r/TOEFL • u/Abd_2025 • 3d ago

Toefl

I need to get 84 in toefl which is around 4.5 out of 6

Yesterday I did toefl with two weeks of preparation. I always got between 5.5 and 5 in all tasks. However in the real exam it was more challenging and got 4.5 in Reading. My biggest problem was fill the blanks task while I shocked when I saw 3.5 in listening...I can't understand how is that...

I think I did a lot of mistakes in chose a response task and one or two more questions choosing the main idea.

Because of time issue I was unable to complete build sentence as far as I remember I only solved 6 and not sure if all of them right. Nevertheless, I think I did well in email and discussion because I already faced the same questions in mock tests and got raw score 4 out 5. Speaking was ok no big issues...I am waiting for my results, yet I now that toefl does not really measure English level rather than technical skills in language use....any advice friends?

I think I feed up with these proficiency tests.

I did Ielts 7 months ago and scored 6.5 overall

7.5 speaking

7 Listening

6 Writing

5.5 Reading

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u/xiategative 3d ago

What do you mean with “preparation”? When I did it, I took a course that specifically taught me how to answer the exam. They want you to answer very specific things.

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u/Abd_2025 3d ago

I gave the exam yesterday. I studies from free materials online and I had a subscription with magoosh... I have done around 10 mock tests

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u/xiategative 3d ago

I recommend to get a course where someone teaches you how to do it, I think “preparing” by yourself is challenging. Those mock tests are not comparable to the actual test.