Content and Format of the TOEIC ® Listening and Reading Test

The TOEIC ® Listening and Reading test is a paper-and-pencil, multiple-choice assessment. There are two timed sections of 100 questions each. angle-up angle-right angle-down angle-left close user menuopen menuclosed search globe bars phone store skiptocontents skiptonavigation skiptosearch skiptofooter ETSHome > TOEIC > ForOrganizations > TOEICListeningandReadingTest > AbouttheTest > ContentandFormat ContentandFormatoftheTOEIC®ListeningandReadingTest TheTOEIC®ListeningandReadingtestisapaper-and-pencil,multiple-choiceassessment.Therearetwotimedsectionsof100questionseach. TestLength Thetesttakesapproximately2½hours,with: 45minutesforSectionI:Listening 75minutesforSectionII:Reading approximately30minutestoanswerbiographicalquestions TestContent SectionI:Listening TesttakerslistentoavarietyofquestionsandshortconversationsrecordedinEnglish,thenanswerquestionsbasedonwhattheyhaveheard(100itemstotal). Part1:Photographs Part2:Question-Response Part3:Conversations Part4:ShortTalks SectionII:Reading Testtakersreadavarietyofmaterialsandrespondattheirownpace(100itemstotal). Part5:IncompleteSentences Part6:TextCompletion Part7:ReadingComprehension Seealso: ExamineeHandbook DownloadtheExamineeHandbookfortheUpdatedVersionoftheTOEICListening&ReadingTest DisabilityAccommodations DownloadtheDisabilityAccommodationsGuidelines NavigationforForWorkplace NavigationforTOEICListeningandReadingTestAbouttheTest▼ ContentandFormat PreparationOrderNowScores▼ ScoreUseScoreReports ResourcesFrequentlyAskedQuestionsNavigationforTOEICSpeakingandWritingTestsAbouttheTests▼ ContentandFormat PreparationOrderNowScores▼ ScoreUseScoreReports ResourcesFrequentlyAskedQuestionsNavigationforTOEICBridgeTestAbouttheTest▼ ContentandFormat PreparationOrderNowScores▼ ScoreUseScoreReports ResourcesFrequentlyAskedQuestionsNavigationforTOEICResearchAbouttheResearchResearchTopics▼ ScoreConsistencyValidityandFairnessAppropriateTestUsePositiveImpactsAllTOEICResearch TheoryBehindResearchNavigationforPropellTeacherWorkshopsAbouttheWorkshops▼ ListeningandReadingSpeakingandWriting Participate