Reading Comprehension

of TOEFL
By
Tyas Oktaviana M.Pd
Reading Comprehension
There are about 50-60 questions (55 minutes)
This reading will cosist of 3-5 passages
each approximately 700 words in lenght and
questions about the passages.
Main Ideas, Details, Inferences, Essential Information,
Sentence Insertion, Vocabulary, Rhetorical Purpose
and Overall Ideas.
Main Ideas
it is relatively easy to find the main ideas by studying topic
sentences, which are probably found at beginning of each
paragraph.

For the examples of questions are :

1. What is the main topic of the passage?
2. What does the passage mainly discuss?
3. What is the subject of the passage?
4. What is the primary topic of the passage?
5. What is the main theme in the passage
6. Which of the following would be the best title?
7. What is the author’s main point?
How to identifying main idea?
1. Do not read the whole texts
2. Pay Attention to the first and last sentence
3. Find Keywords
How to Respond
To define....
To relate....
To discuss.....
To propose.....
To illustrate.....
To support the idea that...
To distinguish between .... And ....
To compare ... And ...
The differences information in the texts :
General (Main Idea is general)
Spesific ( Supporting ideas are spesific ones)

For the examples : Which word is the most general?

Vegetables or Tomato?
 Vocabulary
1. The word Vividly in line 6 is closest in meaning to...
a. In a cultured way
b. In a correct way
c. In a brief way
d. In a life like way

2. The word terrain is closest in meaning to....

a. Land
b. Population
c. Minerals
d. Prosperity

3. The word dominance over in line 5,...

a. Authority over b. Rejection of c. Dispute over d.understanding of
 Detail
The Questions in this parts are :
 According to the passage...
 The passage states that ....
 What does the author say about...
 It is indicated that...
 It is stated ....
 All of the following are mentioned except...
 Which of the following is not supported by....
 Reference
In reference question ,you are asked what the
highlighted word refer to, they are :
1. Subject pronoun: it, they
2. Object pronoun: it, them
3. Demonstrative pronoun : these, those, this ,that.
4. Possesive adjectives : its, their
For the example : the word ‘they’refers to...
a.Potato b.vegetables c.Hat d.Book
Thank YOU