TOEFL Exam information
Can you use the articles ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’ correctly. Take a look at the articles’ explanation below and test yourself with the final quiz at the bottom of the page.
What is TOEFL?
The TOEFL test exams reading, listening, speaking and writing skills and assess people’s ability in each one of these skills The language used in TOEFL is of a more academic style than one might find in the IELTS, and the test uses academic content with integrated tasks.
Test format
Internet-based test
The TOEFL Internet-based test (iBT) tests reading, listening, speaking, and writing at a test centre, The TOEFL iBT Home Edition is the same TOEFL iBT test you would take at a test centre, just taken from your own home and monitored online by a human proctor.
- Listening (41-57 minutes)
- 5-7 passages, each containing 5–6 questions
- Writing (50 minutes)
- 2 tasks
- Reading (54-72 minutes)
- 3-4 passages, each containing 10 questions
- Speaking (17 minutes)
- 4 tasks
Registering for your TOEFL
You can register through an ETS account. You can also register by phone or by mail; use the TOEFL iBT Registration Form (PDF) and see “How to Register” in the TOEFL iBT® Information Bulletin (PDF).
The IELTS scale
| Skill | Score | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reading | (24–30) (18–23) (4–17) (0–3) |
Advanced High-Intermediate Low-Intermediate Below Low-Intermediate |
| Listening | (22–30) (17–21) (9–16) (0–8) |
Advanced High-Intermediate Low-Intermediate Below Low-Intermediate |
| Speaking | (25–30) (20–24) (16–19) (10–15) (0-9) |
Advanced High-Intermediate Low-Intermediate basic Below basic |
| Speaking | (24–30) (17–23) (13–16) (7–12) (0-6) |
Advanced High-Intermediate Low-Intermediate basic Below basic |