INTRODUCTIO

N TO

TOEFL

Mechanical English Conversation Club

Himpunan Mahasiswa Mesin Universitas
Diponegoro

TOEFL
Test of English as
Foreign
Language
Consist
of three sections:
Part Questions Time
A. Short Conversation
B. Long Conversation
LISTENI
C. Long Talk

50

35

NG

A.
Complete the Sentence
STRUCTURE
AND
WRITTEN
B. Find
Incorrect Form

40

25

EXPRESSION

Understanding Passages
READIN
Grange: 200 - 680
Scoring

50

55

GENERAL TIPS
1. Set the target of your score
2. TIME is your biggest enemy; allocate
time for each question
3. Practice smarter
First with no time constraints, with
all study helps (open book) to focus
on applying strategies.
Then take with time constraints, still
open book.
Take a final practice test, no open
material, with time limits.

LISTENING TIPS
For Short Dialogue: 1. Focus on the
second line
2. Choose the synonyms
3. Avoid similar sounds
Who, What, Where
Negatives
Functions
Contrary Meanings
Idiomatic Language

SAMPLE QUESTIONS
1
Man : Did you get to go shopping last
night?
Woman: They already locked the doors
by the time I got there.
What does the woman mean?
(A)She arrived in time to shop
(B)She was too late
(C)She locked the doors
(D)She had to buy the door

SAMPLE QUESTIONS
2
Man : Tom is a full-time student and is
holding a full-time job.
Woman: Hes really burning the candle
at both ends.
What does the woman say about Tom?
(A)Hes lighting a candle
(B)Hes holding the candle at the top
and the bottom
(C)Hes doing too much
(D)He is also working as a firefighter

SAMPLE QUESTIONS
3
Man : Paula, you worked so hard
setting up the field trip.
Woman: I hope no ones unhappy with
the arrangements.
What does Paula mean?
(A)She hopes everyone will be pleased.
(B)She knows no one is happy with
what she has done.
(C)She arranged a trip because she is
unhappy.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS
4
Woman: What did you think of Mike
when you first met him?
Man : He couldnt have been more
unfriendly.
What does the man mean?
(A)Mike was extremely friendly when
he met him.
(B) Mike could have met him sooner.
(C) Mike didnt seem to like him at all.
(D) When he met Mike, he didnt have

LISTENING TIPS - 2
For Longer Dialogue: 1. Before
Listening
- Anticipate the topics
- Anticipate the question
2. While Listening
- Determine the topics
- Draw conclusions about
5W+1H
- Listen for answers in
order!

STRUCTURE TIPS
1. Study the questions
2. Identify correctly the Subject and the Verb
Throughout the animal kingdom, . bigger than the elephant.
(A) whale is only the
(B) only the whale is
(C) is the whale only
(D) only the whale is the

3. Study each answer based on how well it completes the

sentence
4. Never leave any answer blank
5. Aware of parallelism
Manufacturers may use food additives for preserving, to
color, to
A B
flavor, or to fortify foods.
C
D

STRUCTURE TIPS - 2
Remember: both and ..
neither nor ..
either or .
Truman Capotes In Cold Blood is neither
journalistically accurate ..
(A)a piece of fiction
(B)nor a fictitious work
(C)or written in a fictitious way
(D)nor completely fictitious
The U.S Congress consists of both the
Senate as well as the House of

READING TIPS
1. Skim the reading for main idea and
overall organization.
2. Be sure to understand the questions by
determining the main idea; usually
located in the first two-three sentences.
3. Know where to find the answers.
4. Read the part carefully.
5. Build your vocabulary; a word may have
more than one meanings with different
types.

READING TIPS
Find pronoun referents:
1

The full moon that occurs nearest

the equinox of the Sun has become
known as the largest moon. It is a
bright moon which allows farmers to
work late in to the night for several
nights; they can work when the
moon is at its brightest to bring in
the fall harvest.