TOEIC Day 16 - Reading 4 (Invitation / Registration Form / vocabs) เทคนิคการเตรียมตัวสอบ toeic ภายใน 16 วัน

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TOEIC Day 16 - Reading 4
(Invitation / Registration Form / vocabs)

TOEIC tests your ability to use English in working environment. So, the texts are what you will be seen in working office. Another one that is common in office is invitation to meeting, seminar, or event. It maybe a letter of invitation or a reply to an invitation (or both). Potential questions are as follows:

• What is the purpose of this letter/email/card/note?
• When is the meeting?
• Where will the event take place?
• What will happen in the seminar?
• Other details.

My suggestion is read the passage first. It shouldn't be too long. Then read the questions. Now you will be able to locate the answers quicker. So, improving your reading speed is very important. Here are some ways to improve your reading pace.

1. Practice little by little every day. The quantity is not as important as consistency.
2. Start with something short and easy. You can find reading comprehension exercise for elementary students, short and easy.
   
   Check this out : http://www.agendaweb.org/reading/easy-reading-1.html
3. Use the tip of your finger or a pencil to guide your reading. Always place the pointer few words ahead. This helps you keep track of what you're reading.
4. Stay conscious. If a sentence doesn't make any sense, read it again. That means you lost it. So, slow down when you need to.

Potential vocabularies

Invite	Join	Participate	Reply	Apologize
Unfortunately	Activity	Available	Unavailable	Reschedule
Postpone	Attend	Representative	Host	Theme

Let's move on to the next type of text, registration form. It may be for an event, seminar, service or product subscription, or membership registration. It may look like this.

For registration form, you should read the questions first then the text because there are too many details that potentially be the subject of questions. Example questions for the above forms are as follows:

1. How many years of work experience does Bert Roberts have? (7 years)
2. Where can this form be found? (Website because there is click here button at the bottom of the page.)
3. What position is Bert Roberts interested in? (Electrical Engineer)

    As you can see that the questions are impossible to be predicted. They are subject to the topic of the form. So, read the questions and the text carefully but don't think too much because most of the answers are frank and obvious. 

Useful words

Subscribe	Subscription	Registration	Membership	Discount
Fee	Interest	Privilege	Benefit	Premium

Here are links to practical exercises.

Check this out: http://www.toeic-online-test.com/free-toeic-tests/reading-comprehensions/index.htm

http://tienganhhoc.com/luyen-thi-toeic-cap-toc/

http://data.anhvan123.net/Toeic/test%202/Part%207/index.htm

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TOEIC Day 12 - Reading 3 (Ads / Schedule / vocabs) เทคนิคการเตรียมตัวสอบ toeic ภายใน 16 วัน

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TOEIC Day 12 - Reading 3 (Ads / Schedule / vocabs) 

   Another recurring type of text is advertisement. It could be about new restaurant, sales promotion, event advertisement, new product, or business introduction.

   This is the typical length of advertisement. I suggest you read the text once with skimming technique. Then you read the questions and read the related information in detail. Some advertisements use symbols, numbers, and pictures to draw attention. But this one is written in paragraphs and not marked as advertisement. Therefore, one of the questions is Where is the text from? Here are the choices and the solution.

   This question can be answered by only reading the first paragraph. Advertisement is usually written with persuasive languages such as questions. So, in some case, you basically read the text and answer the questions simultaneously.

   These are the links to more questions on Rebus Virtual Office World and a source for more exercises on reading for comprehension.

Check this out :

http://www.examenglish.com/TOEIC/toeic_reading7.htm

http://tx.english-ch.com/teacher/chris/level-b/toeic-advertisement-/

https://www.englishclub.com/esl-exams/ets-toeic-practice-7.htm 

Potential vocabularies

Discount	Exhibition	Rental	Purchase
Membership	Privilege	Limited	Lease
Available	Convenience	Donation	Provide

   Another type of text that is common in TOEIC test is schedule. It may be a schedule of train, ferry, bus, movie, theatre, conference, seminar, or university classes

   The potential questions are

• Who's the target audience?
• Where the schedule most likely to be seen? 
• What is the purpose of this notice?

   Other than that will be 1-2 questions about the details. For this type of test, I suggest you should read the questions first because the text usually comes with many details, some you can ignore. So, read the questions first then look for the relating keywords in the text. Go to this website for exercises. 

