TOEFL Writing Practice

About TOEFL writing practice

The TOEFL iBT Writing section has three tasks. In Build a Sentence you put words and phrases in the right order to make a correct question or reply. In Write an Email you have about seven minutes to write a clear, polite email of about 80 to 120 words. In the Academic Discussion you read a professor's question and two classmates' posts, then add your own post of at least 100 words.

The lessons below follow the same tasks. The Build a Sentence lessons practise the word orders that are tested most: questions, polite requests and longer replies. Each email lesson builds the message part by part: the purpose, the first point, the remaining points and a polite close. Each discussion lesson trains a clear position, a reason with an example and a new idea the classmates did not mention.

Every lesson ends with a full answer at test length, then offers three more ways to write it: a new situation, a different reader and a longer answer. The last group lists other lessons that train the same skills, such as short emails and opinion paragraphs.

What you practise

• W9 · B1Passive voice · conditionals 1–2 · however / although
• W10 · B1+Reported speech · participles · paragraph cohesion
• W11 · B2Essay structure · thesis · evidence · style
• W12 · B2+Concision · academic tone · IELTS / Cambridge tasks

Lessons include “TOEFL Build a Sentence: Campus Questions”, “TOEFL Build a Sentence: Giving Advice”, “TOEFL Build a Sentence: Campus Housing Questions” and 37 more.