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The TOEFL, is a test of academic English and is widely welcomed worldwide by more than 10,000 institutions in over 150 countries. TOEFL is prominently taken by students aspiring to study in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, UK & several other countries. TOEFL is accepted throughout all the universities in United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand and by over 98 percent of universities in the U.K., including 100 percent of Russell Group institutions. TOEFL is preferred over other English-language tests in the United States and key European destinations like France and Germany. TOEFL is widely popular among graduate admission officers in Canada. TOEFL is a fair and reliable test with 4 sections: Reading, Listening, Speaking & Writing. The TOEFL iBT® test measures the ability to use and understand English at the university level. the 4 sections in the TOEFL test are primary at the university level to perform academic tasks. TOEFL Speaking Section, describes the nature of the Reading Section, along with some samples for practice.

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TOEFL Speaking Section is done after the Reading and Listening sections in The TOEFL iBT®. It is designed to test the exam-taking strategies and appropriate grammar usage.
  • TOEFL Speaking Section will have 1 independent task (prep time: 15 sec; response time: 45 sec)

  • TOEFL Speaking Section will have 3 integrated tasks – Read/Listen/Speak (prep time: 30 sec; response time: 60 sec)

  • TOEFL Speaking Section will have a total of 4 questions with a duration of 17 minutes

TOEFL Speaking Section – Features
  • TOEFL Speaking Section is done after the Reading and Listening sections in The TOEFL iBT®.

  • For speaking questions that include listening, the test takers will hear short lectures or conversations on headphones.

  • For speaking questions that include understanding, the test taker will read short written passages on their PC screen.

  • Test takers can take notes all through the speaking section and utilize their notes when responding to the speaking questions. For each of the six questions. Test takers will be given a brief time to set up a response and then should answer each of the questions by talking into a microphone.

  • The test taker's response will be recorded and sent to a scoring center, and they will be scored by experienced raters.
    The following are the question types. Independent question, integrated reading /listening/speaking questions, integrated listening and speaking

