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The redesigned TOEFL iBT uses new task types across all four sections. These guides cover what each task asks you to do, how it is assessed, where candidates lose marks, and how to practise it.
Reading
TOEFL Complete the Words: how the C-test works and how to practise it
Complete the Words shows a short paragraph with the second half of every second word deleted, and you supply the missing letters. What ETS says about it, how it is scored, and a method for the gaps.
TOEFL Read an Academic Passage: question types and a method that works
Read an Academic Passage gives you a passage of about 200 words and five questions. The question types ETS lists, how it is scored, a method for each type, and three practice passages.
TOEFL Read in Daily Life: text types, questions and how to practise
Read in Daily Life gives you a short everyday text, such as a notice, schedule or text-message chain, with two or three questions. The text types ETS lists, how it is scored, and how to practise.
Listening
TOEFL Listen and Choose a Response: format, technique and practice items
Listen and Choose a Response is the TOEFL Listening task where you hear one short prompt, never see it, and pick the most appropriate of four written replies. How it works, how it is scored, the traps in the wrong options, and five practice items.
TOEFL Listen to a Conversation: format, note-taking and practice items
Listen to a Conversation is the TOEFL Listening task where you hear two speakers once and answer questions on what was said and implied. The format, how it is scored, a note-taking method and four practice transcripts.
TOEFL Listen to an Academic Talk: format, note-taking and practice items
Listen to an Academic Talk is the longest TOEFL Listening task: one professor or expert, one hearing, four questions. ETS's format, how it is scored, a note method that follows a talk's structure, and three practice transcripts.
TOEFL Listen to an Announcement: format, note-taking and practice items
Listen to an Announcement is the TOEFL Listening task built on a short campus or classroom message you hear once. ETS's format, how it is scored, a five-slot note method for catching the exceptions, and five practice transcripts.
Speaking
TOEFL Listen and Repeat: how it works and how to practise
Listen and Repeat plays seven sentences of rising length and you repeat each one exactly. What ETS says about the task, its 0 to 5 scoring guide, a practice method, and three practice sets.
TOEFL Take an Interview: what to expect and how to practise
Take an Interview is one of the two Speaking tasks on the redesigned TOEFL — four questions in a simulated video-interviewer conversation, getting harder as it goes. What it actually tests, how it's scored, and how to practise it.
Writing
TOEFL Build a Sentence: how to put the chunks in order
Build a Sentence gives you one line from another speaker and a scrambled reply to rebuild. What ETS says about the task, how it is scored, a step-by-step method, and five practice items.
TOEFL Write an Email: format, scoring and a method for the seven minutes
Write an Email gives you a scenario and a set of goals, and you write one message in seven minutes. What ETS says about the task, its 0 to 5 scoring, a method for the time, and worked practice.
TOEFL Write for an Academic Discussion: structure, scoring and examples
Write for an Academic Discussion asks you to add your own view to an online class forum in ten minutes. What ETS says about the task, its 0 to 5 scoring, a structure that works, and worked practice.
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