TOEFL Writing: práctica por tarea

Build one sentence explaining why extended library desk hours may help students who work part time.

Pregunta de revisión: Is it one complete sentence with a clear cause-effect relationship?

Movimiento esperado: Use a because-clause or so-clause to connect extended hours with access after work.

Trampa común: Writing an opinion paragraph about whether the policy is fair instead of one controlled sentence.

Write to the student services office asking whether you can move an advising appointment because it conflicts with a required lab.

Pregunta de revisión: Does the email include greeting, reason, specific request and polite next step?

Movimiento esperado: Open with purpose, explain the lab conflict briefly and ask for an alternative appointment time.

Trampa común: Sounding demanding or forgetting the concrete action the office needs to take.

Professor: Some universities are keeping student services open later in the evening. Is this a good use of campus resources?

Pregunta de revisión: Does the answer take a position and explain a condition or trade-off?

Movimiento esperado: Argue that later hours help working students if universities measure demand and prioritize high-use services.

Trampa común: Only listing benefits without addressing cost or resource limits.

Build one sentence explaining how citation software can help students avoid accidental plagiarism.

Pregunta de revisión: Does the sentence explain a mechanism, not just say the tool is useful?

Movimiento esperado: Connect citation software with tracking sources, formatting references or recording publication details.

Trampa común: Using a vague sentence such as technology helps students learn better.

Write to a professor asking whether your group may use a shared planning app for a research presentation.

Pregunta de revisión: Does the email ask permission and explain why the tool supports the assignment?

Movimiento esperado: Use respectful request language and mention coordination, deadlines or source tracking.

Trampa común: Turning the message into a general argument about apps instead of asking the professor.

Professor: Should universities teach students how to use AI tools responsibly, or should they restrict them strongly?

Pregunta de revisión: Does the response define responsible use with a concrete classroom rule?

Movimiento esperado: Support responsible use with boundaries, such as brainstorming allowed but final paragraphs written independently.

Trampa común: Repeating that AI is the future without explaining how the policy protects learning.

Build one sentence contrasting strict attendance rules with flexible participation policies.

Pregunta de revisión: Does the answer use contrast clearly without double connectors?

Movimiento esperado: Use although or while to contrast reliability from attendance rules with access from flexible policies.

Trampa común: Writing although and but together or adding a second sentence.

Write to a course coordinator asking whether you can switch discussion sections because your work schedule changed.

Pregunta de revisión: Does the response include the reason and a specific section-change request?

Movimiento esperado: State the schedule change, ask whether switching is possible and offer to provide details.

Trampa común: Apologizing repeatedly but never asking for the actual change.

Professor: Should group projects be graded mostly as a team, or should individual contribution count more?

Pregunta de revisión: Does the answer balance collaboration with fairness?

Movimiento esperado: Argue for a mixed grade using role reports or peer evaluation to protect individual accountability.

Trampa común: Relying only on a personal bad experience without turning it into an academic reason.