TOEFL writing practice for the 2026 format
The TOEFL Writing section changed on January 21, 2026. Practice all three current tasks, Build a Sentence, Write an Email, and Academic Discussion, under real time limits with AI scores and exact fixes.
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How it works
How TOEFL writing practice works
Pick a task
Choose Build a Sentence, Write an Email, or Academic Discussion, or take them in test order.
Practice under the real timer
Each task uses the 2026 time limits plus Reach120 word targets, so pacing becomes second nature.
Get scored feedback
Sentences are checked instantly; emails and discussion posts get a 0-5 rubric score with mistake highlights.
Track your progress
Score history shows which task is holding you back so you know where to spend your next session.
The three writing tasks
Every 2026 writing task, with its guide and its drill
Where are the TOEFL Writing questions and essay prompts?
Below, task by task. The TOEFL writing questions on this page are the three 2026 tasks — Build a Sentence, Write an Email and Academic Discussion — each with its guide, its worked examples and its numbered bank, and each opening at its own page.
The TOEFL essay prompts most people are looking for are the Academic Discussion boards and the Write an Email briefs; the old independent essay is not part of the 2026 format.
Every bank on this page is readable without an account.
Sourced from the ETS 2026 test specifications, read (link confirmed ). Reach120 is an independent practice tool, not affiliated with or endorsed by ETS; the document is named here only to say what this page practices.
The Writing section has three task types. Each one below has a complete guide explaining how it is scored and what a strong response does, a practice page with worked examples, and a numbered question bank printed in full — all readable without an account.
Build a Sentence
Arrange every given tile into one sentence that answers the question. Ten of the twelve Writing items are this task. Six worked items with answers sit on the practice page.
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Build a Sentence items
Write an Email
Reply to a short message covering three stated points. Five scenario types — request, problem, advice, invitation, disagreement — each with a full model reply.
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Write an Email prompts
Academic Discussion
Post your own contribution to a class discussion board after reading the professor and two classmates. Two complete boards with sample responses.
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Academic Discussion prompts
Counted in our own database, servable items only. How each figure is counted
What practice looks like inside Reach120
Timed tasks, rubric scores, and feedback cards for all three 2026 writing tasks.
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A grey mock-up would tell you nothing, so here is the real thing instead: a complete scored report, published unedited and with its weaknesses intact.
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Reading and Listening stay free. A plan adds AI-scored Writing and Speaking practice for the weeks you are actually preparing — unlimited practice, with AI scoring up to 300 actions a month — and it renews until you cancel.
20% Launch-season discount — applied automatically at checkout. Ends November 15, 2026.
1-Week Plan
First week 20% off — renews at $7.49 every week until you cancel.
$1.07/day
- Unlimited Writing practice — all 3 task types, AI scoring up to 300 actions a month
- AI writing scores, feedback & the same response revised
- Speaking practice with AI scoring
- Full mock tests & progress tracking
- Review queue + personalized next-task routing
- Plus everything free: full Reading & Listening
3-Month Plan
RecommendedFirst 3 months 20% off — renews at $48 every 3 months until you cancel.
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Same span one week at a time: 13 × 1-Week Plan = $97
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- Full four-section mock tests, scored section by section
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- Review queue, band forecast and personalized next-task routing
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FAQ
TOEFL writing practice, answered
From January 21, 2026 the Writing section has three task types: Build a Sentence (arrange 6-12 words, about 6 minutes), Write an Email (about 7 minutes, 0-5 rubric, no set ETS word count), and Academic Discussion (about 10 minutes, 0-5 rubric, at least 100 words). The old independent essay format is gone.
Start with a full pass of all three to find your weakest task, then spend most of your sessions there. Build a Sentence rewards grammar drilling; the email and discussion tasks reward timed writing plus feedback review.
No. Official scores come only from ETS; Reach120 shows a practice estimate. Its criteria reference the publicly available task and rubric descriptions for the 2026 format. How closely the estimate matches official scoring has not been measured, so we do not claim it does — the feedback names the issues it found in your response and tracks them over time.
Reading and Listening practice, sample answers, practice topics, and all blog guides are free. Unlimited AI-scored Writing and Speaking practice needs a paid plan: $7.49 every week or $48 every three months, cancel any time — each renews automatically until you cancel. AI scoring carries a fair-use limit of 300 actions a month — far more than typical use. Pricing is shown on this page, and there is no signup wall to see it.
Yes. The TOEFL Writing section changed on January 21, 2026 to three task types: Build a Sentence, Write an Email, and Academic Discussion. Reach120 practice follows the 2026 task descriptions ETS publishes. Our scores are practice estimates, never official results.
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