What is the TOEIC test like?


There are two separate parts to the TOEIC test. You can do one or both parts.

 

  1. The Listening and Reading test
  2. The Speaking and Writing

 

What about scores?


The TOEIC Reading and Listening gives a score between 10 and 990:

  • 905 - 990 International Proficiency
  • 785 – 900 Working Proficiency Plus
  • 605 – 780 Limited Working Proficiency
  • 405 – 600 Elementary Proficiency Plus
  • 255 – 400 Elementary Proficiency
  • 185 – 250 Memorised Proficiency
  • 10 – 180 No Useful Proficiency

 

 

Practice tests:

 

Listening part 1: photographs

Listening part 2: Question-Response

Listening part 4: Talks

Reading part 5 : incomplete sentences

Reading part 6 : error recognition

Reading part 7 : comprehension

Reading part 7 : double passages

 

Practice tests:

Writing part 1

The TOEIC Speaking Test

The TOEIC Writing Test

20 minutes

60 minutes

The test is taken online and your voice is recorded and sent to be marked. Scores arrive in 3 to 4 weeks.

You have to do the following tasks:

  1. read a paragaraph aloud (tests pronunciation)
  2. describe a picture (tests vocabulary/grammar)
  3. respond to recorded questions (tests fluency/extended discourse)
  4. propose a solution
  5. express an opinion

The test is taken online and sent to be marked. Scores arrive in 3 to 4 weeks.

You have to do the following tasks:

  1. Write sentences about pictures
  2. Write an email response
  3. Write an essay