Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL(R) IBT: Writing (with CD-ROM and Audio CDs) Book

WRITING DIAGNOSTIC PRE-TEST

Human Memory

A News Story

WRITING OVERVIEW

WRITING SKILLS

Integrated Task

SKILL 1: NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU READ

Writing Exercise 1

SKILL 2: NOTE THE MAIN POINTS AS YOU LISTEN

Writing Exercise 2

SKILL 3: PLAN BEFORE YOU WRITE

Writing Exercise 3

SKILL 4: WRITE A TOPIC SENTENCE

Writing Exercise 4

SKILL 5: WRITE SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS ON READING PASSAGES

Writing Exercise 5

SKILL 6: REVIEW SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS ON LISTENING PASSAGES

Writing Exercise 6

SKILL 7: REVIEW SENTENCE STRUCTURE

Writing Exercise 7

SKILL 8: REVIEW GRAMMAR

Writing Exercise 8

Writing Review Exercise (Skills 1—8): Stonehenge

Independent Task

SKILL 9: PLAN BEFORE YOU WRITE

Writing Exercise 9

SKILL 10: WRITE THE INTRODUCTION

Writing Exercise 10

SKILL 11: WRITE THE UNIFIED SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS

Writing Exercise 11

SKILL 12: CONNECT THE SUPPORTING PARAGRAPHS

Writing Exercise 12

SKILL 13: WRITE THE CONCLUSION

Writing Exercise 13

SKILL 14: REVIEW SENTENCE STRUCTURE

Writing Exercise 14

SKILL 15: REVIEW GRAMMAR

Writing Exercise 15

Writing Exercise (Skills 9—15): Emotions

WRITING POST-TEST

Unintended Consequences

Safe or Sorry

WRITING MINI-TESTS

MINI-TEST 1

Garlic

MINI-TEST 2

Historical Event

MINI-TEST 3

Scientific Management

MINI-TEST 4

Working for Others

MINI-TEST 5

Catch-22

MINI-TEST 6

Visitors to Your Country

MINI-TEST 7

Supernovas

MINI-TEST 8

Violence in Movies

WRITING COMPLETE TESTS

WRITING COMPLETE TEST 1

Venus

Family Traditions

WRITING COMPLETE TEST 2

Social Promotion

Good Leader

APPENDIXES

APPENDIX A Cohesion

APPENDIX B Sentence Structure

APPENDIX A Error Correction (Grammar)

WRITING ASSESSMENT AND SCORING

RECORDING SCRIPT

ANSWER KEY

AUDIO CD TRACKING LIST