The Official Guide to the New TOEFL iBT



( Interactive Writing Checklist for Independent Learning name _______________

Choose one or more of these areas to practice or research, especially if checked by someone reading your essay.

|key: underlined=links. E/A=exercises/answers. (=topics. (=subtopics. (=sub-subtopics. (list=checklist |

|Grammar |Usage |Style |Advice to Writers |

|( Sentences (list |( Articles: |( Word Repetition |( Summarizing |

|Sentence Structure: |( A or An (E/A) |( Omit needless words |( Paraphrasing (E/A) |

|( Fragments (E/A, E/A) |( The |( Being Too Informal |( Getting Ideas |

|( Run-Ons (E/A) |( No Article |( Sentence Variety |Types of Essays: |

|( Avoid Fused Sentences |( This, That, These, |( Sentence types |( 5-Paragraph Essay |

|( Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers |Those as Determiners |( Diamond paragraphs |( Persuasion Essay |

|Word-Level Grammar: |( Word Confusions: |Too Many Sentences that |( Argument Topics |

|( Nouns: |( Homonyms |( Are Passive |( Informative Writing |

|( Count/Noncount (E/A) |( Confuseable Words |( Are Long |( Compare & Contrast |

|( Count/nonCount w/ |( Wrong Word Form |( Wordiness (E/A) |( Second Look at C&C |

|articles/adjectives (E/A) |( Misused Words |( Are Short |( Narration |

|( Plurals |( Parallelism |( Begin with And, But, Or, Yet, For, |( Verb Tenses Used in |

|( Verbs: |( Faulty Comparison |Nor, So |( Cause and Effect |

|( Tense |( Nonstandard Form |Organization and Development |( Outline and Model |

|( Tense Sequence |Mechanics |( Logical Fallacies |( Problem and Solution |

|( Tense Consistency |( Errors to Avoid |( Logical Fallacies E/A |( Put the Steps in Order |

|( Irregular Verbs |Spelling: |( 23-Point (list |( P&S Lessons |

|( Verb Helpers/Auxil. |( Capitalization |Beginning and End: |( Process/How-To |

|( Gerund/Particip/Infin |( I Before E |( Introduction (E/A) |( Describing a Process |

|( Modals/Conditionals |( Word Endings |( Thesis Statement |( Procedure/Directions |

|( Subj/Verb Agreement |Punctuation (+Punct E/A): |( Conclusion |( Writing about Graphs |

|( Pronouns: |( Apostrophe (E/A) |( Sentence Type E/A |( Intro to Graphs |

|( Indefinite pronouns |( Comma (E/A) |Body Paragraphs: |( Focus on Pie Charts |

|( Pronoun Case |( Detailed Discussion |( 4 Basics and Advice |( Graph Writing (list |

|( Whose/Who/Whom |( E/A,E/A,E/A,E/A,E/A |( Tips for Writing |On Essay Tests: |

|( Who/Which/That |( Hyphen |( Supporting Details |( Writing Essay Exams |

|( Possessives |( Question Mark |( Relevant Sentence? |( Strategies to Use for During a |

|( Adjectives/Adverbs |( Period |( Topic Sentences |Writing Test |

|( Prepositions |( Exclamation Point |( Controlling Ideas for |( TOEFL Essay Topics |

|( Location (E/A) |( Quotation Marks |( E/A, E/A, E/A, E/A |( IELTS Writing Tasks |

|( Direction (E/A) |( Semicolon |Coherence Devices: |Revising, Editing, and Proofreading |

|( Spatial Relationships |( Colon |( Sentence Order |( Revision Strategies |

|( Time, Place, and for Introducing |( Dash |( Equal Specific Details |( Steps in Editing |

|D/InD Obj.s |( Punctuating Clauses |( Repeat Key Words |( Find Missing Words |

|( Conjunctions/Clauses |Word Mechanics Errors: |( Transitions (E/A) |( Revision (list |

|( Conjunctions Basics |( Compound Words |( 17 Transition Types |( Proofreading (list |

| |( Fused Words | | |

( Interactive Writing Checklist for Independent Learning name _______________

Choose one or more of these areas to practice or research, especially if checked by someone reading your essay.

