TOEFL practice: orientation, diagnostic and mock
The short Preparaio TOEFL orientation check contains six Reading and Listening questions and can be started without an account. The longer entry diagnostic in your account includes Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking. Full practice exams are separate. Duration varies with answers and recordings; feedback is for preparation, not an official ETS score.
Last updated: October 26, 2026
Start with a short Reading and Listening orientation check. It is not a complete exam or an official ETS score.
The short check needs no account. Further diagnostics and practice require sign-in and TOEFL access.
- Official ETS exam sections
- 4 (Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing)
- Official ETS exam time
- Base sections about 90 min — ETS advises allowing about 2 hours
- Official ETS adaptivity
- Reading and Listening (multistage)
- Official ETS scoring
- Band 1.0–6.0 per section, aligned to CEFR
Why are most TOEFL practice tests now outdated?
The TOEFL iBT changed on January 21, 2026. The test is now shorter, and Reading and Listening are multistage adaptive: your performance on the first stage decides how hard the second stage is. Speaking uses a virtual interview with follow-up questions. Writing has three tasks, including a short email. The old 0–120 total score is being replaced by a band from 1.0 to 6.0.
Practice tests written before that date do not train the tasks you will actually see on test day. They do not adapt. They score you out of 30 per section. They ask you to give templated answers to independent speaking prompts that no longer exist. Using them is not just a waste of time — it teaches habits that hurt your real score.
What does the new 2026 TOEFL look like?
The test still has four sections in the same order, but each one is different from the 2023 version. Reading mixes academic passages with everyday texts and short form-focused items such as Complete the Words. Listening mixes short conversations, announcements and listen-and-choose-a-response items with academic lectures. Speaking has two tasks: Listen and Repeat, and Take an Interview. Writing has three tasks: Build a Sentence, an email that takes about seven minutes, and Write for an Academic Discussion.
Reading and Listening are multistage adaptive; Speaking and Writing are not. Each section is reported as a band from 1.0 to 6.0 in half-point steps, aligned to CEFR. The overall score is the average of the four bands, rounded to the nearest 0.5. During the 2026–2028 transition period, your report also shows a comparable legacy 0–120 score and your CEFR level.
Three separate ways to practise
The public orientation check uses six Reading and Listening questions. It does not assess your recorded Speaking or written Writing and is not a full adaptive simulation.
The longer entry diagnostic requires sign-in and TOEFL access and includes all four skills. A separate extended check focuses on Writing and Speaking. Full practice exams are separate timed sessions; none issues an official ETS score.
- Short orientation: six Reading and Listening questions, no account.
- Entry diagnostic: four skills, sign-in and TOEFL access.
- Extended check: Writing and Speaking, with TOEFL access.
- Full practice exam: a separate timed practice session.
Feedback for preparation, not score prediction
A short check gives limited evidence about the answers you provided. It cannot establish an exact exam score or certify an overall level.
Writing and Speaking need written or recorded responses. Untested skills are not assessed by the short check. Only ETS issues an official TOEFL score.