TOEFL Grammar Preparation Guide

TOEFL Grammar Strategy

While the TOEFL does not have a dedicated grammar section, your score is heavily dependent on grammatical range and accuracy in the Speaking and Writing modules. Use Englisch-Grammatik.com to master these core areas:

1. Complex Sentence Structures

To achieve a high band score, you must move beyond simple sentences by using:

  • Conjunctions: Connecting ideas with although, whereas, and furthermore.
  • Relative Clauses: Using who, which, and that to provide descriptive detail.
  • Resource: Sentence Linking Exercises

2. Academic Verb Forms

  • Passive Voice: Essential for maintaining an objective, formal tone in academic essays.
  • Perfect Tenses: Crucial for discussing trends and historical contexts in Integrated Writing.
  • Resource: Tenses & Passive Voice

3. Modals and Speculation

Use modal verbs to express degrees of certainty when answering TOEFL speaking prompts:

  • Probability: might, could, must (for hypotheses).
  • Advice/Obligation: should, ought to (for situational tasks).

Recommended Study Workflow

  1. Review: Select a grammar point from the Main Index.
  2. Apply: Write a practice paragraph based on a standard TOEFL prompt.
  3. Verify: Ensure your use of articles, quantifiers, and sentence connectors matches the rules studied.