Toeic Exam structure PDF

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TOEIC Exam structure Listening Section Part 1:

Photographs • • • • •

Part 2:

Reading Section

30 questions

Identify question type Who / what / when / where Opinion / request / yes no Duration / what action / method Choice / statement / amount

What is the question asking Subject / object / topic and action

30 questions

10 conversations (3 questions each)

Scan questions for key words (one word should identify question type) Listen for main problem/issue

Short Talks • • •

Part 5:

Center of attention on nouns / synonyms / pronouns Action nouns: what are the MAIN nouns doing Relationship & location Conditions: what adjective best described nouns Listen to the statement and eliminate tricks

Conversations • •

Part 4:

10 questions

Question-Response •

Part 3:

100 questions = 45 minutes

30 questions

10 Talks (3 questions each)

Scan questions for key words (one word should identify question type) Listen for key words from question and scan answers while listening. Go to next set of questions while the speaker reads the previous ones.

100 questions = 75 minutes

25 min Incomplete Sentences

40 questions

Strategies - Analyse function of missing word (verb, adverb…?). Use process of elimination. If you still don’t know the answer then read the sentence silently and choose which one sounds best. You should go as fast as you can during this section to leave time for section 7.

Part 6:

10 min Text Completion 12 questions 3 texts - 4 questions each, or 4 texts - 3 questions each Strategies - Same as above. Don’t read the entire text; just the sentence with the missing word. If you still don’t know, read the sentence above and below.

Part 7:

40 min Reading Comprehension 48 questions total 28 questions 7-10 single texts - 2-5 questions each 20 questions 4 double texts - 5 questions each Strategies - Read the title and determine document type. Then read the questions and scan the document for key words. You do not have time to read each document entirely.

J Germanaud 2016

Websites for extra practice of the TOEIC Test practice: all sections • • • •

http://www.english-test.net https://www.englishclub.com/esl-exams/ets-toeic-practice.htm http://www.examenglish.com/TOEIC/index.php http://www.etseurope.org/index.php?id=7574!

Phrasal Verbs & Idioms • • • •

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal‐verbs/a.html http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal‐verbs/quizzes‐ve rbs.html http://www.learn‐english‐today. com/busines s‐english/A‐business‐englis h‐conte nts.html http://www.learn‐english‐today. com/phra sal‐verbs /phra sal‐verb‐list.htm#P

English Grammar Websites • • • • • •

http://www.esl.about.com (the most complete website for explaining English) http://www.testwise.com/page/page/4888651.htm (TOEIC grammar exercises) http://www.bette r‐englis h.com/exercis elist.html (simpler explanations) http://www.englishpage.com (simpler explanations) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/537/01/ (more complex explanations) http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com

English Grammar points to study • Verb Forms and Verb Tenses (especially Participles and the Verb Forms “have bee n” and “had been”) • Auxiliary Verbs (“have to”, “mus t”, and “should”) • Subject‐Verb Agreement (such as “he talks” vs. “he talk”) • Pronouns (focus on wh en to use different forms of pronouns, such as Subjects versus Objects in sentences) • Conjunctions and Adverb Phrases (focus on which conjunctions or adverbs come before Noun Clauses and which conjunctions or adver bs need Subject + Verb Clauses) • Gerunds & Infinitives • Prepositions • Phrasal Verbs • Adverb Clauses

Business English • http://www.masterthetoeic.com/2009/12/122209‐toeic‐word‐list/ • http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/ • http://www.businessenglishsite.com/ J Germanaud 2016...