youtube.com/shorts/WpsqHMATes0?feature=share
Rule 1: Noun-determiner agreement: https://youtu.be/vlJtsxBUbVc
Plural countable indefinite quantifiers: https://youtu.be/VCchH-W1yiM
Nationality of a person and people: https://youtu.be/dhVGpGIJS6A
Uncountable indefinite quantifiers: https://youtu.be/ripAqfYlK_Y
Plural and uncountable indefinite quantifiers: https://youtu.be/x6a9vsf5gQg
Types of Determiners: https://youtu.be/86wM27qxxnM
Determiner order (pre-main-post):https://youtu.be/D-9oF2MBwzw
Vocabulary
Ab- words Ab- words
Ac- wordsAc- words
Ad- words:Ad- words
Ae-, Af, Ag- wordsAe-, Af, Ag- words
Al-, Am- words:Al-, Am- words
Roots Greek and Latin roots with the same meanings
Roots from QUOD to RUPT
Roots from SE to SON
Prefix from A to CONTRA
Prefix from DE to EX
Prefix from FOR to ISO
prefix from MACRO-OVER
Suffixes for nouns from AC to ER
Suffixes for nouns from ESS to URE
Suffixes for verbs, adjectives or adverbs