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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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