TOEFL READING

TOEFL READING

What?

3 Academic Passages

12 to 15 Questions each

1 Hour to Complete

A Passage?

The Sentence

Know What

and

Know Why

“Academic Reading requires a lot of practice.”

What is the topic of the sentence?

 Academic Reading

Why are we talking about the topic?

It requires a lot of practice.

     How

Do Not Read!

Reading is Sleeping!

Skim the passage

Find the What and Why

In all the first sentences

And the last sentences

Of the first and last paragraphs

The Topic and Main Idea

All the “Whats” put together

Give you the Topic of the Passage

And all the “Whys” put together

Give you the Main Idea

Answering the Questions

What to throw out

 Same word Answers

 Extreme Answers

 Tempting Answers

 Silly Answers

 Answers to other questions

 Answers not in the passage

What to go for

 Answers you don’t understand

 Longer answers

 Words that have been rearranged    and changed

 Answers on Topic

 Answers following the Main Idea

“Eliminate all other factors, and what you have left must be the truth.”