Topic > Understanding the TOEFL: A Guide for Non-Native Speakers

ETS provides this additional material to maintain questions for additional test modules. When students are offered a longer section, they must give equal importance to all questions since there is no indication as to which question will count and which will be marked extra.Paper-based testThe TOEFL paper-based test (PBT) is conducted in many constrained regions. The test score is valid for 2 years from the test date and students can send their scores to universities or institutions. Listening (30 – 40 minutes) In the listening section, there are 3 parts. The first part includes 30 questions on short conversations. The second has 8 questions about longer conversations. The last part is made up of 12 questions on lectures or conferences.Structure and written expression (25 minutes)The Structure and written expression section includes 15 exercises to complete sentences correctly and 25 exercises to recognize errors.Reading comprehension (55 minutes)The reading comprehension sections have 50 questions about reading