2.

PART 2: QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES

TACTIC: Determine the type of the questions: Y/N Q or Wh-Q

a. Y/N Q

DO YOU KNOW MRS. NIAN?

Yes, I do Yes, I know Mrs. Nian/her
No, I don’t No, I don’t know Mrs. Nian/her
She is my english lecturer

WILL YOU GO TO THE PARTY WITH JIM?

a. YES, JIM WILL
b. NO, I DON’T
c. WITH BILL

STRATEGIES:
1. BE CAREFULL WITH Y/N ANSWER.
CHECK THE SV AGREEMENT
2. CHECK THE ANSWER. IT GIVES APPROPRIATE RESPONSE OR NOT, IT
ANSWERS THE QUESTION OR NOT

b. Wh-Q

WHO IS MRS. NIAN?

She is my english lecturer

STRATEGIES:
1. Y/N
2. WHO SUBJECT PEOPLE
3. WHOM OBJECT PEOPLE
4. WHOSE MY/MINE… (Possessive)/ ‘S
5. WHERE IN/AT/ON/UNDER/ABOVE … (Preposition) + LOCATION
6. WHEN/ AT 1 O’CLOCK/IN JULY/IN 2015/ON MONDAY/ NOON/
WHAT TIME/DAY SOON/MIDNIGHT/TOMORROW/YESTERDAY/NEXT WEEK/
LAST WEEK … (Adverb of time)
7. HOW BY/WITH/-LY/VERY WELL
8. HOW LONG:
(TIME) AROUND/ABOUT 2 HOURS/DAYS/MINUTES/WEEKS …
(MEASUREMENT) CM/M/KG/OUNCES/M3 …
9. HOW MANY/MUCH
(QUANTITY) SOME/ 2 BOOKS/ 60 PACKAGES …
(PRICE) $ 100/ CHEAPER/ MORE EXPENSIVE/HIGHER/LOWER
10. WHICH … ONE (SPEC/CLUE OF THE OBJECT)

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 11. WHAT THING/JOB
12. WHY BECAUSE = DUE/BECAUSE OF = DUE TO/TO/FOR (Reason)
13. IF YOU CANNOT ANSWER AND WANT TO GUESS THE ANSWER, CHOOSE
THE DIFFERENT SOUND OF THE ANSWER FROM THE SOUND HEARD IN
THE QUESTION

3. PART 3: CONVERSATIONS
TACTICS: 1. READ THE QUESTIONS AND THE ANSWERS BEFORE THE
AUDIO IS STARTED TO ANTICIPATE THE TOPIC
2. FOCUS ON THE QUESTION WHETHER IT IS THE MAN OR THE
WOMAN WILL BE ASKED
3. PARAPHRASING OR FIND OTHER SYNONYM
4. PART 4: TALKS
TACTICS: 1. READ THE QUESTIONS AND THE ANSWERS BEFORE THE
AUDIO IS STARTED TO ANTICIPATE THE TOPIC
2. FOCUS ON THE ANSWER OPTIONS WHILE YOU ARE
LISTENING TO THE AUDIO
3. FIND THE SIMILAR SOUND WITH THE AUDIO

I. READING: 75 MINUTES WITH 100 QUESTIONS

TACTICS: 1. SUFFIX

Sometimes a word can be identified as a noun, adjective, adverb, or verb by its suffix
(ending).

1. The following suffixes usually indicate nouns:

-ion, -sion, -tion Invasion, population

-acy accuracy
-age image
-ance, ence permanence
-hood childhood

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 -ar, -or scholar, doctor
-ism socialism
-ist artist
-ment government
-ness happiness
-y Beauty, Victory
-ship Friendship
-ty reality, capacity

2. The following suffixes usually indicate adjectives:

 -al natural
-ful beautiful
-ly friendly
-ic chronic
-ish childish
-like childlike
-ous populous, numerous, cautious
-y Happy, moody
-ate accurate
-able, ible Agreeable, capable, terrible, visible,
 -ive  Impressive

