How many questions are on the TOEFL, and what’s the passing score?

Questions and time in each section

Times don’t include directions. ETS says to allow about 2 hours for the whole session, and there are no scheduled breaks.

Why your count can be different

Reading and Listening are adaptive, in two stages. Everyone starts with the same first part. How you do there decides whether your second part is easier or harder. So the number of items and the time can change a little from person to person.

Reading and Listening also include some unscored items that ETS is trying out for future tests. They look just like the real ones, so do your best on every question.

There’s no passing score

Nobody passes or fails the TOEFL. You get a score from 1 to 6, in half bands, for each section and overall. Your school or program says what it needs, and it may ask for a minimum in each section too.

Lots of schools still list requirements on the old 0-120 scale. For the first two years, until January 2028, your score report also shows a comparable 0-120 total. ETS suggests these matches for setting requirements:

What our practice test aims for

Our free practice test has 20 questions on reading, grammar and vocabulary. Since TOEFL has no pass mark, we use 70% as a practice target, which is 14 right. It’s a goal to aim for, not a prediction of your real score.