TOEFL Listen and Repeat Practice: Community Center
In this lesson, you’ll practice TOEFL Listen and Repeat with seven original sentences in a community center. You’ll also build service and event vocabulary while learning to describe duties with be responsible for.
VOCABULARY
Community services and activities
These words help describe public services, organized activities, and the people who keep them running.
reception desk (noun phrase)
A staffed place where visitors ask for information. Synonyms: front desk, information desk
The clinic’s reception desk closes at six.
workshop (noun)
A session where people learn or make something together. Synonyms: class, practical session
The museum offered a workshop on repairing old photographs.
volunteer (noun)
A person who gives time to help without being paid. Synonyms: helper, unpaid worker
A volunteer guided visitors through the garden.
schedule (noun)
A plan showing when activities will happen. Synonyms: timetable, program
The ferry schedule changes in winter.
supplies (plural noun)
Materials needed for an activity or job. Synonyms: materials, equipment
The repair team brought its own supplies.
to coordinate (verb)
To organize people or activities so they work together. Synonyms: to organize, to arrange
Maya coordinates deliveries for the food bank.
booking (noun)
An arrangement to use a place or service at a particular time. Synonyms: reservation, appointment
We made a booking for the tennis court.
pantry (noun)
A place where food is stored or distributed. Synonyms: food store, storeroom
The family keeps dry food in a small pantry.
entrance (noun)
A place where people enter a building or area. Synonyms: entry, doorway
The accessible entrance is beside the parking area.
to confirm (verb)
To check or state that an arrangement is definite. Synonyms: to verify, to validate
Please confirm your appointment by Tuesday.
GRAMMAR FOCUS
Describe a person’s responsibility
Be responsible for identifies a duty, not merely something a person happens to do. After for, use a noun phrase to name the area of responsibility or an -ing phrase to name the action. This construction helps you keep the responsible person and the duty together when repeating a longer sentence.
[Person or group] is/are responsible for [noun phrase or verb-ing phrase].
- Name an area of responsibility.
The technician is responsible for the equipment list.
Two editors are responsible for the final layout.
- Name the action that is someone’s duty.
Our neighbor is responsible for collecting the keys.
The guides are responsible for checking the trail signs.
TASK PRACTICE
Repeat seven community-center sentences
Imagine that you are learning to help visitors at a community center. Listen to the staff member’s seven sentences and repeat each one after it ends. Record your first attempt so you can compare it with the original later.
Exam format
Each practice set has seven sentences. You will hear one sentence at a time, once only. After each sentence ends, repeat the complete sentence as accurately and clearly as you can; there is no preparation time. The practice video gives 8, 10, or 12 seconds for each response. Record all seven responses before replaying the prompts or reading the transcripts, then compare each recording with the original.
Review your response
After recording the complete set, compare each recording with the original sentence. Use these checks to find the words and delivery features that need practice.
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What this TOEFL Listen and Repeat practice developed
In this TOEFL Listen and Repeat community center lesson, you practiced seven service and activity sentences, learned vocabulary for community services, organized activities, and the people who run them, and learned how to use be responsible for with a noun phrase or an -ing phrase to describe duties.
Next, practice seven more Listen and Repeat sentences in the Campus Library Listen and Repeat Lesson.
For the full format, see the TOEFL Listen and Repeat guide.
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