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TOEFL Listen and Repeat Practice
Hear a sentence, repeat it, see a score for every word. Free, no signup.
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A librarian is showing new students around the main library.
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Listen, then tap the mic and repeat it. The text appears after your take.
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Scores are per word, against a standard American English reference. A word you leave out or change usually scores very low. They are not a TOEFL score.
Listen and Repeat is the first task in the Speaking section of the new TOEFL iBT: you hear a sentence and say it back exactly. Practise it here the same way. Play a sentence, repeat it from memory, and only then see the text and a score for every word you said. Three original sets, seven sentences each, getting longer as you go. Free, in your browser, no account.
Practice only. This tool is not made by ETS and does not give or predict a TOEFL score. On the test, ETS scores your answer with its own automated system; this page only scores the words you say.
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How Listen and Repeat works on the 2026 TOEFL iBT
The TOEFL iBT changed in January 2026, and its Speaking section now starts with Listen and Repeat. ETS’s 2026 test specifications list seven items for the task, all scored automatically. You hear one sentence at a time, you hear it only once, and after each one there is a short pause in which you say it back.
Prep guides describe the sentences as belonging to one setting, such as a guide giving a tour of a campus building, with a picture of the place on screen but no text, and getting longer from the first sentence to the last. The three sets on this page are built the same way. They are written for practice; they are not taken from the test.
What this practice checks, and what it does not
It checks the words you say. After each take the sentence appears with a score for every word in it, and a word you skipped or changed shows up with a low score, so you see what you missed as well as what you said unclearly. After the seventh sentence the set ranks your weakest words. Each word gets a score from 0 to 100. Green (85 and up), blue (70–84), amber and red are review priorities: start with the lowest words. They are not a pass mark and not a measure of how well people understand you.
It does not score rhythm, intonation or timing, and it does not give or predict a TOEFL score. The audio comes from your device’s voice (or ours, when the device has none), so it sounds different from the speakers on the test. Here you can replay a sentence; on the test you cannot, so try to repeat after one listen.
How to get better at repeating sentences
Listen for meaning, not for single words. A sentence you understood is far easier to repeat than a string of sounds, so picture what the speaker is describing. Then repeat in the speaker’s phrases: “If you need help / finding a source, / ask one of the librarians / at the front desk.”
Keep the small words. Under pressure most people drop “a”, “the”, “of” and plural endings, and each one is a missing word. Start speaking as soon as the sentence ends, while it is still in your ear, and keep going even if you lose a word: finishing the sentence is better than stopping.
For the long sentences, train your memory in steps: repeat the first half, then the whole sentence. Record the same set again a day later and compare your weakest words.
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Questions
Is this the official TOEFL Listen and Repeat?+
No. TonePerfect is not affiliated with ETS. The sentences are original practice sentences in the style of the task, and the scores come from TonePerfect’s own English speech engine.
Will this predict my TOEFL Speaking score?+
No. It scores the words you say, one by one, against a standard American English reference. Your TOEFL score comes from ETS, which scores the whole Speaking section with its own system.
Why is the sentence hidden?+
Because on the test there is no text: you only hear the sentence. The text appears after your take, next to your word scores. If your device cannot play the audio at all, the page shows the sentence instead.
Can I hear a sentence twice?+
Here, yes: tap “Play again”. On the test each sentence plays once, so practise repeating after a single listen.
Does an accent lower my score?+
The reference is standard American English, so some correct British or other pronunciations can score a little lower here. What matters most in this task is saying every word, clearly, in the right order.
Is it free?+
Yes, it is free and needs no account. There is a daily limit on recordings per browser, enough for all three sets.
What happens to my recording?+
It is sent to our server to be scored. The audio is not kept; the sentence and its scores are stored with an anonymous id and a hashed IP address so we can see how the page is used.
Sources
- ETS — TOEFL iBT test specifications 2026 (Speaking: Listen and Repeat, 7 items)
- ETS — TOEFL iBT lesson plan: Speaking (how Listen and Repeat is delivered)
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