Download $14.99 [download time/ size] Physical Shipment $17.99   Listening Workbook for the TOEFL® iBT Test This excellent test preparation workbook in PDF format includes all the common types of questions that appear in the TOEFL ® iBT Listening section. The workbook comes in Adobe PDF format to give you the option of working directly on the computer screen or printing out a portable copy. Main idea: In some conversations, you might recognize a few words. But do you understand the main focus of the discussion? Main idea questions test your understanding of what the conversation was mainly about. Meaning: Meaning questions are very common in the Listening section. One speaker will say something to another speaker, and afterward you will be asked to explain what each speaker was saying. Action: This type of question asks you about the action in a conversation: what the speakers have done, what they are doing, or what they are planning to do. Usually these questions ask what the second speaker will do, or what the second speaker recommends the first speaker do. Inference: An inference is the act of making a conclusion based on factual information. In some conversations, speakers will suggest something but not state it outright. In order to answer a question, you may have to draw a conclusion from hints in the conversation. Tone of voice: People often give clues to what they mean by their tone of voice. Most often they do this by raising the pitch of their voice to emphasize a certain word. This lets other people know what words are the most important in a sentence. Words that sound the same: As you may know, each multiple-choice question in the Listening Section has four answer choices: the correct answer plus three other incorrect answers. This workbook will test how well you understand the conversation because if you don't hear it clearly, you might incorrectly choose an answer with similar-sounding word. Vocabulary: A number of questions in the Listening section will test your understanding of difficult English words. This section includes tables and verb conjugations of the most commonly used English words. Also included are lists of irregular verbs, past participles, slang, compound words, word pairs, confusing words, and time references. Idioms: Most languages have idioms. Idioms are phrases that are not to be taken literally; they are expressions that mean something different from the meaning of the words that make them up. Our workbook includes 14 pages of alphabetically-organized idioms. Most students taking the TOEFL® exam like to know what areas of the exam they need to study to ensure that they get the best score possible. We recommend you order two practice TOEFL® exams with your workbooks. Take the first practice exam to find out what areas you need to focus on. Then, after you have polished your skills with the workbooks, test yourself again with the second practice TOEFL® test. This workbook is compatible with both Windows and Macintosh-based computers.