Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL TEST)

Format and  Content

Reading

The Reading area comprises of inquiries on 3-5 sections, each around 700 words long. The entries are on scholarly themes; they are the sort of material that may be found in an undergraduate college course book. Sections require comprehension of explanatory capacities, for example, cause-impact, think about complexity and argumentation. Understudies answer inquiries regarding principle thoughts, subtle elements, deductions, basic data, sentence addition, vocabulary, expository reason and general thoughts. New sorts of inquiries in the TOEFL iBT test require rounding out tables or finishing synopses. Earlier information of the subject under discourse is not important to go to the right answer.

Listening

The Listening segment comprises of inquiries on six entries, each 3– 5 minutes long. These entries incorporate two understudy discussions and four scholastic addresses or exchanges. The discussions include an understudy and either an educator or a grounds specialist co-op. The addresses are an independent segment of a scholastic address, which may include understudy cooperation and does not expect specific foundation learning in the branch of knowledge. Every discussion and address section is heard just once. Test-takers may take notes while they tune in and they may allude to their notes when they answer the inquiries. Every discussion is related with five inquiries and each address with six. The inquiries are intended to gauge the capacity to comprehend fundamental thoughts, essential points of interest, suggestions, connections between thoughts, an association of data, speaker reason and speaker state of mind.

Speaking

The Speaking area comprises of six assignments: two autonomous and four incorporated. In the two free errands, test-takers’ answer feeling inquiries on recognizable themes. They are assessed on their capacity to talk immediately and pass on their thoughts unmistakably and lucidly. In two of the incorporated undertakings, test-takers read a short section, tune into a scholarly course address or a discussion about grounds life and answer an inquiry by joining suitable data from the content and the discussion. In the two staying incorporated errands, test-takers tune into a scholastic course address or a discussion about grounds life and afterwards react to an inquiry regarding what they heard. In the coordinated errands, test-takers are assessed on their capacity to properly blend and successfully pass on data from the perusing and listening material. Test-takers may take notes as they read and tune in and may utilize their notes to help set up their reactions. Test-takers are given a short planning time before they need to start talking. The reactions are carefully recorded, sent to ETS’s Online Scoring Network (OSN), and assessed by three to six raters.

Writing

The Writing segment measures a test taker’s capacity to write in a scholastic setting and comprises of two errands: one incorporated and one free. In the incorporated undertaking, test-takers read an entry on a scholastic theme and after that tune in to a speaker talk about it. The test-taker at that point composes a synopsis about the essential focuses in the listening entry and discloses how these identify with the key purposes of the perusing section. In the free assignment, the test-taker must compose an article that expresses their feeling or decision, and after that clarify it, as opposed to just posting individual inclinations or decisions. Reactions are sent to the ETS OSN and assessed by no less than 3 distinctive raters.

GRE General Test

Verbal Reasoning –            20 questions – 30min

(2 sections)                    ( per section)          (per section)

Quantitative Reasoning – 20 questions – 35min

(2 sections)                          (per section)    (per section)

Analytical Writing –          one task each on    -    30min

(one section with two    1.Analyse an Issue Essay

Separately timed tasks) 2.Analyse an Argument Essay

GRE – A – Learn new words, Learn new words every day.

It is the most important GRE preparation tip. Along with learning new words, learn & practice the usage of the words as well. It is always interesting to play with words and their formations. This exercise introduces new words and improves your vocabulary to a great extent as well. Another major GRE tip is to practice grammar. It is not an easy task to learn all the rules of grammar. The easy way here would be to understand the basic usages & very importantly learn tenses.