1. TOEFL Ibt READING SECTION
Completing summaries and charts
Week 16 lesson 2
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2. Tips on completing summaries
Find hints about the overall structure of the text
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3. Tips on completing summaries
Look for key words that signal an outline, e.g. there are three main theories about ...
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4. Tips on completing summaries
Some other signal words: the first, the next, the third ...
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5. Tips on completing summaries
Look at the first sentence or two of each paragraph
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6. Eliminate answer choices
that are just details
that are irrelevant
that present information inaccurately
that don’t appear in the passage
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8. A paragraph has more than one main idea?
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9. The passage does not a clear-cut outline indicated by the signal words e.g. “the first ...”, “the next ...” “the third ...”?
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10. There are more paragraphs than answer choices?
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11. Complete the chart questions
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12. Important tips
Familiarize yourself with the categories and concepts and differences between them
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13. Important tips Locate the answer choices one by one
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14. Don’t forget that
The choices might be scattered all over the paragraphs
The information in the answer choices will not be word for word as the text provided in the passage
Use key words from the choices to help you find the answers
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15. Tell us about your reading habits:
Mention the problems or challenges you face when you have to read in English, how often you do it, and the importance of reading in your life.
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