TOEFL Reading Inference Questions: A Complete Guide
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All answers are explained in the PDF, but here's a quick list of the answers to the questions in the video.
14:50 Reading paragraph 5. Answer key: 6. A
15:34 Reading paragraph 3. Answer key: 5. D
20:17 Reading paragraph 6. Answer key: 7. C
In this video, Josh MacPherson from TST Prep will take a deeper look into TOEFL Reading inference questions. By the end of this lecture, you will know how to identify a TOEFL Reading inference question and answer it correctly on test day.
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If you prefer to read about the TOEFL Reading section, check out this article all about the TOEFL Reading section - tstprep.com/ten-awesome-toefl...
Here are a few helpful timestamps:
02:54 What is an inference?
04:17 Inference question examples
5:44 Inferences with modifiers
8:29 Inferences with conditions
11:50 Four things you must know
12:00 Thing #1 Inference question breakdown and wording
12:50 Thing#2 Read the question type carefully
14:37 Thing #3 Requires reading most of the given paragraph
18:17 Thing #4 Focus on conditions and modifiers
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I scored 112/120 with R27, L28, S29, W28 :) TST Prep helped a lot!
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Hi Josh, thanks, sir. Prepared for toefl for 2 days using your videos. The videos helped me a lot. Not a stellar score: R - 28; L-28; S-26; W=24. It serves my purpose though. And I want to thank you for the great free content you have created.
My experience:
1. Wtite at least a few essays for both integrated and independent writing; you need to familiarise yourself with the toefl format. I made the mistake of assuming my English was "ok" enough and didn't do much on that part. That's not a right thing to do, however. Do a few samples. That helps.
2. Listening. Please don't put your headphone down before you complete all the Listening questions. I inadvertently did so; I missed almost half a minute from a lecture. Probably some questions I got wrong were from the part I missed.
3. If you're used to typing on a laptop, I think it would help to get some practice typing on a desktop keyboard. My test center had an old desktop with keyboard that had protruding keys. I was not used to that type of keys. So the typing got really slow as I had to edit a lot of spelling errors I made because of touching multiple keys while attempting to hit one particular key. So a bit of practice helps.
Speaking was fine. English is my third language.
Thanks from the cold Himalayas.
Hi Benu, congratulations on your score and thank you so much for sharing your experience and tips!
I watched this video almost one month ago. I was never been able to answer reference questions back then. Now they are a piece of cake to me. Thank you very very much for this helpful video!
Thank you. I'm so happy you found it helpful!
Hi Josh! I just wanna thank you, am going to take the TOEFL test for the third time in the next 2/3 months.
This time I have more well builded strategies and a great porcentage of this is thanks to your channel.
So I hope next time I can come with great news about my scores!
Wish me luck!
Thank you for commenting and good luck on your next test! If you ever want some additional help, you can check out our site: www.tstprep.com :)
HI! First of all, thank you very much!! Last tuesday I paid for my toefl and prepared only in 4 days, I just did today the examen and got a 26 in reading and 29 in listening, still waiting for the rest of the results but I feel super satisfied at the moment, couldnt have done it without your videos! THANK YOU:)
That's great news ! Happy to help :)
Hi Josh, I just wanted to thank you for sharing all of these useful tips, they helped me a lot to prepare in only a week, having a great score as a result!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!
Great news and happy to hear you have earned the score you needed!
Thank you Josh,
Your videos helped a lot
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Thank you for your huge help in the journey of TOEFL!!!
Thanks for commenting :)
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Thanks for taking the time to comment. It means a lot!
Thanks you so much.... I like your explanation and your free test
Thank you! You might like some of the material on our site as well, tstprep.com :)
thank you teacher
Thanks Josh, your videos helped me a lot! Just got my results today, I got 108.
Congratulations! Always good to hear when someone can put this test behind them.
Hey man! I just wanted to stop by and say thank you! I just got my toefl scores, and thanks to you i am able to join the university i wanted to join. I crushed the target of my uni by alot, and your videos really helped. I got l(30) r(30) s(27) w(21) and i needed an average of 20 to be able to apply. I accidentally messed up am/pm so i had to get up at 2 am to take the test but i clicked your video before the test and scrolled to the end. Your positivity motivated me and gave me enough energy to take the test, so thanks. Greetings from the Netherlands, and keep helping other people in reaching their toefl goals!
That's great news! (and a great score). Glad my channel helped a little but rest assured you did all the work!
Hi, I'm very impressed with your reading and listening scores. I'm taking TOEFL on June 19th and really need some people with good results to share their experience. Can I have your email, please?
