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TOEFL Test Structure
Introduction: Following is a detailed TOEFL Test Format Structure:
Note that the time range shown in the table doesn't include the time you spend on tutorials, because that can vary so widely. Plan to spend additional time after the test to view your scores and designate your score recipients. (You can choose up to four colleges and universities from a drop-down list on the computer screen.) The total possible time that this test requires, including tutorials and the post-test items, ranges from 4 to 4.4 hours.
A clock appears on your computer screen during all sections of the test so that you know how much time you have left to complete each section. You can move through each section as quickly as you like, but Listening section is more difficult to hurry through; you cannot control the speed of the passages you hear. Each section has a time limit.
| Subject Area | Time | Number of Questions |
| General Tutorial | Up to 40 minutes | |
| Listening Tutorial | Approximately 10 minutes | |
| Listening | 40-60 minutes | 30-50 questions |
| Structure Tutorial | Approximately 5 minutes | |
| Structure | 15-20 minutes | 20-25 questions |
| Break | 5 minutes | |
| Reading Tutorial | Approximately 10 minutes | |
| Reading | 70-90 minutes | 44-55 questions |
| Writing Tutorial | Approximately 5 minutes | |
| Writing | 30 minutes | |
TOTAL |
155-200 minutes | 94-130(plus essay) |
