LISTENING COMPREHENSION TOEFL 1.2.4 - 1.2.6.ppt

TOEFL

1. Section one: Listening
Comprehension: 1.2.4 Idioms, 1.2.5
Words with many meanings1.2.6
Sound-Alikes, exclamations and
question intonation.
Student name: Florencio Hernández Hernández

2. WHAT IS THE TOEFLIBT
TEST?

3. 1.2.4 Idioms
What Are Idioms?
An idiom is a word or phrase which has a different meaning than
its literal definition.
If someone uses the phase “crying wolf,” you may know what
both “crying” and “wolf” mean, but when they’re used together,
this phrase takes on an entirely new meaning. “Crying wolf” is an
idiom that means asking for help when you don’t actually need it.
The definition of the idiom has nothing to do with the definition of
either of the two words that make it up.

4. Some of the basic level idioms that we can learn are the
following:
•Chill out –que significa: relájate. Oh man,
chill out! You will pass the exam.
•My bad –mi error, mi culpa. Por ejemplo,
chocas con alguien y derramas su copa de vino.
Oh, my bad!
•Keep in touch –No significa literalmente que
van a tocarse, sino que van a mantenerse en
contacto. Ok, I hope you have a safe travel, please
keep in touch!

5. Some of the basic level idioms that we can learn are the
following:
•Better late than never –mejor tarde que
nunca. She arrived 20 minutes late to the meeting,
but it’s better late than never!
•No pain, no gain –utiliza esta frase para
explicar que es necesario un sacrificio para lograr
algo. Por ejemplo, en esta oración: You need to
swim every day to become faster, remember no
pain, no gain!

6. Some of the basic level idioms that we can learn are the
following:
• That ship has sailed –con esta expresion en inglés
Podemos dar a entender que una oportunidad ya ha
pasado. I wanted to go to that concert, but unfortunately,
that ship has already sailed, it’s sold out.
• It’s not rocket science –se refiere a una actividad que
no es difícil de llevar a cabo o comprender. Football is not
rocket science, that’s clearly a foul.
• Este último modismo es muy común en español
como “no juzgues a un libro por su portada” –Don’t judge a
book by its cover.

7. One of the problems with using dictionaries
to find the meaning of words is that many
words have a number of different meanings.
If you select the first meaning you find in the
dictionary without thinking about the context
in which the word appears, you may choose
the wrong definition and misunderstand the
text.
1.2.5 Words with many meanings

9. Choose the correct meaning of the words in bold according
to the context in which they appear.
1.-The government gets a lot of revenue from dutyon
tobacco products.
a) a moral or legal obligation
b) a task you have to do as part of your job
c) a tax you pay on goods you buy
2.-The questions can be answered in any order.
a) the arrangement or sequence of a group of things in
relation to each other
b) a command given by a person in authority
c) a request for a product to be delivered to you

10. Choose the correct meaning of the words in bold according
to the context in which they appear.
3.-Fatigue is one of the most commoncauses of road
accidents.
a) frequent
b) belonging to or used by a group of people
c) ordinary or usual

11. IntheTOEFLlisteningsection,you’ll
frequentlyencounterwordsthatsound
identicalbuthavedifferentmeanings.
Recorgnizingthemandunderstanding
therireal-lifeapplicationsisessential
forcomprehendingcontextand
answeringquestionscorrectly.
1.2.6 Sound-Alikes, exclamationsand
questionintonation.

12. Let’sexploresomecommonsound-
alikewordsyoumightencounterinthe
TOEFLandseehowtheyareusedin
practicalsentences
1.2.6 Sound-Alikes, exclamationsand
questionintonation

13. ‘Flower’ is a plant with colorfulpetals, like “She
loves the smell of the flower”
Flower vs Flour:
‘Waste’ means to use something carelessly or
unnecessarily, as in “Don’t waste water”
‘Flour’ is used for baking, such as “We need
a cup of flour for the cake”.
1.2.6 Sound-Alikes, exclamations and
question intonation
Waste vs Waist:

14. ‘Principle’ is a fundamental belief or rule, like
“Honesty is an important principle”.
‘Principal’ can refertoa schoolhead orthe
mainamountofmoney, suchas “Theschool
principal isretiring”.