TOEFL PREPARATION COURSE

Preparation for an exam like TOEFL is not easy. The aim of the student is to get a high score in TOEFL. This will require good guidance, organized study materials, rigorous studies and regular practice. If you can get all this in a single package, it can be of great help and it is possible to get all this in a single package if you select a good TOEFL prep course. This will leave you with only one part that is required to be done by you and that is hard work. However good a TOEFL prep course you choose, ultimately it is your hard work and regular studies that are going to help you score high marks in the exam.

TOEFL or Test of English as a Foreign Language is an exam conducted by ETS or Education Testing Service. This test is taken by students from non-native English speaking countries who wish to get admission in a college or an institute in an English speaking country. A thorough understanding of English language is required to get high scores in this exam and the competition is getting tougher day by day. The format of the exam has also changed. iBT or Internet Based Test has replaced CBT and PBT (Computer Based Test and Paper Based Test) in most parts of the world. PBT is however continuing in some parts where conduct of iBT is not feasible. In such circumstances it becomes easier for a student if he chooses a TOEFL prep course along with his own studies for preparing for the exam. It certainly acts as a booster for his preparation and provides him with an edge over fellow students who do not take such a course.

Types of TOEFL Preparation Courses

TOEFL preparation course can be an online course or a course conducted by a coaching institute for the students preparing for TOEFL. There are some free courses available online but most of these courses charge a heavy fee. While most of these TOEFL prep courses do provide you with excellent guidance, good study materials, practice tests and regular feedbacks, there are others who are out there to make money. So it is important that before you join any of the TOEFL prep courses, you attend free classes or take feedback from previous years’ students. This is applicable to online courses as well. You must check the authenticity of the web sites before making any payments. There are TOEFL prep courses available to enhance a specific skill like speaking or writing. Special courses even exist to improve on aspects like vocabulary and pronunciation.

Benefits of TOEFL Preparation Courses

As discussed above, a good TOEFL preparation course will help you in making your studies regular. It will provide you with comprehensive study materials and guidance from experienced teachers who have already understood the new format and syllabus of the exam which means saving a lot of your time. TOEFL prep course is an excellent place for sharing experiences not only of the teachers but also of the fellow students who are preparing for the same exam.

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Past tense VS present perfect

Past tense
adalah bentuk waktu yang menyatakan suatu perbuatan yang terjadi dimasa lampau(bersifat sederhana) dan tidak ada hubungannya sama sekali dengan masa sekarang. ciri penandanya misalnya terdapat kata last week, yesterday, last years, ago, last saturday, dan sebagainya.

Rumus :
* Bentuk nominal
you/they/we + to be(were)
I/He/she/it + to be(was)
contoh :
– I was here lat night
– she went to bali yesterday

* Bentuk verbal :
I/You/We/They/He/She/it + V II
contoh :
I went last week
she went to bali yesterday

past tense dalam bentuk kalimat tanya(interoggative) :
jika hendak membuat kalimat tanya, maka to be untuk bentuk nominal diletakan dimuka subject. sedangkan untuk verbal ditambahkan did yang diletakan di depan subject.
contoh :
- was i hunger yesterday?
- were we noisy in the classroom last morning?
- did we move the cupboard beside room?

contoh V II :
become – became
come – came
cut – cut
do – did
get – got
have – had
hear – heard
hold – held
lay – laid
lead – led
lie – lay
make – made
meet – met
put -put
say – said
show – showed
tear – tore
wear – wore
win – won
aet -ate
fall – fell
give – gave
take – toke

Present perfect tense

adalah digunakan untuk menyatakan tindakan atau situasi yang pernah atau sudah terjadi. Kapan terjadinya tindakan atau situasi itu tidak terlalu penting.

Pola kalimat present perfect tense.

Pola I
(+) S + have/has + V3
(-) S + have/has + not + V3
(?) Have/has + S + V3

Pola II
(+) S + have/has + been + Adj/Adv/N
(-) S + have/has + not + been + Adj/Adv/N
(?) Have/has + S + been + Adj/Adv/N

contoh V III
write – wrote – written
break – broke – broken
choose – chose – chosen
speak – spoke – spoken
steal – stole – stolen
fell – felt – felt
kepp – kept – kept
leave – left – left
know – knew – known
mean – meant – meant
sell – sold – sold
shine – shone – shone
understand – understood – understood
wake – woke – woken
wear – wore – worn

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