TOEFL Reading
The reading section is the first section you will see on an iBT test. It tests your ability to understand academic reading material. Academic means the passages are like what you would find in a textbook at university. All fields of study from chemistry to literature to psychology, etc. are possible topics of the reading passages. You will need to read three passages and, on average, the length of each is about 700 words.
Even if you are not familiar with the topic, if your English is good enough, you will be able to answer all the questions based on the information in the reading passage. If you see a highlighted word, you can see the definition for it by holding your mouse over it.
When doing the reading section, the question is on one side of your screen and the passage is always available on the other side. When you start each reading passage, it's best to read it quickly. Many of the questions will refer to a specific paragraph, so you can then re-read that section. You don't want to run out of time! Also, you can click through all the questions of a given passage, so you don't have to answer them in order. Answer all the ones you think are easy and then use the rest of your time to do the harder questions. To make sure you don't miss any, there is a review button that will open up a screen listing all the questions and show if they were answered or not. There are links that allow you to quickly go to any question.
Let us explore and see what reading questions look like. The following link will take you to the website that shows you different questions you will need to answer as well as the number of each of the questions. It might seem like some of the question types are the same, but in the videos you will learn more and will be able to recognize each question type. Understanding question types is very important in improving your score. That’s because each question type can be approached differently and you can use certain strategies to answer these questions. We will talk about those strategies in Course 3. However, let’s get started with understanding iBT question types now.
A Final Note: TOEFL Reading Question Types and Strategies PDF
iBT (internet-based test) reading section
Review button
- The three reading passages are about 700 words long and have about 10 questions each. You have about 54-72 minutes to read and answer the questions. These passages are taken from university-level, textbooks and are hardly modified. That means they are not edited for the test purpose too much.
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