Vocabulary for TOEFL iBT

2 VOCABULARY FOR TOEFL iBT

OVERVIEW OF THE TEST

The entire TOEFL iBT will take approximately four hours to complete and all test

sections will be completed in one day. The test is not computer-adaptive. In other

words, each test taker receives the same range of questions. The test is worth a total

of 120 points.

The first test section is Reading, followed by Listening, Speaking, and Writing.

There will be a ten-minute break after the Listening section. After completing a

section of the test, you will not be able to return to that section to finish or change

your answers.

READING SECTION

(approximately 60–100 minutes) 30 total points

This section contains 3–5 reading passages, each followed by 12–14 questions.

Language Source for

Question Types Skills Used Topics Response

Factual information Reading Identify information Reading

• 3–6 per set from text passage


• 4 answer choices each


• worth 1 point each

Negative factual information Reading Identify information Reading

• 2 per set at most in the text that is passage


• 4 answer choices each not true


• worth 1 point each
  Inference Reading Identify information Reading


• 2 per set at most that is strongly passage


• 4 answer choices each suggested but


• worth 1 point each not stated

Rhetorical purpose Reading Identify why author Reading

• 2 per set at most makes a statement passage


• 4 answer choices each


• worth 1 point each
  Vocabulary Reading Identify the meaning Reading


• 3–5 per set of a word in the text passage


• 4 answer choices each


• worth 1 point each