TOEFL Reading Practice: Complete the Words | Easy → Hard, by TST Prep TOEFL on YouTube. 30 min 49 s.
- Video length
- 30 min 49 s
- Time to do it
- 45 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Steps
- 8
What you need
Steps
Set aside a quiet block of about 45 minutes. Open the practice questions and a notebook side by side so you can write answers without switching screens.
Start with the first easy passage. Read the whole text once quickly to get the topic before you fill in any missing letters.
For each blank, look at the letters already given and the words around the gap. Decide the part of speech first, then the meaning.
Write your answer in full, matching the number of letters shown. Check that the completed sentence reads naturally before moving on.
Work through the remaining easy items without stopping to look words up. Mark any you are unsure of and keep going.
Move into the medium passages. Give yourself a little less time per item than in the easy set to build test-day pace.
At the hard passages, read the sentence before and after each gap. Grammar clues like verb tense and plurals often point to the answer.
Finish the last items, then go back and review every marked answer. Look up unknown words and note them in a vocabulary list.
Tips and common mistakes
Guess the word from context before you count letters, then adjust the spelling to fit the gap.
Time yourself on the hard set so the real test feels slower by comparison.
Keep a running list of words you missed and review it the next day.
Do not spend more than about a minute on any single blank during practice.
Questions
How many questions are in this practice set?
There are 15 Complete the Words tasks, split into five easy, five medium and five hard passages.
Do I need to watch the video to use the practice?
No. The questions are shown on screen, so you can pause at each chapter and write your answers in a notebook.
How long should each question take?
Aim for about 30 to 60 seconds per blank. The hard passages may take longer at first, but speed comes with repetition.
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