Thank you soo much!! I watched your videos for a week and followed all your tips and was able to score 113! One of the best resources for this exam, for sure! ❤️
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Thank YOU so much for being kind enough to leave a nice comment. Congratulations on your score!
Me too, can you give me your email..I am going to take the test after few days....🙏🙏
Thanks! Hope I can get superb results this Monday.
Thanks for the comment and good luck!
Thank you so much ❤
Thank you for posting this video sir.
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Thank you.
Hi josh.
Your tips are helping me alot.
Have test within 2 weeks. Wish 🤞 me luck!
Thanks for taking the time to comment and good luck on your test! If you want some additional help you can check out our site: www.tstprep.com :)
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thank you a lot
Hello Mr. I'm here to say Thank you too. 😊 Thanks that I applied your reading tips I passed my Toefl test. 🙏🎉🎊 At least I got the score that I needed to get my bachelor's degree the next year. Now I'm just waiting for the day to leave my documents at the University and then waiting for my graduation. I'm so happy 🎉😊🎊🎊 Thanks a lot.
Congrats! Always good to hear when a student can finally put this test behind them.
I will take my TOEFL after 20 days, that's my second time, hope I can get the good grade, and thank you for your video, is really helpful to me
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Great resources. Thank you Sir😊
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Thank you sir
You are the best help I could find online while preparing myself for Toefl. Thank you so much for doing this and by the way you explain very well.
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Thank you it helped me a good grade (101/ 120) !!!
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Hi Josh, thank you very much for all the videos you posted and still posting 🙌🏻. I have my exam next Sunday… I have listened to almost all your videos and bought the emergency Toefl Kit. I did them all and even practiced all the free questions on TH-cam. However, I still have some hardships in the rhetorical and inference! plz advice what shall I do now to overcome these kinds of questions. Many thanks, Rima
If you need a more in-depth explanation, I talk about every question type in detail in the Score Builder Course - tstprep.com/toefl-store/toefl-score-builder-program/
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I had done my test today. It seemed I messed up. I intend to watch your video often.
Sorry to hear that. If you do end up needing to take the test again, check out our site as well: www.tstprep.com :)
Me sitting here feeling nonsense meanwhile my exam coming straight after 12 hours
Thanks for the view, hope you could learn something. Good luck!
Thank you for so valuable information TST. Your videos are serious even though, you are always cracking jokes and I really like that, I think everybody does. It cheers us up. :)
Although one question. Why you never answered the samples given in the video? I was waiting for the answers so I could compare them to mine, and see if I got the concept right. But you never showed what the right answers were.
Hi Maria and I'm sorry about that. I will update the description to be sure they are there at least. My mistake.
Thank You Sir❤️
Happy to help :)
hey josh I really appreciate your efforts. Please make a video for vocabulary of TOEFL
Thanks for commenting. Here is a link to our article that you might find useful - tstprep.com/articles/toefl/the-ultimate-vocabulary-list-for-the-toefl-test/.
Hello Josh ..
Thanks for all of your videos especially your notes .. I finally passed the qualified grade .. I got 74/120 (R:18, L:17, S:19, W:20) but i still have same grade on listening 17 in all my last three times iBT toefl.. thanks again ..
Happy to hear you have earned the score you needed!
This is the best channel for toefl, is there a similar one for GRE?
Check out this one, Magoosh Test Prep for GRE - th-cam.com/users/MagooshGRE.
Hey Josh, your videos are extremely helpful. I have my Toefl next week. All this time, i am facing difficulties in the last question of the reading passage : summary one and missing 2 points. Can you please make a video or do you have a specific video on how to deal with these questions. Thanks in advance.
I will probably make this video in the future. Meanwhile, please check out my article called Your Guide to Answering Reading Summary Questions - tstprep.com/your-guide-to-answering-reading-summary-questions-for-the-toefl-test/
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I came back here to say a huge THANK YOU. R- 29, L- 29, S- 28, W- 25, got 111. Thanks a lot.
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Hello, I am facing panic attacks too often because my anxiety. If I forgot to show to the camera that I erased the notes would be a reason to cancel my scores? Or the proctor would ask me to do it?
Don´t worry about this. The proctor will tell you what to do, you´ll just need to follow the instructions. Good luck!
Why is it that I tried hard to understand the questions and I avoided to overanalyze it, yet I still get the incorrect answer?
Hi, Josh
What about the word ‘support’ in the question?
When a paragraph states that
‘What does paragraph 2 support?’
Is this an inference question?
If not, what kind of question is it?
