Welcome to English for Academic Writing Lesson. In this lesson, you will learn skills of TOEFL test especially the structure and written expressions.
You will learn skill 1 - 7 and have practices of doing the structure and written expressions section of the test.
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I hope everyone is well. Thank you for joining the class today.
In today's lesson, first, we are going to discuss what TOEFL test is and part of it.
Then we are going to move to the first skill of structure and written expressions part of the TOEFL test.
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After you learn the materials, please do the quiz of structure skill 1.
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An object of a preposition is a noun or a pronoun that comes after a preposition, such as in, at, of to, by, behind, on, and so on, to form a prepositional phrase.
(After his exams) Tom will take a trip (by boat).
This sentence contains two objects of prepositions. Exams is the object of the preposition after and boat is the object of the preposition by.
An object of a preposition can cause confusion in the Structure section of the TOEFL test because it can be mistaken for the subject of a sentence.
Example
With his friend _________ found the movie theater.
(A) has
(B) he
(C) later
(D) when
In this example you should look first for the subject and the verb. You should notice the verb found and should also notice that there is no subject. Do not think that friend is the subject; friend is the object of the preposition with, and one noun cannot be both a subject and an object at the same time. Because a subject is needed in this sentence, answer (B), he, is the best answer. Answers (A), (C), and (D) are not correct because they cannot be subjects.
The following chart outlines the key information that you should remember about objects of prepositions:
OBJECTS OF PREPOSITIONS
A preposition is followed by a noun or pronoun that is called an object of the preposition. If a word is an object of a preposition, it is not the subject.Assalamualaikum everyone, How is everyone today? I hope everyone is fine.
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Assalamualaikum everyone,
How is everyone today? I hope you all are well.
In today's lesson, we are going to learn skill 4 in structure and written expression part of TOEFL test.
Please learn the following materials and do the quizzes.
Past participles can cause confusion in the Structure section of the TOEFL test because a past participle can be either an adjective or a part of the verb. The past participle is the form of the verb that appears with have or be. It often ends in -ed, but there are also many irregular past participles in English.
The mailman has left a letter in the mailbox.
VERB
The classes were taught by Professor Smith.
VERB
When you have two clauses in an English sentence, you must connect the two clauses correctly. One way to connect two clauses is to use and, but, or, so, or yet between the clauses.
Tom is singing, and Paul is dancing.
Tom is tall, but Paul is short.
Tom must write the letter, or Paul will do it.
Tom told a joke, so Paul laughed.
Tom is tired, yet he is not going to sleep.In each of these examples, there are two clauses that are correctly joined with a coordinate conjunction and, but, or, so, or yet, and a comma (,).
Please see the video below
Sentences with adverb clauses have two basic patterns in English. Study the clauses and connectors in the following sentences:
I will sign the check before you leave.
Before you leave, I will sign the check.
Adverb clauses can express the ideas of time and cause, as you saw in Skill 7; adverb clauses can also express a number of other ideas, such as contrast, condition, manner, and place. Because these clauses are adverb clauses, they have the same structure as the time and cause clauses in Skill 7. Study the following examples:
I will leave at 7:00 if I am ready.
Although I was late, I managed to catch the train.
In each of these examples, there are two clauses that are correctly joined with adverb connectors. In the first sentence the adverb condition connector if comes in the middle of the sentence. In the second sentence the adverb contrast connector although comes at the beginning of the`sentence, and a comma (,) is used in the middle of the sentence.
lets watch the following videoA noun clause is a clause that functions as a noun; because the noun clause is a noun, it is used in a sentence as either an object of a verb, an object of a preposition, or the subject of the sentence.
In the first example there are two clauses, I know and he will arrive. These two clauses are joined with the connector when. When changes the clause he will arrive into a noun clause that functions as the object of the verb know.
In the second example the two clauses I am concerned and he will arrive are also joined by the connector when. When changes the clause he will arrive into a noun clause that functions as the object of the preposition about.
The third example is more difficult. In this example there are two clauses, but they are a little harder to recognize. He will arrive is one of the clauses, and the connector when changes it into a noun clause that functions as the subject of the sentence. The other clause has the noun clause when he will arrive as its subject and is as its verb.
In this lesson, we will have a review exercise to remind everyone of skill 1-8
Please do the quiz and the teacher will provide feedback in the next meeting.
Today's lesson is an assessment. Please do the quiz. You only have 30 minutes to answer 15 questions.