Download $14.99 [download time/ size] Physical Shipment $17.99   Listening Workbook for the TOEFL® CBT Test This 89-page preparation guide includes dozens of typical questions that appear in the TOEFL® Exam - Listening section. Topics covered include: Main idea In some conversations, you might recognize a few words. But do you understand the main focus of the talk? Main idea questions test your understanding of what the conversation was mainly about. Meaning Meaning questions are very common in the Listening section. One speaker will say something to another speaker, and afterward you will be tested on what the speaker was saying. Action This type of question asks you about the action in a conversation: what the speakers have done, what they are doing, or what they are planning to do. These questions usually ask either what the second speaker will do, or what the second speaker wants the first speaker to do. Inference An inference is the act of making a conclusion based on factual information. In some conversations, speakers will suggest something but not state it outright. In order to answer such a question, you may have to draw a conclusion from hints in the conversation. Tone of voice People often give clues to what they mean by their tone of voice. Most often they do this by raising the pitch of their voice to emphasize a certain word. This lets other people know what words are the most important in a sentence. Words that sound the same As you know, each multiple choice question in the Listening section has four answer choices: the correct answer plus three other wrong answers. This workbook tests how well you can distinguish between similar-sounding words and select the correct answer. Vocabulary A number of questions in the Listening section will test your understanding of difficult English words. This section includes tables and verb conjugations of the most commonly used English words. Idioms Most languages have idioms. Idioms are phrases that are not to be taken literally; they are expressions that mean something different than the meanings of the words that make them up. Our workbook includes 14 pages of alphabetically-organized idioms.