Hi there and thank you for your question. Inference questions usually use the verb "infer, imply, or suggest" so it depends on the answer choices. If the choices are not directly stated in the paragraph and are more like conclusions based on the information, then it would be an inference, but if it contains details from the text, it would be factual information.
In other words, I am not sure, it would depend on the choices. Interesting question though, have you seen that wording anywhere?
Hi Josh! I want to know if reading raw score includes the questions of the experimental passage?
I got an experimental passage and I'm confused if my raw score is out of 40 or 30.
When you get an extended Reading, only 3x of the 4x passages will be graded.
Do you have any plan to do a video for TOEFL junior test?
Great question and no, I don't unfortunately. You are the first person to ask in over four years!
Hey Josh can you publish some videos of rhetorical purpose questions
I talk about every question type in detail in the Score Builder Course at TST Prep - tstprep.com/toefl-store/toefl-score-builder-program/
6:42 i am confused about "only" being an extreme modifier.
Mr MacPherson if you see this would you please explain for me? Thank you!!
Hi Chris, pretty simple, only means "just one" so that is a pretty "extreme" modifier. A more appropriate modifier would be words like "usually" or "almost always". I hope that clarifies.
ok thank you so much sir, these videos are really helpful thank you again!
Pray !! XD
I pay too much for a center that i am preparing for toefl however your videos are more helpful
Thanks for commenting :) - You can always check out more on the site - tstprep.com
i don't understand in 19:24 the reason that why answered D
there is noting wrote in passage? about simpler? people believe?
I believe because it says that it may -seem- like a technological sophisticated, but they've been doing it for a long time, since at least 1627.
Another reason is because all three questions above are incorrect. D is NOT incorrect, it doesn't actually say that it is simpler, but you can see that is not incorrect comparing to the other choices. That's how I understand it.
Hi! I need to take TOEFL.
To me, listening and writing, partly speaking is fine, but READING. I really cannot read I can only score below 15, while others are over or close to 20...
Is there any way that I can read faster and understand the content?
Hi dog lover and thank you for your question. When it comes to reading, the best way to improve is to read. If you struggle a lot with the TOEFL Reading, I would suggest investing time in a site like LingQ where you can do some extensive reading that is not connected to the TOEFL, that way you can build your skills and vocabulary with text that is a little bit easier before moving ahead with the TOEFL. If you need to talk to a teacher, you could also try a trial lesson at this link and they can give you some pointers - tstprep.com/toefl-store/
@@TSTPrep thank you very much! I found out that I'm not good at reading on a computer, I can read better on actual paper. I will definitely try to read more!
please where do I get the app to help me use it to check my scores
Here is a link to a free TOEFL practice test from ETS -
www.ets.org/s/toefl/free-practice/start.html
You may as well create an account on our site and get access to one free practice test with answer keys, sample speaking responses, and sample essays - tstprep.com/sign-up-toefl/
Please
Anyone can help me I have to do very seldom form of TOEFL (PBT)
Paper based test
I can’t find anything about it , and my university requested it from me 😢😢😢
Hi Diyar Haider and thank you for your question! First of all, I would double-check to make sure you are taking the PBT because I heard that test was completely canceled.
As for the TOEFL iBT® Paper Edition, you can find useful information here - tstprep.com/articles/toefl-ibt-paper-edition-your-top-10-questions-answered-by-ets/ Hope this helps and good luck!
Hi there! Thank you for the videos, it help A LOT! I’ve already learned so many things watching your videos. I take an exam on June 8th, so I will share my experience after that:)
And I have a question about this example on 9:25 minutes “unlike most other academic field, business leaders immediately understood…”. I cannot understand why does it mean that usually business leaders weren’t interested in academic fields? It seems to me like this sentence says that business leaders saw that positive impact unlike other academic institutions, that didn’t. Please, could you explain this example, I want to understand rather than just skip it. Thanks in advance!
Hi, Thanks for your question. Yes, this can be tricky, the phrase “unlike most other academic fields, business leaders immediately understood…” can imply in the other fields, some things were not immediately understood. In many cases, sentences like this allow for more than one possible inference to be made.
Let me know if this is still unclear to you. I would also say focus on the other examples as those are more linear in their connection.
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Hey Josh thank you for your videos! I got L30 R30 S23 and W26 and I only prepared myself for 4 days with your videos. Sadly, the uni I'm applying for requires me to get at least 24 in each section, so I failed the speaking part. I'm not giving up so I am going to take it again this sunday, and I have 2 questions for you:
1) In the speaking part in all but one part I didn't have enough time to say all that I wanted and the recording cut before I could even finish the last sentence. I've read that this is heavily penalized. Do you think that if I improve my timing I could conquer that one single point I'm missing?
