TOEIC Reading
Grammar, vocabulary and reading comprehension with business texts.
- Format
- 75 minutes · 3 parts · 100 questions
- Scoring
- Scaled 5–495. Time is the main challenge: about 36 seconds per question.
Part 5 · Incomplete sentences
Choose the word or phrase that completes the sentence.
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Format
- 30 questions
- Word form, tense, prepositions, conjunctions, vocabulary
Tips
- Look at the four options first: if they are forms of one word, it is a grammar question.
- Find the gap's job in the sentence: noun after an article, adverb before a verb.
- Spend no more than 20–30 seconds per question.
Part 6 · Text completion
Fill four gaps in a short business text, including one whole sentence.
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Format
- 16 questions · 4 texts
- One gap per text needs a full sentence
Tips
- Read the sentences before and after the gap — the answer depends on context.
- Check the tense of the whole text (an email about a past event).
- For the sentence gap, choose the option that links logically to the next sentence.
Part 7 · Reading comprehension
Emails, ads, articles and chats — single, double and triple passages.
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Format
- 54 questions
- 29 on single passages, 25 on multiple passages
Tips
- Read the questions first, then scan the text for the answers.
- "NOT true" questions: tick off the three options you find; the fourth is the answer.
- Multiple-passage questions often need one fact from each text.
- 1Single passage 1: a change to a print order (text messages)B13 questions5 min
- 2Single passage 2: event staff wanted (advertisement)B14 questions5 min
- 3Single passage 3: a bakery chain cuts waste (article)B24 questions5 min
- 4Double passage 1: booking a meeting room (web page + e-mail)B15 questions7 min
- 5Double passage 2: a freight rate increase (letter + e-mail)B25 questions7 min
- 6Triple passage: small business workshops (notice + two e-mails)B25 questions9 min