Tips for Reading Comprehension TOEFL.pptx

Reading Tips for TOEFL

1. Reading Comprehension By Miss Yeyep

2. READING SECTION CONSISTS OF 50 QUESTIONS TIME IS ABOUT 55 MINUTES TRUE ANSWER GETS POINT, BUT IF IT IS WRONG THERE IS NO MINUS

3. THREE LEVELS OF QUESTION SIMPLE LEVEL MIDDLE LEVEL DIFFICULT LEVEL

4. Tips to comprehend the reading section Please read the question before reading the text Try to find some keyword in the question and match it to the similar words you can find in the text. Then, the answer is around that position. Lastly, you can correlate it the optional answers. Try to train yourself by using skimming technical of reading.

5. Determining the priority of question to be answered Simple questions: 1 . Reference ( Rujukan ) E.g. The word “he” in the line 6 refers to….? 2. The preceding/ the prior of the following paragraph is… 3. The text begins with….. The following paragraph / the following passage of this paragraph is… The end of the passage …… The topic / main idea/ title/ main point/ mainly discussed/ concerned of this paragraph is.. The purpose of the paragraph…. The tone of the passage…

6. Middle level questions Closest meaning/ similar meaning Opposite meaning/ different meaning/ contrast meaning The meaning of “a word” Stated and unstated text True or false question

7. The difficult level question The conclusion of the passage… It can be inferred from the paragraph that…. It is implied in the paragraph that….

8. Keyword Find the subject Find the verb Find the object Repeated Words Find the terminology words Choose the 2-3 words of those optional above and try to match them in the text Then, mix and match it into the optional answers which one that contained the keywords the most.

9. Kalimat Lengkap : S+ V + O Subject: orang, benda (the, a, an, some, many) Noun= (SMITHNA) -ship : friendship, leadership - ment : government, improvement -ion: relation, organization, nation -ty: capacity, property, humanity -hood: brotherhood, childhood, -ness: happiness, darkness, weakness - ance : difference, importance e.g : Puberty is the most critical time for teenagers

10. Adjective: Kata Sifat Eg : pretty, ugly, bad… FIAOLA - ful : careful, beautiful, thoughful - ive : sensitive, active, passive -al: critical, political, economical - ous : famous, generous, dangerous -less: careless, hopeless -ant /- ent : important, different, patient

11. Verb: (Kata Kerja ) V1 + -s/-es Is, am, are, was, were + adj/ n/ adverb(Kata keterangan ) V2 (-ed): studied, read Is/am/are/was/were + Ving Has/have/had + V3 Is/am/are/was/were+ v3= di- Will/ would/ can/ could/ may/ might/ should/ must + v1 Has to / have to + V1 = must + V1 Be able to = can Eg : I am able to speak English= I can speak English Be going to = will Eg : I am going to study at UI for 2 years.

12. Kata keterangan ( Adverb) = Arti : dengan ….. Ket . Waktu: always, every, Ket . Tempat : at home, in the office, - ly : slowly, rapidly, well, fast, good, hard Eg : The runner runs quickly.

13. Conjunction: Kata Penghubung Because/ As/ Since/ for (Karena) + S+V Because of, due to ( karena ) + Noun eg. It is because of you, I can handle my problem So, therefore, hence, consequently, ( Sehingga / jadi ) + S+ V But, However, Whereas, Nevertheless ( Tetapi ) + S+ V Although, Eventhough , Though, ( walaupun ) + S+ V In spite of, Despite ( walaupun ) + Noun Eg : she still fights for her study abroad despite her lack of finance . Although she is short of money, she still fights for her study abroad.

14. Posisi Verb S+ V Posisi Verb dan Adverb Verb+ Adverb = Adverb+ Verb Posisi Noun dan Adjective Adj+ Noun Pola Lengkap : S+ V+ Adv+ Adj + N Snake is extremely dangerous animal (V) (Adv) (Adj) (N) Pola Lengkap : S+ V+ Conj + S + V Conj + S + V, S + V Posisi Preposition N of N , ……… and / or …….. ( pola nya harus sama ) The import ance of this miss ion . Ving of Ving Note untuk of: Jika memakai prep. “of” maka kiri dan kanan nya harus pola nya sama

15. She is as beautiful as her mother as + adj + as S + V + which/ where/ when/ that/ + (S)+ V S+ Ving + V + O (yang me---/ yang ber ---) S+ V3 + by + V+ O (yang di----) Eg : The ship sailing to Australia is leaving now. S Ving V Eg : JK. Rowling writing best seller book is very rich. Eg : A novel of Laskar Pelangi written by Andrea Hirata was very popular at that time.

16. Whom, which, where , who

17. Preposition (Kata depan ) In, on, of, with, without, behind, in front of… Note: Jika ada preposition di awal kalimat , maka tidak bisa ia dijadikan subject.

18. Thank you “Practice a lot to master your ability and never give up to find the way out when facing the problem.”

19. Relative Pronoun Who + Verb Whom, whose, where, when, that, which + S+ V Di awal kalimat , bertemu dg preposition In, on + Ving By+ Ving All, Most, Some + Plural = V1 Eg : Most of people agree to the statement most plural v1 All, most, some + Singular = V1+-es/ -s

20. Subject- verb Agreement Subject Singular: verb: She, he, it, john is, was, has, is studying, V1 + -es/ -s Embedded within/ embedded in ( masuk ke dalam ) similar as/ different from Talk about, talk to Concern about Subject Tunggal: Another (yang lain Cuma satu ) Subject Jamak : Other/ others (yang lain tapi banyak )