Writing Integrated task for TOEFL test:

There are few styles of Questions in TOEFL test. They are:

The main one: First Opposition Style

In those type of questions the reading makes a claim, put an affirmation about a

specific topic. It usually includes three supporting reasons. The lecture who speaks

challenges those claims.  The question will typically look something like

this: Summarize the points made in the lecture while being sure to explain how they

oppose specific topics made in the reading passage given.

The specific question: Problems and Solutions Style

In these specific questions, the reading mentions three problems which are related to

some statement, topic or theory.  The lecturer provides all needed solutions to these

three problems.  The question will be looking something like this: Summarize the

points said by the lecture, make sure how to explain that they answer the specific

problems presented in the reading passage above.

Similar to the second type question but vice versa: Solutions and

Problems Style

In these questions, the reading suggests three solutions to only one problem.  The

lecturer describes how and why these solutions are not effective.  The question will

be looking something like this: Summarize the points said by the lecturer, making
sure to explain how they doubt concerned solutions presented in the reading passage

given.
Summarize the points made in the lecture, explaining how they cast doubts on the

points made in the reading passage provided above.

MODEL ANSWER is given below:

There are useful sentences for writing tasks:

The Introduction part can be started as following:

The lecturer who has spoken challenges the claims made by the author.

The writer of the reading passage feels that.

The author is of the opinion that.

The reading of the passage and the lecture are both about

The Body Paragraphs can be started as following:

The article mentions that.

The lecturer claims.

To start with, the author argues that .

This specific argument is challenged by the only lecturer.

Additionally, he mentions _.

Secondly, the writer suggests that _.

In the article, it is told that .

The lecturer, however, rebuts this by mentioning _.

He elaborates on these points by bringing up the point that _.

The ending can be finished as following:

Finally, the author posits, rebuts that .

Furthermore, it is stated in the text that .

In contrast, the lecturer's positions are   .

The author notes that .

Note that you don't need to write a conclusion at all.

The model answer which would cover all the point is provided below:

The reading and the lecture are both about one topic. It is the collapse of the

civilization on Easter Island. The author of the reading feels that there are only three

possible explanations for the collapse that appeared. The lecturer challenges the

statements made by the author of the text. He is of the opposition that these

explanations are wrong.

To begin with, the author argues that the end might have been caused by rats which

ate the seeds of palm and other trees. The article mentions that this was the reason

why erosion and soil loss. And it made it hard to grow food. This exact argument is

challenged by the lecturer. He claims that even if deforestation appeared the people

on the island would still have had enough food. Additionally, he says that 60% of

their diet came from the sea. Furthermore, they also used rock gardens to grow

potatoes in weak soil.

Secondly, the writer thinks that the collapse may have been the reason why ther is

warfare. In the article, it is said that many curved blades were used as weapons and

they have been found on Easter Island. The lecturer, however, rebuts this and claims

it by mentioning that the shapes of the blades give an idea that they were not

actually weapons. He elaborates and make precision on this by bringing up the point

such as they are neither sharp as well as nor pointy. Then they were probably just

used as tools for cutting something.

Finally, the author of the article posits that the society on the island would have

been destroyed by exposure to illnesses brought by foreign people. Furthermore, in

the article it is said that thousands of people died as a result of this. In contrast, the

lecturer's statement is that when contact with Europeans together with South

Americans began the population of the island people was only around 3000. He

notes that since the population was over twenty thousand before contact with them,

whatever caused the decrease would have started long before that moment.