Check this out  :

http://www.yeuanhvan.com/part-7-reading-comprehension/5677-toeic-reading-comprehension-test-9#questions-6-8

Possible vocabularies

Conference	Audience	Guest	Service
Terminate	Topic	Visit	Cancel
Rearrange	Revise	Occasion	Fee
Discount	Departure	Arrival	Estimation

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TOEIC Day 8 - Reading 2 (Postcard / Memo /vocabs) เทคนิคการเตรียมตัวสอบ toeic ภายใน 16 วัน

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TOEIC Day 8 - Reading 2 (Postcard / Memo /vocabs)

In reading comprehension, the reading text may come in form of postcard. Postcard is naturally written by easier words than those used in e-mail or letter because it's usually meant for family or friends. But there could be some informal phrases that you have never seen before.

Read the text first then the questions in order to get the story. Also, pay attention to the address. You may be asked about a person's whereabouts.  In the page below, click Download the free PDF resource link to download sample and easy postcard reading test.

Check this out : http://www.teachitelt.com/a1vocabulary?CurrMenu=427&resource=9234

Vocabularies that may appear in postcards

Great	Wonderful	Fantastic	Fabulous
Weather	Sunny	Perfect	Sightseeing
Explore	Local	Cuisine	Travel
Road	trip	Journey	Scenery	Accommodation

Frequently seen in TOEIC test is a memorandum or memo. A memo is a short note about a specific topic often found in working office environment.

The potential questions will involve around the purpose, where to find this note, the main idea, and more specific details. The questions in TOEIC test, regardless of what type of text, are relatively easy because they ask for direct answer. By easy, I mean you don't have to interpret the answers and they are likely short ones, few words or short phrases.

This is a sample memo of a corporate in medical industry. A memo comes in short form, so I suggest you read the memo first. Here is one secret. When you practice enough, at one point you will be able to guess the potential questions. When you can do that you may mark them while you read simultaneously. The phrases in bold are the information that I thought could be the questions when I first read the memo.

Visit this site to see the exercise of Binell Interoffice Memo.

Check this out  : http://www.toeicstore.com/toeic-test-reading-comprehension-no-4-memo.html


Useful vocabularies

Message	Employee	Staff	Inform
Action	Aware	Due to	Suggestion

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TOEIC Day 4 - Reading 1 (Email / Announcements / vocabs) (เทคนิคการเตรียมตัวสอบ toeic ภายใน 16 วัน)

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TOEIC Day 4 - Reading 1 (Email / Announcements / vocabs)

Part VII of TOEIC test is about reading comprehension. So the questions are in similar form to other popular tests such as TU-GET and CU-TEP GED TOEFL IELTS SAT SAT-II GMAT GRE . But instead of long passages, you will be given e-mails, announcement posters, news article, or easy texts from magazine. Undoubtedly, reading test in TOEIC is the easiest one. That's why the problem usually involves not the text or questions but the time.

Remember to get through these questions with speed. You typically don't have enough time for second thought. The key thing that you need to pay attention is how to retrieve the correct answers by practicing a lot.

The easiest and the most frequent type of text is email or letter. There may be one email/letter or, usually, two interacting emails/letters. They could be a response between a supplier and a customer regarding the product, a meeting arrangement, or some kind of notification. Here is the website where you can find sample test.

Check this out :  https://www.englishclub.com/esl-exams/ets-toeic-practice-7.htm


Look at these sample e-mails and I will tell you what the essential technique is.

The possible question is 'How was the order made at first?'. The given interaction is made via email but that's not necessarily the answer. When you're working on TOEIC reading test, you could either look at the text first or the questions first. For the email or letter, I prefer reading the text first and read every line. Skim-and-scan technique is unnecessary at this point since the text usually comes in short length with easy vocabularies. 

'How was the order made at first?' You must be able to identify the position where the answer is located. In this case, it should be at the beginning of the email. There you'll find As we spoke on the phone earlier this morning,…. Then you know that the order was maid via telephone. The email is just for confirmation.

Another common type of text is an announcement on general topic, maybe store promotions or sales, service termination, or party events.

   Several tricky questions can be made out of this announcement. For example, What is the objective of this home remodeling project? What is the maximum financial support a home owner could get? Can the home owner make the repair?. For this announcement, you definitely have to go through the text first because there are so little details. Then read the questions and you'll be able to locate the answers faster. Try out this test along with many more at this site.

   

   Check this out:  http://data.anhvan123.net/Toeic/test%201/Part%207/index.htm 

Essential vocabularies

Receive	Reply	Sender	Addressee	Attachment
Enclosure	Parcel	Announcement	Inform	Deadline
Attention	Available	Eligible	Allow	Regardless
Apologize	Approval

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