TOEIC Preparation: Week 10 - Part 7 - Reading Comprehension

Warm Up: Making Predictions

Spin the wheel and look at the option. On a scale of 1 to 10, how likely are you to do this in the next 48 hours? Why?

Task 2: Meaning from Context

Work with partners to read the text and sentences. Use context clues to guess the meanings of the words in bold. They are nonsense words that take the place of real words in English. Click your group link below to get started. 

• Group 1: CLICK HERE
• Group 2: CLICK HERE
• Group 3: CLICK HERE
• Group 4: CLICK HERE
• Group 5: CLICK HERE
• Group 6: CLICK HERE

Task 2: Vocabulary Questions

Work with your partners to complete the task below. In each reading you will find one or more vocabulary words. Read the words in the context of the sentence and make a guess about what they mean. How could you state these terms in other words?

• Text 1: Restate the highlighted term in your own words.

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• Text 2: Restate the highlighted terms in your own words.

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• Text 3: Restate the highlighted terms in your own words.

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Now CLICK HERE to see your answer choices for each of the items above. Work with your partners to decide which option has the closest meaning to the highlighted words.

Task 3: Focused Practice

One of the challenges of Part 7 are the multi-passage texts where you need to read two or three related texts and answer questions about them. In this group mini-test you will work with your partners to complete two double passage sets and one triple passage sets.

• Multi-Passage Sets: CLICK HERE

Task 4: Focused Practice - Text Message Chains

One of the text types that you will find on the TOEIC reading exam involves text messaging chains or chat messages between colleagues or friends. In some questions you will have to decide what the writer is trying to say. Click your group link below and then continue to the Chat Quizes.

• Group 1: CLICK HERE
• Group 2: CLICK HERE
• Group 3: CLICK HERE
• Group 4: CLICK HERE
• Group 5: CLICK HERE
• Group 6: CLICK HERE

• Chat Quiz 1: CLICK HERE
• Chat Quiz 2: CLICK HERE

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Introduction: In today's class we will finish our study of the topic of mysteries and you will also take time to put the finishing touches on your final group project.  

Warm Up: Guess the Mystery Object!

Click your group link below and follow the instructions in the document. 

• Group 1: CLICK HERE
• Group 2: CLICK HERE
• Group 3: CLICK HERE
• Group 4: CLICK HERE
• Group 5: CLICK HERE

Task 1: Group Discussion

Discuss these questions with your partners.

• What ancient mysteries are you familiar with?

• Where in the world can you find pyramids? Why and how do you think they were built?

• What do you know about the ancient spheres of Costa Rica? When, why, and how were they built?

• There are a lot of "ancient aliens" theories on tv shows to explain impressive ancient structures. Why do you think this is such a popular type of tv show? 

• Do you think an "extraterrestrial" explanation is an insult to the ancient people that actually built these structures?

• One of the most famous ancient mysteries are the massive geoglyphs in Peru called the Nazca Lines. What do you know about them?

• Look at some of the most famous Nazca images below. Can you guess what any of them represent?

Task 2: Listening Practice

Click the group link below and follow your teacher's instructions. 

• Group Link: CLICK HERE

Task 3: Language Practice

Click your group link below and follow the instructions in the document.

• Group 1: CLICK HERE 
• Group 2: CLICK HERE 
• Group 3: CLICK HERE 
• Group 4: CLICK HERE 
• Group 5: CLICK HERE 

Task 4: Group Project Planning

It's time to get started with your group projects. Click on your group links below and get started. 

• Group 1: Diego, Kevin V., Luis, Stif
• Planning Document: CLICK HERE
• Presentation: CLICK HERE

• Group 2: Kenneth, Jorge, Frascisco, Freddy
• Planning Document: CLICK HERE
• Presentation: CLICK HERE

• Group 3: Kevin G., Maria, Marco, Daniel
• Planning Document: CLICK HERE
• Presentation: CLICK HERE

• Group 4: Gerson, Karina, Johnny, Wagner
• Planning Document: CLICK HERE
• Presentation: CLICK HERE

• Group 5: Rene, Carlos, Christopher Q., Christopher G. 
• Planning Document: CLICK HERE
• Presentation: CLICK HERE

TOEIC Preparation: Week 9 - Part 7 - Reading Comprehension

Warm Up: Say Three Things

In each round one of your partners will be the speaker. He or she will choose a topic from the list below and say three things related to that topic. 

• one thing he/she likes
• one thing he/she does not like
• one thing he/she does not have strong feelings about

Then the partners have to guess which is which. Then a new partner chooses another topic and says their three things.

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Task 1: Restaurant Reviewers

You work as a team of chefs in Gordon Ramsay's newest restaurant. Today a group of 5 restaurant reviewers will visit the restaurant and try the different dishes. There is only one rule. Each restaurant reviewer MUST TRY a different dish. NO DISHES can be repeated. Read the information below and decide which dish you want to serve to each person and why. 

• Group Document: CLICK HERE 

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Task 2: Practice with NOT Questions

Remember that the NOT questions are the most time consuming and difficult questions in Part 7 of the reading test. The best strategy is to answer these questions last and go one by one through the answer choices using the process of elimination. Read each text with your partners and decide on the correct answer from the questions below.

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Task 3: Focused Practice

Take the following group quiz with your partners. All of the texts in the quiz are examples of advertisements, another common text type in Part 7 of the TOEIC. The quiz has 15 questions. Be sure to skim the questions before you start reading.

• Text Types: Advertisement - CLICK HERE

Task 4: Introduction to Double Passages

Read the passages below and answer the questions. Remember, for each question, ask yourself, which text is most likely to have the answer: Text 1, Text 2, or both?

• Questions 1-5 refer to the following agenda and email.

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• Q1: What was the topic of the conference on January 10?
• A) How to start a small business
• B) How to manage finances
• C) How to lead other people
• D) How to expand business globally

• Q2: When most likely will inquiries start being made?
• A) At 3:30 pm
• B) At 4:30 pm
• C) At 5:30 pm
• D) At 6:30 pm

• Q3: Where will a talk be given at no charge?
• A) At Mulligan Elementary School
• B) At Brookstone University
• C) At Piedmont Adult Education Center
• D) At SEM Development Group

• Q4: What does Ms. O'Neill invite AFC members to do?
• A) Attach a receipt
• B) Fill out a survey
• C) Prepare a Presentation
• D) Evaluate speakers

• Q5: What is mentioned about the upcoming conference?
• A) It will be held at a new location.
• B) Its presentations will start later in the day.
• C) Its attendance fees will be increased.
• D) It will be broadcast online.