2) I am willing to pay for one of the services you offer, but I don't know which one would help me the most considering I only need to improve on the speaking part, and that I only have 3 days to prepare.
I'm desperate, please help me! haha
Thank you very much for all the help!
The Nacho One, thank you for commenting and congrats on your R - L- W scores :) You might not have enough time at this point, but I would recommend a speaking evaluation - tstprep.com/toefl-store/toefl-speaking-evaluation/ - this 30-minute call was designed to give students like you feedback on their strengths and weaknesses.
As for timing, look at the clock 1-2 times when you speak and it should help you finish up on time.
If you are looking for some last-minute tips, you might find this guide useful - drive.google.com/file/d/1H_iOHFkz3bXdQArhonZtA_6cZ3Sxs9X-/view
Good luck on your test!
@@TSTPrep thank you Josh for your recommendations! I just booked an appointment with Jamie for tomorrow. I’m sure she will give me the feedback I need.
how did you get rc and lc 30 points!!! thats soo impressive, could you give me some tips?
Hi, I'm very impressed with your reading and listening scores. I'm taking TOEFL on June 19th and really need some people with good results to share their experience. Can I have your email, please?
@@anne7939 sorry, I just read this. Besides the tips that you can find in these videos of TST, I would strongly recommend going straight to the questions on the reading part instead of giving the text a full read first. I took the TOEFL twice and got 30 in the reading both times doing this. It will save you time. Also in the questions when they ask you to pick the important ideas of the text, go back to the text and check in how many paragraphs that idea is. Sometimes these ideas are barely mentioned and you can discard them. For the listening, I can recommend you to write as much as you can in your notes, but always listening carefuly, you have to practice that in order to be able to take good notes and understand everything. And a practical tip here, erase your notes before pressing next, because the recording will start playing immediately and you will loose time erasing the board instead of taking notes. I hope it helps :)
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Please what do they mean by 'you have 54 to 72 minutes ' for the reading test?
Hi there and thank you for your question. You can get an extended Reading version, which is 4 passages instead of 3, 40 questions instead of 30, and 72 minutes to finish instead of 54 minutes. Just know that for the extended version one of the passages is an "experimental" passage and it will not count to your final grade. I hope this helps!
Hi Josh! Please, what's the answer for the first paragraph "Taylor's theory"?
Is it C?
You can find all answer explanations in this document - drive.google.com/file/d/1CJ9Jxnrzc0SLVUgTJDUQzqBnnQj7akLD/view?usp=sharing. It will have explanations to all of the answers, including the one you mentioned -
SIR WILL THERE BE ANY NEGATIVE MARKINGS IF WE OPTED AN INCORRECT ANSWER
No, there is no penalty for incorrect answers. If you don´t know the correct answer, you can try to guess ;) Good luck!
What is the answer to the Taylor's theory question at 1:59/24:01.
p.s. I believe it to be A.
There is a link to a PDF with answers in the description below the video. I believe downloading and looking at that will be more helpful since it will have explanations for ALL of the answers, including the one you mentioned -
How much does it cost for an online emergency course?
The Emergency Course Basic package costs $37. Please follow this link for more information - tstprep.com/store/toefl/toefl-emergency-course/. You can send an email to contact@tstprep.com if you would like to know more about the course and possible discounts.
what if there is more than just one possible inference? that's where I start freaking out haha
Only one of the answers choice would be a possible inference. All the other choices are wrong in at least some small way.
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I have written Toefl exam so many times, yet I have not been able to pass it. I am so sad😢
Sorry and good luck on your next test! If you ever want some additional help, you can check out our site: www.tstprep.com :)
The best solution for the inference is : skip inference
Ha, that will be the follow-up video and it will definitely be much shorter.
How much points does this question carries?
Most questions ( including Inference questions) are worth 1 point. Summary questions are worth two points. Organization questions are worth three points.
Thank you
will it be same for july 2023 format?
@@prajktapatil4341 I imagine the weight of each question will be changed.
thank you so much
Hello Josh, do you have any idea how to contact with ets teofel, it's emergency plz help me
You can contact ETS at toefl@ets.org or at this link - www.ets.org/contact
I hope the issue gets resolved.
@@TSTPrep thank you so much
I only got 79 in toefl . Can i get enrollment in American university?
The requirements for each university vary significantly. Therefore, it is always important to check with the program you are applying to.
Some common scoring thresholds are a 90 or above.
However, they might not be as strict about the scores these days.