TOEFL SKILLS & EXERCISES
20 May 2025 19:04
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⚜Earth 🆚 World 🆚 Planet⚜
😨 I have friends in different parts of the earth. ✖️
😇 I have friends in different parts of the world. ✔️
😨 We must all work together to protect the earth. ✖️
😇We must all work together to protect the planet. ✔️
⚜earth/Earth = the ball-shaped object that we live on, usually seen as a planet in space:
▪️ 'The earth moves round the sun every 365 days.'
▪️ 'On the journey back to Earth, one of the spaceship's computers failed.'
⚜world = the ball-shaped object that we live on, usually seen in terms of people, countries, cities etc:
▪️'Tuberculosis is still common in some parts of the world.'
▪️ 'It's one of the largest countries in the world.'
▪️'You'll be seeing some of the world's leading golfers.'
⚜Note the expression all over the world (= everywhere in the world):
▪️ 'I have friends all over the world.'
⚜planet = the ball-shaped object that we live on, usually seen in terms of the natural environment:
▪️ 'This disaster could affect the whole planet.'
▪️'The planet is gradually getting warmer.'
🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅
😨 The aliens were fascinated by life in earth. ✖️
😇The aliens were fascinated by life on earth. ✔️
😨 Mankind has lived in the earth for thousands of years.✖️
😇Mankind has lived on the earth for thousands of years. ✔️
⚜on (the) earth (NOT in (the) earth): '
▪️Australia has some of the strangest animals to be found anywhere on earth.'
▪️'Peace on earth is still just a
dream.'
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TOEFL SKILLS & EXERCISES
20 May 2025 19:03
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⚜Establish ⚜
😨 I want to establish a cooperative store . ✖️
😇 I want to open a cooperative store. ✔️
⚜
You establish a major company or organization that will probably run
forever or for a very long time:▪️ 'As soon as Rwanda became independent, it
established its own national bank.' ▪️'Most of the money is
to be used to
establish local industries and mobilize the workforce.'
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You start or start up a small company or organization:▪️ 'They intend to use the money to
start up their own taxi business.'
⚜
You open a new shop, restaurant, shopping mall etc: ▪️'They're planning
to
open a small hotel just outside town.'
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TOEFL SKILLS & EXERCISES
20 May 2025 19:01
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#confusing_words
⚜ Negligent 🆚 Negligible ⚜
😨There was a negligent amount of liquid in the test tube.✖️
😇There was a negligible amount of liquid in the test tube.✔️
⚜negligent = failing to take proper care, especially in your job; careless:
▪️'The court decided that the pilot of the crashed aircraft had been negligent.'
⚜negligible = (of an amount) so small that it has no effect and can be
ignored:
▪️'The cost of maintaining the machine is negligible.'
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TOEFL SKILLS & EXERCISES
20 May 2025 19:00
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⚜ Nominate 🆚 Appoint⚜
😨Mr.Tong was nominated manager of the company in 1984.✖️
😇Mr.Tong was appointed manager of the company in 1984.✔️
⚜nominate = suggest someone for election or selection (for a job or position):
▪️'We need to nominate someone to take over from Harry as our new public relations officer.'
⚜appoint = give someone a job or position:
▪️ 'Mr H. Wilks has been
officially appointed as the society's new public relations officer.'
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TOEFL SKILLS & EXERCISES
20 May 2025 18:58
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⚜Rare🆚Scarce🆚Unusual ⚜
😨 Water is very rare in some parts of the country.✖️
😇 Water is very scarce in some parts of the country.✔️
⚜If certain things are rare there are only a few of them in existence:
▪️'Rare coins are usually worth a lot of money.
▪️' A rare event is one that hardly
ever happens:
▪️ 'I was lucky enough to witness one of her rare public performances.'
⚜To describe something that is usually common but for some reason is difficult to obtain at a particular time or in a particular place, use scarce:
▪️'After the war, food and clothing were scarce.'
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😨I think that my name is rare.✖️
😇 I think that my name is unusual.✔️
😨In San Francisco I saw some rare architecture.✖️
😇In San Francisco I saw some unusual architecture .✔️
⚜If something is different from what is usual, it is unusual:
▪️ 'The bread had an unusual flavour.'
▪️ 'Kit. That's an unusual name.'
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😨It is not rare that women have a job nowadays.✖️
😇It is not unusual for women to have a job nowadays .✔️
⚜not unusual (for sb) to do sth (NOT not rare):
▪️'It's not unusual to seebusiness people cycling to work these days.'
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TOEFL SKILLS & EXERCISES
17 May 2025 14:49
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TOEFL SKILLS & EXERCISES
28 February 2025 20:06
🌙 Ramadan Mubarak, everyone! 🌙
Only a wise person strives to make the most of Ramadan and seizes this golden opportunity to draw closer to Allah.
May this blessed month leave you a better person than you were before.
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