This document provides tips and examples for completing sentences in a text completion section of an exam. It emphasizes previewing the text to understand the overall topic before looking at answer choices. When choosing an answer, consider whether the focus is on vocabulary or grammar and think about how the word or phrase completes the overall meaning of the sentence. Examples are provided to demonstrate choosing the best answer that logically fits in the blank.

1. PART 6 TEXT COMPLETION
TEXT COMPLETION

2. PART 7: READING FOR DETAILS
• Reading for specific information.
• Learning how to scan text.
• Identifying important points.
• Identifying important key information.

3. ⚫ Keep in mind that

4. TIPS
 As you read you will have to complete the sentence with:
 1. A word.
 2. A phrase.
 3. A sentence.
 Some times you will have to fill with a single blank or double blanks.
1. Check that you fit in the right Word in the rioght blank.
2. Use your English logic to make sence of the sentence as you fill in the blanks.
3. Try to prefict the words before looking at the answer choices.
4. There are a few marks in this section, DON´T spend too much time do it as
fast as you can.

5. ⚫ Just like the incomplete sentences, text
completion requires you to think and
challenge not only the English vocabulary
you possess but your logic as well.

6. ⚫ Directions:
⚫ Read each text, you Will find that there´s a
Word or Phrase missing in the sentences.
⚫ Study the four posible answers and select
the best that completes the sentence.
eg. A) B) C) D) then mark your answer.

7. EXAMPLE
Keneth and Ian were both______, so they decided to purchase
_____ to share!
A. hungry – a soda
B. exhausted – a meal
C. thirsty – a bevrage
D. Starving – medicine
Explanation: if you choose A sentence does not make sense, if you are hungry you do not
drink a soda it does not make you full, therefore A is an incorrect answer.
B- is an incorrect statement, when you are tired or exhausted you do not think of eating.
D- As you are starving or very hungry you do not think about taking your medicine, therefore D is
an incorrect statement.
C- Thirst is when your body needs to aquire fluids in order to sustain the blood flow in optimal
levels, when you are thisrty you drink a bevrage to crush your thirst. Therefore C is the most
LOGICAL statement.

8. Steps to Success
1.- Preview the text quickly, DO NOT look at the answer choices.
2.- Read the first sentence with a blank, then study the answer choices. Decide if the FOCUS is
grammar or vocabulary. Ask yourself what is the item testing.
Remember that the vocabulary and grammar tested in part 6 is the same as that used in part 5.
3.- Think about the meaning of the sentence as a whole, and study the Word that comes before
and after the blank. Look at the answer choices and eliminate any answer choices you feel sure
are incorrect.
Sometimes you may need to refer to sentences elsewhere in the text. If you aren´t sure of the
answer, look in the previous and following sentences.
4.- Mark your anser. Then repeat steps 2- 4 for the remaining questions-

9. Previewing:
Step one involves previewing. Here that
means to read the text quickly. Do not worry
about the missing words nor read the answer
choices. Do not read every Word- just focus
on the key words that contain important
imformation. Your goal is to identify the type
of text ( a letter, e-mail, etc.) and get to the
overall understanding of what is about.
Previewing Will improve your TOEIC score.

10. Opt. D is the Word that completes a
whole idea
Practice:
I´d like to show my _____ to all the staff who
helped during this charity.
A) Approval
B) Awareness
C) credit
D) appreciation

11. Correct D
The administrative assistant should do a stock
every fortnight using form OS201 to check if
we _____low on any supplies.
A) going
B) making
C) staying
D) running

12. Option B is the one that completes the
sentence.
We noticed that payment of your electricity
bill is overdue. Please note that
_____payment is not received within 7 days,
your power will be cut off.
a) Until
b) if
c) Unless
d) whether

13. Opt B is the grammatical option to best
complete the idea.
I´d like to apologize for the noise on level 2
which is due to maintanance work ______
carried out on the premises.
a) was
b) being
c) to be
d) Is being