400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL

For students whose first language is not English and who wish to study at a university with an English-based curriculum, no admittance test is more important than the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). 400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL helps you score well by arming you with the most important English vocabulary words commonly found on this crucial exam. This timely guide also encompasses the recent changes made to the test, including the emphasis on conversation and spontaneous communication to mirror the interactive nature of the classroom. 400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL also includes:

Activities such as paraphrasing, synonym and antonym exercises, and identifying prefixes and suffixes
Strategies on how to incorporate new words into everyday vocabulary
Chapters on identifying synonyms and paraphrasing sentences, roots, prefixes, and suffixes

Customer Reviews:

A useful book which makes a false claim about itself on the cover

By T. Sexton - December 1, 2011

I am a professional English teacher, and have used this book with two of my students who are preparing for the TOEFL. The level of the book is kind of upper-intermediate, and the 400 words are quite useful, and your students will encounter many of them again later when they take the real TOEFL. The headwords are explained well and become even more understandable after reading the example sentences. Also, different parts of speech are given.
Sometimes it seems to me that some of the example sentences which are used to illustrate the words' use require either having lived in the US for some time ("As usual, their holidays were ruined when their in-laws' views on politics collided with their own."- In my experience not many foreign students know about the US tradition of arguing about politics during Thanksgiving and Christmas), or heavy use of a dictionary ("Before injecting a painkiller, the dentist rubbed CLOVES on a woman's GUMS to NUMB them."- I don't think things should be... read more

A review on the 400 Must-Hav Words for the TOEFL

By Daryaneh Lane - June 9, 2007

This book does offer a nice variety of academic vocabulary. The fact that it is not only organized by academic discipline, but also by theme is a real bonus since iBT TOEFL draws topics from various disciplines. It also provides grammar and usage in the context of a text. This allows the learner to experience the "target words" in context. It's well done.

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By zeynep derin - February 6, 2010

You should get this book, if you want to get successful in toefl.. It is nice.. Besides that, Barrons Essential Toefl Words book is very nice also, you should at least study this two books. But I never recomend Kaplan Vocabulary book(sthng like this)..

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