TOEFL and IELTS: Overview & Free Downloadable Printable PDF Practice Tests
Why do you need TOEFL & IELTS practice tests? The TOEFL iBT Test and the IELTS measure students’ abilities to use and understand English. Each exam evaluates listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills so as to assess the English language proficiency of people who want to study or work where English is used as the language of communication.
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TOEFL:
The TOEFL consists of:
- Reading section: read 3-4 passages, answer 36-56 questions (60-80 minutes)
- Listening section: listen to lectures and discussions then answer 34-51 questions (60-90 minutes)
- Speaking: 6 tasks to express an opinion about a familiar topic and/or respond to questions based on reading and listening tasks (20 minutes) *this is computer recorded
- Writing: 1 essay based on reading and listening tasks, 1 essay to support an opinion (50 minutes)
Learn more about and register for the TOEFL here.
The practice tests below include scripts for the listening portions of the assessment. For a more accurate testing experience, consider hiring a tutor to read scripts like these to you during test prep sessions, to analyze your responses in the speaking section, and to critique your essays.
Magoosh 200 most important TOEFL vocab.
2006 Peterson’s TOEFL Vocab Guide with Practice Tests
TOEFL Guide with sample questions
2003 TOEFL Practice Test vol. 1
2004 Learning Express TOEFL guide with sample questions
2009 McGraw Hill TOEFL Guide and Practice Tests
2011 TOEFL Practice Test vol. 1
2011 TOEFL Practice Test vol. 2
IELTS:
Test takers can choose between two versions of the test – Academic or General Training – depending on their visa requirements and/or academic or professional aims. Additionally, these versions differ only in the Reading and Writing components. To navigate all this, you should consider enrolling in an IELTS English course. It will teach you the content and strategies for the examination, so you know exactly what to expect.
The IELTS consists of:
- Listening: Listen to 4 recorded texts, monologues, and conversations then answer questions (30 minutes)
- Task 1: everyday social conversation between 2 people
- Task 2: monologue with everyday social context
- Task 3: conversation between 2-4 people in an academic or training context
- Task 4: monologue on an academic subject
- Reading: 40 questions (60 minutes)
- Academic: 3 long tests taken from books, journals, magazines, and newspapers
- General Training: extracts from books, magazines, newspapers, notices, advertisements, and company resources
- Writing: 2 tasks (60 minutes)
- Academic:
- Task 1: summarize a graph, table, chart, or diagram
- Task 2: respond to a point of view, argument, or problem
- General Training:
- Task 1: write a letter requesting information or explaining a situation
- Task 2: respond to a point of view, argument, or problem
- Academic:
- Speaking: completed as a face-to-face interview with a certified Examiner and also recorded (11-14 minutes)
- Task 1: general question about yourself (speak for 4-5 minutes)
- Task 2: response about a particular topic (1 minute to prepare, speak for up to 2 minutes, then answer 1-2 questions from Examiner)
- Task 3: answer questions connected to Task 2 (4-5 minutes)
Learn more about and register for the IELTS here.
The practice tests below include scripts for the listening portions of the assessment. For a more accurate testing experience, consider hiring a tutor to read scripts like these to you during test prep sessions, to analyze your responses in the speaking section, and to critique your essays.
IELTS Guide and Practice Tests
1997 Cambridge IELTS Practice Test
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