1. INTRODUCTION to TOEIC TEST READING SECTION

2. TOEIC book P. 12 – TOEIC Outline

3. How many parts in this section? There are 3 parts: Part 5: Incomplete Sentences Part 6: Text Completion Part 7: Reading Comprehesion

4. Part 5: Incomplete Sentences The most common types: Word families Similar words Prepositions Conjunctions Adverbs of Frequency Verb tenses Two-word verbs

5. Word Families -Are words that look alike but have different endings: nation: national- nationality frequent: frequency- infrequently

6. Similar words -Are words that have similar meanings but cannot used interchangeably except – excerpt salary – wage – income…

7. Prepositions -Are small words that introduce phrases at: She learned at that school in: Brad Pitt was born in 1963

8. Conjunctions -Are words that join other words, phrases, or clauses: and: My mother and I like crabs although: Although he is just 23, he earns 30 millions a month.

9. Adverbs of Frequency -Are words that describe how often ones do something: always: I always go to school late seldom: He seldom does houseworks

10. Verb tenses -Look at the time expressions to decide the tense. Last night, I couldn’t sleep. Mr. Dung will go to Thailand for a visit next month.

11. Two-word verbs/Phrasal verbs -Are words that combine with other words that are often prepositions turn on: switch on turn off: switch off see off : farewell see about: take care of

12. Part 6: Text Completion The most common types: Word in context Pronouns Subject-Verb agreement Modal Auxiliaries Adjective Comparisons Gerunds or Infinitives

13. Part 7: Reading Comprehension The most common types: Advertisements Business Correspondence Forms, Charts, Graphs Articles and Reports Announcements and Paragraphs

14. Grammar P.26 Subject + verb Object Complement Modification

15. Parts of speech… P.28 Nouns Pronouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Conjunctives Prepositions Exclamations

16. 5 types of Sentences P. 27 Subject + verb Subject + verb + complement Subject + verb + object Subject + verb + indirect object + direct object Subject + verb + object + complement

17. Reading Paraphrase – To understand the meaning Change words that have the same meaning Generalize Summarize Infer

18. Week 1 Day 1 P. 34 ~ 47 Questions to ask – What type of word is ______? – Is this a ______? (noun, adjective?) – Why is the answer ___?

19. Great work! Self evaluation! See you next week!