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Example 1 Choose the place you go to often that is important to you and explain why is important. Please include specific details in your explanation.
Response A place that I enjoy going to is the beach. It is seen as a place of relaxation because it is normally quiet and peaceful there. To check out you and see the excellence of the compelling force of nature at its finest. The majority of people you ask will say that it is one of their most loved get-away destinations. For the beauty and relaxation as well as for the sheer entertainment. Those is the three reasons I appreciate it as much as I do.
I go to the beach to get away from all the troubles that are bothering me. To feel the grainy sand all under the toes. To stay there under the sun warmth of it beating down on the skin. To realize that on the off chance that you get excessively hot that you just have, making it impossible to stroll around ten feet down until you get into the energetic cool ocean, and feel instant relief from the blistering sun. Likewise to lay on a buoy in the sea and simply feel the sea as you are a piece of it. To feel as well as to hear the wave's ultimate relaxation.
The beach is known as a place to relax, as well as a place of beauty. Many times you see artists portraying the beach with their paintings, or by singing about its magnificence and its splendor. Regardless of how descriptive nor how detailed the picture is however it can never catch the excellence that the beach truly holds. Above as well as. The ocean is loaded with numerous colorful and astonishing marine life.
Example 2 Which sport do you like best? Please include specific details in your explanation.
Response Of all the outdoor games, my most loved ones are cricket. This game has been popularly accepted in India in recent years since India’s good performance in international cricket.
The Cricket is played on a large oval-shaped ground. Each team comprises of eleven players. After the toss, players of one team goes for batting and the players of the other team bowl in turn. Additionally, there are fielders who stop balls and return them. The batsmen begin batting and defend the deliveries of the bowlers.
The game might be of a One-day match or a Test-match for five days. The term for test-matches is generally five days. In a test match, each team gets two innings to play. In a One-day match (also limited overs cricket), each team normally gets 50 overs to play. In case of the Twenty20 format, the team bowls for 20 overs each. The Twenty20 cricket format is likewise played for one day and the results are declared on the same day. The team that scores more runs wins the match.
The captains of both the teams assume a significant role in such a game. There are two umpires whose opinions and choices are to be accepted by the players of both the teams.
Like different games, cricket is additionally a toilsome game and the practice of it keeps the players fit and healthy physically. Incredible team spirit and a sense of discipline can be created by joining and practicing this game. Deep concentration and determination are important to pick up perfection. This game is viewed as an important and dignified one.
Example 3 What kind of music do you like best? Please include specific details in your explanation.
Response Music is a part of the art. It clear that music as old as human beings in this world. Each of the things has its own magnetic sounds. Music makes perfectionism our life. It is a divine donation to humanity.
I like pop music in particular. Allow me to clarify. Above all else, pop music is lively and suits me at my age. What I intend to say is that youngsters like to listen to music that fits in with the way we feel Secondly, it usually has a good rhythm. For example, it is reasonable for us to dance on. Ultimately, pop music is easy to get it. That is to say, I like it since it is not hard to understand, and it helps me to relax after I have been studying hard for some time.
Example 4 The fruit you like to eat most? Please include specific details in your explanation.
Response Of all the fruits, I love to eat bananas the most. It’s a standout amongst the most nutritional fruits in the world. There are around three to six unique sorts of bananas. The banana can help on a test and even help to stop smoking. Hundreds upon hundreds are being sold each day all around the world.
I believe bananas are good for bowel regularity and satiety. Adding a banana to the day by day diet has a variety of advantages in the body. Bananas help me in maintaining weight, keeping the bowels healthy, produce supplements that manage heart rhythm and have vitamin mixes for eye health.
Example 5 Your favorite color?  And explain why do you like this color. Please include specific details in your explanation.
Response My most loved color is green and I have adored this color from my childhood. Green is the color of nature, energy, ripeness, and freshness. The primary reason I like this color is that nature bears this color all around. There is nothing more wonderful than the endless green trees, green vista, and fields. Green is the image of life and it speaks to safety. The shading green additionally speaks to good fortunes, health, and tranquility. This color has for some time been an image for fruitfulness and that is the reason once been utilized as a part of the wedding outfits for the most part in the fifteenth century. This color is regularly utilized as a part of designing to demonstrate the calmness.
On the off chance that we judge the color green from the color psychology perspective, we discover that green adjusts the heart and thus creates the equilibrium in the heart and brain. From the importance of color perspective, green is the symbol of growth, the color of spring and symbolizes reestablishment and resurrection. It is the haven far from the many-sided quality and anxieties of the advanced lives and the tranquility of the calm, fresh and greener area.
Example 6 What are the qualities of a good student?  And explain the reasons and please include specific details in your explanation.
