Saturday, February 23, 2008
TOEIC Score-Killer - Not finishing the test
TOEIC Score-Killer: Not finishing the test
Finish the Test! Time - “time is of the essence”
Time management is fundamental to achieving a high TOEIC score. Among the students I polled one thing that stands out is the inability to complete the test.
Our mantra is “I will finish the test”
Since all questions are of equal value on the TOEIC, you cannot allow yourself to waste too much time on questions that you cannot solve within a reasonable amount of time. The question that is very difficult and time consuming for you is also the one your most likely to get wrong, so if you have to move on don't sweat it. Remembering our second mantra “I will finish the test”.
Let's do some simple math.
Listening Comprehension
time = 45 minutes – questions = 100
time per/question? - 27 seconds
Reading
time = 75 minutes – questions = 100
time per/question? - 45 seconds
27 seconds! 45 seconds!! Are you getting the picture!!!
Any question in which you use more than what is alloted for that segment you are borrowing time from the next question. The answer to your problem is simple do not go into time debt! If you allow a time debt to accumulate than you end up in two possible scenarios:
you don't finish and all remaining question are worth 0!
you make random selections and take your chances.
Neither of these are the way to a high score.
The order of the questions do not necessarily indicate the level of difficulty, put another way, the first questions are not necessarily simpler to answer than the last. This assumption can tempt you to want to read over everything first and answer the ones you know or feel are the easiest. This is completely natural, but you must not do this. Why? Because it can lead to a lower score as you will be using up your most precious commodity...time! This is an excellent strategy for testing that is not time sensitive, however you do not have the luxury of time on the TOEIC.
Well then, if I can't use too much time on difficult questions and I can't read ahead looking for easier ones to fill in then...what do I do? Good question, I'm glad you asked.
You need to implement two time management techniques:
What are they? check back tomorrow and I'll cover them in detail. So for now be sure to use your mantra.
Your mantra is “I will finish the test”
TOEIC Secrets, The Top Ten Score Killers - Part 1 by DAVID DALTON
http://www.amazines.com/view_author.cfm?authorid=35078&Author=David&20Dalton
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Finish the Test! Time - “time is of the essence”
Time management is fundamental to achieving a high TOEIC score. Among the students I polled one thing that stands out is the inability to complete the test.
Our mantra is “I will finish the test”
Since all questions are of equal value on the TOEIC, you cannot allow yourself to waste too much time on questions that you cannot solve within a reasonable amount of time. The question that is very difficult and time consuming for you is also the one your most likely to get wrong, so if you have to move on don't sweat it. Remembering our second mantra “I will finish the test”.
Let's do some simple math.
Listening Comprehension
time = 45 minutes – questions = 100
time per/question? - 27 seconds
Reading
time = 75 minutes – questions = 100
time per/question? - 45 seconds
27 seconds! 45 seconds!! Are you getting the picture!!!
Any question in which you use more than what is alloted for that segment you are borrowing time from the next question. The answer to your problem is simple do not go into time debt! If you allow a time debt to accumulate than you end up in two possible scenarios:
you don't finish and all remaining question are worth 0!
you make random selections and take your chances.
Neither of these are the way to a high score.
The order of the questions do not necessarily indicate the level of difficulty, put another way, the first questions are not necessarily simpler to answer than the last. This assumption can tempt you to want to read over everything first and answer the ones you know or feel are the easiest. This is completely natural, but you must not do this. Why? Because it can lead to a lower score as you will be using up your most precious commodity...time! This is an excellent strategy for testing that is not time sensitive, however you do not have the luxury of time on the TOEIC.
Well then, if I can't use too much time on difficult questions and I can't read ahead looking for easier ones to fill in then...what do I do? Good question, I'm glad you asked.
You need to implement two time management techniques:
What are they? check back tomorrow and I'll cover them in detail. So for now be sure to use your mantra.
Your mantra is “I will finish the test”
TOEIC Secrets, The Top Ten Score Killers - Part 1 by DAVID DALTON
http://www.amazines.com/view_author.cfm?authorid=35078&Author=David&20Dalton
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Study Prepositions for GRE TOEFL and GMAT Exams
The English, Part of Speech, Preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence. A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition.
The most common prepositions: "about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, but, by, despite, down, during, except, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, onto, out, outside, over, past, since, through, throughout, till, to, toward, under, underneath, until, up, upon, with, within and without."
Complex prepositions consist of more than one word: along with, out of, up to.
Here is a list of most common prepostions for standardized exams like the GRE, TOEFL, TOEIC and GMAT.
