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Test preparation

TOEFL coaching and exam guide

The preferred English test across United States universities, and occasionally the only one a US institution will accept. Entirely computer-delivered, with an academic register throughout — the content is drawn from university lectures and textbooks.

Score range
0–120
Test duration
2 hours
Test fee
₹18,000
Score validity
2 years

Book free TOEFL counseling

No fees

Takes 30 seconds. A trainer calls you back with a TOEFL prep plan built around your target score.

Your details are never sold or shared

Set your target

What TOEFL score are you aiming for?

Pick a band and see what it opens, plus how much preparation it realistically takes from a standing start.

Exam format

What the TOEFL actually looks like

2h in total, across 4 sections.

Reading

20 questions, 2 passages35 min

Academic passages from university-level texts, with questions on detail, inference, vocabulary in context and passage structure.

Listening

28 questions36 min

Three academic lectures and two campus conversations. Note-taking is permitted and effectively required — recordings play once.

Speaking

4 tasks16 min

One independent task on a familiar topic and three integrated tasks combining reading, listening and speaking. Preparation is 15–30 seconds, responses 45–60.

Writing

2 tasks29 min

One integrated task synthesising a reading passage and a lecture, and one academic discussion task responding to an online classroom prompt.

Free diagnostic test

Find out your TOEFL starting score before you pay for coaching

Sit a full-length TOEFL paper under real conditions. You get a section-by-section breakdown showing exactly where marks are leaking, and how many weeks it takes to close the gap to your target.

  • Full-length paper under timed conditions
  • Section-by-section score breakdown
  • A realistic target date for the real test
  • No charge, and no obligation to enrol

Scoring

How the TOEFL is scored

0 to 120, with each of the four sections scored 0 to 30. Valid for 2 years from the test date.

TOEFL score bands and what each means for admission
ScoreWhat it means
110 – 120Exceptional. Clears any requirement, including Ivy League.
100 – 109Strong. Competitive for top-ranked US universities.
90 – 99Good. Meets the requirement at most US universities.
80 – 89Accepted by many programmes, though not the most selective.
Below 80Limits your options. Worth retaking before applying.

TOEFL fees

TOEFL fees
TOEFL iBT test fee₹18,000
Rescheduling₹5,900
Additional score report₹1,950
Speaking or writing rescore₹6,900

Fees are set by the test provider and change annually. Confirm the current amount when you book.

Who accepts the TOEFL

Accepted by more than 11,500 universities across 160 countries, including effectively every institution in the United States. Also accepted widely in the UK, Canada, Australia and across Europe.

Our TOEFL coaching

Intensive training
30 hours
Students per batch
10–15
Full-length mock tests
5
Test dates per year
30–40
Free TOEFL study plan

Know your TOEFL target but not how to reach it?

Tell us where you are and where you need to be. We will send a week-by-week TOEFL plan built around your test date.

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Preparation

How to prepare for the TOEFL

Learn to take notes fast

Listening recordings play once and lectures run several minutes. Students who cannot note efficiently lose marks they could otherwise answer correctly.

Practise speaking to a timer

Forty-five seconds is shorter than it sounds. Rambling and running out of time both cost marks, and only rehearsal fixes the pacing.

There is no negative marking

Never leave a question blank. An informed guess costs nothing and occasionally earns a mark.

Type, do not write

Writing is typed under time pressure. If you type slowly, that alone can cost you ten points across the section.

Questions

TOEFL, answered

The questions students actually ask us about the TOEFL.

Free consultation

Talk to a counselor who has placed 2.5 lakh students

Tell us where you are in the process. We will come back with a shortlist, realistic costs and the deadlines that actually apply to you.

  • Free counseling, always — no hidden fees
  • A counselor calls you back within 24 hours
  • Your details are never sold or shared
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