TOEFL iBT

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Free TOEFL iBT study notes for Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) students. Each chapter breaks down a key concept with examples and practice prompts you can turn into AI drills in the thinka app.

Grammar for Sentence Building

  • Basic Word Order and Sentence Patterns

  • Subject-Verb Agreement

  • Verb Tenses: Past, Present and Perfect

  • Modals and Conditionals

  • Relative Clauses and Noun Modifiers

  • Articles and Determiners

  • Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs

  • Connectors and Transition Words

Academic Vocabulary and Word Forms

  • Core Academic Word List Vocabulary

  • Word Families: Suffixes and Parts of Speech

  • Prefixes and Word Roots

  • Academic Collocations

  • Spelling Patterns and Word Endings

  • Completing Words from First Letters

  • Guessing Word Meaning from Context

Reading Everyday Texts

  • Emails: Purpose and Requests

  • Notices and Announcements

  • Schedules, Signs and Menus

  • Messages and Social Media Posts

  • Identifying the Writer's Purpose and Tone

  • Scanning for Key Details

Academic Passage Skills

  • Main Idea Questions

  • Factual Detail Questions

  • Inference Questions

  • Vocabulary in Context

  • Author's Purpose and Rhetorical Function

  • Pronoun Reference and Cohesion

  • Paraphrase Recognition

Listening Skills

  • Choosing the Appropriate Response

  • Campus Conversations: Main Ideas and Details

  • Understanding Announcements

  • Academic Talks: Main and Supporting Ideas

  • Speaker Attitude and Inference

  • Idioms and Colloquial English

  • Accent Familiarity: American, British and Australian

  • Catching Numbers, Times and Key Facts

Writing Skills

  • Sentence Building: Word Order Reconstruction

  • Email Writing: Register and Format

  • Academic Discussion: Stating and Supporting an Opinion

  • Supporting Ideas with Reasons and Examples

  • Cohesion: Linking Words and Reference

  • Common Sentence Errors

  • How Writing Is Scored: The Five-Point Rubrics

Speaking and Exam Strategy

  • Interview Questions: Structuring Spoken Answers

  • Sentence Repetition: Retention and Chunking

  • Pronunciation, Rhythm and Intonation

  • Section Time Management

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