1. Aboard 2. About 3. Above 4. Absent 5. According To 6. Across 7. After 8. Against
9. Ahead Of 10. All Over 11. Along 12. Alongside 13. Amid Or Amidst 14. Among 15. Around 16. As 17. As Of 18. As To 19. As + ADVERB OF TIME + As 20. As Early As 21. As Late As 22. As Often As 23. As Much As 24. As Many As, 25. Aside 26. Astride 27. At 28. Away From 29. Bar 30. Barring 31. Because Of 32. Before 33. Behind 34. Below
35. Beneath 36. Beside 37. Besides 38. Between 39. Beyond 40. But 41. By 42. By The Time Of 43. Circa 44. Close By 45. Close To 46. Concerning 47. Considering 48. Despite 49. Down 50. Due To 51. During 52. Except 53. Except For 54. Excepting 55. Excluding 56. Failing 57. For 58. For All (Means Despite) 59. From 60. Given 61. In 62. In Between 63. In Front Of 64. In Keeping With 65. In Place Of 66. In Spite Of 67. In View Of 68. Including 69. Inside 70. Instead Of 71. Into 72. Less 73. Like 74. Minus 75. Near 76. Near To 77. Next To 78. Notwithstanding 79. Of 80. Off 81. On 82. On Top Of 83. Onto 84. Opposite 85. Other Than 86. Out 87. Out Of 88. Outside 89. Over 90. Past 91. Pending 92. Per 93. Plus 94. Regarding 95. Respecting 96. Round 97. Save 98. Saving 99. Similar To 100. Since 101.Save 102. Than 103. Thanks To (Means Because Of) 104. Through 105. Throughout 106. Till 107. To 108. Toward 109. Under 110. Underneath 111. Unlike 112. Until 113. Unto 114. Up 115. Upon 116. Up To 117. Versus 118. Via 119. Wanting 120. With 121. Within 122. Without
Introducing the Eight Parts of Speech
English grammar uses words based on eight parts of speech: the verb, the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the adverb, the preposition, the conjunction,and the interjection. Each part of speech explains not what the word is, but how the word is used. The same word can be a noun in one sentence and a verb or adjective in the next.
The verb is perhaps the most important part of the sentence. A verb or compound verb states something about the subject of the sentence. The verb depicts actions, events, or states of being.
A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract concepts. A noun can function in a sentence as a subject, a direct object, an indirect object, a subject complement, an object complement, an appositive, an adjective or an adverb.
Pronouns as a part of speech can replace a noun, another pronoun, noun phrases and perform most of the functions of a noun.
An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words. Many consider articles: "the, a, an" to be adjectives.
An adverb can modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or a complete clause by indicating manner, time, place, cause, or degree.
A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence.
Conjunctions link words, phrases, and clauses.
An interjection is a part of speech used to show or express emotion or illustrate an exclamation.
For additional parts of speech explanations go to original post: http://www.eslincanada.com/englishlesson1.html
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The most common prepositions: "about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, but, by, despite, down, during, except, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, onto, out, outside, over, past, since, through, throughout, till, to, toward, under, underneath, until, up, upon, with, within and without."
Complex prepositions consist of more than one word: along with, out of, up to.
Here is a list of most common prepostions for standardized exams like the GRE, TOEFL, TOEIC and GMAT.
1. Aboard 2. About 3. Above 4. Absent 5. According To 6. Across 7. After 8. Against
9. Ahead Of 10. All Over 11. Along 12. Alongside 13. Amid Or Amidst 14. Among 15. Around 16. As 17. As Of 18. As To 19. As + ADVERB OF TIME + As 20. As Early As 21. As Late As 22. As Often As 23. As Much As 24. As Many As, 25. Aside 26. Astride 27. At 28. Away From 29. Bar 30. Barring 31. Because Of 32. Before 33. Behind 34. Below
35. Beneath 36. Beside 37. Besides 38. Between 39. Beyond 40. But 41. By 42. By The Time Of 43. Circa 44. Close By 45. Close To 46. Concerning 47. Considering 48. Despite 49. Down 50. Due To 51. During 52. Except 53. Except For 54. Excepting 55. Excluding 56. Failing 57. For 58. For All (Means Despite) 59. From 60. Given 61. In 62. In Between 63. In Front Of 64. In Keeping With 65. In Place Of 66. In Spite Of 67. In View Of 68. Including 69. Inside 70. Instead Of 71. Into 72. Less 73. Like 74. Minus 75. Near 76. Near To 77. Next To 78. Notwithstanding 79. Of 80. Off 81. On 82. On Top Of 83. Onto 84. Opposite 85. Other Than 86. Out 87. Out Of 88. Outside 89. Over 90. Past 91. Pending 92. Per 93. Plus 94. Regarding 95. Respecting 96. Round 97. Save 98. Saving 99. Similar To 100. Since 101.Save 102. Than 103. Thanks To (Means Because Of) 104. Through 105. Throughout 106. Till 107. To 108. Toward 109. Under 110. Underneath 111. Unlike 112. Until 113. Unto 114. Up 115. Upon 116. Up To 117. Versus 118. Via 119. Wanting 120. With 121. Within 122. Without
Introducing the Eight Parts of Speech
English grammar uses words based on eight parts of speech: the verb, the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the adverb, the preposition, the conjunction,and the interjection. Each part of speech explains not what the word is, but how the word is used. The same word can be a noun in one sentence and a verb or adjective in the next.
