Toefl exam Essentials

Paper-and-Pencil:
Computer Test:
Test of Written English 
Writing
(TWE)
Mandatory part of the 
Separate test (not part of 
computer test.
the paper-and-pencil TOEFL 
exam).
Offered whenever the 
Offered only five times a 
computer test is given.
year. If you need to take the
TWE exam, select a TOEFL
exam date when the TWE
exam is also offered. (There
is no additional cost.)

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TYPES OF WRITING PROMPTS
The computer test and the TWE exam use the same type of writ-
ing prompt—a general topic and a question about that topic. Most
prompts present a statement, situation, or scenario and ask you
to take a position and explain it. They can be broken down into
three parts:
1. a statement or situation to consider