Duration and structure
The TOEIC Listening & Reading lasts about 2 hours, with no break: 100 listening comprehension questions (around 45 minutes) then 100 reading comprehension questions (75 minutes). Everything is multiple choice.
Listening — Parts 1 to 4
The Listening section assesses comprehension of spoken English:
- Part 1 — Photographs: pick the sentence that best describes an image;
- Part 2 — Question-response: pick the best answer to a spoken question;
- Part 3 — Conversations: answer questions about short dialogues;
- Part 4 — Talks: answer questions about short monologues.
Reading — Parts 5 to 7
The Reading section assesses comprehension of written English:
- Part 5 — Incomplete sentences: grammar and vocabulary;
- Part 6 — Text completion: choose the missing words or sentences in a text;
- Part 7 — Reading comprehension: questions about single or multiple documents.
The 7 parts in detail
Each part has its own format, traps and strategy. Open the dedicated guide:
What changes on exam day
On PrepTOEIC, Parts 1 and 2 are done "blind" and the audio plays only once, just like the exam — so you train under real conditions.
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