The verb is perhaps the most important part of the sentence. A verb or compound verb states something about the subject of the sentence. The verb depicts actions, events, or states of being.
A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract concepts. A noun can function in a sentence as a subject, a direct object, an indirect object, a subject complement, an object complement, an appositive, an adjective or an adverb.
Pronouns as a part of speech can replace a noun, another pronoun, noun phrases and perform most of the functions of a noun.
An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words. Many consider articles: "the, a, an" to be adjectives.
An adverb can modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or a complete clause by indicating manner, time, place, cause, or degree.
A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence.
Conjunctions link words, phrases, and clauses.
An interjection is a part of speech used to show or express emotion or illustrate an exclamation.
For additional parts of speech explanations go to original post: http://www.eslincanada.com/englishlesson1.html
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
English Interjections for GRE TOEFL and GMAT Tests
Interjection is a big "Part of Speech English Grammar Name" for a single letter or letters that indicate a sound or small word.
Interjections are usually short exclamations like Oh!, Um or Ah! They have no real grammatical value but English speakers use them quite often when speaking.
Actually interjections like "er and um" are used when people are hesitating before they speak. People use "er and um" when they don't know what to say, or to indicate that they are thinking about what to say. They have no real meaning.
When interjections are inserted into a sentence, they usually have no grammatical connection to the sentence.
The sentence completion and reading comprehension questions in the standardized GRE or GMAT or TOEFL exams require both a good knowledge and wide variety of English interjections. There are a huge number of English interjections in use but only a few will be tested. The following are a few examples:
Ouch, that hurt! - Oh no! - Stop that - Yahoo - Whoa! - Bravo! - Hey! - Put that down! - What a shame! - Well, I never! - How nice! - Oh, my! - oh! - Nonsense! - What! - Good! - Too bad! - Fancy! Well!- alas! - Godspeed! - Aww - yoo-hoo - Yuk - oh dear - Oh! - Gee! - Good grief - okey dokey - Ouch - ugh - wow - Gosh - Darn - eureka - Uh - ouch - scat - Good Lord! - Rah - Yay - Yikes - Ugh - come on - Ow - oops - Wow - Hurrah - Yippee - Shh - Mmm - ay - Tut-tut - aye man - Ha ha! - my foot! - Aha - aye - Look here!
Formal English Interjections use instructions:
1. No interjections in professional, formal, academic texts.(OK for reporting speech)
2. Interjections are often used alone as a full sentence.
3. Interjections are used to express sudden action, reaction, emotion or surprise. Interjections are used to exclaim or protest or command. Interjections are used to indicate when events happen unexpectedly, painfully, surprisingly or suddenly.
4. If the emotion is powerful it is to be followed with an exclamation mark. It is not always correct to use an exclamatory sign for all interjections.
5. Some introductory words (before a following sentence) such as "Yes! No! Well! Indeed! " can act as interjections when used to exclaim.
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Interjections are usually short exclamations like Oh!, Um or Ah! They have no real grammatical value but English speakers use them quite often when speaking.
Actually interjections like "er and um" are used when people are hesitating before they speak. People use "er and um" when they don't know what to say, or to indicate that they are thinking about what to say. They have no real meaning.
When interjections are inserted into a sentence, they usually have no grammatical connection to the sentence.
The sentence completion and reading comprehension questions in the standardized GRE or GMAT or TOEFL exams require both a good knowledge and wide variety of English interjections. There are a huge number of English interjections in use but only a few will be tested. The following are a few examples:
Ouch, that hurt! - Oh no! - Stop that - Yahoo - Whoa! - Bravo! - Hey! - Put that down! - What a shame! - Well, I never! - How nice! - Oh, my! - oh! - Nonsense! - What! - Good! - Too bad! - Fancy! Well!- alas! - Godspeed! - Aww - yoo-hoo - Yuk - oh dear - Oh! - Gee! - Good grief - okey dokey - Ouch - ugh - wow - Gosh - Darn - eureka - Uh - ouch - scat - Good Lord! - Rah - Yay - Yikes - Ugh - come on - Ow - oops - Wow - Hurrah - Yippee - Shh - Mmm - ay - Tut-tut - aye man - Ha ha! - my foot! - Aha - aye - Look here!
Formal English Interjections use instructions:
1. No interjections in professional, formal, academic texts.(OK for reporting speech)
2. Interjections are often used alone as a full sentence.
3. Interjections are used to express sudden action, reaction, emotion or surprise. Interjections are used to exclaim or protest or command. Interjections are used to indicate when events happen unexpectedly, painfully, surprisingly or suddenly.
4. If the emotion is powerful it is to be followed with an exclamation mark. It is not always correct to use an exclamatory sign for all interjections.
5. Some introductory words (before a following sentence) such as "Yes! No! Well! Indeed! " can act as interjections when used to exclaim.
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