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TOEFL STUDY GUIDE

PART 2

LISTENING COMPREHENSION


Conversational English Tip 30
Homonyms are like sound-alikes; Keep this list to review now and
again.
new: not used
"I bought this new book today".
knew: past tense of "know"
"I knew you bought that book".
flour: ingredient in baking
"I need two cups of flour for the cake".
flower: daisy, tulip, rose
"I love to grow flowers in my garden".
sew: use a needle and thread
"I need to sew the hem on this skirt."
so: who cares?
"So what? I don't have a skirt".
won: defeated an opponent
"We won the game by 2 to 1."
one: the number 1, or alone
"One at a time, that's how you do it".
plain: simple, unadorned
"This dress is too plain -- ther are no designs on it."
plane: airplane, for flying
"We flew in that new plane."
sea: ocean

"We swam in the sea."
see: to view, use your eyes
"I see how beiautiful the ocean is."
wood: material from a tree
"I like to buy wood furniture".
would: subjunctive or conditional mood of "will"
"I would like to go to the movies".
hour: a sixty-minute time period
"This class is one hour long."
m our: possessive form of "we"
"We like our new step-mother."
red: the color
"You must stop at a red light".
read: finished reading
"I read a whole book last night."
wait: to pause, stop
"Wait for me--I'll be right there."
weight: heaviness
"The weight of the books was too much for her to carry."
maid: someone who cleans
"The maid cleaned the whole house today".
made: past tense of "make."
"I made the bed after I got up this morning."
way: direction
"Which way did he go?
weigh: to figure out how heavy
"Did you weigh the package?"
hole: an empty space
"They dug a hole to put the post in for the fence"
whole: entire

"I read the whole book".
by: near
"I go by the baker's on my way home."
buy: to purchase
"I will buy bread on my way home."
sail: on a boat
"The sail flapped in the breeze".
sale: a discount, bragain
"I bought this on sale and saved a lot of money".
sense: as in common sense
"That makes good sense."
cents: pennies, money
"It cost me twenty cents to take the subway."
reflex: unconscious movement
"My leg jerked in reflex to the pain".
reflects: casts back an image
"The water reflects the moon when it is full".
soul: spirit
"The Buddhists believe the soul is reincarnated".
sole: only
"He was the sole heir to the fortune".
son: male child
"My son is called after his father".
sun: the earth revolves around it
"The sun is hot today!"
I: me, myself
"I bought a new dress".
eye: what you see with
"I have something in my eye and it hurts".
banned: not allowed

"He is banned from the club due to his behavior".
band: a music group or something you tie with
"The band at the club was good".
"She ties her hair with a band".
hire: to employ someone
"I need to hire a tutor."
higher: more elevated
"I need to get a higher mark on the TOEFL".
worn: past tense of "wear"
"I have worn out my shoes."
warn: to caution