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Tips and how to avoid traps in Part 6 of TOEIC


1. Tips for taking the TOEIC Part 6 test

– No need to try to read and understand the entire dialogue:

According to ETS's analysis and based on recent tests, you can still answer the question correctly without having to read the entire passage. If you try to read and translate it all, it will take you quite a bit of time (note that you should only "handle" this part in about 5-7 minutes). There are questions that you only need to understand the content of the sentence before and after the blank to be able to answer.

In addition, with questions related to vocabulary, you also do not need to understand all the vocabulary in the entire passage, just understand the passage, even just the sentence around the blank to be able to guess the correct answer.

– Focus on basic grammar points, think quickly. No need to be too fussy or think in an advanced way.

If you encounter grammar-based questions, note that grammar questions usually only focus on basic grammar points, so you should not think about advanced structures too much. In particular, the proportion of grammar questions is often higher than other types of questions. To do well on this question, you should learn exactly how to use tenses, number agreement and morphology. When answering questions, you should use the method of analogy to save time and achieve higher accuracy.

2. How to avoid TOEIC Part 6 traps

– Identify the word type to fill in: You should quickly read the passage that needs to be filled in and carefully look at the question that needs an answer, identify the word type that is missing in the sentence and quickly divide it and fill in the sentence. Usually, you sometimes do not need to translate these types of questions, but to be more careful, you can still guess the meaning of the word.

– Learn tenses that often go together: In English, there are some specific rules about the position of words together. However, you need to pay attention to the phrases that often go together and do not follow the rules, so you need to memorize these types of word groups.

– Pay attention to the signs of tenses in sentences: Remember carefully the basic signs of commonly used tenses, so you can identify these tenses more quickly and simply.

– Quickly judge the wrong answer: There are answers that are definitely wrong, wrong and completely different from the good answers. You can quickly eliminate these options to avoid confusing the results and make it more convenient for you to choose the right answer.