Listening Section
50%of exam
PhotographsQuestion-ResponseConversationsTalks
Reading Section
50%of exam
Incomplete SentencesText CompletionSingle PassagesMultiple Passages
Grammar & Vocabulary
Not publishedof exam
Scoring & Levels
Not publishedof exam
Quick Facts
- Exam
- TOEIC L&R
- Owner
- ETS
- Questions
- 200 (100+100)
- Time
- 45 + 75 min
- Score range
- 10-990
- Pass/fail
- None, proficiency scale
- Format
- Multiple-choice
- Levels
- CEFR A1-C1
Wh- Question Words
Who What When Where Why How
Who: personWhat: thing/actionWhen: timeWhere: placeWhy: reasonHow: method
Part 1 vs Part 2
Part 1 Photographs
- Photo shown
- 4 statements given
Part 2 Question-Response
- No photo shown
- 3 responses given
Picture vs spoken question
Listening Strategy Picker
- Photo shows action→Name verb and object first
- Question starts Who or What→Listen for person or thing
- Question starts When or Where→Listen for time or place
- Speaker offers or suggests→Listen for accept or decline
- Graphic or chart shown→Match audio detail to graphic
- Answer missed on audio→Eliminate, guess, move on
Part 1 Photographs
- Questions
- 6 items, 4 statements each
- Task
- Choose best photo match
- Scan order
- People, action, objects, setting
- Sound-alike trap
- Similar word, wrong meaning
- Right object trap
- Wrong action stated
- Tense trap
- Wrong verb tense used
Part 2 Question-Response
- Questions
- 25 items, no visual
- Format
- One question, three responses
- Key skill
- Identify question word type
- Wh- questions
- Who what when where why how
- Yes/No traps
- Unexpected but valid answer
- Common trap
- Sound-alike word response
Part 3 Conversations
- Format
- 13 conversations, 3 Qs each
- Questions
- 39 items total
- Preview
- Read questions before audio
- Listen for
- Problem, reason, next action
- Graphic items
- Match audio to chart/schedule
- Implied meaning
- Infer speaker intent
Part 4 Talks
- Format
- 10 talks, 3 Qs each
- Questions
- 30 items total
- Talk types
- Announcements, ads, voicemail, tours
- Listen for
- Purpose, audience, next step
- Preview
- Read all 3 questions first
Part 7 Passage Sets
10 single, 2 double, 3 triple
Single: 29 QsDouble: 2 setsTriple: 3 setsMultiple: 25 Qs total
Part 7 Single vs Multiple
Single passages
- 10 texts
- 2-4 Qs each
- 29 questions total
Multiple passages
- 5 sets
- 5 Qs each
- 25 questions total
One text vs linked texts
Reading Time Budget
- 75 minutes total available→Spend about 20s per Part 5
- Text completion blank→Spend about 1 min each
- Single passage question→Spend about 1 min each
- Double or triple set→Spend about 4 min per set
- Running short on time→Finish Part 5 first
- Unsure of the answer→Guess and move on
Part 5 Incomplete Sentences
- Questions
- 30 items, one blank
- Time limit
- About 20 seconds each
- Tested areas
- Grammar, vocabulary, word form
- Strategy
- Check blank's grammatical role first
- Common trap
- Same root, wrong part
- Common trap
- Correct meaning, wrong tense
Part 6 Text Completion
- Questions
- 16 items, 4 passages
- Blanks
- 4 blanks per passage
- Extra type
- Insert a missing sentence
- Strategy
- Read before and after blank
- Cohesion clue
- Transition words signal logic
Part 7 Single Passages
- Passages
- 10 texts, 2-4 Qs each
- Questions
- 29 items total
- Text types
- Emails, ads, notices, articles
- Question types
- Main idea, detail, inference, vocabulary
- Strategy
- Skim purpose before questions
- Trap
- Watch negative-worded NOT questions
Part 7 Multiple Passages
- Sets
- 5 sets, double or triple
- Questions
- 25 items, 5 per set
- Cross-reference
- At least one linking question
- Strategy
