test of english as a foreign language toefl measures the ability of nonnative speakers of english to students utilise their skills of listening reading speaking and writing and is one of the most widely respected and recognised englishlanguage tests in the worldthere is no official uniform passing score on the toefl instead each institution sets its own score requirementseach toefl section is of maximum 30 marks a student can score maximum 120 marks in toeflthe toefl scores are based on your performance on the questions in the test you must answer at least one question each in the reading and listening sections write at least one essay and complete at least one speaking task to receive an official score for the toefl test administered via the internet you will receive 4 scaled section scores and a total score reading section score of 030 listening section score of 030 speaking section score of 030 writing section score of 030 total score 0120where the toefl score is used1 immigration departments use them to issue residential and work visas2 medical and licensing agencies use them for professional certification purposes3 individuals use them to measure their progress in learning english4 for university admissions where the toefl scores are usedtips to crack toefl with a good scorereading section 5472 minutesthis section contains about threefour passages each of which contains 10 multiple choice questions a strong vocabulary is important for each section of toefl but will be most beneficial in the reading section because the questions are created to test the knowledge about your vocabulary general comprehension of the passage with sentence or word specific comprehension take briefshort notes while reading the passages because it helps to remember and answer questions more easily refine time management skills with the help of practice tests and aim to spend about five minutes in reading each passage and one minute for answering each questionlistening section 4157 minutesthe examinee should give special care to the tone and attitude of the author which means whether she sounds excited enthusiastic boring confused etc when listening to a lecture make short notes of the flow of the lecture and how it is organized and the way the thoughts in it are connected listening section questions must be answered in an order to improve the listening skill the student should be an ardent listener of movies radio and news channelswriting section 50 minutesfirst of all you should regularly practice typing on a keyboard which will help to maintain speed during the toefl test try and learn how to organise the essay well this can be done with the help of understanding and identifying what are the enabling skills needed look at the skills such as task response grammar unity and sequencespeaking section 17 minutesmake it a habit to speak in english begin with speaking for two to four hours a week this will help while handling the speaking sections more challenging words are used in responses which can really boost the score of the