Response In my opinion, a good student is who cherishes his studies and does equity to his book. He considers his studies to be his first priority and tries to take advantage of the time accessible for studies. He generally remembers the appreciation of the books, educators, kindred understudies and the working in which he contemplates. He sits in the class mindfully and listens to the instructor painstakingly. He doesn't pose any questions unless he is permitted to do as such. He never strays from the point. After the address, he talks about the subject with his kindred understudies. He never sticks to his own particular perspective and gives serious consideration to their reasoning.
A good student dependably attempts to apply his learning and studies to his general surroundings. He tries to locate the handy employments of his insight in the day by daily routine. An ideal student is not prejudiced and jealous of intellectual matters.
Example 7 What are the qualities of a good teacher? And explain the reasons and please include specific details in your explanation.
Response In my opinion, a teacher’s profession is an ideal profession. Everyone can be a teacher however good teachers required very specific character with a specific end goal to graduate a knowledgeable generation, an era of future in which they enhance their nation and the entire world. Some of these characteristics are, knowledgeable, sense of humor, friendly.
Teaching is a vital occupation that helps to create a profession and creative generation. The teacher must be knowledgeable in order to improve his teaching skills to his students since the teacher is the barrier that assists the student to transform from the darkness to the light.so he must teach from the heart not just from the book, and that depends on how much the teacher is knowledgeable and eager to arrive the information clearly to the student, in order to create a generation of future.
Then again, the teacher must have a sense of humor, that way can effortlessly arrive at the thoughts to their student, and the student won't be exhausted when the teacher gives a class.so the fun way that the teacher follows it in giving his lesson will have an exceptionally positive effect on their understudy. Case in point, in my school my history instructor has a particular path so as to letting us know the lesson about war ii, it simply like a funny story.
Example 8 What are the qualities of a good parent? And explain the reasons and please include specific details in your explanation.
Response In my opinion, a parent is said to be a decent parent simply subsequent to perceiving how he has raised his children. They ought to raise the youngsters in a decent teach. Order doesn't imply that they need to rebuff their youngsters for each and everything. It is basic that kids do mistakes, what a decent parent must do is he needs to tell his children what is great and what is awful in a way that they can understand that. Giving punishment won't help them in any way, instead, it will make new issues. Children will develop hatred towards their parents because of the punishments given to them. So it is the responsibility of a good parent to teach children what is good and what is bad.
Bringing up the children is not an easy task. It needs a part of tolerance. Amid early childhood, parents need a parcel of tolerance to deal with the children. So having persistence is one of the qualities that a decent parent must-have. Presently a-days both mother and father need to work with a specific end goal to lead an upbeat life. In any case, it ought not to influence the children. They need to go through at least at some point with their children ordinary. Else they will get the inclination that they were disregarded by their parents. This is not a decent sign. So going through at some point with the children ordinary is likewise a quality that a decent parent must-have.
A few people feel that giving the children what they want, will complete their obligation as a parent. But this is not true, this is not valid. Kids will be upbeat just when they can get the consideration they are anticipating from the parents. Parents ought to resemble companions to their children. They need to examine everything with their children. Love, this will impact every single individual. So for a Parent to be a decent parent he ought to love his children and in the meantime, he ought to be cherished by their kids. At the point when children go to school, they will see such a variety of other's parents. They ought not a get an inclination that their parents are not dealing with them as his companion's folks are taking. Parents must be extremely cautious about this.
So for a parent to be a decent parent he ought to the qualities like love, caring and so forth.
Example 9 What can give the real happiness for human life? And explain the reasons and please include specific details in your explanation.
Response Happiness, I believe, thoroughly relies on what a man has. If a person has. In the event that a man does not have wealth, he would think that happiness lies in possessing wealth. Another would discover joy in petition and contemplation and still others in voyaging or in tattling. It isn't right to believe that one can get joy by laboring for it.
I think one can get happiness by enjoying the work at hand. On the off chance that a man keeps himself mentally busy and remains contented, he can stay glad. Our high hopes and soaring ambitions often make up unhappy. On the off chance that a man feels that each minute is to be appreciated like each drop of dew left in a bud, he will definitely be happy.
This kind of satisfaction excludes envy and jealousy. One should never think sick about the satisfaction, others, rather one should never consider staying smug with what one ought to have. The propensity for analyzing and the longing to end up what others are, regularly leaves a sad heart.
Happiness is a perspective and not ownership. It is a result of creative ability and not of work. It is to be enjoyed through spirit and not through senses. It can be felt and not seen. Happiness can be delighted in by a common man. It is around us; we are to find it. So a man ought to tune himself available and he will get it.
Example 10 What are the qualities of a good citizen? And explain the reasons and please include specific details in your explanation.