- Note each detail's source document
- Time budget
- About 4 minutes per set
Word Form Suffix Cues
-tion/-ment noun, -ive/-al adjective, -ly adverb
Noun: -tion -mentAdjective: -ive -alAdverb: -ly
Word Form vs Word Choice
Word form
- Same root word
- Changes part of speech
Word choice
- Different words offered
- Same part of speech
Suffix change vs synonym pick
Grammar Blank Picker
- Blank follows an article→Choose the noun form
- Blank sits before a noun→Choose the adjective form
- Blank modifies a verb→Choose the adverb form
- Blank needs subject agreement→Match singular or plural verb
- Blank shows a time relation→Choose the matching preposition
- Blank joins two clauses→Choose the matching conjunction
Verb Tense & Agreement
- Subject-verb
- Singular subject, singular verb
- Present perfect
- Since or for time clues
- Passive voice
- Object becomes grammatical subject
- Time clause
- Present tense after when/before
- Modal verb
- Base form follows modal
- Gerund vs infinitive
- Verb choice determines required form
Preposition vs Conjunction
Preposition
- Precedes noun or pronoun
- No verb follows directly
Conjunction
- Joins two clauses
- Verb follows each clause
Object link vs clause link
Word Forms
- Noun slot
- After article or preposition
- Adjective slot
- Before noun, after linking verb
- Adverb slot
- Modifies verb or adjective
- Suffix -tion/-ment
- Signals noun form
- Suffix -ive/-al
- Signals adjective form
- Suffix -ly
- Signals adverb form
Prepositions & Conjunctions
- Time prepositions
- In, on, at, by
- Duration prepositions
- During, for, within
- Coordinating conjunctions
- And, but, or, so
- Subordinating conjunctions
- Although, because, if, unless
- Correlative pairs
- Either/or, neither/nor, both/and
- Transition words
- However, therefore, in addition
Score Scale Steps
5 to 495 per section, 10 to 990 total
Listening: 5-495Reading: 5-495Total: 10-990Steps: multiples of 5
Listening vs Reading Score
Listening
- Spoken input
- 45 minutes
- 5-495 scale
Reading
- Written input
- 75 minutes
- 5-495 scale
Modality, not difficulty
Score Scale
- Listening scale
- 5 to 495
- Reading scale
- 5 to 495
- Total scale
- 10 to 990
- Increment
- 5-point steps
- Pass/fail
- None, proficiency score only
- Wrong-answer penalty
- None, guess freely
TOEIC vs TOEFL
TOEIC
- Workplace English focus
- No pass or fail
TOEFL iBT
- Academic English focus
- Used for admissions
Business skills vs academic skills
CEFR Minimum Scores
- A1 minimum
- 60 Listening, 60 Reading
- A2 minimum
- 110 Listening, 115 Reading
- B1 minimum
- 275 both sections
- B2 minimum
- 400 Listening, 385 Reading
- C1 minimum
- 490 Listening, 455 Reading
- SEM
- About 25 points per section
Common Traps
Grammar correct ≠ contextually correct
Fits sentence structure ≠ Doesn't fit paragraph meaning
High score ≠ pass required
TOEIC is proficiency scale ≠ No universal passing score
Sound-alike ≠ correct meaning
Audio distractor trap ≠ Similar pronunciation, wrong word
Detail present ≠ answer correct
May be from wrong document ≠ Multiple-passage cross-reference trap
Fast reading ≠ skipped reading
Skim for structure first ≠ Read every answer choice
Guessing ≠ point loss
No penalty for wrong answers ≠ Never leave answer blank
Last Minute
- 1.200 questions, 100 each section
- 2.Listening 45 min, Reading 75 min
- 3.No pass or fail score
- 4.Score range 10 to 990
- 5.Guess always, no penalty
- 6.Preview Part 3/4 questions first
- 7.Check blank's part of speech
- 8.Read before and after blanks
- 9.Note source in linked passages
- 10.Answer Part 5 first if rushed
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