Vocabulary in context (continued)

Help # 2

Our second help is to offer you an extra TOEFL 500-Word List including synonyms and antonyms.

If you have already registered, download here this useful list (120 KB Word document) which will help you widen your vocabulary.

Help # 3

If you cannot study the above lists, you should develop your own list. Whenever you read formal English, such as a passage from a textbook or a magazine, copy sentences that have unfamiliar words in them and study the definitions of the new words.

Because vocabulary on the TOEFL is vocabulary in the context of a sentence, it is important to study the sentences in which the words appear and concentrate on them.

Below you will find a list of 15 articles which we highly recommend you read before taking the TOEFL Test Evaluation # 3 (You can also print them out to read while you commute to work).

BUSINESS: European executives profiles
BUSINESS: Hedonism - Pretty Boys
BUSINESS: Online authors
ECOLOGY: Salvaging the Big Blue
ESSAYS: How to grow old (Bertrand Russell)
FEATURES: The human genome project
FILMSTARS: Michael Caine - A famous actor
HEALTH: Allergies - Nothing to sneeze at
HEALTH: Safety in the home
JOBS: The walls have eyes
JOBS: Job-hunting online
SECRETARIAL: Keep or throw away?
WILDLIFE: Russian brown bears
WILDLIFE: Sockeye salmon close to extinction
WOMEN: A woman's place

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