Listening

• listening for synonyms
• listening for negative expressions
• listening for expressions of agreement
• listening for expressions of uncertainty and suggestion
• listening for wishes and untrue conditions
• anticipating topics and questions
• listening for direct & indirect details visualizing the passage

Structure

• sentence structure
• past and present participles
• connectors
• reduced clauses
• inversion

Writing

• verb agreements
• parallel structures
• comparatives and superlatives
• verb forms
• tenses
• passive verbs
• nouns
• pronouns
• adjectives and adverbs
• articles
• prepositions

Reading

• identifying the main idea
• identifying detail
• indirectly answered questions
• determining meaning
• determining tone, purpose or course