The document provides an example of a short dialogue from the Listening Comprehension section of the paper TOEFL test. In the example, a man asks a woman if she has finished studying for a math test. The woman responds "Not quite", meaning she has a little more studying to do. The correct answer choice is C. The document also outlines procedures for answering the short dialogue questions, such as focusing on the second line of dialogue and choosing an answer that restates a key word or idea from that line.
The document provides an example of a short dialogue from the Listening Comprehension section of the paper TOEFL test. In the example, a man asks a woman if she has finished studying for a math test. The woman responds "Not quite", meaning she has a little more studying to do. The correct answer choice is C. The document also outlines procedures for answering the short dialogue questions, such as focusing on the second line of dialogue and choosing an answer that restates a key word or idea from that line.
The document provides an example of a short dialogue from the Listening Comprehension section of the paper TOEFL test. In the example, a man asks a woman if she has finished studying for a math test. The woman responds "Not quite", meaning she has a little more studying to do. The correct answer choice is C. The document also outlines procedures for answering the short dialogue questions, such as focusing on the second line of dialogue and choosing an answer that restates a key word or idea from that line.
The document provides an example of a short dialogue from the Listening Comprehension section of the paper TOEFL test. In the example, a man asks a woman if she has finished studying for a math test. The woman responds "Not quite", meaning she has a little more studying to do. The correct answer choice is C. The document also outlines procedures for answering the short dialogue questions, such as focusing on the second line of dialogue and choosing an answer that restates a key word or idea from that line.
Short dialogues are found in Part A in the Listening Comprehension section of the paper TOEFL test. For each of the thirty short dialogues in this part of the test, you will hear a two-line dialogue b~tween two speakers followed by a multiple choice question. After you listen to the dialogue and the question. you must choose the best answer to the question from your test book. Look at an example of a short dialogue from the paper TOEFL test.
Example from the Paper TOEFL ~ Test •
On the recording. you hear:
(man) Have yuu finished studying/or the math test? (woman) Not quite. (narrator) What does the woman mean? In your test book, you read: (A) She is quite finished with her studies. (B) She thinks it is quite a difficult test. (e) She has a little more studying to do. (D) She has not finished the math test.
In the dialoguc, the man asks if the woman has finished studying. and the woman says Not quite. This means that she has not quite finished studying and that she has a little more study- ing to do. Answer (C) is therefore thc best answer to this qucstion.
PROCEDURES FOR THE SHORT DIALOGUES
(PaperTOEFL@Test) 00Jl I. As you listen to each short dialogue. focus on the second line of the conversation. The answer to the question is generally found in the second line. 2. Keep in mind that the correct answer is probably a restatement of a key word or idea in the second line of the dialogue. Think of possible restatements. 3. Keep in mind that certain structures and expressions are tested regularly in the short dialogues. Usten for these structures and expressions: restatements. negatives, suggestions, passives, who and where, and agreement 4. Keep in mind that these questions generally progress from easy to difficult. This means that questions I through 5 will be the easi~st and questions 26 through 30 will be the hardest. S. Read the answers and choose the best answer to each question. Remember to answer each question even if you are not sure of the correct response. Never leave any answers blank.
