Toefl Reading

FACTUAL INFORMATION
NEGATIVE FACTUAL INFORMATION
INFERENCE QUESTION
RHETORICAL PURPOSE
VOCABULARY
PROSE SUMMARY
FILL IN THE TABLE
PROSE SUMMARY
 Steps for summary questions
Step 1 – Identify it as a summary question
Step 2 – Read the topic sentence and figure out the main
idea: general statements and key words
Step 3 – Eliminate choices that are not directly related to
the topic sentence
Step 4 – Eliminate choices that seem like details or specific
statements
Step 5 – Go back to the text (especially topic sentences)
Tip #1: Memorize the question types
Tip #2: Find keywords and focus on them
Tip #3: Practice reading with a timer
Tip #4: Beware of modifiers in answer choices
Tip #5: Store knowledge of academic vocabulary
Tip #6: Learn word parts and apply to unknown
vocabulary
Tip #7: Be an active reader
Tip #8: Study the same test more than once
Tip #9: Explain why you were correct or incorrect
Tip #10: Practice with short passages.
Vocabulary – 60 seconds
Detail – 60-120 seconds (ideally 90
seconds)
Negative Detail – 120 seconds
Paraphrasing – 120 seconds
Sentence Insertion – 120 seconds
Inference – 90 seconds
Author’s Purpose – 90 seconds
Pronoun Reference – 60 seconds
Summary – 120 seconds
Organization – 120 seconds