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