About these TOEFL® Writing Samples
TOEFL Integrated Writing Practice
The first TOEFL writing question is the Integrated Writing Task.
You will first read an article, then listen to a lecture, and finally write an essay using details from both. Your essay should be about 280 words. You will have 20 minutes to write.
Below are some practice questions you can use to get ready for the test.
Complete Sample Questions and Responses!
These practice questions all include a reading and lecture. They closely resemble the real TOEFL Test.
- Colonizing Asteroids
- Protecting Peregrine Falcons
- Paradox of Choice
- The Phoenicians
- Bronze Age Collapse
- Quick Decline Syndrome
- Living on the Moon
- Machu Picchu
- REM Sleep
- The Cave of the Hands
- Volcanic Building Materials (new)
- New Light Bulbs (new, hard)
- Salvator Mundi (new, female lecturer)
- Moai of Easter Island (really old)
Writing for an Academic Discussion Questions
The second TOEFL writing question is the “Writing for an Academic Discussion” task. This looks like a question posted to a university discussion group or message board.
You will read a question posted by a professor, and then read two responses posted by students. Your job is to read everything and then answer the question. You should write about 120 words. You will have 10 minutes to do everything.
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
- Space Exploration
- Price Controls (new)
- Website Reliability (new)
More Integrated Essays
These essays are all based on questions from famous books.
- Television Appearances by University Professors (ETS Official)
- Portrait of an Elderly Woman in a White Bonnet (ETS Official)
- 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 “ETS Official Collection”)
- Online Encyclopedias (from “ETS Official Collection”)
- Buying a Franchise (from “ETS Official Collection”)
- Great Houses (from “ETS Official Collection”)
- Smart Cars (from “ETS Official Collection”)
- Eco-Friendly Wood (from ETS Website)
- 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 both writing questions.
- A detailed master guide to the integrated essay task.
- A detailed master guide to the academic discussion task.