Response In my opinion, a person may be an English citizen, or an Indian citizen or an American citizen. In whatever sense this word is utilized, the citizen is the individual who has certain duties and responsibilities along with rights and privileges. While he has all the privilege to take an interest in the political, legal, judicial, social, economic and religious affairs of the country, he has the obligation to have respect and regard for the way of life and legacy of the nation, keep up social harmony and love and not to do any such things which hurt the general population conclusions and ruin peace and concordance in the public arena. He needs to deal with the powerless and poor. He should be loyal and dutiful to society.
Most importantly, a good citizen ought to be extremely faithful to the nation of his introduction to the world. He ought to have incredible sympathy for his country. He ought to see his nation above everything. He ought to dependably be prepared to secure his nation if there is a need to do as such. He ought to be set up to hazard his life for his motherland. He ought to be prepared to give up everything for his nation. He should be a patriot.
A good citizen is required to be law-abiding. He ought to have firm confidence in the law of his nation. He ought not to do anything that goes past the law of the nation. He ought to look for the changed of his grievances in the law of the nation. He has no sensitivity to the individuals who violate the law. Indeed, he knows to help the administrative machinery against those who create law and order problem. He supposes over the self-interest.
Example 11 A website you often browse? And explain the reasons and please include specific details in your explanation.
Response I use the internet every day and there are bunches of sites that I frequently browse for various reasons. But probably www.facebook.com is the one I regularly search for. It is a social networking website and probably is one of the main 5 most visited websites on the planet. The site essentially encourages me stay associated with my companions and helps me overhaul and telecast my news also. In spite of the fact that the main role of this site is to give individuals a chance to communicate friends and known individuals yet there are heaps of different components too. It offers games, e-commerce facilities, emailing, chatting, making new friends, social marketing, different campaign, fan page opening, etc.
I have been using the website from 2006 and it is important to me since the majority of my friends and relatives are connected there. On the off chance that a friend has a birthday, the site tells me and I can wish him/her a birthday, if someone has a new photo or news to share, I can see it from my account. I can share my photograph, video, updates, thought also. On the off chance that somebody opines on an issue, others can remark on it. For me, the website is important because my childhood friends, adolescence friends, college & University friends are connected there. I get their updates regularly and can let them know what's happening over here. In no other way I could have been associated with the general population I am presently associated with by means of Facebook. I utilize this site from my PC and from my mobile phone also. For me, this is a social networking website where I remain close to my friends and relatives. Be that as it may, with its own right it has turned into an intense e-commerce stage, gaming place, promoting channel, and numerous more different business-related stages.
Example 12 If you could change one thing in your country, what would you change? And explain the reasons and please include specific details in your explanation.
Response Corruption is a worldwide phenomenon found in verging on each nation on the planet. Yet, corruption in my nation has been molded a pandemic form. It ruins poor people more than others, covers economic growth. Not just that, it additionally occupies critically required assets from education, general public health care and other open administrations. On the off chance that I find the opportunity to change one thing about my nation, I might want to take certain activities to wipe out corruption from our nation and make our nation corruption-free.
In my country, corruption happens both out in the public and private sectors. That is the reason I would take measures for preventing corruption coordinated in both the public and private sectors. These include preventive actions, similar to the foundation of anti-corruption bodies and transparency in the financing of political parties and their election campaigns. I would guarantee that public services are liable to defend that twist proficiency, straightforwardness and enlistment in view of the gauge. Furthermore, public servants once recruited must be subject to code of conducts and I would ensure disciplinary actions for financial and other malpractices.
I will introduce a law that the state can seize the property on account of the embezzlement of the public funds in addition to the state can likewise give back the confiscated property. In fine, I would devise an integrated program that will have the capacity to reject corruption at each level of society. Through expelling defilement from the state system, I would fabricate my country as a dreamland.
Example 13 The most inspiring person to you? And explain the reasons and please include specific details in your explanation.
Response The person who most inspired me was Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam who is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his work on the improvement of ballistic missile and launch of vehicle technology. His motivational speeches and association with the student community in India admired me.
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was truly a genuine legend for the youngsters of the country. He has motivated the new era of the nation through his entire life, vocation, workings, and compositions. Despite everything, he lives in the heart of Indian individuals as the People's President and Missile Man. He was a scientist and an aerospace engineer who closely linked to India’s missile program. He later served the country as 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. The full name of APJ Abdul Kalam was Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam.
