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Thanks squall_anh for your questions, and hsengoren for your answer, you must be a grammar guru. :p I have to be more alert to traps in this section. :( BTW, when do you take Toefl, squall_anh? this Oct? ;)

Hi Squall_anh A and B are apparently wrong. Only C and D left. For this sentence I choose D, because "as" is the correct preposition. D. This sentence needs a subordinate clause. BTW, is it "Chile Care" or "Child Care"? 3. The rice yields more food per acre than any other grain,and more peaple depend on it than any other foodstuff. grain ==> grains

Hi hklinh D is the key. When + clause. We cannt say "when + N/by Ving" The second is hard, I must admit. But IMO A is the key. Could anyone tell me more? ?

Hi DoDucTruong IMO the sentence should be: The group appointed the new member the secretary. Could anyone give me some idea?

Hi hsengoren Yeah, "what" should be perfect for your example. But this sentence may be quite different. It has a true verb here [blue]comes[/red]. So confusing to me. Could you explain more? ?

Hi ravli, According to the Total Score Range Comparison, 560-577 220-233. If you already have 213-270, then congrats! [banana]

Oh so in the end what is the answer? ?

Congrats!!! All the best for your upcoming GRE[dance][banana][dance][banana]

Hi hklinh Sounds weird to my ears. ? One more thing, just to remind Vietnamese-book-user, there are some typos in the books. I myself have found a couple in the ETS material. :( Most importantly, they are in the answer keys. :D

Hi VietnameseCow As TM Staff had mentioned, you should tell the readers what you are going to present right here, in the introduction part. Nice and organized paras. Your examples are vivid and persuasive. All in all, your writing is getting better day by day. If you write this essay in 30 minutes, surely you can get 5.5 for real TWE. Congrats!!

Hi matek Your writing is quite short, and it lacks examples. They are very important to make your points clearer and your essay more persuasive. The others are OK. Just my thoughts. [bounce]

Hi wing, To tell you the truth, to get a very high score on TOEFL requires many things. One thing is to use English as much as possible as most of test-takers in India do. However your score is good. Congrats!!! [banana] I wish you get the maximum of 6 for the writing. :)

Hi VietnameseCow No obligation here, but one should do so to get a clearer organization. To me, your handwriting should be clearer as much as possible. It is not necessarily super-nice, :D, but be easy enough for essay graders to read them. If not, your writing will be effected seriously. [Of course I am talking about TOEFL PBT] Thanks so much, and the same to you. :p

Congrats!!! [banana][goodjob] Your scores are my dream. :p

Hi Nile Thank you for your words. :) Actually I haven't given any TOEFL ITP yet, but my friends have. But I have some practise with it. To me and others I know, there are two main differences. Firstly, it is easier in all sections. Secondly, it has no writing part. But I cannot know the exact difference in scores. However, to some guys of mine, they are much more careful when doing TOEFL Int'l than ITP. Therefore maybe you will have higher scores in TOEFL Int'l. :p Well, to tell the future is so hard. :p But from the practise and experience I have so far, I set my target for Listening 46/50, Structure and WE 40/40, Reading 48-49/50, TWE 5-5.5 [however I dream 6, my god, how to achieve this] To tell you the truth, I have lots of things to do for the remaining time, esp. to control my mood and spirit. They are quite vital, to say the least. Moreover I have something to do with Listening and many things to do with Writing. :( All the best for your prep. [banana]

Hi MS Your writing has a clear organization, and almost no grammar or spelling mistake. That is very important in TWE. [banana] However I think your body paras should be longer to add more examples to make your main points more effective. And if were you I would pretent to have a job relating to camera-using such as journalist, photographer. [just white-lies, ETS never knows:D]Then your choice of camera is absolutely very fine. Just my two cents.

Hi minhnp78 A friend of mine also has this problem: She did make a money transfer for ETS in the U.S.A., but got nothing in return. She was so worried until a few days earlier when she informed me of calling to ETS, knowing that her name was on the list for Oct 18. As a result she may go to the testing center on the test day, without a permission ticket. So you should have it a try. Another option: you may call IIE in Hanoi one or two weeks before Oct 18, because at that time they will have the list for the test day. HTH. BTW, I'm going to take for a TOEFL on Oct 18, too. How about your preparation?

Hi Hippo I think it is the structure: It is sb/sth that do sth, an emphasized version of sb/sth do sth To my mind this sentence is not right, and it should be there were cats sitting outside Just my two cents. [banana]

Hi xizzhu It is true for the sentence you posted. HTH.

Hi lhuyvn The anwser is A. We say whether or not to do sth. HTH. [banana]

Hi ERIN [heartbeat] I bet that prizes would be super encouragement for members, esp. active and helpful ones. To me prizes are not necessarily raleated to money. They would be a remark for the winner's essay. All in all money is not always the best means.:p

Hi ERIN As far as I know, in CA they have apllied the toughest law against spam. Does it have any effect in practice. ?

Hi nitesh Wow! When you said your TOEFL is on Oct 1st, I thought you would have quite a lot time to practise. Now you say you have only two days left. To me, it is such a short time. :( However, your writing is so good, esp. the structure you master. So dont worry much. In your essay you say you would change exams, so I wonder what changes about exams are you going to make? In my mind if you say so your writing would be stronger and fully developed. All the best for your endeavor. [banana]

I hpoe taht ETS wlli ppaly tish rlue. :D

Hi marmalade You took the TOEFL in HN, didn't you? If so, it may take you up to two months to get the scores. It is what IIE says to me. HTH.