TOEIC English | Target 990

Prep / Revision 6

Reducing Contact Transmission

Reducing Airborne Transmission

COVID-19 | Limiting Exposure and Opportunities for Infection.

6 Questions (-> 6/100)

25 Questions (-> 31/100)

39 Questions (-> 70/100)

30 Questions (-> 100/100)

30 Questions (-> 30/100)

15 Questions (-> 45/100)

55 Questions (-> 100/100)

Part 1: Photos

• Look at photos and questions BEFORE the recording starts (even during directions!)
• Examine photos: Who? What? Where? Verbs + nouns.

Part 1: Photos

• Watch out for same-word or similar-word distractors!
  • wash / watch
  • hand (verb) / hand (noun)
  • sell / sail
• Do the verbs and nouns correspond to the photos?
• Prepositions?

Part 2: Q&As

• Focus on logical responses
• Tenses not always the same.
• Remember: Not all direct questions answered with a  simple yes or no.

Part 2: Q&As

• Watch out for similar-word and same-word distractors!

 

• Examples in context:
  • ​Can you tell me how to write your name?
    • Yes, that's right.
  • Your name is Sarah. Is that right?
    • She doesn't have the right to speak.
• Repeated (similar) sounds / words are PROBABLY wrong! (meet / meat / eat, today/2 days, cancel/can sell)

 

• Listen carefully to the first word

Part 2: Q&As

Who

What

Where

When

Why

Whose

Which

How

How many

How much

How long

How often

How long ago

How far

Part 3: Dialogues

• Read the questions BEFORE you listen! DO NOT TRY TO MULTITASK FOR 45 MINUTES!
• Predict the conversation by reading BEFORE!
• Consider different ways answers could be said BEFORE!
• Watch out for similar-word and same word distractors!
• Answer questions DURING listening

Part 3: Dialogues (continued)

• INFERRED MEANING: consider what is suggested, not only what is literally said.
  • What about their tone of voice (happy, tired, annoyed….)?

 

• "Where most likely are the speakers?" Questions about general meaning can be answered near the end. Focus on questions for detail while listening.

 

• Pay attention to graphics. The information in the graphic and dialogue may be different (an update / change?)

• Some conversations include THREE speakers. The third usually speaks to confirm details.

Part 4: Monologues

• Read the 3 questions and answers BEFORE listening.
• Listen to the title of the recording
  • Questions  89-91 refer to the following weather report
• ​Be careful of numbers and quantities  (16 / 60, 2 weeks / a couple of weeks)

Part 4: Monologues

• Listen to the key words in the talk that indicate the main theme
  • order, table, menu, bill = restaurant
• Pay attention to the graphic above some of the questions
  • The information in the graphic may have changed!
• INFERRED MEANING: consider what is suggested, not only what is literally said.

LISTENING

Part 5: Incomplete Sentences

• Time – not more than 15 minutes – do this section first
• Decide the type of question: grammar, vocabulary… tenses, conditionals, causative verbs, -ed / -ing adjectives, comparatives & superlatives, active or passive….
• Decide what part of speech is needed (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, linking word…), check prefixes / suffixes.
• If you are not sure, eliminate incorrect answers first.

TENSES – indicator ‘key’ words – yesterday, tomorrow, usually, currently…

 

CONDITIONALS – ‘If’ + present -> ‘will’ would 

 

[‘when’ also possible]

‘when I will go to London I will visit…..’

 

‘If’ + past -> ‘would’ will

‘If’ + had +PP ->  ‘would have’ + PP

 

CAUSATIVE – MAKE/HAVE/LET – My boss lets me to use her car

COMPARATIVE – er/ier/more…(than) 

SUPERLATIVE – The…..est/iest/most/least…..

My house is AS big AS…..

PASSIVE – The room was cleaned yesterday (by…)

GERUND – I enjoy driving to drive 

INFINITIVE – I want to drive driving

ED/ING ADJECTIVE - I am bored/It is boring (He is boring)

READING