3. The following suffix usually indicates adverbs:

-ly happily, readily, beautifully

4. The following suffixes usually indicate verbs:

-ify beautify
-ate populate
-ize,-ise Realise, summarize
-en widen, lengthen, strengthen

a. NOUN  A/AN/THE/MY/’S

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 A BOY AN APPLE THE CLASS MY CHILD

NIA’S STUDENT

b. ADJECTIVE + NOUN

BEAUTIFUL GIRL

c. ADVERB: ADJECTIVE VERB ADVERB

SO SWEET EXTREMELY SWEET

SHE RAN QUICKLY

SHE UNBELIEVEABLY RAN QUICKLY

Other adverbs: REALLY/SO/TOO/VERY/QUITE

THE NEW ENGINEER DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO OPERATE A ___ SYSTEM OF …

a. –LY (ADVERB)

b. –MENT (N)

c. –OUS (ADJ)

d. –ING (V/ADJ)

1. The guests were amazed by the .... statues b. disappointing d. disappointment

in the garden
a. color c. colors 4. I heard that the board gave our project
b. colorful d. colorfully proposal a very .... review.
a. favor c. favoring
2. The rise in steel prices has resulted in b. favorable d. favorably
a .... increase in our production costs.
a. considerably c. considerable 5. The delegates seemed to find the
b. consideration d. considers presentation very .... .
a. interests c. interesting
3. The project team found it very difficult to b. interest d. interestingly
hide their .... over the rejection.
a. disappoint c. disappointedly 6. Ms. Jennings suggests we .... our sales

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 profits by simplifying our distribution
system. 15. Doan Trang was selected to .... the
a. to increase c. increases company at the annual conference.
b. increase d. increasing a. represent c. representative
b. representing d. representational
7. If shipping costs are not fully covered, ....
for delivery will be the responsibility of 16. Costumers requesting a refund must be
the recipient. prepared to wait .... 4-6 weeks for the
a. pay c. paid request to be processed.
b. payment d. to pay a. rough c. rougher
b. roughly d. roughest
8. The director was very .... in the quality of
his accomodations.
a. disappointed c. disappointing 17. The plot of the movie is too .... ; its
b. disappointment d. disappoints conflicts are either forced or simplistic.
a. predict c. predicting
9. The sales clerk ...... charged me twice for b. predictable d. predictability
the light bulbs I bought. 18. Adam Antonitti is generally considered
a. mistake c. mistaken to be one of the most .... designers in
b. mistook d. mistakenly the fashion industry today.
10. Due to disappointing sales, the a. impression c. impressive
money .... for new computers was b. impressively d. impressing
unavailable
a. require c. requiring 19. Mr. Yamada is .... that the consultan’s
b. requires d. required recommendation will help the situation.
a. convince c. conviction
11. The attorney was warned against trying b. convinced d. convincing
to .... the young witness
a. influential c. influentially
b. influence d. influencing 20. The two presidents maintained a
close .... despite their rival businesses.
12. Inexperienced investors are .... to enter a. friendly c. friendship
this new market with caution. b. friend d. friends
a. advice c. advised
b. advisory d. advising 21. Efforts were made to .... train track
width across Europe in the late twentieth
century.
13. All components for Hanson scooters a. standard c. standardization
are .... right here in this state. b. standards d. standardize
a. to manufacture c. manufacturing
b. manufactures d. manufactured

14. The .... is likely to have serious

repercussions in future negotiations.
a. incident c. incidentally
b. incidence d. incidental

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To as a preposition

To can be an infinitive marker (e.g. to work, to laugh). It can also be a preposition. When
to is a preposition, it is followed by either a noun or the -ing form of a verb, but not
normally by the infinitive. Common expressions in which this happens are look forward
to, object to, be used to, prefer … to …, get round to, in addition to.
Compare:
 I look forward to his next visit. (noun)
 I look forward to hearing from you. (NOT I look forward to hear from you.)
 I prefer the country to the city. (noun)
 I prefer swimming to walking.
 I am used to waiting for buses. (NOT I am used to wait for buses.)
 They objected to our entering the room.
 I object to working on Sundays.