TOEFL Reading Tips & Practice | Insert the Sentence Questions

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In this lesson, we going to talk about one kind of question that you will see on the TOEFL Reading question: Insert the Sentence questions. These questions ask us to take a new sentence and insert it somewhere in the original passage.
These questions are easy to recognize. You will be given a section from the reading passage marked with four squares.
That will be followed by this prompt:
"Look at the four squares [[square image]] that indicate where the following sentence can be added to the passage:"
That prompt will be followed by a new sentence. This question wasn't in the original passage, but it will be about the same topic.
Then the question will ask:
"Where would the sentence best fit?"
Insert the Sentence questions always look like this, so you don't need to spend a lot of time reading the prompt. Once you recognize that you are reading an Insert the Sentence question, you can immediately start applying our strategy for answering these questions.
These questions can look difficult, but they're pretty simple to answer once we know how they work. Since there will be one of these questions on every test, learning how to answer them is a quick way to do better on the TOEFL.

[@Deyraldine]

Play it at 1.25 x speed. Thank me later

[@imanetesami8344]

he is right lol I learned it the hard way...

[@sonukumar-yp8dm]

Lol , 1.25x is not so good speed.....use 1.5x like me.

[@thewaytosuccess3466]

Deyraldine 1.5x

[@emmietharwat1314]

how can we speed her up?

[@sonukumar-yp8dm]

@@emmietharwat1314 click on tripple dot in the right corner of video then you'll see the option to change speed

[@modysabaly3971]

The highlighted sentence can be added to the third square.

[@fardadansari1885]

C would be correct . As you pointed out the anchor phrase here is lower proportion of pups which is mentioned in one sentence . So I picked up the C . Then I check and the passage makes sense . Thanks for great strategy you shared with us.

[@JosephGeorgeJoseJorge]

3rd Square. I must congratulate your team on producing such great content. I love your approach. ¿May we get some feedback on our answers in the comments?

[@snfootballnerd2431]

Wow this question seems easy now. But still, I have one question, what if the option to place the new sentence is at the beginning of the paragraph? Then i would not be able to check for the anchor phrase, wouldn't i?! Please answer!!!!

[@ajharulislamaunik1928]

GREAT STRATEGY ...THANK YOU VERY MUCH..NOW I'M MORE CONFIDENT EVER.

[@7777shaniel]

What do you do if an anchor term does not exist in a paragraph? for example: These landscape features differ from runoff channels in a number of ways. Where would the sentence best fit? Outflow channels are probably relics of catastrophic flooding on Mars long ago. (A) They appear only in equatorial regions and generally do not form extensive interconnected networks. (B) Instead, they are probably the paths taken by huge volumes of water draining from the southern highlands into the northern plains. (C) The onrushing water arising from these flash floods likely also formed the odd teardrop-shaped “islands” (resembling the miniature versions seen in the wet sand of our beaches at low tide) that have been found on the plains close to the ends of the outflow channels. (D) Judging from the width and depth of the channels, the flow rates must have been truly enormous-perhaps as much as a hundred times greater than the 105 tons per second carried by the great Amazon River. Flooding shaped the outflow channels approximately 3 billion years ago, about the same time as the northern volcanic plains formed.

[@piyaphatc5794]

D?

[@gonzalochoquekuno7259]

The anchor phrase is channels, and the answer is D.

[@surajadhikari698]

Answer Choice C is correct as the anchor phrase "The lower proportion of pups" is mentioned in sentence "But this disturbed population...". So, With strategy I guessed Choice C. I again scanned the sentences before and after if it best fits. However, I made myself one thing more clear is that, The given sentence either supports,condradicts or ellaborates the comming sentence with one piece of word or sense. Last I did was check if the sentence is well organized. Does it distrubs the flow of sentence or not? If OK. I went to Answer choice C.

[@faridghalib992]

Thank you so much for publishing these video. looking toward for further videos. Best of luck!

[@derognatpierre6993]

Thanks for the tips, Is it sure for the third Square? And the anchor phrase is "the lower proportion"

[@DJAfrobet]

My answerd is C thank you!!

[@manoochehrghanbari822]

Option 3.the second question.thanks a lot.please tell me if the answer is correct?

