Reading Parts 5–7: speed without sacrificing accuracy

Part 5 — Incomplete Sentences (30 questions)

• Look at the four options first. If they're forms of the same word (formal / formally / formality / formalize), it's a word-form question — find the slot's role (noun, verb, adjective, adverb) and pick by grammar alone, no need to read the whole sentence.
• If the options are different words, it's vocabulary — then you must read for meaning.
• Target: about 20–25 seconds per question. Don't let grammar items eat time you need for Part 7.

Part 6 — Text Completion (16 questions)

• Four short passages, four blanks each. One blank per passage is a full sentence-insertion question — read the sentences before and after to test the flow.
• Treat the others like Part 5, but always check the surrounding sentence for tense and logic clues.

Part 7 — Reading Comprehension (54 questions)

• Read the questions before the passage so you know what you're hunting for.
• Single passages first, then double, then triple — but the questions get harder, not just longer.
• For multi-passage sets, the answer to at least one question requires combining information from two different texts. Watch for it.
• Skim for keywords and synonyms; the answer rarely uses the exact words from the passage.
• 'NOT / EXCEPT' questions: verify each option against the text. Slower, but these are easy points if you don't rush.

If you're running out of time

Never leave blanks — there's no penalty for wrong answers on the TOEIC, so guess on everything you can't reach. Pick a single 'letter of the day' for pure guesses to save seconds.