Belajar Structure and Written Expression untuk TOEFL Test

Belajar Structure and Written Expression untuk TOEFL Test

Salah satu topik yang bisa Anda pelajari dalam website Kursus Belajar TOEFL Online Gratis yaitu Structure and Written Expression. Structure and Written Expression merupakan salah satu dari tiga section (sesi) yang diujikan dalam TOEFL Test (tes TOEFL) berbentuk PBT (Paper-Based Test). TOEFL Test saat ini mengakomodasi dua jenis tes: iBT (internet-Based Test) dan PBT.

Seperti soal-soal section lainnya (Listening dan Reading), soal dari Structure and Written Expression berbentuk multiple choice (pilihan ganda). Structure and Written Expression section menguji kemampuan Anda dalam mengenal kalimat-kalimat bahasa Inggris secara benar berdasarkan standar grammar yang formal. Anda mesti melengkapi kalimat dan menemukan error (kesalahan) dalam kalimat. 

Umumnya Structure and Written Expression section terdiri dari 40 soal. Anda mempunyai 25 menit untuk menjawab ke 40 soal dalam sesi ini. 

Dalam Structure and Written Expression section terdapat dua bentuk pertanyaan. Pertama yaitu structure yang terdiri dari 15 butir soal (1-15). Lihat contoh di bawah.

1. Geysers have often been compared to volcanoes _______ they both emit hot liquids from below the Earth's surface.
(A) due to
(B) because
(C) in spite of
(D) regardless of
Kalimat ini seharusnya, "Geysers have often been compared to volcanoes because they both emit hot liquids from below the Earth's surface." Olehnya Anda harus memilih jawaban B.

2. During the early period of ocean navigation, ________ any need for sophisticated instruments and techniques.

(A) so that hardly
(B) where there hardly was
(C) hardly was
(D) there was hardly
Kalimat ini seharusnya, "During the early period of ocean navigation, there was hardly any need for sophisticated instruments and techniques." Olehnya Anda harus memilih jawaban D.

Bentuk ke dua dari sesi Written Expression section yaitu written expression. Bentuk soal ini terdiri dari 25 soal (16-40). Lihat contoh soal:

Untuk membantu Anda menguasai dan menjawab soal-soal Structure and Written Expression Section dengan baik, kami telah menyusun silabus pelajaran yang akan Anda temukan dalam website Kursus Belajar TOEFL Online Gratis. Di bawah ini topik-topik yang akan kami posting satu per satu dalam menu Belajar Structure and Written Expression untuk TOEFL Test.

Kritik, saran, dan komen Anda dalam bentuk apapun akan sangat bermanfaat bagi perkembangan website tempat belajar TOEFL gratis ini, yang insya Allah kami harapkan dapat menambah pundi-pundi amal bagi pihak kami dalam menjalankan tugas sebagai pengajar bahasa Inggris.

About Structure and Written Expression Section of the TOEFL Test

PRE-TEST

The Structure Questions

Sentences with One Clause:

Skill 1: Be sure the sentence has a subject and a verb

Skill  2: Be careful of objects ofprepositions

Skill  3: Be careful of appositives

Skill  4: Be careful of present participles

Skill  5: Be careful of past participles
EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

Sentences with Multiple Clauses

Skill  6: Listen for who and what with multiple nouns

Skill  7: Use adverb time and cause connectors correctly

Skill  8: Use other adverbs connectors correctly

EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-8)

More sentences with multiple clauses

Skill 9: Use noun clauses connectors correctly

Skill 10: Use noun clause connector/subjects correctly

Skill 11: Use adjective clause connectors correctly

Skill 12: Use adjective clause connector / subjects correctly

EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-8)

Sentences with Reduced Clauses:

Skill 13: Use reduced adjective clauses correctly

Skill 14: Use reduced adverb clauses correctly

EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-8)

Sentences with Inverted Subjects and Verbs:

Skill 15: Invert the subject and verb with question words

Skill 16: Invert the subject and verb with place expressions

Skill 17: Invert the subject and verb with negatives

Skill 18: Invert the subject and verb with conditionals

Skill 19: Invert the subject and verb with comparisons

EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-8)

Problems with subject/verb Agreement:

Skill 20: Make verbs agree after prepositional phrases

Skill 21: Make verbs agree after expressions of quantity

Skill 22: Make inverted verbs agree

Skill 23: Make verbs agree after certain words

EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-8)

Problems with Parallel Structure:

Skill 24: Use parallel structure with coordinate conjunctions

Skill 25: Use parallel structure with paired conjunctions

Skill 26: Use parallel structure with comparisons

Problems with Comparatives and Superlatives:

Skill 27: From comparatives and superlatives correctly

Skill 28: Use comparatives and superlatives correctly

Skill 29: Use the irregular-er, -er structure correctly

EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-8)

Problem with the from of the verb:

Skill 30: After have, use the past participle

Skill 31: After be; use the present participle or the past participle

Skill 32: After will, would or other modals use the base form of the verb

EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-8)

Problems with the Use of the Verb:

Skill 33: Know when to use the past with the present

Skill 34: Use have and had correctly

Skill 35: Use the correct tense with time expressions

Skill 36: Use the correct tense with will and would

EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-8)

Problem with Passive Verbs:

Skill 37: Use the correct form of the passive

Skill 38: Recognize active and passive meaning

EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-8)

Problem with Nouns:

Skill 39: Use the correct singular or plural noun

Skill 40: Distinguish countable and uncountable nouns

Skill 41: Recognize irregular plurals of nouns

Skill 42: Distinguish the person from the thing

EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-8)

Problems with pronouns:

Skill 43: Distinguish subject and object pronouns

Skill 44: Distinguish possessive adjectives and pronouns

Skill 45: Check pronoun reference for agreement

Skill 46: Use basic adjectives and adverbs correctly

Skill 47: Use adjectives after linking verbs

Skill 48: Position adjectives and adverbs correctly

EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-8)

More Problems with Adjectives:

Skill 49: Recognize –ly adjectives

Skill 50: Use predicate adjectives correctly

Skill 51: Use –ed and –ing adjectives correctly

EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-8)

Problems with Articles:

Skill 52: Use articles with singular nouns

Skill 53: Distinguish a and an

Skill 54: Make articles agree with nouns

Skill 55: Distinguish specific and general ideas

EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-8)

Problems with Prepositions:

Skill 56: Recognize incorrect prepositions

Skill 57: Recognize when prepositions have been omitted

EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-8)

Problems with Usage:

Skill 58: Distinguish make and do

Skill 59: Distinguish like, alike, unlike and dislike

Skill 60: Distinguish other, another and others

EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 1-5)

TOEFL REVIEW EXERCISE (Skills 1-8)

POST-TEST

*note: istilah-istilah berbahasa Inggris tidak kami miringkan (italic) mengingat kerapian tulisan.

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