10 points checklist of problem areas on TOEFL section 2 : Structure and Written Expression By adhe

1. Check for subject and verb Example Error : The elephant population it has declined rapidly because many of the animals are killed each year. 2. Check verb agreement Example Error : at the Hermitage, Andrew Jacksons home in Tennesse, even his glasses have been left exactly where he lay them. 3. Check for full subordination Example Error : Because wanted to learn fast, the girl studied all the time 4. Check the verbal Example Error : the data on the winter migration patterns of the Monarch butterfly is very interested. 5. Check pronoun form, argument, and tense Example Error : because they usually receive the same score on standardized examinations, there is often disagreement as to whom is the better student, Bob or Hellen 6. Check the word form Example error : the New York City subway system is the most longest underground railroad operating in the world

7. Check the word order Example error : the policeman asked the man what was he doing 8. Check for a parallel structure Example Error : Most of the Cajun French who live in Lousiana can neither read nor writing the French variety that they speak fluently 9. Check for unnecessary repetition Example Error : A good sentence in English is one that is brief, short, and easy to understand 10. Check for a correct usage Example Error : With the develop of a cheap process for desalination, 97 percent of the earths water will become available for the fresh - water purpose

Word endings in English

1. Noun ( person ) -er -or -ist -ian 2. Noun ( things) Nce Ism Ness Logy Ion Ty

3. Verb Ate Ize Fy

4. Adjective Ful Nt Al Ble Ous

5. Adverb Example : Identify, identical, identity, identically, identification book Ly

Practice more will make you better in English not only passive but also active Good Luck

Hardly Fast Lately Item

Itemize I like reading, watching tv, studying

Watcha = whataya We shall call it a day for us now Give up = give in

General Truth Schedule General truth Rp

Who = Mr. Kenny

is my

lecturer at historical class. He is the leader of the cultural faculty. Mr. Kenny who is my lecturer at my historical class is the leader of the cultural faculty Whom

Whose Which That Comparison degrees Positive = she is as tall as her mother Comparative= she is taller than her mother

Superlative= she is the tallest girl in her family

The population of the US is greater than That of Mexico Mexicos one One of the Mexico Mexicans

Its = it is Its = its fur = belong to Its= its book Because + sentence Because of + phrase Betty scrampher azar Richard Murphy

Conditional IF If I have enough money, I will travel to Ireland. = present If I were you, I would meet him soon = past If I had known him in my past life, I would have told him that he is really special = past future

Conditional if inversion : If I had had book, I would have told you Had I had book, I would have told you A tire , being inanimate Seldom did he help me Adverbial + auxiliary + S + V

Never , rarely, Not until, not even once , never again, hardly, not only, I didnt come because it rained I didnt come because of rain Know how = to have practical understanding of something Take after = similar= the death ring for

Take about Take back Take down Take for Take from Take in Take off Take on

Take over As 1. As a member of the class, Do as I say 2. As far as I know him, he is really polite 3. As for me, you are my worl d now

Allow + indirect obj + to infinitive The harder the worse The taller the worse Its = its fur = leather = skin Leave out all the rest Its = it is

Its rain It rains It is raining When we are studying English it rains That is the music to which I listen Talk to Speak with

Double comparative 1. The + comparative + S + V + the + comparative + S +V Example : the sooner I leave, the earlier I will arrive at your house 2. The more + S + V + the + comparative + S + V

Example : the more we get together, the happier we will be Its = possessive Verse = noun Martin H manser I am eat = I am eating a cake = a cake was being eaten by me

I was eating the cake = the cake was being eaten by me I read a book = a book is read by me The mosque was being built in 2006, when the constitution commemorating founders day was the