Free TOEIC Part 7 Practice Questions (Reading)

TOEIC Part 7 is the last and largest block of the Reading section: 54 questions built on business texts you would actually meet at work — emails, notices, adverts, articles, chat threads and forms. It splits into 29 questions on single passages and 25 questions on multiple passages (double and triple sets), and it shares the 75-minute Reading clock with Parts 5 and 6.

The passages below follow the real formats. Read the passage, answer, then check the key underneath each set.

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Key Takeaways

• TOEIC Part 7 has 54 questions: 29 on single passages, 25 on multiple (double and triple) passage sets.
• Part 7 is not timed separately — Reading is 75 minutes for Parts 5, 6 and 7 together (100 questions).
• Aim for roughly 25 seconds per question in Parts 5 and 6 so you leave about 55 minutes for Part 7.
• Question stems are predictable: purpose, detail, inference, vocabulary-in-context, and “NOT stated” questions.
• In multiple-passage sets, at least one question always needs information from two different texts.
• Answers appear in passage order for detail questions — purpose and inference questions do not.

How TOEIC Part 7 is built

Set type	Passages per set	Questions per set	Questions total
Single passages	1	2-4	29
Double passages	2	5	10
Triple passages	3	5	15
Part 7 total	—	—	54

Set 1: single passage (notice) — 3 questions

Questions 1-3 refer to the following notice.

NOTICE TO ALL BUILDING TENANTS The freight elevator on the north side of Kingsway House will be out of service from Monday 14 April until Friday 18 April while the motor is replaced. During this period, all deliveries must be received at the loading bay on Wilmot Street and carried up using the passenger elevators. Tenants expecting deliveries larger than 1.5 metres in any direction should contact building management on extension 2140 at least 24 hours in advance so that a service window can be arranged. Please note that the loading bay closes at 5:00 P.M. and no deliveries can be accepted after that time. We apologise for the inconvenience. — Building Management, Kingsway House

1. What is the purpose of the notice?
   (A) To announce a change in building management
   (B) To inform tenants about a temporary service disruption
   (C) To advertise newly available office space
   (D) To request payment of a maintenance fee
2. What should tenants do if they expect an oversized delivery?
   (A) Use the north entrance
   (B) Reschedule it for after 18 April
   (C) Telephone building management in advance
   (D) Hire an external moving company
3. What is indicated about the loading bay?
   (A) It is only open on weekdays
   (B) It will be closed for the entire week
   (C) It stops accepting deliveries at 5:00 P.M.
   (D) It is located on the north side of the building

Answer key — Set 1

Q	Answer	Why
1	B	The elevator is “out of service” for a fixed period — a temporary disruption.
2	C	“should contact building management on extension 2140” = telephone in advance.
3	C	“the loading bay closes at 5:00 P.M. and no deliveries can be accepted after that time”.

Set 2: single passage (text-message chain) — 2 questions

Questions 4-5 refer to the following text-message chain.

Dara Okonjo (9:12 A.M.): The printer for the conference folders just called. They can do 400 folders by Thursday, not 600. Marc Feldt (9:14 A.M.): Thursday is the day before the event. That is cutting it close. Dara Okonjo (9:15 A.M.): I know. I can move 200 attendees to a digital-only folder if you approve it. Marc Feldt (9:17 A.M.): Do that, but send the digital ones to the walk-in registrations, not the sponsors. Sponsors get print. Dara Okonjo (9:18 A.M.): Understood. I will update the registration list this morning.

4. What problem are the writers discussing?
   (A) An event has been postponed
   (B) A supplier cannot fill the full order
   (C) Sponsors have withdrawn from the conference
   (D) The registration system is not working
5. At 9:17 A.M., what does Mr. Feldt most likely mean when he writes, “Do that”?
   (A) He wants Ms. Okonjo to contact a second printer
   (B) He is approving the digital-folder plan
   (C) He will speak to the sponsors himself
   (D) He wants the order cancelled

Answer key — Set 2

Q	Answer	Why
4	B	“They can do 400 folders by Thursday, not 600” — the printer cannot supply the whole order.
5	B	“Do that” points back to Ms. Okonjo’s offer to move 200 attendees to digital folders.

Set 3: double passage (email + email) — 5 questions

Questions 6-10 refer to the following two e-mails.

