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TOEFL Junior Listening Practice Tests

10 TOEFL Junior Listening practice tests in the real format, timed like the exam, with answers when you finish. Listening Comprehension: 42 questions in about 40 minutes, heard once. Twelve short talks by teachers, a librarian, a coach or the principal with one question each; four conversations with three or four questions; and four class talks or discussions with four questions each.

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TOEFL Junior Listening Practice Test 1 with Answers

A free, interactive TOEFL Junior Listening practice test with answers, about 40 minutes.

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Listening

Part 1 — Short Talks (Questions 1–12)

In this part of the test, you will hear short talks given in a school setting. After each talk, you will hear a question about it. Choose the best answer to each question. You will hear each talk only once.

  1. What is the main purpose of the talk? (A) To introduce the library's student helpers (B) To explain a new way to return books (C) To ask students to borrow more books (D) To announce that the front desk will close
  2. Why will the tryouts be held in the gym? (A) The soccer field is being repaired (B) Heavy rain is expected in the afternoon (C) Cleats have damaged the soccer field (D) More students signed up than last year
  3. What is changing for the next two weeks? (A) The place where the bus stops (B) The time the bus picks students up (C) The person who drives the bus (D) The day the road work will begin
  4. What does the nurse want students to do this week? (A) Stay inside the building during recess (B) Drink water often during the day (C) Visit the health office every morning (D) Wear hats during outdoor classes
  5. What will probably happen if a student orders a yearbook next week? (A) The student's photo will be retaken (B) The yearbook will cost more (C) The order form will be sent home (D) The student will miss photo day
  6. What must students include in their proposal? (A) A list of materials they need (B) The results of their experiment (C) Comments from a parent or friend (D) A drawing of their display board
  7. What will the students probably do next? (A) Get on the bus to the museum (B) Eat their lunches in the museum café (C) Get permission slips from the teacher (D) Hand in their signed permission slips
  8. Why is the cafeteria adding a salad bar? (A) The potato bar was not popular (B) Lunch prices will go up next week (C) Students asked for it in a survey (D) The school has a new kitchen
  9. Where should students get their instruments this week? (A) From their usual shelf in the music room (B) From the stage in the auditorium (C) From the custodians' office (D) From the closet next to the gym
  10. What must students do first to run for student council? (A) Give a speech at an assembly (B) Get a form from the main office (C) Collect votes from their teachers (D) Write a letter to the principal
  11. What is the speaker mainly trying to do? (A) Explain how to plant flowers (B) Get more students to volunteer (C) Thank students for cleaning the park (D) Describe the school's new T-shirts
  12. According to the teacher, what will students do at the audition? (A) Read a scene with another student (B) Perform a speech from memory (C) Help build the sets for the play (D) Sing a song from the comedy

Part 2 — Conversation (Questions 13–16)

Listen to the conversation. Then answer the questions. You will hear the conversation only once.

  1. What problem are the students discussing? (A) The garden club does not have enough members (B) Animals have been eating the tomato plants (C) The salsa contest has been canceled this year (D) The garden plants are not getting enough water
  2. Why does the girl suggest having two people water each day? (A) So the plants get twice as much water (B) So the watering is done before lunchtime (C) So no one has to water more than once a week (D) So new members can learn from older ones
  3. Why does the girl say, “Tape? Wow, that was a great idea.” (A) She wants to use more tape on the hose (B) She thinks the repair did not work well (C) She is glad that the hose was fixed (D) She thinks the custodian did a good job
  4. What will the girl probably do tonight? (A) Buy a new hose for the shed (B) Water the tomato plants (C) Talk to the school custodian (D) Make a watering schedule

Part 2 — Conversation (Questions 17–19)

Listen to the conversation. Then answer the questions. You will hear the conversation only once.

  1. Why does the boy go to see the teacher? (A) He will miss a test because of a band trip (B) He needs extra help understanding fractions (C) He wants the teacher to join the school band (D) He lost the review sheet for the unit test
  2. Why does the teacher say no to an early test? (A) He wants everyone to have equal study time (B) The band students must take it together (C) His classroom is busy until next Friday (D) The boy's parents have to agree first
  3. What will the boy probably do on Wednesday? (A) Take the unit test at lunch (B) Tell the other band students (C) Travel to the band competition (D) Pick up the review sheet

Part 2 — Conversation (Questions 20–23)

Listen to the conversation. Then answer the questions. You will hear the conversation only once.

  1. Why does the girl first speak to the librarian? (A) She cannot find a book on the shelf (B) She wants to return an overdue book (C) She cannot log in to the database (D) She needs to borrow an old newspaper
  2. Where was the book the girl was looking for? (A) In the history section of the library (B) On a shelf in her teacher's room (C) On a cart of returned books (D) At another student's home
  3. According to the librarian, which is an example of a primary source? (A) A book written today about the canal (B) A website made by a history teacher (C) A report written by a classmate (D) A diary written at the time
  4. What does the librarian say about the overdue book? (A) The girl must pay a small fine (B) Other students are waiting for it (C) It can be renewed online (D) It is not due until next week

Part 2 — Conversation (Questions 24–26)

Listen to the conversation. Then answer the questions. You will hear the conversation only once.