|key: underlined=links. E/A=exercises/answers. (=topics. (=subtopics. (=sub-subtopics. (list=checklist |

|Grammar |Usage |Style |Advice to Writers |

|( Sentences (list |( Articles: |( Word Repetition |( Summarizing |

|Sentence Structure: |( A or An (E/A) |( Omit needless words |( Paraphrasing (E/A) |

|( Fragments (E/A, E/A) |( The |( Being Too Informal |( Getting Ideas |

|( Run-Ons (E/A) |( No Article |( Sentence Variety |Types of Essays: |

|( Avoid Fused Sentences |( This, That, These, |( Sentence types |( 5-Paragraph Essay |

|( Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers |Those as Determiners |( Diamond paragraphs |( Persuasion Essay |

|Word-Level Grammar: |( Word Confusions: |Too Many Sentences that |( Argument Topics |

|( Nouns: |( Homonyms |( Are Passive |( Informative Writing |

|( Count/Noncount (E/A) |( Confuseable Words |( Are Long |( Compare & Contrast |

|( Count/nonCount w/ |( Wrong Word Form |( Wordiness (E/A) |( Second Look at C&C |

|articles/adjectives (E/A) |( Misused Words |( Are Short |( Narration |

|( Plurals |( Parallelism |( Begin with And, But, Or, Yet, For, |( Verb Tenses Used in |

|( Verbs: |( Faulty Comparison |Nor, So |( Cause and Effect |

|( Tense |( Nonstandard Form |Organization and Development |( Outline and Model |

|( Tense Sequence |Mechanics |( Logical Fallacies |( Problem and Solution |

|( Tense Consistency |( Errors to Avoid |( Logical Fallacies E/A |( Put the Steps in Order |

|( Irregular Verbs |Spelling: |( 23-Point (list |( P&S Lessons |

|( Verb Helpers/Auxil. |( Capitalization |Beginning and End: |( Process/How-To |

|( Gerund/Particip/Infin |( I Before E |( Introduction (E/A) |( Describing a Process |

|( Modals/Conditionals |( Word Endings |( Thesis Statement |( Procedure/Directions |

|( Subj/Verb Agreement |Punctuation (+Punct E/A): |( Conclusion |( Writing about Graphs |

|( Pronouns: |( Apostrophe (E/A) |( Sentence Type E/A |( Intro to Graphs |

|( Indefinite pronouns |( Comma (E/A) |Body Paragraphs: |( Focus on Pie Charts |

|( Pronoun Case |( Detailed Discussion |( 4 Basics and Advice |( Graph Writing (list |

|( Whose/Who/Whom |( E/A,E/A,E/A,E/A,E/A |( Tips for Writing |On Essay Tests: |

|( Who/Which/That |( Hyphen |( Supporting Details |( Writing Essay Exams |

|( Possessives |( Question Mark |( Relevant Sentence? |( Strategies to Use for During a |

|( Adjectives/Adverbs |( Period |( Topic Sentences |Writing Test |

|( Prepositions |( Exclamation Point |( Controlling Ideas for |( TOEFL Essay Topics |

|( Location (E/A) |( Quotation Marks |( E/A, E/A, E/A, E/A |( IELTS Writing Tasks |

|( Direction (E/A) |( Semicolon |Coherence Devices: |Revising, Editing, and Proofreading |

|( Spatial Relationships |( Colon |( Sentence Order |( Revision Strategies |

|( Time, Place, and for Introducing |( Dash |( Equal Specific Details |( Steps in Editing |

|D/InD Obj.s |( Punctuating Clauses |( Repeat Key Words |( Find Missing Words |

|( Conjunctions/Clauses |Word Mechanics Errors: |( Transitions (E/A) |( Revision (list |

|( Conjunctions Basics |( Compound Words |( 17 Transition Types |( Proofreading (list |

| |( Fused Words | | |

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