TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages Table of contents 1 Introduction 2 Chapter 1: WRITING A SENTENCE BASED ON A PICTURE 3 Lesson 1: SV, SVA Patterns 5 Lesson 2: SVO, SVOO Patterns 9 Lesson 3: SVC, SVOC Patterns 13 Lesson 4: SVOA, There to be 17 Lesson 5:Mixed Patterns 21 Lesson 6: Expanding Mixed Patterns 25 Chapter 2: RESPONDING TO AN E-MAILREQUEST LETTER 29 Lesson 7: The format of an e-mail letter 30 Lesson 8: The header, greeting and closing parts of an e-mail letter 35 Lesson 9: The main purpose of an e-mail letter 38 Lesson 10: Writing the main content of a reply 44 Lesson 11: Review 49 Chapter 3: WRITING AN OPINION ESSAY 54 Lesson 12:Analyzing essay questions 55 Lesson 13: The organization of an essay 59 Lesson 14:Writing the thesis statement 63 Lesson 15:Review 65 REFERENCES 67 1 INTRODUCTION TO TOEIC 4 SKILLS TEST The Test of English for International Communication, TOEIC®,is a standard and objective assessment for English language proficiency in the workplace. The TOEIC®is the most used test for Business English with more than 7 million worldwide test-takers each year. The TOEIC®is recognized as proof of a person’s English language competence by businesses, universities, technical colleges and business schools, when considering potential candidates for admission to their organizations. In countries such as the United Kingdom, the TOEIC® is a requirement for Visa applications.The TOEIC® 4 Skills testoffers a common standard of measurement for listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills.
Test Format • Non-incremental placement test (no pass-or-fail system) • Paper and pencil (Listening & Reading) • Online test (Speaking &Writing) • Administered in authorized TOEIC® test centers • Individual test sittings available by appointment Language Level A1-C1 in accordance with the Common European Frame of Reference Usage Evaluation and certification of English language skills are usedat a specific point in time for students, graduates, employees, job applicants and professionals, who may require evidence of their language skills for their studies or jobs. The test can also be used as an aid to monitor the learning progress of individual’s participating in language training programs. Structure Listening: 100 multiple choice questions in 45 min. Reading: 100 multiple choice questions in 75 min.
Speaking: 11 tasks (6 types of questions) in 20 min. Writing: 8 tasks (3 types of questions) in 60 min. Test Length 200 min. test duration plus a break of 30 min.
between Listening & Reading, Speaking & Writing Results • Score reports for Listening & Reading and Speaking & Writing • Individual analysis of strengths and weaknesses • Correlation table with CEFR* mapping and Can-Do-Statements • Certificate for all four skills (optional) • Score evaluation within 15 business days, excl. postal time 2 TOEIC Writing The optional Speaking and Writing test was introduced in 2006. More and more people in business connect globally through video conferencing, web conferencing, Skype and e-mail. If you're going to be successful in a global company, you have to be able to speak fluently and write well in English.
The type and format of the questions in the optional Speaking and Writing test are quite different compared to the standardTOEIC test. However, similar skills are being tested as well as your ability to communicate effectively. As with the standard test, all the questions are designed to represent real world corporate situations from the factory level all the way up to the boardroom. Your ability to communicate in any kind of workplace situation is being evaluated.
However, you do not have to have specialized business knowledge to be able to answer the writing or speaking tasks. Unlike the Listening and Reading sections of the standard TOEIC test, the optional Speaking and Writing test is done at a computer. Your responses are sent directly to ETS's online scoring network where highly trained graders by ETS will mark your responses. For Writing, the range of scores varies for each of the 3 types of tasks: 0-3 for tasks 1-5, 0-4 for tasks 6-7 and 0-5 for task 8.
The sum of your scores for the 8 writing tasks is then scaled. The scaled score range is 0-200. In addition to your scaled score, you are assigned a proficiency level. There are 9 for writing.
