YDS is a test for people who are interested in academic careers and want to receive foreign language compensation.

In this article, you can find the analysis of the questions that are taken in the YDS exam.

YDS Sections

There are 80 questions in the YDS exam. These questions are categorized according to sections as follows.

YDS 1.  -  6. VOCABULARY

1 ADJECTIVE

1 ADVERB

1 VERB

1 NOUN

2 PHRASAL

YDS 7.  -  16. GRAMMAR

3 GRAMMAR

2 PREPOSITIONS

5 LINKING WORDS

YDS 17.  -  21. CLAUSE TEST 1

2 LINKING WORDS

1 PREPOSITION

1 VOCABULARY (PHRASAL)

1 GRAMMAR

YDS 22.  -  26. CLAUSE TEST 2

2 LINKING WORDS (BAĞLAÇLAR)

1 PREPOSITION (EDAT)

1 VOCABULARY (VERB) (FİİL)

1 GRAMMAR (DİLBİLGİSİ)

YDS 27.  -  36. SENTENCE COMPLETION

10 SENTENCE COMPLETION

YDS 37.  -  42. TRANSLATION

6 TRANSLATION (3 EN-TR, 3 TR-EN)

YDS 43.  -  62. READING PASSAGES

TOTAL of 5 READING PIECES. Each piece consists of 4 questions, a total of 20 questions

YDS 63.  -  67. DIALOGUE COMPLETION

5 DIALOGUE COMPLETION

YDS 68.  -  71. RESTATEMENT

4 RESTATEMENT

YDS 72.  -  75. PARAGRAPH COMPLETION

4 PARAGRAPH COMPLETION

YDS 76 . -  80. IRRELEVANT

5 FINDING THE IRRELEVANT SENTENCE

YDS Exam Features

The majority of YDS questions are Text questions; Measures your understanding. YDS exam duration is 150 minutes (2.5 hours)

The most time-consuming questions are text questions. Therefore, you should plan accordingly.

The most important point you should pay attention to when working with YDS is to pay extra attention to reading. Therefore, you need to do plenty of reading. Abundant reading is the key to success in the YDS exam.

If you want to know about your level before taking the E-YDS or YDS exam, you can take the Candelas test.