Ejemplo de Examen TOEIC
El examen TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication), es una prueba escrita y oral en la que las personas deben demostrar sus conocimientos del idioma inglés. La diferencia con otros exámenes es que el TOEIC se realiza con papel y lápiz.
Este examen se compone de 100 preguntas para demostrar habilidades de comprensión auditiva y 100 preguntas para probar comprensión lectora.
El tiempo disponible para responder las preguntas en el examen TOEIC es el siguiente:
- 45 minutos para la Sección I: Escuchar
- 75 minutos para la Sección II: Lectura
- 30 minutos para responder las preguntas sobre biografías
Sección Escuchar:
En este apartado se escuchan varias preguntas grabadas, así como conversaciones cortas para luego responder preguntas vinculadas a lo escuchado. El contenido de esta sección consta de: fotografías, pregunta-respuesta, conversaciones, conversaciones cortas y lectura.
Parte 5: oraciones incompletas
Parte 6: Reconocimiento de errores o finalización de texto
Parte 7: Comprensión de lectura
Sección Lectura:
Se presentan varios materiales para que los participantes los lean y respondan las otras 100 preguntas. Para esto se usan: oraciones incompletas, reconocimiento de errores o finalización de texto y comprensión lectora.
El resultado del examen estará expresado en niveles según lo establecido en el Marco común europeo:
- A1 – A2 (Nivel básico)
- B1 – B2 (Nivel independiente)
- C1 – C2 (Nivel competente)
Ejemplo de examen TOEIC
Tip Check whether the noun is countable or uncountable!
Countable or uncountable nouns
Countable nouns (people, animals, objects, plants, units of measurement) can be counted, used with the indefinite article and be plural.
- two men; a dog; cars
Definitions
Uncountable nouns (substances, materials, abstract ideas, languages) cannot be counted, used with the indefinite article and are singular.
- water; money.
Uncountable nouns
The following nouns are always uncountable:
- Advice
- leisure
- baggage
- luggage
- money
- damage
- news
- equipment
- progress
- fun
- traffic
- furniture
- weather
- information
- work
- knowledge
– The information you gave me is incomplete.
– She is making good progress with her German.
A piece of
Uncountable nouns can be made countable by combining them with:
- expressions like a piece of …, a can of …, a slice of…
a piece of information, a can of soda, a slice of bread
- other nouns
leisure activities, homework assignments
Both countable and uncountable
Many nouns can be used as countable and uncountable nouns, usually with a difference in meaning:
Uncountable:
- paper (material)
- business (all business transactions)
- space (the universe)
- work (employment)
- time (hours, days…)
Countable:
- a (news)paper
- a business (a company)
- a space (a blank)
- a work (of art)
- a time (an occasion)
– They have some work to do on the acoustics.
– If the global economy continues to flourish, people will continue buying
works of art.
Hundred, thousand…
When dozen, hundred, thousand, million, billion are used to convey the idea of:
- a definite number, the pattern is:
number/several + hundred, thousand, million…+ plural noun
twenty thousand dollars
Economists were alarmed by the deficit, which was several billion
worse than they had expected.
- an indefinite number, the pattern is:
∅ + hundreds, thousands, millions…+ of + plural noun
I’ve told you hundreds of times.
Nouns, Suite
Forms of address
Mr Smith a man
Mrs Smith a married woman
Miss Smith an unmarried woman
Ms Smith a married or unmarried woman
These forms of address have to be followed by a family name.
Determiners:
Definition
A determiner is a word that is normally used at the beginning of a nounphrase. Determiners include:
- articles. There are two types of articles:
− the definite article: the
− the indefinite article: a/an
- possessive adjectives
- demonstrative adjectives