To see what the 9 levels are as well as description of what each means in terms of your writing skills. What score you get for your writing responses is based on how well you demonstrate these essential skills: sentence variety,grammar, range and appropriateness of vocabulary, and coherence and organization. Sentence variety means you use more than one kind of sentence structure. Grammar covers many, many skills.
Make sure to read over your responses for spelling mistakes! Range and appropriateness of vocabulary means you don't use the same words over and over again, as well as using the right words related to the topic. What you write should make sense, someone reading it should not be confused or have a hard time understanding what you're trying to convey. Going from one idea to another should progress in a logical manner. This is what coherence and organization refer to.
The Writing section has 8 tasks. You have a total time of 1 hour to complete them all. These are the 3 types of TOEIC Writing tasks in the order in which you will do them in the test: Write a sentence based on a picture: 5 questions Respond to a written request: 2 questions Opinion essay: 1 question 3 CHAPTER 1 WRITING SENTENCES Lesson 1: SV, SVA Patterns Lesson 2: SVO, SVOO Patterns Lesson 3: SVC, SVOC Patterns Lesson 4: SVOA, There to be Lesson 5: Mixed Patterns Lesson 6: Expanding Mixed Patterns 4 LESSON 1: SV, SVA PATTERNS A-LANGUAGE FOCUS I- Basic clause elements S V: Subject + Verb -He is sleeping. -The baby is crying.
SVA: Subject + Verb + Adverbial phrase -The man is in the kitchen. -The actor is appearing on the stage. -He is going to the theatre. II-Expanding clauses SV(A), SVA(A) -He is sleeping in the garden (place) -He is sleeping in the morning (time) -He is sleeping well (manner) -He is writing with a pen (manner) TEST TIP: Use modifiers appropriately One of the words may be a modifier.
These are adjectives and adverbs or adverbial phrases which give more information about the subject/or verbs. Understanding how to identify them, and position in a sentence will help you make well-formed sentences. B-LANGUAGE PRACTICE I-Underline and name the clause elements 1. The lion is roaring loudly.
The boy is lying on the ground. The tall man is standing behind the tree. The man is talking on the telephone. The meeting is happening in the afternoon.
II-Make a sentence with the given words: 1. man/ room/ alone 2. festival/ occur/ Danang city 4. animals/ run/ away 5.
passengers/ wait/ line/ shop C-PRACTICE IN TOEIC I. Building Language Picture 1Picture 2 5 a- Give some nouns and verbs which may be used to describe pictures 1 and 2. Compare with your friends. b- Complete the following about picture 1 and 2 sentences with the given words: alone - sitting - the phone - next to – in front of 1.
The man is in the room………………. The man is talking on………………. The man is …………………. The chefs are.
The desserts are ………………. Tactic Practice Make sentencesabout the pictures with the suggested words Picture 1: meeting/ go/ well Picture 2: ship/ be/ port ………………………………………. …………………………………………… Picture 3: workers / be/ ground Picture 4: city/ run/ coast ………………………………………. Test Practice In this part of the test, you will write ONE sentence that is based on a picture.
With each picture, you will be given two words or phrases that you must use in your sentence. You can change the forms of the words and you can use the words in any order. 6 TEST TIP: Think about the subject The subject of the sentence may be people or things. Given nouns will always be singular, so you may have to change them to the plural form.
Your sentence could also be about location of certain objects in the picture, e. There are two pens on the desk. boat/sail Subject: …………………………. Adverbial phrase:………………… Preposition: ……………………… Other modifiers………………… Sentence: ………………………………….
passengers/ train Preposition: ……………………… Subject: …………………………. Adverbial phrase:………………… Preposition: ……………………… Other modifiers………………… Sentence: …………………………………. cars/ bridge Preposition: ……………………… Subject: …………………………. Adverbial phrase:………………… Preposition: ……………………… Other modifiers………………… Sentence: ………………………………….
