TOEFL Reading

#1    Most Important TOEFL Reading Mastery Tip (Timing) 

Timing is a choice; you can always finish on time.

If you have trouble with timing, it's a mistake in strategy. Your job is to choose according to the timeline we provide in this chapter. Again, choose the best answer according to our timeline--even when you're not comfortable and even when you're guessing. This alone will raise your score.

 Chapter 1: TOEFL Reading Mastery: Choosing The Right Answer

 Video introduction to this chapter of your TOEFL book:

 

 The TOEFL Readings b

 Remember (from the TOEFL overview section) that you'll receive either 3 or 4 readings on your TOEFL. Each reading will contain approximately 700 words and require you to answer 14 questions within 20 minutes. You’ll see a timer on the upper-right hand corner of your exam. It’s there to help make sure that you don’t spend too much time on any one question and it’s going to count from 60 or 80 minutes down to 0 (depending on if you get that extra experimental reading or not; explained in our TOEFL overview section). Once it hits 0, your answers will be recorded and you will move on to the listening section never to return to the reading again. Consequently, to succeed, look at that timer and monitor your time as you answer the questions to answer all of them (or at least guess on them) before time runs out.