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What is the Format of the TOEIC Test?
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TOEIC ®
(Test of English for International Communication) Reading Section: It consists of three parts.
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TOEIC is an English language test for EFL/ESL Candidates have to read a variety of materials and
students. It tests the everyday English skills of answer 100 questions based on the content of the
people working in an global environment.
TOEIC Format It consists of 200 questions divided into two sections: on a separate answer sheet. They should not write
materials provided to them. Candidates are encour-
aged to answer as many questions as possible within
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the time allowed. They must mark their answers
All the questions are in multiple-choice format.
their answers in their test book.
The total time is two hours.
Total time: 75 minutes.
Listening Section: The Listening section tests how
well you understand spoken English. It consists of
The TOEIC test has been revised in 2018.
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four parts and contains 100 questions. Candidates
The test time remained the same: 2 hours;
are asked to answer questions based on a variety
45 minutes for Listening, and 75 minutes for
of statements, questions, conversations, and talks.
Reading, the same paper and pencil administration,
Candidates must mark their answers on a separate
and the same range of difficulty as the previous
answer sheet. They should not write their answers
test. The score scale is also the same.
in their test book.
Total time: 45 minutes. The following table shows the major changes in the
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2018 TOEIC test:

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TOEIC ® OLD FORMAT UPDATED 2018 TOEIC FORMAT
Listening Comprehension Listening Comprehension
100 items 100 items
Photographs: 10 questions Photographs: 6 questions

Question-Response: 30 questions Question-Response: 25 questions
Conversations: 30 questions; Conversations: 39 questions;
10 conversations with 3 questions each 13 conversations with 3 questions each
Talks: 30 questions; Talks: 30 questions;
10 talks with 3 questions each 10 talks with 3 questions each
Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension
100 items 100 items

Incomplete Sentences: 40 questions Incomplete Sentences: 30 questions

Text Completion: 12 questions Text Completion: 16 questions

Single Passages: 28 questions; Single Passages: 29 questions;
7-10 reading texts with 2-5 questions each 10 reading texts with 2-4 questions each

Double Passages: 20 questions; Multiple Passages: 25 questions;
4 pairs of reading texts with 5 questions 5 sets of double or triple passages with
per pair 5 questions per set

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