  1. What is the conversation mainly about? (A) A student getting ready for a math test (B) A student looking for something he lost (C) A calculator that has stopped working (D) A change to the afternoon bus schedule
  2. What does the woman say about valuable items? (A) They go in the hallway box (B) They are given to the teachers (C) They are kept for only a few days (D) They are kept in the office
  3. What will the boy probably do next? (A) Fill out the lost item card (B) Take one of the gray calculators (C) Catch the bus to go home (D) Talk to his science teacher

Part 3 — Academic Talk (Questions 27–30)

Listen to the talk. Then answer the questions. You will hear the talk only once.

  1. What is the talk mainly about? (A) Why octopuses have soft bodies with no bones (B) How octopuses blend in with their surroundings (C) How octopuses creep up on crabs to catch them (D) What octopuses can see with their eyes
  2. According to the teacher, what happens when the muscles around a chromatophore pull? (A) The color spreads out and can be seen (B) The skin becomes rough and bumpy (C) The color bag shrinks to a tiny dot (D) The octopus sends a signal to its eyes
  3. Why does the teacher mention the octopus's eyes? (A) To point out a puzzle that is still unsolved (B) To explain how octopuses notice nearby predators (C) To compare the eyes of octopuses and crabs (D) To show that octopuses see many bright colors
  4. What will the class probably do tomorrow? (A) Visit an aquarium to see octopuses (B) Study the shells of crabs and clams (C) Watch a video of an octopus hunting (D) Read about sharks and other predators

Part 3 — Academic Talk (Questions 31–34)

Listen to the talk. Then answer the questions. You will hear the talk only once.

  1. What is the main topic of the discussion? (A) The way silk was made in China (B) Famous inventions from ancient China (C) A highway built between China and Rome (D) A network of ancient trade routes
  2. What does the teacher say about the name “Silk Road”? (A) It was chosen by Chinese traders (B) It was first used in ancient Rome (C) It came from a road paved with silk (D) It was given much later
  3. Why does the teacher mention a relay race? (A) To show that goods passed between many traders (B) To show that traders moved goods very quickly (C) To explain why traders used camels in deserts (D) To describe a contest held at the rest stops
  4. What does the teacher say about paper? (A) Knowledge of making it spread west (B) It was worth more than silk in Rome (C) It was first made by traders in Rome (D) It was used to wrap silk for travel

Part 3 — Academic Talk (Questions 35–38)

Listen to the talk. Then answer the questions. You will hear the talk only once.

  1. What is the talk mainly about? (A) How a prism is made from a piece of glass (B) Why sunlight usually looks white or yellow (C) How raindrops turn sunlight into a rainbow (D) Why rain often falls in the late afternoon
  2. What happens first when sunlight enters a raindrop? (A) It bends and changes direction (B) It bounces off the back of the drop (C) It turns into pure white light (D) It leaves the drop right away
  3. Why is red always on the outside of a rainbow? (A) Red light bends more than violet light (B) Red is the brightest color in sunlight (C) Higher drops send red light to the viewer (D) The sun shines behind the top of the arch
  4. What can be inferred about seeing a rainbow? (A) It is easiest to see one in the middle of the day (B) Rainbows can be seen only from an airplane (C) It can appear only after the rain has stopped (D) A person looking toward the sun will not see one

Part 3 — Academic Talk (Questions 39–42)

Listen to the talk. Then answer the questions. You will hear the talk only once.

  1. What is the talk mainly about? (A) How to play the trumpet in a jazz band (B) How jazz is different from classical music (C) Where jazz came from and how it grew (D) Famous jazz clubs in Chicago and New York
  2. Why does the teacher mention Congo Square? (A) To name the first jazz club in the city (B) To describe one early root of jazz (C) To show where brass bands held parades (D) To say where Louis Armstrong learned trumpet
  3. According to the teacher, what is improvisation? (A) Playing a song the same way every time (B) Singing a line that a group then answers (C) Making up music while playing (D) Mixing piano music with a brass band
  4. According to the teacher, how did records and radio affect jazz? (A) They made musicians move back to New Orleans (B) They made jazz clubs close in many cities (C) They let people all over the country hear it (D) They made improvisation much less common

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About the TOEFL Junior Listening paper

Listening Comprehension: 42 questions in about 40 minutes, heard once. Twelve short talks by teachers, a librarian, a coach or the principal with one question each; four conversations with three or four questions; and four class talks or discussions with four questions each.

How TOEFL Junior is scored

TOEFL Junior Standard reports Listening, Language Form and Meaning and Reading from 200 to 300 each (total 600-900), with an overall level from 1 to 5 and CEFR levels for each section. Speaking and Writing are each reported from 0 to 16. On 7ESL, the three Standard papers are marked instantly with an unofficial estimate on the 200-300 scale; Speaking and Writing come with model answers and sample answers at every score, and Pro members can have an answer scored by the AI examiner.

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