TOEFL iBT · 2026 format

Know your score before you pay ETS.

Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking on the current format. Same clocks, same task types, and Reading and Listening get harder or easier as you answer.

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Overall band4.5/ 6
Readingcounted5.0
Listeningcounted4.5
Writingestimate4.0
Speakingestimate4.0
Comparable total86 / 120

Example report. Reading and Listening come from the answer key. Writing and Speaking are rated several times so the number stops moving between runs.

1h 26m
On the clock: 28, 27, 23 and 8 minutes
4 sections
Reading, Listening, Writing, then Speaking out loud
1.0–6.0
The band scale ETS prints now, in half steps
20 mocks
Different items each time, so you can sit it again
In short

MockLive AI’s TOEFL mock is the 2026 iBT format with adaptive Reading and Listening and Speaking scored from your audio on the 1–6 bands with the 0–120 concordance; a free 20-minute quick mock comes first, and the pass is 20 full mocks.

Inside the product

Here are the screens you will see.

Three screens from the mock: the Reading room, the Speaking interview where you answer out loud, and the readiness verdict that lands the moment you finish.

mocklive aiExam room

TOEFL iBT 2026 · secure practice

Reading · router · 3 of 20

24:18

Secure practice session· 19 fresh left

Complete the Words

1:12

Notice from the campus library

The third floor will be closed for rewiring from Monday. Study rooms may still be reserved online, and any book on hold will be held at the front desk for a further seven days. Readers who need a title shelved on the third floor should sub… a request form.

Six blanks in this item. The first half of each word is given; finish it so the notice reads correctly.

Next →

READING ROOM · the router module decides which second module you get

mocklive aiSpeaking room

TOEFL iBT 2026 · secure practice

Speaking · 9 of 11

3:04

Secure practice session· 19 fresh left

Take an Interview · Q2 · Recording

0:31

The narrator asked

Some students prefer to study alone, others in a group. Which do you prefer, and why?

Answer now — 45 seconds, no prep

Four interview questions, played once each. There is no preparation time in this task, and the recording stops when the clock does.

SPEAKING ROOM · Listen and Repeat, then Take an Interview

mocklive aiReadiness verdict
TOEFL iBT 2026 · full mock

Your score report, against your target

All four sections. Reading and Listening counted against the answer key, Writing and Speaking rated against the published criteria, and the whole thing read against the score your programme asked for.

Borderline

You are about fourteen points short of Toronto's cut-off.

Booking now risks a second fee. Two weeks on Speaking and Writing puts the target within reach on the next sitting.

Your mock
86 / 120
Band 4.5
Target
100 / 120
Band 5.0
Gap
~14 pts
~0.5 band
Where the score leaks
Speaking — below targetWriting — below target
Enough for now
ReadingListening
What to do

Hold off on booking. Retest in 10 days, after focused work on the two spoken and written tasks.

Band by section

Readingcounted · 17 of 20 · upper module5.0
Listeningcounted · 21 of 28 · upper module4.5
Writingestimated4.0
Speakingestimated4.0

Speaking, criterion by criterion

Delivery

3.5

Heard
Language use

4.0

Heard
Topic development

4.0

Pace
~118 wpm
Answers cut off
2 of 4
Listen and Repeat

4.5

Sentences
7
Clean repeats
5

What went well

  • Routed to the upper Reading module and held 17 of 20 there.
  • The email task was on register and finished inside seven minutes.

Where to improve

  • Two interview answers ran out of time mid-sentence. Answer the question first, then add the reason.
  • The academic discussion post did not respond to either student by name, which the criteria reward.

READINESS VERDICT · example figures · criteria marked HEARD are rated from your audio

The four sections, and how each one is marked

Two sections have right answers, so we count them. Two are judged, so we say so.

Reading

Twenty questions in twenty-eight minutes: Complete the Words, Read in Daily Life, and an academic passage. A router module first, then an easier or harder one.

Marking

Counted against the answer key.

You get back

A band 1.0–6.0, the module you were routed to, and every question you missed.

Listening

Twenty-eight questions in twenty-seven minutes: short spoken responses, a conversation, an announcement, an academic talk. Adaptive, like Reading.

Marking

Counted against the answer key.

You get back

A band 1.0–6.0 and the question types you keep losing marks on.

Writing

Twenty-three minutes, fixed order: ten Build a Sentence items, one email in seven minutes, one academic discussion post in ten.

Marking

Judged, against the published criteria.

You get back

An estimated band, task by task, with the lines that cost you marks.

Speaking

Eight minutes, spoken. Seven sentences to listen to and repeat, then four interview questions at forty-five seconds each, with no preparation time.

Marking

Judged, and delivery is rated from your audio rather than a transcript.

You get back

An estimated band, your recording, and the moments to listen to again.

What is actually in the pass

Counted from the item banks, not rounded up for the page. Sit 20 complete mocks without meeting the same item twice.

20
complete mocks
all four sections, no repeated item
980
items across the pass
what a pass draws, not the size of the banks behind it
49
Reading & Listening questions
21 + 28 in every mock, matching the real sections
12
Writing items per mock
ten sentences, one email, one academic discussion
11
Speaking items per mock
seven sentences to repeat, four interview questions
12
task types
every item type on the 2026 blueprint, none left out

What it costs

One payment. It does not renew, and there is nothing to cancel.

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After that
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20 complete mocks, good for a year. That is about $3 a mock, and the items are different every time.

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Questions people ask

Will my band here match my real score?⌄

Reading and Listening should be close, because they are counted against an answer key the same way. Writing and Speaking are judged, so read them as a range rather than a promise.

Is this the old Speaking section with four tasks?⌄

No. ETS replaced those on 21 January 2026 with Listen and Repeat and Take an Interview, which is what you sit here. Practising the old four tasks prepares you for a test that no longer exists.

What if my university still asks for a score out of 120?⌄

Every report shows both: bands 1.0 to 6.0 in half steps, and a comparable total out of 120 for the universities still quoting the old scale. You can set your target in whichever scale your programme uses.

How long does one mock take?⌄

About an hour and a half on the clock — 28 minutes Reading, 27 Listening, 23 Writing, 8 Speaking — and closer to two hours once directions and transitions are counted.

Is the pass a subscription?⌄

No. You pay once, you get 20 mocks, and they are valid for a year. Nothing charges you again and there is nothing to cancel.

What do I need to sit one?⌄

An account, a working microphone and somewhere quiet. Speaking is spoken aloud, so a laptop or phone microphone is enough but a headset is better. Nothing to install.

What happens to my recording?⌄

It is yours. Only you can play it back, you can turn recording off before you start, and it is deleted after 30 days automatically.

Can I send this score to a university?⌄

No. This is practice, not the real test — there is no official score here to submit. You still book TOEFL with ETS. What this gives you is an honest idea of where you stand before you pay that fee.

Should I be taking TOEFL at all?⌄

Check what your university accepts first. TOEFL adapts section by section and takes about two hours in one sitting. IELTS is the only one where you speak to a person, and PTE and the Duolingo English Test are cheaper or faster in different ways. We have practice for all of them, so we have no reason to push you to one.

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