2026년 상반기 TOEIC 정기시험 실제 기출문제 Part 5, 1편 (feat. 엘라쌤)

Summary

The instructor works through TOEIC Part 5 questions 101–107 and emphasizes a consistent goal: answer quickly without sacrificing accuracy. Rather than translating every sentence or overanalyzing unfamiliar vocabulary, identify the grammatical role of the blank and use nearby clues. Expand your interpretation only when the basic clues are not enough.

Core strategies

• Start with the answer choices. Their forms often reveal whether a question tests parts of speech, vocabulary, verb patterns, or conjunctions.
• Use the smallest useful amount of context first. Check the words immediately before and after the blank, then widen your focus if they do not settle the answer.
• Do not spend test time worrying about every unfamiliar word. Make a reasoned choice from the clues you can identify rather than forcing a familiar word that does not fit.
• Learn why wrong answers are wrong. Understanding recurring elimination rules can help prevent the same mistakes on future questions.

Questions covered

• 101 — Part of speech: The blank is between has and a past participle, so an adverb is needed in this item. Check both sides of the blank, and do not let mixed-form answer choices make the question seem more complicated than it is.
• 102 — Vocabulary and verb patterns: First identify the verb’s role and look at the subject and object for clues. Use a few key words from the sentence to establish its meaning rather than translating everything. The explanation uses the context of clothing and returns to show how meaning helps identify an appropriate verb. Avoid choosing a word merely because it is familiar if it does not fit the context.
• 103 — Nouns after prepositions: A noun following a preposition is its object, and the surrounding preposition can point to a familiar word combination, such as consideration of or request for. Distinguish a noun pattern from a verb pattern: a verb can take an object directly, while a noun may require a preposition. If the nearby collocation does not resolve the question, broaden the context.
• 104 — Conjunctions and clauses: Decide whether the blank needs a conjunction by checking how many verbs and clauses the sentence contains. Then use the blank’s grammatical position to narrow down the type of connector. The instructor recommends learning the core rules for noun-clause conjunctions and reviewing the reasoning behind incorrect options, not just memorizing the correct choice.
• 105 — Complements and participles: After a linking verb such as be, consider whether a noun or adjective is needed; an adjective is often the more natural complement. When choosing between -ing and a past participle, check whether the verb has an object. The example involves present in the sense of giving or awarding something, with a passive participle form.
• 106 — Dummy-subject construction: In a pattern such as It is + adjective + (for someone) + to-infinitive, identify the adjective and recognize that the for phrase can name the doer of the infinitive. Do not waste time analyzing unfamiliar forms when the sentence structure already supplies the needed clue.
• 107 — Prepositions, conjunctions, and collocations: Consider the words around the blank broadly, and check whether a conjunction is actually needed to connect clauses. If not, a preposition may connect nouns. The example highlights the relationship between merge with and the noun phrase merger with. Learn intransitive verbs together with the prepositions they commonly take, and retain those pairings when learning their related nouns.

Speakers and sources featured

• Instructor: The teacher presenting the lesson; the title identifies her as Ella쌤. The auto-generated subtitles render her name inconsistently as “YB Melas” and “Seon.”
• Source/channel: Korea TOEIC Committee YouTube channel, mentioned in the opening channel promotion.
• Mentioned publication: An ETS TOEIC past-question book published by YBM, mentioned in the closing promotion.