How to Get the Best Toeic Score  

   
   
   
  Before the test
  1. Do not drink in the previous night.
  2. Get up 3 hours before the test at least.
  3. Have breakfast to activate your brain.
  4. Listen to several English clips for some time.


 

How to beat each part


PartĄ° (20Qs) : Picture Description

  • During the direction part, go back to the partĄ´ or Ąµ, and get some answers as many as possible.
  • When hearing 'Now let us begin...,' return to the partĄ°, take a closer look at the picture, concentrate on important details while listening :

      ¨ç Be careful of similar pronounced words.
      ¨č No irrelevant nouns
      ¨é No abstract answers
      ¨ę Present progressive tense for pictures

  • Check the answer ASAP and move swiftly to the next picture to be focused.
     
  • Long-term strategy : When seeing something, try to explain it in English



 

PartĄ± (30Qs) : Situational English by Intuition
 
  • During the direction part, go back to the partĄ´ or Ąµ, and get some answers as many as possible.
  • When hearing 'Now let us begin...,' return to the partĄ±, prepare to squeeze the brain by putting orders :

      ¨ç First Word (5W1H-Yes/No(×) or Not?)
      ¨č 'Why...?' (Hardly use of 'because'), '... or ...?' (Yes/No(×))
      ¨é Subject (you, they, he, she, Tom, Janet....)
      ¨ę Tense of a verb
      ¨ë Use of the same pronounced word to confuse
       

  • Long-term strategy : Speak or read every expression and easy English materials out loud and apply it in your situations.

 

 
 

PartĄ˛ (30Qs) : Colloquial(Spoken) English
 
  • During the direction part, read and get some Q/A parts, and imagine what the dialogue is about.
  • When hearing 'Now let us begin...,' return to the Q 31, and concentrating on the situational conversation using valuable expressions.
  • Clues : At the end and beginning part using but, however
  • General comprehension
     
  • Long-term strategy : Exposure yourself in Americanized conversational situations as many times as possible.

 

 

PartĄł (20Qs) : Announcement, message, schedule, answering machine...
 
  • During the direction part, read and get some Q/A parts, and imagine what the explanation is about by drawing lines.
  • Get details (figures, days, time...) & General comprehension
     
  • Long-term strategy : Read English newspapers and listen to news clips everyday and try to paraphrase them. Use English-English dictionaries.

 

 

PartĄ´ (40Qs) : Vocabulary & grammar : 30sec/each
 
  • Look through the whole structure and check the missed one. (Noun, Adjective, Preposition, Past participle form, Verb, Adverb...)
  • Any phrasal verb & idiom
  • Meaning check is the last one.
     
  • Long-term strategy : Read easy and simple English materials such as fairy tales, novels, etc. + the strategy of PartĄł

 

 

PartĄµ (20Qs) : Basic grammar(Error correction) : 30sec/each
 
  • Check the structure of choices (Before and after)

      ¨ç Subject --> verb --> possessive case
      ¨č In a sentence : a subject & a verb
      ¨é Balance : and, but, or, between A and B, as well as,
          not only~ but also, both A and B...
      ¨ę Verb form - past, present, future, present or past participle...
      ¨ë Basic idioms and articles

  • Long-term strategy : Same as PartĄ´+PartĄł


 

 

PartĄ¶ (40Qs) : Fast reading : 1min/each
 
  • Current Trends : Very practical articles

      ¨ç Long sentences & difficult words
      ¨č Easy long articles & picky short ones
      ¨é Paraphrased expressions

       

  • How to touch partĄ¶

      ¨ç Read a title.
      ¨č Before getting contents,
          read Q&A by drawing lines to get a point
      ¨é Focus on the drawn parts when reading
      ¨ę Any paraphrased expressions?
      ¨ë Do not use your broad common sense in advance.

  • Long-term strategy : Same as PartĄ´+PartĄł


 


After the test

  1. Stretch your arms to release the stress.
  2. Do not stick to the passed test.
  3. Crawl to your house dragging the extremely exhausted body.
     

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