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CAMBRIDGE PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL®
IBT TEST
BUILDING SUPPORTING SKILLS
VOCABULARY (2)
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Exercise V1-V10 Use Exercises
V1-V10 to practice skills that will help you develop your vocabulary.
EXERCISE V1 Identifying words to learn
Read the following passage. Cross
out any words you don’t know that are specific to the fields of biology or
biochemistry and that you will probably not have to understand for the
test. Circle the words that you think would be useful to learn or to build
on.
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Let me reiterate. There are animal cells and plant cells. Both have
a cell surface membrane, but the plant cell also has a cell wall. The plant
cell has a vacuole in the
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EXERCISE V2 Learning new words
Choose some words from the
above passage to add your vocabulary. If you already know all the words in
the passage, choose words from different passage you have read. Write each
word on a different note card, and then look it up in a dictionary. On the
back of the note card, write down the meaning.
EXERCISE V3 Adding details
On your note card, write how
the new word is pronounced. Underline the stressed syllable and add the
different forms of the word.
EXERCISE V4 Adding related words
On your note card, write
synonyms and if possible, antonyms.
EXERCISE V5 Adding information about the prefixes
and roots
On your note card, write the
meanings of the prefix and root, if there are any. In the case of reiterate, the prefix re means again and the root iterate
means say again. This helps you
to remember that reiterate means to repeat several times.
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ANSWER KEYS AND EXPLANATION
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There is no answer key for exercises v2-v5
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