Academic passages: vocabulary and rhetoric

Master the five question types in TOEFL Read an Academic Passage: facts, vocabulary in context, inference, the connection between ideas and the writer's purpose. Practise with several short academic texts of about 200 words.

Level C1 25 min5 exercisesLesson 9 of 12 in Reading C1

Trains: TOEFL iBT Reading – Read an Academic Passage, IELTS Reading – Multiple choice

What you'll learn

Recognise the five question types used with short academic passages and the reading each one needs
Choose the sense of a word that fits its context, not its most common meaning
Identify the rhetorical function of a sentence: contrast, concession, explanation, qualification or illustration
Answer five questions on a 200-word passage in about four minutes

Lesson content

9 steps · 5 exercises · 25 min total

1. Warm-up2 questions
2. LearnThe skill and the strategy
3. ModelSee how it's done
4. Practice 1Passage 1: questions
5. Practice 2Passage 2: questions
6. Practice 3Passage 3: questions + 1 more
7. Exam tips3 tips
8. Key vocabulary12 words
9. SummaryReview and finish

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