Overview TOEFL iBT Reading

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TOEFL iBT Reading Overview

Section Content Time Score

Reading 35 700-word

passages

1113

questions with

a total score of

14

20 minutes per

passage

60100total

minutes

/30


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2. Reading Passages

Reading passages are from first-year college and

university textbooks.

academic content

information dense

12thgrade reading level

Readings contain low-frequency vocabulary.

3673 very difficult words per reading


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3. Reading Screen

3. Reading Screen


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4. Answers in Reading Passages

The order of the questions follows the order of the

information in the passage.

The answer for question one is before the answer for

question two.


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5. Reading Toolbar Buttons

NEXT

see the next question

BACK

see the previous question

REVIEW

see a list of answered and unanswered questions

VIEW TEXT

view the entire passage


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6. Review Screen

Click on REVIEW button in the Reading section to see

the review screen.

Review screen has a list of answered and unanswered

questions

GO TO QUESTION: see the question

highlighted in the list

RETURN: go back to before you

clicked REVIEW button

GO TOQUESTION

RETURN


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7. Multiple Choice Questions

Multiple Choice Questions have four answers.

Vocabulary Questions

identify meaning of words and phrases in context

Reference Questions identify subject nouns

All Multiple Choice Questions are worth one point.


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8. Multiple Choice Questions

Paraphrase Questions

recognize simplified and rephrased sentences with same

meaning as sentences from the passage

Factual Information Questions

identify true information

Inference Questions

draw a conclusion from stated facts

Negative Factual Information Questions

identify a fact that is not true or not mentioned in passage

Purpose Questions

identify why author included a highlighted word or phrase


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9. Insert Text Questions

Click on one of four squares to indicate best placement

for new sentence.

worth one point


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Drag and drop answers to one of three summary

positions.

You dont have to put answers in order.

worth two points ____________________

____________________

____________________

10. Prose Summary Questions


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11. Schematic Framework Questions

Drag and drop answer choices into the correct

category.

more answers than slotssome answers do not fit under

either category

worth three or four points


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12. Common Distractors

Distractors are incorrect answers.

Several types of distractors:

repeat words from the reading but incorrectly answer the

question

are not mentioned in the reading

contradict information in the reading passage

do not answer the question

are incomplete


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13. Helpful Tips

Correct answers

are usually restatements from the reading passage.

If you dont know the answer,

use process of elimination.

select the most logical answer.

If time is running out,

answer the easy questions first.

guess for remaining questions.

You dont lose points for guessing.


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14. More Helpful Tips

If you finish early,

continue checking your answers.

Your first choice is usually correct.

Answer all the questions in one passage before youmove on to the next.

focus will change when you read the second passage.

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