About these TOEFL® Writing Samples
Sample TOEFL Integrated Essays
On test day, you’ll first get a TOEFL Integrated Writing Question. You will first read an article, then listen to a lecture, and finally write an essay combining information from both.
Complete Samples (with reading and lecture) and Responses!
- Colonizing Asteroids
- Protecting Peregrine Falcons
- Paradox of Choice
- The Phoenicians
- Bronze Age Collapse (new)
- Quick Decline Syndrome (new)
- Living on the Moon (new)
- Machu Picchu
- Moai of Easter Island
Writing for an Academic Discussion Questions
Next, you’ll get a “Writing for an Academic Discussion” question. This will ask you to answer a question that looks like it was posted to a university discussion group. Each link below includes a complete sample question and two possible responses.
- Targeted Advertising
- Social Media
- Grading Students
- Taxing Unhealthy Products
- AI
- Longevity
- University Spending
- Economic Growth vs the Environment
- City Spending
- Corporate Impact
- Work From Home
- Online Classes
- Smart Phones
- Learning Styles
- Influencers
- Starting a Business
- More Question from ETS
More Integrated Essays
These essays are all based on questions from famous books. I can’t give you the reading and listening, but you might like looking at their structure and organization.
- Television Appearances by University Professors (casting doubt)
- Portrait of an Elderly Woman in a White Bonnet (casting doubt)
- Incan Fortress of Sacsayhuaman (casting doubt)
- Iron Fertilization (solution and problem)
- Humpback Whales (casting doubt)
- Going to Mars (Problem and Solution)
- The Usefulness of Coal (casting doubt)
- Monarch Butterflies (casting doubt)
- Large Animals (casting doubt)
- Wheat and Beer (from Princeton Review)
- Forest Fires (from Princeton Review)
- Endotherms (from “Official Collection”)
- Online Encyclopedias (from “Official Collection”)
- Buying a Franchise (from “Official Collection”)
- Great Houses (from “Official Collection”)
- Smart Cars (from “Official Collection”)
- Eco-Friendly Wood (from “TOEFL Quick Prep”)
- The Chevalier (from “TOEFL Sample Test”)
- Wave Farms (from “Hackers Actual Test”)
- The Anasazi (from “Hackers Actual Test”)
- Trans Lunar Phenomena (from “Hackers Actual Test”)
- Four-day Workweek
TOEFL Writing Guides and Templates
- Complete templates for each essay task.
- A detailed master guide to the integrated essay task.
- A detailed master guide to the independent essay task.