Skill 1: Be sure the sentence has a subject and a
verb.
You know that a sentence in english
should have a subject and a verb.
Skill 2: Be careful of objects of
prepositions.
An object of a
preposition is a
noun, pronoun,
gerund or noun
clause that comes
after a preposition,
such as in, at of,to,
by, behind, on and so
on, to form a
prepositional phrase.
Skill 3: Be careful of appositives
Appositives can cause confusion in structure
questions on a TOEFL test because an appositives
can be mistaken for the subject of a sentence.
Skill 4: Be careful of presente participles.
A present participle is the -ing form
of the verb(talking, playing). In
structure questions on the TOEFL
test, a present participle can cause
confusion because it can be either a
part of the verb or an adjective.
Skill 5: Be careful of past
participle
Past participle can cause confusion in
structure questions on the TOEFL test
because a past participle can be either
adjective or a part of a verb. The past
participle is the form of the verb that
appears with have or be.
Skill 6: Use coordinate connector correctly
When you have two clauses in english sentence,
you must connect the to clauses is to use and,
but, or so, or yet between the clauses.
Skill 7: Use Adverb time and cause connectors correctly.
Sentence with adverb clauses have
two basic patterns in english.
Skill 8: Use other adverb connectors correctly
Adverb clause can express the ideas of time and cause, as you saw in skiil 7; adverb
clause can also express a number of the other ideas, such as contrast, conditio,
manner, and place.
Skill 9: Use noun clause connectorcorrectly.
A noun clause is a clause that
funtions as a noun; because the
noun clause is a noun, it is used in a
sentence as either an object of a
preposition, or the subject of the
sentence.