TOEFL Tutorial (Part 2) - Reading Section in Detail

READING SECTION

Now that you've got a brief idea about the TOEFL structure, Let’s go through one of the time challenging sections in TOEFL, Reading section in detail.

In this section, you will read 3 or 4 passages (approx. 700 words) from academic texts and answer questions based on that.

Structure of Reading section

60 or 80 min
3 or 4 tasks

Roughly 20 mins per task
12 to 14 questions per task

Total: 36 or 56 questions

Tip: Spend first 5-6 mins to read the passage and remaining 14-15 min to answer the questions with approx. 1.5 min for each question.

Types of Questions that can be asked

Detail - asks about specific detail or a sentence or a missing detail
Vocabulary - asks about the meaning of a word
Reference - asks about what does he/that/this refers to in the passage
Inference - this is about figuring out from the given information
Purpose - asks about the main idea of a paragraph/passage
Paraphrase - summarize the given passage in your words
Plug-in text - insert a specific sentence at the correct place in the passage
Special drag-and-drop (one of the two)

Summary - similar to purpose question
Categories - understand where a certain detail fits in categories

Plausible Topics

Extinct animals and evolution
Animal behaviors
Psychology
Art history
Earth Science (especially Geology and meteorology)
Astronomy etc.

Stay tuned for more prep materials...Happy Learning!

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