IELTS Academic (2 hrs 45 mts)

Listening 

40 questions - 30 mts

Multiple choice; matching; plan/map/diagram labelling; form/note/table/flow-chart/summary completion; sentence completion; short-answer questions

Reading 

40 questions - 60 mts

Multiple choice; True/False/Not Given; Yes/No/Not Given; matching information/headings/features/sentence endings; sentence completion; summary/note/table/flow-chart completion; diagram label completion; short-answer questions

Writing 

60 mts

Task 1: Describe visual info (graph/table/chart/diagram). Task 2: essay (discuss a viewpoint/argument/problem). 

Speaking 

11-14 mts

Part 1: intro & interview; Part 2: long turn from a written prompt (1 mnt prep time); Part 3: follow-up general questions related to Part 2 topic

TOEFL iBT (1 hr 54 mts)

Reading 

35-48 items - adaptive modules - 35 mts

Complete the Words; Read in Daily Life; Read an Academic Passage

Listening 

30-40 items - adaptive modules - 36 mts

Listen and Choose a Response; Listen to a Short Conversation; Answer Questions about Announcements/Academic Talks

Writing

12 items - 30 mts

Build a Sentence; Write an Email; Write for an Academic Discussion

Speaking  

11 items - 13 mts

Listen and Repeat; Take an Interview (no prep time)

Versant Academic (approx 50 mts)

Speaking

Slideshow Versant Speaking.pdf

Read aloud; Repeat what you hear; Build a sentence; Answer a question about a conversation

Listening

Slides Versant Listening.pdf

Conversations; Dictation

Writing

Passage Reconstruction - from a short written paragraph; Summary and Opinion - from longer text

Reading

Slides Versant Reading.pdf

Reading aloud (w/speaking); Sentence completion (gap fills); Summarizing a text (w/writing)

(mostly tested in an integrated activity)

Order Summary

Part A: Read Aloud (Speaking + Reading; 2 items)

Part B: Repeat (Speaking; 16 items)

Part C: Sentence Builds (Speaking; 10 items)

Part D: Conversations (Listening; 12 items)

Part E: Typing (Typing speed/accuracy check; 1 item)

Part F: Sentence Completion (Reading; 20 items)

Part G: Dictation (Listening; 16 items)

Part H: Passage Reconstruction (Writing; 3 items)

Part I: Summary and Opinion (Reading + Writing (summary 25-50 words; opinion 50 words, 18 mts total); 1 item)

PS. The test is incremental (the level increases in increments, whether the students answer correctly or not)

Students cannot take notes.