LINK: http://faculty.bucks.edu/specpop/annotate.htm

LINK: https://bid4papers.com/blog/essay-outline/

Mock test

LINK: https://www.examenglish.com/TOEFL/TOEFL_reading1.htm

Reading

Based on the book found on https://vwcceng111.pressbooks.com/chapter/chapter-1-critical-reading/

Before reading a text, we must manage the time (breaking assignments into chunks). 

E.g.:

Dense texts → 5 to 10 pages in one sitting

Friendly texts → 20 to 40 pages 

Secondly, we must ask ourselves: "What am I reading?" and "Why am I reading?"

"Why" you read helps you decide "How" you read it. 

SKIM technique: to look over a text briefly. 

*Title

*Introductory paragraph

*Topic sentence 

*Conclusion paragraph 

*Bold or italicized terms 

⟹ Sample pre-reading guides: "KWL technique"

⟹ Critical Reading Questionnaire 

Articles

WHAT IS AN ARTICLE?

We call articles the words that we use to indicate if nouns refer to something non-specific, specific, or things in general.

Types of articles:

>Definite article: The

>Indefinite article: A/ An

> Zero article

The definite article is used:

a. Whenever we talk about something unique.

E.g.: 

💥 The sun  🌙 The sun

*It is common to use some adjectives (first, last, only, etc.) and superlative to indicate that we are talking about something unique.

b. When we talk about a particular/ definite/ specific thing, place, or person. 

E.g.: 

"The thief has run away."

c. Public places:

E.g.: 

The cinema, the supermarket, etc. 

d. Others:

E.g.:

The Titanic (names of ships), The Atlantic ocean (names of geographical features)

*The name of some countries (normally those which include states, kingdom, or republic)

The indefinite article is used: 

a. With singular countable nouns. 

E.g.:

A house

A plants

A milk 

b. Whenever we talk about something in a non-specific way. 

E.g.: 

I live in a house. 

c. To make generalizations when the noun is countable and singular. 

E.g.: 

"A house is a building for human habitation, especially one that is lived in by a family or small group of people."

Zero Article is used:

a. To make generalizations with plural count nouns or non-count nouns. 

People must respect the laws. 

b. With proper nouns

c. Some locations.

E.g.: work, school, church, home 

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Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke, Virginia

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Kathy Boylan, English Department
Elizabeth Browning, English Department
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Vocabulary - Weather

Vocabulary - Crimes

Link

> Burglary: entering a building illegally with the intention to commit a crime. 

> Forgery: criminal falsification with intent to defraud. 

> Smuggling: secretly importing prohibited goods. 

> Murder: the unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by another human being. 

> To brandish: "wave or flourish (something, especially a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement." (https://www.google.com/search)

> Malfeasance: "wrongdoing, especially by a public official." (https://www.google.com/search) 

*ATTENTION!! 

The list below can be founded on this webpage: https://ieltsliz.com/crime-and-punishment-vocabulary/ - On the website, you can hear the pronunciation of these words below. 

You can find the answers on this website: https://ieltsliz.com/crime-and-punishment-vocabulary/