[@PrepScholarTOEFL]

Yes, that's correct!

[@manoochehrghanbari822]

PrepScholar TOEFL .thank u so much indeed

[@lovelycrafts5801]

Very useful thank you

[@lenyna2000]

Option 3 ...after -- glacial fjor--

[@pedrojulio1960]

3:20 Anchor phase

[@persistentchallenge9643]

perfect. I didn't understood the first time i took the test.

[@hameedkaryab]

Third square

[@davidguevara274]

But this disturbed population had a LOWER PROPORTION OF PUPS compared to an adjacent, undisturbed glacial fjord. THAT LOWER PROPORTION OF PUPS PRESAGED A DECLINE IN THE OVERALL POPULATION OF SEALS IN THE AREA

[@nadiehezkap.t.9860]

A bit slow

[@satyasree1360]

B

[@youssoufkeita8534]

C

[@stylishgirl112]

C

[@baqerabdulfattahmuhi-9376]

c

[@SamvelDavtyan2004]

This is awesome🔥🔥🔥. I didn't understand how to do reading well before watching your videos. Thank you soooooo much.

[@berenkarimov4401]

С

[@abud9933]

Sorry to say, this trick is kinda useless. I tried it and I got 2/10. Without the trick it got a 7/10

[@pedrojulio1960]

0:20 1:32 2:39 4:38

[@aemalayar6438]

thanks from your nice vedio. based on the strategy the sentences can be inserted before the third square (after glacial fjore)

[@meenadeupala8783]

It goes after second square....After glacial fjord..

[@persistentchallenge9643]

It goes after the second square. After glacial jford. That lower proportion....

[@fletcherchido3853]

The new sentence can be added to the 3rd Square. Thank you very much.

[@healthalertphysiohub4583]

C that's the third box reading from top downwards

[@venkateshpoosala]

So, I think the anchor phase in this sentence is 'that lower proportion' . Please answer me whether i identified correct phase or not

[@davidguevara274]

Thanks, great strategy

[@Happiness-overloaded]

Thank you very much for this awesome video. I think, the answer for the practice was the Second square.

[@solomonmalekkur1972]

Anyway, this has turned to so helpful to me, thanks a lot! And I think the sentence should be inserted in the third square.

[@chinonsochukwudubem548]

Thank you do much for thus information

[@ilairewills9510]

You guys are great thank you for your help.

[@seragmohammed7480]

the third answer is the right one in my opinion!

[@osagioduwaagbonifo]

Didn't have to read the passage . Thanks for this.

[@Ali-lf2hl]

Hi, Jackie, you are wonderful how can I do the scan and process at a short time? I have just a minute for each question

[@gonzalochoquekuno7259]

The anchor phrase is "that lower proportion", and the answer is the 3rd option.

[@circus8191]

Jacky youre the best

[@ericmark6362]

It appears to me that the sentence should be be fit on square #3

[@jenniferilagancruz5589]

Answer is letter C.

[@edwartquevedo2934]

The sentence best fit in the third square

[@solomonmalekkur1972]

My answer is "C"

[@paolape3445]

Third square

[@joshuaaademilola6947]

Wow...This is wonderful..

[@diggydowdiggydow]

I love you.

[@ankomahrichard5224]

The answer is the 3 box

[@nahidali3345]

C

[@andreadickinson3076]

in the 3rd square !

[@rozhbahman4002]

These tips are so useful, thanks.

[@gun1249]

Thanks

[@jeandedieuamani7873]

You're a best teacher

[@Ali-lf2hl]

3rd square

[@donekeykong1]

3rd square.

[@marhabouzoqova8394]

c

[@mohammedmusaddiq2372]

Thanks

[@earthschool463]

Thank you.

[@kraticarastogi6297]

3rd square

[@NIC-og8fr]

Thank you :)

[@alimohammadnabi533]

C is correct answer

[@earthschool463]

3

[@anitadhra]

c

[@israaazzam3092]

👍 it is the third box

[@danishshaikh7449]

3

[@losma7t]

It have been two days and i still didn’t receive any thing in my email, btw how is my english ? 😬

[@retravels8985]

Its good!👍🏻 But instead of "It have been" the correct is "It has been two days..."