To: orders@brantwoodsupply.com From: s.mehta@harlowclinic.org Date: 3 March Subject: Order 88-4127 Dear Brantwood Supply, Our order 88-4127 arrived this morning. The four examination lamps and the three trolleys are correct, but the box marked “sterilisation trays, qty 20” contained only 12 trays. Our invoice shows 20. We open a second treatment room on 17 March and need the remaining 8 trays before then. Could you confirm a dispatch date? If the trays are out of stock, we would accept the shallow model instead. Regards, Sunita Mehta, Practice Manager, Harlow Clinic

To: s.mehta@harlowclinic.org From: orders@brantwoodsupply.com Date: 4 March Subject: RE: Order 88-4127 Dear Ms. Mehta, Thank you for letting us know. Our warehouse has confirmed the short pick, and I have apologised to our packing team on your behalf — the error was ours. The deep-model trays you ordered are back in stock on 11 March. We will dispatch the outstanding 8 on that date by overnight courier, so you will have them well before the 17th. There is no need to switch models. I have also credited your account £18 for the delay. This will appear on your April statement. Sincerely, Owen Ratcliffe, Customer Accounts

6. Why did Ms. Mehta write the first e-mail?
   (A) To cancel part of an order
   (B) To report that an item was incomplete
   (C) To ask for a product catalogue
   (D) To change a delivery address
7. What does Ms. Mehta indicate about 17 March?
   (A) A new treatment room will open
   (B) An invoice is due
   (C) The clinic will be closed
   (D) A supplier visit is scheduled
8. What does Mr. Ratcliffe offer Ms. Mehta?
   (A) A replacement order at no charge
   (B) A visit from a sales representative
   (C) A credit on her account
   (D) An extended warranty
9. What alternative does Mr. Ratcliffe say is unnecessary?
   (A) Paying for overnight shipping
   (B) Ordering the shallow tray model
   (C) Returning the trolleys
   (D) Opening a new account
10. When will the outstanding items be sent?
    (A) 3 March
    (B) 4 March
    (C) 11 March
    (D) 17 March

Answer key — Set 3

Q	Answer	Why	Passage used
6	B	The box “contained only 12 trays” against an invoice for 20.	E-mail 1
7	A	“We open a second treatment room on 17 March”.	E-mail 1
8	C	“I have also credited your account £18”.	E-mail 2
9	B	Ms. Mehta offered to accept the shallow model; Mr. Ratcliffe replies “no need to switch models”.	Both
10	C	Trays are “back in stock on 11 March. We will dispatch … on that date”.	E-mail 2

Question 9 is the cross-passage question every double set contains: the offer is in the first e-mail, the refusal is in the second, and neither text answers it alone.

The five question stems that cover almost all of Part 7

Stem	Typical wording	Where the answer sits
Purpose	What is the purpose of… / Why was this written	First or last sentence, or the subject line
Detail	What time… / How much… / Who will…	One sentence; appears in passage order
Inference	What is suggested / implied about…	Two facts you must combine
Vocabulary	The word “X” in paragraph 2, line 3, is closest in meaning to…	Read the whole sentence, not the word alone
NOT / true	What is NOT mentioned… / What is indicated…	Three options are findable; one is not

Pacing: how to leave enough time for Part 7

Part	Questions	Target time	Pace
Part 5 — Incomplete Sentences	30	10-12 min	~20-25 sec each
Part 6 — Text Completion	16	8-10 min	~35 sec each
Part 7 — Reading Comprehension	54	53-57 min	~60 sec each
Reading total	100	75 min	—

Most candidates who run out of time lose it in Part 5, not Part 7. If a Part 5 question is not clear after 25 seconds, mark a letter and move on.

Order to work a Part 7 set

1. Read the header first: sender, recipient, date, subject, document type. Roughly one question per set is answerable from the header alone.
2. Read the question stems before the body, but do not read the four options yet.
3. Read the passage once at normal speed. Do not underline everything.
4. Answer detail questions in the order they appear — they track the passage.
5. Leave inference and NOT questions until last; they need the whole text.
6. In double and triple sets, mark which text each question points at before you start reading.

Common traps in the option sets

Trap	How it looks	Fix
Word match	An option repeats a word from the passage but changes the fact	Check the whole clause, not the keyword
Right answer, wrong question	The option is true but does not answer the stem	Re-read the stem before you mark
Over-extension	“always”, “all”, “never” against a passage that says “some”	Reject absolutes unless the text is absolute
Outside knowledge	An option that is plausible in the real world but absent from the text	Answer only from the passage
Wrong passage	In a triple set, a fact taken from the text the question is not about	Note the source text for each answer

FAQ

How many questions are in TOEIC Part 7?

54 — 29 on single passages and 25 on multiple-passage sets (double sets carry 5 questions each, triple sets 5 each).

How long should I spend on Part 7?

About 55 minutes. Part 7 is not timed on its own: the Reading section gives you 75 minutes for Parts 5, 6 and 7 together, so your Part 7 budget is whatever Parts 5 and 6 leave you.

Do Part 7 answers follow the order of the passage?

Detail questions do. Purpose, inference and “NOT mentioned” questions draw on the whole text, so they do not.

Are the passages the same length every time?

No. Single passages run from a short text-message chain to a full article. The number of questions rises with length — 2 questions for the shortest, up to 4 for the longest single passages.

Is Part 7 harder than Part 5?

It is longer, not necessarily harder. Part 5 tests grammar and word choice in one sentence; Part 7 tests reading speed and locating information. Candidates lose more marks in Part 7 because they arrive there with too little time.

Related practice resources

• TOEIC Part 6 practice questions
• TOEIC Part 5 practice questions
• TOEIC Part 3 practice questions

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