TEF Canada reading format
Reading is the one receptive component where you keep control. You can navigate within the test, which makes time management a real strategy rather than a constraint you simply endure.
Reading
Compréhension écrite
60 minutes · 40 multiple-choice questions
How it works
- You can move around inside the reading test and revisit items.
- Texts range from short practical notices and adverts through to argumentative articles.
- Wrong and blank both score zero, so never leave an item empty.
- The raw count is converted to a calibrated score to even out difficulty between test forms.
What goes wrong
- Sinking five minutes into one ambiguous item early on. Move on, answer the clearer items, then come back.
- Reading the whole text before looking at the question, on question types where scanning for evidence is faster.
- Choosing the option that contains words you recognise from the text, which is exactly how distractors are built.
Where your score needs to land
For NCLC 7, reading needs at least 434 on the 0–699 scale - well above the 400 that counts as generic CEFR B2. Convert your score.
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