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TOEFL
LESSON BOOK
Beginner · Intermediate · Advanced
B I A
Beginner Intermediate Advanced
Step-by-step lessons · Practice exercises · Model answers
TOEFL iBT | Lesson Book | Reading · Listening · Speaking · Writing
,TOEFL LESSON BOOK
How to Use This Lesson Book
This book is divided into four parts — one for each TOEFL section. Within each part you will find three lesson tiers:
Beginner
B Core concepts, vocabulary, and the most basic question types. Start here if the TOEFL is new to you.
Intermediate
I Strategy, timing, and mid-difficulty drills. Use this tier once you know the test format.
Advanced
A High-difficulty passages, nuance, and score-maximising tactics for 100+ targets.
Each lesson follows the same structure: Learn → See an Example → Practice → Check Your Answers. Work
through Beginner lessons even if you are not a beginner — you may fill gaps you did not know you had.
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PART 1 — READING
LESSON R1 Beginner
Understanding the Main Idea
■ Objective: Identify what an academic passage is mainly about.
What Is the Main Idea?
Every TOEFL reading passage has one central idea — a single statement that covers the whole text. Main Idea
questions ask: What is this passage mostly about? They usually appear as the first or second question.
■ The Key Rule
The main idea is NEVER about a detail, example, or one paragraph only.
It is a broad statement that all paragraphs support.
The correct answer is often a paraphrase of the first sentence of the first paragraph.
Step-by-Step Approach
■ Step 1. Read the first sentence of every paragraph (takes about 60 seconds).
■ Step 2. Ask yourself: What idea connects ALL of these sentences?
■ Step 3. Look at the answer choices. Eliminate any that are too narrow (one detail) or too broad (not supported).
■ Step 4. Choose the answer that is broad enough to cover the whole passage but specific enough to be
meaningful.
Practice Passage
The domestication of dogs is one of the most significant events in human prehistory. Archaeological evidence
suggests that wolves began living alongside humans at least 15,000 years ago, most likely in Asia or Europe.
Over generations, wolves that were less fearful of humans survived and reproduced more successfully,
gradually producing animals that were behaviourally distinct from their wild ancestors. These early dogs
provided practical benefits to human communities, including hunting assistance, protection from predators, and
early warning of approaching strangers. In return, dogs benefited from a reliable food source and shelter. This
mutually beneficial relationship shaped both species — humans developed stronger social bonds and dogs
evolved a remarkable ability to read and respond to human emotional cues, a trait not observed in wolves raised
by humans.
Practice Question
Q1. What is the passage mainly about?
(A) The hunting techniques used by early dogs
(B) How wolves developed fear of human beings
(C) ✓ The origins and mutual benefits of the human-dog relationship
(D) Why dogs are more intelligent than wolves
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TOEFL
LESSON BOOK
Beginner · Intermediate · Advanced
B I A
Beginner Intermediate Advanced
Step-by-step lessons · Practice exercises · Model answers
TOEFL iBT | Lesson Book | Reading · Listening · Speaking · Writing
,TOEFL LESSON BOOK
How to Use This Lesson Book
This book is divided into four parts — one for each TOEFL section. Within each part you will find three lesson tiers:
Beginner
B Core concepts, vocabulary, and the most basic question types. Start here if the TOEFL is new to you.
Intermediate
I Strategy, timing, and mid-difficulty drills. Use this tier once you know the test format.
Advanced
A High-difficulty passages, nuance, and score-maximising tactics for 100+ targets.
Each lesson follows the same structure: Learn → See an Example → Practice → Check Your Answers. Work
through Beginner lessons even if you are not a beginner — you may fill gaps you did not know you had.
TOEFL iBT Lesson Book | For personal study use only Page 2
, TOEFL LESSON BOOK
PART 1 — READING
LESSON R1 Beginner
Understanding the Main Idea
■ Objective: Identify what an academic passage is mainly about.
What Is the Main Idea?
Every TOEFL reading passage has one central idea — a single statement that covers the whole text. Main Idea
questions ask: What is this passage mostly about? They usually appear as the first or second question.
■ The Key Rule
The main idea is NEVER about a detail, example, or one paragraph only.
It is a broad statement that all paragraphs support.
The correct answer is often a paraphrase of the first sentence of the first paragraph.
Step-by-Step Approach
■ Step 1. Read the first sentence of every paragraph (takes about 60 seconds).
■ Step 2. Ask yourself: What idea connects ALL of these sentences?
■ Step 3. Look at the answer choices. Eliminate any that are too narrow (one detail) or too broad (not supported).
■ Step 4. Choose the answer that is broad enough to cover the whole passage but specific enough to be
meaningful.
Practice Passage
The domestication of dogs is one of the most significant events in human prehistory. Archaeological evidence
suggests that wolves began living alongside humans at least 15,000 years ago, most likely in Asia or Europe.
Over generations, wolves that were less fearful of humans survived and reproduced more successfully,
gradually producing animals that were behaviourally distinct from their wild ancestors. These early dogs
provided practical benefits to human communities, including hunting assistance, protection from predators, and
early warning of approaching strangers. In return, dogs benefited from a reliable food source and shelter. This
mutually beneficial relationship shaped both species — humans developed stronger social bonds and dogs
evolved a remarkable ability to read and respond to human emotional cues, a trait not observed in wolves raised
by humans.
Practice Question
Q1. What is the passage mainly about?
(A) The hunting techniques used by early dogs
(B) How wolves developed fear of human beings
(C) ✓ The origins and mutual benefits of the human-dog relationship
(D) Why dogs are more intelligent than wolves
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