He was conceived on the fifteenth of October in 1931 at Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and died on 27th of July in 2015 at Shillong, Meghalaya, India. After his graduation from the Madras Institute of Technology, he joined the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO). He has worked under an unbelievable space researcher, Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai (father of India's space program). He later turned into the venture executive in 1969 of India's first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle, SLV-III. 
Example 14 What would you do if you suddenly become a millionaire? And explain the reasons and please include specific details in your explanation.
Response If I had a lot of money I could purchase anything I need and I could give my folks and my family anything they need. I think if people in the world had a lot of money then it would make the world a tad bit better. When people say money can't purchase you satisfaction I don't trust them since when you don't have cash nine times out of ten u are not happy. Be that as it may when every one of your bills is paid and you can carry on with your existence with cash in your pocket then u can be happy.
I don't know why money is so important. In any case, I know in the time I live in money is everything and it will resemble that for quite a while. I hope I will see the day that money doesn't mean the world. However, it would appear that the truth will surface eventually either come or isn't coming at any point in the near future. So at this moment yes I do think cash purchases bliss since no one is happy without money. I would take the chance to encourage my studies. My parents couldn't stand to send me abroad. In this way, I would love to pursue a course and once I graduate, I might want to set up my own particular business with whatever is left of the cash. They say that a fool and his money are soon parted. Thus, I would be very careful with how I spend my money. I would invest my money with my parents’ advice and keep some for rainy days.
Example 15 Why do most of the students prefer studying in abroad? And explain the reasons and please include specific details in your explanation.
Response Today we live in a globalized period where the number of students studying abroad is expanding quickly in the course of the last course of years. There are various reasons why students concentrated abroad as opposed to seeking instruction in their nation of origin. Learning a new language, experiencing a different culture and pursuing higher education are the most fundamental reasons of studying abroad.
It is without a doubt that students who study abroad are in point of preference for acing another language, which would be greatly helpful for their future calling. For most new language learners, it is overpowering and difficult to take in a language in their nation of origin without interacting with native speakers. For commonsense case, my fellow friends have a tendency to go to English speaking countries so as to ace familiar English pronunciation and comprehension skills.
Another important reason for studying abroad is the experience of cultural diversity. While concentrating hard in a foreign country, students can go around stunning new places and investigate distinctive parts of the new country. What's more, they can meet and interact with new friends while perceiving different angles and sharing thoughts.
Independent Topic practice Topic 1 Some students prefer to study alone. Others prefer to study with a group of students. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Response ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Topic 2 Many people have a close relationship with their pets. These people treat their birds, cats, or other animals as members of their family. In your opinion, are such relationships good? Why or why not? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Response _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Topic 3 Every generation of people is different in important ways. How is your generation different from your parents' generation? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your answer. Response ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Topic 4 Imagine that you are preparing for a trip. You plan to be away from your home for a year. In addition to clothing and personal care items, you can take one additional thing. What would you take and why? Use specific reasons and details to support your choice. Response _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Topic 5 People do many different things to stay healthy. What do you do for good health? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Response ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Topic 6 When famous people such as actors, athletes, and rock stars give their opinions, many people listen. Do you think we should pay attention to these opinions? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Response ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Topic 7 In the future, students may have the choice of studying at home by using technology such as computers or television or of studying at traditional schools. Which would you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Response ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Topic 8 You have the opportunity to visit a foreign country for two weeks. Which country would you like to visit? Use specific reasons and details to explain your choice. Response ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Topic 9 In some countries, people are no longer allowed to smoke in many public places and office buildings. Do you think this is a good rule or a bad rule? Use specific reasons and details to support your position. Response ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Topic 10 Imagine that you have received some land to use as you wish. How would you use this land? Use specific details to explain your answer. Response ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Integrated task has two sort of topics:
Campus Situation Topic
  • A reading passage (75–100 words) describes an issue

  • A listening passage (60–80 seconds, 150–180 words) comments what you read

  • You summarize opinion by your reading and listening.

Academic Course Topic
  • A reading passage (75–100 words) defines a term, process, or idea from an academic subject

  • An excerpt from a lecture (60–90 seconds; 150–220 words) provides details to illustrate the content in reading

  • You combine essential information from reading passage and lecture

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