Essential Grammar Rules for TOEFL Exam

23 GRAMMAR RULES YOU MUST
KNOW TO GUARANTEE YOUR
N THE TOEFL EXAM!


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, TOEFL GRAMMAR GUIDE - 23
Grammar Rules You Must Know To
Guarantee Your Success On The
TOEFL Exam!


Tim othy Dickeson

, T able of Contents
Why You Need To Read ThisBook....................................................... 1
About The Author.........................................................................................3
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.1 - Simple Present..................................... 5
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.2 - Simple Past...........................................8
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.3 - Present Perfect..................................11
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.4 - Subject-Verb Agreement................. 14
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.5 - Negatives............................................ 19
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.6 - Verb ‘To Be’ (Present/Past/
Future)...........................................................................................................21
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.7 - Verb ‘Can’ (Present/Past/
Future)............................................................................................. ........... 23
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.8 - Adverbs................................................25
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.9 - Adverbs of Frequency......................28
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.10 - This / That/ These / Those..........32
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.11 - Uncountable and Countable
Nouns............................................................................................................34
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.12 - Comparisons....................................36
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.13 - Indefinite Pronouns........................38
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.14 - Conditional....................................... 40
TOEFL Grammar Rule No. 15 - Reported Speech............................42
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.16 - Used to .............................................. 44
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.17 - Either/ Neither/ Both.................... 46
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.18 - Transition Phrases or Words....... 48
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.19 - Other/ Another................................ 52
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.20 - Passive Voice...................................54
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.21 - Prepositions.....................................56
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.22 - Parallelism........................................ 59
TOEFL Grammar Rule No.23 - Pronoun Reference........................62
BONUS - TOEFL Grammar Exercises.................................................64

, Why You Need To Read This Book
If you are about to take the TOEFL exam soon, then you
must review your grammar, especially the principles that
are most commonly used in the TOEFL.

Did you know that your overall TOEFL score is weighed
based on your grammar accuracy and use?

If you look at the scoring criteria that the TOEFL evaluators
use, you will see an element which covers at how well you
use the different grammar principles and how accurate you
use them.

So, apart from learning how to develop high scoring
answers in the writing and speaking sections and
understanding the correct strategies for answering the
reading and listening questions, you MUST correct your
grammar to ensure you achieve a high score.

This book has been especially written to help you review.
understand and correct the most common grammar rules
used in the TOEFL exam.

For each TOEFL grammar rule, you will learn:

• The fundamental use of the rule
• How to use it (with simple examples and
explanations)
• When to use it
• Signalling words

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