Toeic Bridge

TOEIC BRIDGE

• The TOEIC Bridge is a lower level of the TOEIC exam.

• It is perfect for students who want to show that their English has improved from basic to intermediate level.

• Students who want to change from a Student Visitor Visa to a General Student Visa may be able to show that their English is good enough to return to the UK on a General Student Visa

• The test takes about one hour

• There are two sections, listening (about 25 minutes) and reading (about 35 minutes).

• You can read more about the TOEIC Bridge test here.

The TOEIC® Bridge test

The TOEIC® Bridge test measures proficiency in English listening and reading at beginner to intermediate levels.

The TOEIC® Bridge test is an assessment tool very similar to the TOEIC® test, except that it measures competence in listening to and reading English at beginner to intermediate levels. It is a reliable and valid assessment that is internationally recognised.

Use of the Bridge test:

• For professionals who require a rudimentary knowledge of English at their workplace

• As part of training programmes in companies, to both assess and encourage beginners to set and attain language learning goals

• For students who are in the first stage of a language course

• In secondary schools and technical schools as an external and impartial tool to measure language skills

• As a developmental tool that can be administered a number of times to assess the progress of the candidate in English language learning

• As a tool to measure instructional effectiveness – the scores of all students pursuing a particular language course can be examined to analyse the quality of the course itself.

The Bridge test has proved to be a good motivational tool to encourage beginners to proceed to the next level.

Structure of the test

The Bridge paper and pencil multiple-choice test consists of 100 questions. It lasts less than an hour, and features questions that are significantly easier than TOEIC® test questions.

Section 1: Oral comprehension (with audio support), with questions based on

• Photographs

• Questions and answer modules

• Short dialogues

This section has 50 questions, and takes 25 minutes to complete.

Section 2: Written comprehension, including

• Incomplete sentence

• Reading comprehension

This section has 50 questions, and can be completed in 35 minutes.

The score report given to each candidate indicates a total score graded between 20 and 180 points (10 to 90 points for each of the two sections of the test).

Listening test.

In the Listening test, you will be asked to demonstrate how well you understand spoken English. The entire Listening test will last approximately 45 minutes.

There are four parts, and directions are given for each part. You must mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. You can't write your answers anywhere else.

Part 1 - Photographs

Directions:

For each question in this part, you will hear four statements about a picture on the screen. When you hear the statements, you must select the one statement that best describes what you see in the picture. Then find the number of the question on the answer sheet and mark your answer. The statements will not be shown on the screen and will only be spoken once.

Look at the example on the screen.

Now listen to the four statements.

(A) He's taking off his glasses.

(B) One of the men is wearing a tie.

(C) They're going into the model house.

(D) She's talking on her cell phone.

Statement (B) One of the men is wearing a tie, is the best description of the picture, so you should select (B) and mark it on the answer sheet.

1.

(A) She's reading a newspaper.

(B) The woman is pushing the wheelchair.

(C) She's looking in her suitcase.

(D) Her handbag is open.

The woman's handbag is open (D). She is not reading a newspaper, but the man in the top left of the photograph is (A). She is sitting in a wheelchair, but not pushing it (B). It is a handbag which she is looking in, not a suitcase (C).

Part 2 - Question-Response

Directions:

You will hear a question or statement and three responses spoken in English. They will not be shown on the screen and will be spoken only one time. Select the best response to the question or statement and mark the letter (A), (B) or (C) on the answer sheet.

Example - You will hear:

How long does it take to drive to the airport?

You will also hear:

(A) His plane's been delayed by an hour.

(B) It's about 10 miles out of town.

(C) About forty minutes out of rush hour.

The best response to the question How long does it take to drive to the airport? is choice (C), About forty minutes out of rush hour, so (C) is the correct answer. You should mark (C) on the answer sheet.

11. Would you mind if I left the meeting early because I have a dentist's appointment at 4?

(A) No, that's fine. I'll let you know what happens.

(B) She's had a bad toothache all afternoon.

(C) The meeting's finishing at 5.30 today.

This question is a very polite request and (A) responds correctly. (B) is connected to the dentist, but gives an explanation why someone is in pain. (C) gives information about the time the meeting finishes, but this is not the question which is asked.

Part 3 - Conversations

Directions:

You will hear some conversations between two people. You will be asked to answer three questions about what the speakers say in each conversation. Select the best response to each question and mark the letter (A), (B), (C) or (D) on the answer sheet.

The conversations will not be shown on the screen and will be spoken only one time.

Questions 41 - 43 refer to the following conversation:

(Man) Welcome to SunJet's executive check-in desk. Are you flying first or business class today, Madam?

(Woman) I'm in business class on the 10:50 flight to Chicago. Here's my passport and reservation number.

(Man) Thank you, madam. If you have any suitcases for the hold, could you put them on the belt, please?

(Woman) Just the one and my computer as hand baggage. Please could I get an aisle seat?

41. What is the woman going to do?

(A) Travel

(B) Buy a ticket

(C) Use her computer

(D) Open her suitcase

The woman is going to travel (A). The man says Welcome to SunJet's executive check-in desk, and you go to a check-in desk when you arrive in an airport. She already has a ticket, she isn't going to buy one (B). She is taking her notebook (portable computer) on the plane, but isn't about to use it (C). She is going to put her suitcase on the belt, not open it (D).

42. What does the man ask her for?

(A) Her passport

(B) Her address in Chicago

(C) Her baggage

(D) Her reservation number

The man asks her for her baggage (C). He says If you have any suitcases for the hold, could you put them on the belt, please? She gives him her passport, but he doesn't ask for it (A). She is flying to Chicago, but the man does not ask for her address (B). She hands him her reservation number, but he doesn't ask for it (D).

43. What does the woman request?

(A) A specific place to sit

(B) To leave her hand baggage

(C) Power for her computer

(D) A belt

The woman requests an aisle seat, which is a specific place to sit (A). She says Please could I get an aisle seat? She is taking her notebook as hand baggage onto the plane, but she doesn't ask to leave it with the man (B). There is no mention of power for the computer (C). She is asked to put her suitcases on the belt, she doesn't ask for a belt (D).

Part 4 - Talks

Directions:

You will hear some talks given by a single speaker. You will be asked to answer three questions about what the speaker says in each talk. Select the best response to each question and mark the letter (A), (B), (C) or (D) on the answer sheet.

The conversations will not be shown on the screen and will be spoken only one time.

Questions 71 - 73 refer to the following talk:

And now some breaking business news, which will create the largest bank in Europe. The mortgage lender CountryBank today announced that it was in advanced talks to merge with two smaller banks, BankFast and SaveSafe. If this merger is approved it would create a banking company with almost 31 million members and around 2,500 branches throughout Europe, the most of any bank.

It would also be among the richest and have more than €322 billion of assets, and deposits from savers of around €259 billion.

The CEO from CountryBank Andrew Wood said, and I quote: "Both banks have independently decided that a merger with us is in the very best interests of both their savers and borrowers, and they approached

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