TOEFL Test Practice

The TOEFL Test: Test Of English as Foreign Language.
The essential exam for entry to universities in the United States. Academic language.
Try the free practice material on this site:

• iBT Reading test
• iBT Listening test
• Structure Tests (Paper-based format)
• Vocabulary test

Who is it for?
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) measures the ability of nonnative speakers of English to use and understand North American English as it is spoken, written and heard in college and university settings. Most people who take the TOEFL test are planning to study at colleges and universities where instruction is in English. In addition, many government agencies, scholarship programs, and licensing/certification agencies use TOEFL scores to evaluate English proficiency.

Listening -- Measures ability to understand English as it is spoken in North America.

Structure -- Measures ability to recognize language that is appropriate for standard written English.

Reading -- Measures ability to read and understand short passages similar in topic and style to those that students are likely to encounter in North American universities and colleges.

Writing -- Measures ability to write in English on an assigned topic. In this section, you will have an opportunity to demonstrate your ability to write in English. This includes the ability to generate and organize ideas, to support those ideas with examples or evidence, and to compose in standard written English in response to an assigned topic.

More links to more practice_

1. 4Test

2.TOEFL QUIZZES

3. TOEFL http://englishteststore.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4451%3ATOEFL-iBT-Listening-Idioms-Test-001&catid=113%3Aenglish-vocabulary-tests&Itemid=361

Verb Tenses

Active and Passive voice

Modals

Now.. this is the workshop:

1. Look for an article related to your field of expertise.
2. Post it to your blog. Make sure to add the link where you got it from.
3. Write a short summary of the article. Give your opinion about it.
4. Select two paragraphs from your article.
5. Read the paragraph and select two examples of eight parts of speech: verb, noun, pronoun, adjective, the adverb,  preposition,  conjunction, and  interjection. Also, look for suffixes, and prefixes.
6. Write three sentences and tell about the verbe tenses.

Suffix and Prefix

What is a suffix?
A suffix is a word ending. It is a group of letters you can add to the end of a root word*
e.g. walking, helpful

*A root word stands on its own as a word, but you can make new words from it by adding beginnings (prefixes) and endings (suffixes).
For example, 'comfort' is a root word. By adding the prefix 'dis' and the suffix 'able' you can make new words such as 'discomfort' and 'comfortable'.

For more practice go to: BBC skillwise

What is a prefix?
A prefix is a group of letters which you can add to the beginning of a root word* to change the meaning of the word. e.g. mis + fortune = misfortune

*A root word stands on its own as a word but you can make new words from it by adding beginnings (prefixes) and endings (suffixes).
For example, 'comfort' is a root word. By adding the prefix 'dis' and the suffix 'able' you can make new words such as 'discomfort' and 'comfortable'.