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TOEFL Reading

Solution strategies: megafauna extinction

Student question: sentence insertion question using 2 clues

Student question: Decoding a difficult TOEFL passage correctly

"Most" and "either" as clues for TOEFL sentence insertion questions

"Such" is the clue: sentence insertion

"Other" is the clue: sentence insertion question

Paraphrase questions using semicolons, colons, dashes and appositives

Semicolon, colon and dash in TOEFL passages

Minerals: Hard questions and incorrect answer on Chinese site

TOEFL vocab: A words

TOEFL vocab: B-C words

TOEFL Vocab Meaning inferable from roots and prefixes: exercise review

TOEFL Vocab questions: meaning inerrable from roots and prefixes

TOEFL inference questions needing contrapositive

Summary questions

Summery questions based on clues

Easiest clue: absolute vs qualified

TOEFL loves "Even"

Implicit information questions

Reading between the lines

How to find hidden information

Negative information question: direct vs indirect effect

Rhetorical purpose question

Synonym question

Elimination method

Hard TOEFL passage: Comets

Sentence insertion questions

Sentence insertion: transitional words of readsong

Information question

TOEFL Listening

Note taking and listening comprehension on Rose Frantzen

Answering strategy

Hard TOEFL lecture: Bode's Law

Main idea question

Note-taking strategies

Archaeological site

TOEFL Speaking

Q1 Collection of ETS raters' written evaluations

Q1 Personal preference answering strategy

Q1 School uniform requirement

Q2 Comments on student response

Q4 Defense strategies & Baby math

TOEFL Writing

Academic:feedback on the seniority policy

Academic: Student essay comments: free public transportation

Academic Discussion Lecture 1 (sample lecture)

Academic ETS official sample responses of score 5

Academic Comments on student essay: mistake in electronic device purchasing

Academic: Comments on student essay: social media's impact on society

Academic: Essay comments: train existing employees vs hiring new ones

Academic Children using electronic devices

Academic Electronic voting

Academic Free will vs determinism

Academic: Celebrity charity

Academic: Reverse mentoring

Academic: Business Success

Academic:How to respond to a difficult TOEFL academic discussion question

Integrated Roman Empire

Integrated: Power companies

Vocabulary

A-Z 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 and affixes

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

Pronunciation

Course syllabus and sample lectures

Prosody