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McGraw-Hill Education 400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL Test
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We want to help you score high on the TOEFLWe've put all of our proven expertise into McGraw-Hill: 400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL, 2nd Edition, to make sure you're fully prepared for this difficult exam. With this updated and expanded guide, you'll get essential skill-building techniques and strategies created by leading ESL educators. You'll also get 410 commonly tested words, more than 150 activities and exercises, and a free Language Lab app to help you study. With McGraw-Hill: 400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL, we'll guide you step by step through the essential vocabulary--and give you the tools you need to improve your score on the TOEFL.
This edition includes:
More than 400 important words for the TOEFL, with the addition of a new chapter
Example sentences, usage tips, and commonly used parts of speech related to the word
A TOEFL-style reading with exercises for each chapter
A free Language Lab app with flashcards to aid vocabulary memorization
We want to help you score high on the TOEFLWe've put all of our proven expertise into McGraw-Hill: 400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL, 2nd Edition, to make sure you're fully prepared for this difficult exam. With this updated and expanded guide, you'll get essential skill-building techniques and strategies created by leading ESL educators. You'll also get 410 commonly tested words, more than 150 activities and exercises, and a free Language Lab app to help you study. With McGraw-Hill: 400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL, we'll guide you step by step through the essential vocabulary--and give you the tools you need to improve your score on the TOEFL.
This edition includes:
More than 400 important words for the TOEFL, with the addition of a new chapter
Example sentences, usage tips, and commonly used parts of speech related to the word
A TOEFL-style reading with exercises for each chapter
A free Language Lab app with flashcards to aid vocabulary memorization
224 pages, Paperback
First published December 17, 2013
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November 19, 2018
The book contains many helpful words and can be a great source for the vocabulary needed for the TOEFL test. However, if you have limited time to prepare for the test and you do not have enough words to make a variety of sentences easily, I suggest you study "Essential Words for the TOEFL" before this book.
May 1, 2020
Regular readers of my reviews will know that I am not particularly enthusiastic about TOEFL vocabulary books (I think it is probably better to just study the Academic Word List), but McGraw-Hill’s “400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL Test” (2014) is a book I’m happy to recommend to students.
What you get here are 41 chapters, each containing a themed list of 10 words with detailed definitions and practice exercises (fill-in-the-blanks, matching). The last page of each chapter contains a paragraph “excerpted” from a larger TOEFL reading and two accompanying questions . What sets this book apart from, say, Barron’s TOEFL Vocabulary is that these questions are not just vocabulary style questions. Instead, all of the TOEFL reading question types are represented. Those, specifically, make this a valuable study resource for anyone preparing for the TOEFL reading section.
The lists themselves are meant to represent the various topics used in the writing of the reading passages on the TOEFL. The authors have included a few topics that probably don’t ever appear on the test (spirituality and ghosts) but most of them are relevant. The words themselves are a mix of those which are mostly just used in discussion of the given topic, but also words used beyond the given topic. That means that the list in the chapter on agriculture contains the words “irrigation” and “photosynthesis” but also the words “adversely” and “aggregate.”
The vocabulary here seems to be a bit more challenging than words in the aforementioned Barron’s book, and are much more challenging than those in the Princeton Review’s TOEFL Power Vocab. That’s a good thing!
Note that the second edition is quite similar to the first edition. The main difference seems to be the addition of a single chapter on “Parenting.” There may be some revisions to the other chapters, but I didn’t look that closely.
Originally appeared on TOEFL Resources.
What you get here are 41 chapters, each containing a themed list of 10 words with detailed definitions and practice exercises (fill-in-the-blanks, matching). The last page of each chapter contains a paragraph “excerpted” from a larger TOEFL reading and two accompanying questions . What sets this book apart from, say, Barron’s TOEFL Vocabulary is that these questions are not just vocabulary style questions. Instead, all of the TOEFL reading question types are represented. Those, specifically, make this a valuable study resource for anyone preparing for the TOEFL reading section.
The lists themselves are meant to represent the various topics used in the writing of the reading passages on the TOEFL. The authors have included a few topics that probably don’t ever appear on the test (spirituality and ghosts) but most of them are relevant. The words themselves are a mix of those which are mostly just used in discussion of the given topic, but also words used beyond the given topic. That means that the list in the chapter on agriculture contains the words “irrigation” and “photosynthesis” but also the words “adversely” and “aggregate.”
The vocabulary here seems to be a bit more challenging than words in the aforementioned Barron’s book, and are much more challenging than those in the Princeton Review’s TOEFL Power Vocab. That’s a good thing!
Note that the second edition is quite similar to the first edition. The main difference seems to be the addition of a single chapter on “Parenting.” There may be some revisions to the other chapters, but I didn’t look that closely.
Originally appeared on TOEFL Resources.
May 11, 2022
I used this material some time ago, and I found it an enriching resource. It contained the 400 essential vocabulary for this test, and you can apply them to improve your performance and confidence. These vocabulary have been selected and explained with examples as well. These examples can ease the obstacles that you may face. I recommend you to refer to this material if you want to improve your proficiency, as well as the overall performance on this test.
June 9, 2014
It worth reading before taking the test
There are many useful words to learn. You can use them in essays and to comprehend easily texts.
A reading which is worthwhile.
There are many useful words to learn. You can use them in essays and to comprehend easily texts.
A reading which is worthwhile.
October 16, 2019
Not sure how this is helpful, it's too repetitive. And I didn't pick up as many useful words as I'd hoped.
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