TOEFL Listening practice for the 2026 format
Four task types, real recordings, and the transcript published beside every question — which is the part almost no prep site does. Free and uncapped, with no account needed to start.
443
Listening questions
166
Listening recordings
Counted in our own database, servable items only. How each figure is counted
The four 2026 Listening task types
One page per task name, each publishing its recordings with the full transcript, the questions, the keyed answers and why each wrong option was written.
- 01Listen and Choose a ResponseSeconds-long utterances where the wrong replies are grammatical and still socially wrong.Open
- 02Listen to a ConversationTwo-speaker campus exchanges built around a problem and its resolution.Open
- 03Listen to an AnnouncementSingle-speaker logistics where the distractors are the recording’s own details.Open
- 04Listen to an Academic TalkThe longest recordings, testing whether you followed an argument across minutes.Open
Start practising
Machine-scored against a keyed answer, so nothing here is capped or walled.
- 01Open the Listening drillPlay a recording, answer, and see the explanation for every option. Free items work without an account.Open
- 02Browse worked Listening samplesEditorially approved recordings published with their transcripts, questions and keyed answers.Open
- 03Take a full four-section mockListening inside the complete 2026 mock, with the router-plus-module adaptive shape.Open
Understand the section before you drill it
These pages already exist and are not replaced by this hub — the specification explainer and the long-form guides sit underneath the practice.
- 01The 2026 Listening section, sourced from the specificationThe four listed task types, the router plus a 7 or 11 minute module, and what a Listening result does and does not mean.Open
- 02The complete 2026 Listening guideThe long-form guide, including the strategy the specification does not cover.Open
- 03Note-taking for ListeningWhat to write down while the audio plays, per task type.Open
What the 2026 Listening section contains
What ETS states
The 2026 specification lists the Listening section at 47 items and 35 raw points, with task types Listen and Choose a Response, Listen to a Conversation, Listen to an Announcement, and Listen to an Academic Talk.
These are published blueprint values, which the specification states are subject to minor revisions until the official launch. The item count includes non-scored items, so items do not equal raw points — the specification lists a maximum of 1 point per scored item.
The specification lists an estimated Listening time of an 18 minute router plus a second-stage module of 7 minutes (lower) or 11 minutes (upper).
The times are estimated, and the two module lengths are discrete listed values — not a sliding 7-to-11-minute range.
Listening items are machine-scored selected responses, evaluated by rule-based algorithms per the specification’s item-type notes.
Machine-scored is not exclusive to Reading and Listening — Build a Sentence is machine-scored too. This says nothing about how Reach120 scores your practice.
Sourced from the ETS 2026 test specifications, read 2026-07-27. Everything outside this box is Reach120’s own reading of it.
How to use this hub
- 1Work one task name at a time. The four fail for genuinely different reasons and mixing them hides which one is costing you.
- 2Always answer before you read the transcript. Reading first converts a listening item into a reading item and teaches you nothing.
- 3After each miss, find the single line in the transcript the key depends on.
- 4Move to the mixed drill once one task name stops producing repeat errors.
Every recording on these pages is a Reach120 practice recording written for the 2026 task format. None of them is a real TOEFL test item, and nothing here is published, licensed, endorsed or reviewed by ETS.
Listening: common questions
- Is TOEFL Listening practice free on Reach120?
- Yes. Listening and Reading practice is uncapped and needs no account to start. The daily free-tier limits apply to AI-scored Writing and Speaking attempts.
- How many Listening questions are on the 2026 TOEFL?
- The 2026 specification lists the Listening section at 47 items and 35 raw points across four task types, read 2026-07-27. The count includes non-scored items, the blueprint is subject to minor revision until launch, and the section is adaptive.
- How long is the Listening section?
- The specification lists an estimated 18 minute router plus a second-stage module of either 7 minutes (lower) or 11 minutes (upper). Those are two discrete listed values, not a 7-to-11-minute range.
- Do the recordings come with transcripts?
- Yes — every published recording on these pages prints its full transcript beside the questions and the keyed answers, on the page rather than behind a signup.