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TOEFL Reading

The TOEFL reading section is an area you can score some good easy points. Take a look at the main information and tips to help you get the best score you can!

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Reading Information

  • The Reading section lasts for around 54-72 minutes
  • There are 3/4 reading sections, each with around 10 questions
  • each passage contains around 700 words.
  • Reading passages are excerpts from university-level textbooks that would be used in introductions to a topic.
  • The passages cover a variety of subjects. 
  • There is a glossary feature available to define words not commonly used, if you need it.
  • Incorrectly spelled answers will be marked wrong.

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Tips

Question Types – There are 10 types of questions, make sure you know how each one works:

    • vocabulary – “The word _________ in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to…”
    • Factual Information – “According to paragraph 4, what….”
    • Negative Factual Information – “Which of the following is NOT mentioned….”
    • Inference – “Paragraph 5 implies that…”
    • Author’s purpose – “Why does the author mention…”
    • Sentence Simplification – “Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information …”
    • Insert Text – “In paragraph 2 there is a missing sentence. Where would the sentence best fit?”
    • Reference – “The word _________ in paragraph 1 refers to…”
    • Prose – “Complete the summary by selecting the THREE answer choices that express the most important ideas in the passage.”
    • Fill in a table

Keywords – Make sure you can find the keywords in both the questions and texts to help you find information quickly.

Time – Practise timing, and be able to read and scan information quickly.

Vocabulary – try to look at as many topics as you can to increase your vocabulary.

Prefixes/Suffixes – these little letters change the meaning of words, so make sure you know how they can, as they can change the meaning of sentences.

Highlight – bring a highlighter and make sure you highlight important things in the text.

New words – Learn how to figure out what words you have never seen before mean from the context of the sentence.

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