Adverbial phrase:………………… 7 Preposition: ……………………… Modifier:…………………………. stand/line Subject: …………………………. Adverbial phrase:………………… Preposition: ……………………… Other modifiers…………………. boat/ dock Preposition: ……………………… Subject: ………………………….
Adverbial phrase:………………… Preposition: ……………………… Other modifiers………………… Sentence: …………………………………. Adverbial phrase:………………… Preposition: ……………………… Modifier:…………………………. ----------------------------------------------------- 8 LESSON 2: SVO, SVOO PATTERNS A-LANGUAGE FOCUS I-Basic clause elements S VO: Subject + Verb + Object -He is writing a letter -The baby is drinking a cup of milk SVOO: Subject + Verb + Object + Object -The man is passing a box to the woman -He sent a letter to his father Notes: SVOdOi: S + V + Odirect + preposition + Oindirect -He sent a letter to his father SVOiOd: S + V + Oindirect + Odirect -He sent his father a letter II-Expanding clauses SVO(A), SVOO(A) -He is writing a letter in the library (place) -He sends a letter to his father every week. (time) -He can run very quickly (manner) -The man is using a machine to make a key (purpose) TEST TIP: Use modifiers appropriately One of the words may be a modifier.
These are adjectives and adverbs or adverbial phrases which give more information about the subject/object or verbs. Understanding how to identify them, and position in a sentence will help you make well-formed sentences. B-LANGUAGE PRACTICE I-Underline and name the clause elements 1. The cat is catching a mouse 2.
The boy students send flowers to the girl friends on 8th March 3. The tall man is eating a big cake in the kitchen. The man is carrying a case. The lorry is passing the road.
II-Make a sentence with the given words: 1. porter/ suitcases/ second floor 2. waiter/ table/ carefully 3. engineers/ buildings/ the beach 4.
buy/ a gift/ sweetheart 5. train/ passengers/ Hanoi station C-PRACTICE IN TOEIC I. Building Language a-Give some nouns and verbs which may be used to describe pictures 1 and 2. Compare with your friends.
b-Complete the following about picture 1 and 2 sentences: 1. The man is holding a…. The man is ……………. The woman is ………………….man his ticket.
The woman is .at the man. The man and woman are at the…………. Picture 1 Picture 2 II. Tactic Practice Make sentences about the pictures with the suggested words Picture 1: person/ money /ATM Picture 2: man /arrange / warehouse ……………………………………….
…………………………………………… Picture 3: engineers/ discuss/ plans Picture 4: guard/ search/ man ………………………………………. Test Practice In this part of the test, you will write ONE sentence that is based on a picture. With each picture, you will be given two words or phrases that you must use in your sentence. You can change the forms of the words and you can use the words in any order.
10 TEST TIP: Think about the subject The subject of the sentence may be people or things. Given nouns will always be singular, so you may have to change them to the plural form. Your sentence could also be about location of certain objects in the picture, e. There are two pens on the desk.
snow / away Subject: …………………………. Adverbial phrase:………………… Preposition: ……………………… Other modifiers………………… Sentence: …………………………………. children/hands Subject: …………………………. Adverbial phrase:………………… Preposition: ……………………… Other modifiers………………… Sentence: ………………………………….
tie/ post Subject: …………………………. Object:…………………………… Adverbial phrase:………………… Preposition: ……………………… Other modifiers………………… Sentence: …………………………………. check/ data Subject: …………………………. Adverbial phrase:………………… Preposition: ……………………… Other modifiers………………….
woman/ notebook Subject: …………………………. Adverbial phrase:………………… Preposition: ……………………… Other modifiers………………… Sentence: …………………………………. ----------------------------------------------------- 12 LESSON 3: SVC, SVOC PATTERNS A-LANGUAGE FOCUS I-Basic clause elements S VC: Subject + Verb + Complement -She is beautiful.