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TOEFL Junior Practice Test

Unofficial fill-the-gap questions for the Language Form and Meaning section: short notes and emails, one missing word or phrase each.

Note on the classroom door: "Our class ____ in the library today. Please bring your notebooks."

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Language form (grammar) 32

  • Announcement: "Next Friday our class ____ the science museum. Bring a packed lunch." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Active Verb Tenses, future with will.
  • Announcement: "The bus for the museum trip leaves ____ 8:30. Please do not be late." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Prepositions for Time, Place, and Introducing Objects, one point in time.
  • Announcement: "There ____ two new students in our class this week. Please show them around the school." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Making Subjects and Verbs Agree, guideline 9.
  • Camp letter: "At camp we like swimming, hiking, and ____ songs by the fire. I will send you photos soon." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Parallel Structure, words and phrases.
  • Class rules: "All students must put ____ phones in the basket before the test. They can take them back afterward." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Using Pronouns Clearly, agree in number.
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Language form (grammar), continued

  • Club notice: "Everyone in the drama club ____ to be at practice by four o'clock. We start on time." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Making Subjects and Verbs Agree, guideline 6.
  • Email to a cousin: "Yesterday my team ____ the first game of the season. Everyone was so happy." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Irregular Verbs: Overview and List, win, won, won.
  • Email to a teacher: "I have ____ my report about our class garden. May I give it to you on Monday?" ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Irregular Verbs: Overview and List, write, wrote, written.
  • Email: "I could have ____ you my extra ticket. Why didn't you ask me?" ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Verbs with Helpers, modal phrases.
  • Email: "I missed the bus this morning ____ my alarm clock did not ring. I had to walk to school." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Identifying Independent and Dependent Clauses, dependent and independent marker words.
  • Email: "My family ____ in this town for six years. I know almost every street." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Active Verb Tenses, present perfect.
  • Email: "Thank you for ____ me with my science project. I could not have finished it alone." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Gerunds, gerund as object of a preposition.
  • From a class diary: "Today we saw ____ owl in the tree behind the gym. It did not move at all." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Articles: A versus An, basic rule.
  • From a school guide: "The room ____ we keep the art supplies is next to the office. Ask a teacher for the key." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Relative Pronouns: Introduction and General Usage in Defining Clauses, table of relative pronouns.
  • From a school newspaper: "The choir sang ____ at the spring concert. The audience clapped for a long time." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, The Difference between Adjectives and Adverbs, adverbs.
  • From a school newspaper: "The student ____ won the spelling contest is in the seventh grade. She practiced every day." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Relative Pronouns: Introduction and General Usage in Defining Clauses, table of relative pronouns.
  • From a student profile: "Dana enjoys ____ pictures of birds. She keeps a sketchbook in her backpack." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Comparing Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives, verbs that take only gerunds.
  • Library rules: "Students can ____ three books at a time. Books must come back in two weeks." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Verbs with Helpers, modals.
  • Lost and found note: "Is this blue jacket ____? I found it under your chair." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Pronoun Case, table of pronoun cases.
  • Message from a friend: "The science fair is ____ Saturday. Do you want to go with me?" ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Prepositions for Time, Place, and Introducing Objects, one point in time.
  • Note from a classmate: "Mr. Lee gave Sara and ____ extra time to finish the poster. We will hand it in tomorrow." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Pronoun Case, compound structures.
  • Note from a friend: "Your poster looks ____. I really like the colors you chose." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, The Difference between Adjectives and Adverbs, adjectives after sense verbs.
  • Note on the classroom door: "Our class ____ in the library today. Please bring your notebooks." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Making Subjects and Verbs Agree, guideline 10.
  • Note to parents: "Our class wants ____ a garden behind the school. We need seeds and small tools." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Comparing Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives, verbs that take only infinitives.
  • Note: "Ms. Ortiz told us ____ our projects to the gym before nine. The judges arrive at ten." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Infinitives, verbs that take infinitive objects with actors.
  • Notice: "The new computers ____ in the library last week. Students may use them after school." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Passive Verbs, simple past passive.
  • Recipe from cooking class: "Add ____ sugar to the lemonade. Then stir it slowly." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Count and Noncount Nouns (with Articles and Adjectives), little, few.
  • School announcement: "How ____ students want to join the chess club? Sign your name on the list by Friday." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Count and Noncount Nouns: Basic Rules, much, many.
  • School calendar note: "The art show takes place ____ May. Each class will hang its best paintings." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Prepositions for Time, Place, and Introducing Objects, one point in time.
  • Story: "We ____ lunch when the fire alarm rang. Everybody walked outside quietly." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Active Verb Tenses, past progressive.
  • Story: "When we got to the theater, the play ____ already started. We found our seats in the dark." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Introduction to Verb Tenses, past perfect.
  • Text message: "I can't talk right now. I ____ my little brother with his homework." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: grammar in context. Rule: Purdue Online Writing Lab, Verbs with Helpers, present progressive.

Meaning (vocabulary) 12

  • Diary: "After the long walk up the hill, I was ____. I fell asleep before dinner." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: vocabulary in context. Meaning: Cambridge Learner's Dictionary, entry "exhausted".
  • Drama club notice: "We will ____ the play three more times before the show on Friday." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: vocabulary in context. Meaning: Cambridge Learner's Dictionary, entry "rehearse".
  • Email: "My sister and I ____ the whole afternoon by the lake. We did not want to go home." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: vocabulary in context. Meaning: Cambridge Learner's Dictionary, entry "spend".
  • Email: "Please ____ me to bring my permission slip. I always forget it." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: vocabulary in context. Meaning: Cambridge Learner's Dictionary, entry "remind".
  • From a school newspaper: "The gym was so ____ that many parents had to stand. Every seat was taken." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: vocabulary in context. Meaning: Cambridge Learner's Dictionary, entry "crowded".
  • Message: "I forgot my calculator. May I ____ yours for the math test? I will give it back after class." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: vocabulary in context. Meaning: Cambridge Learner's Dictionary, entry "borrow".
  • Note: "Thank you for ____ me your dictionary. I will return it tomorrow." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: vocabulary in context. Meaning: Cambridge Learner's Dictionary, entry "lend".
  • Notice: "Do you like to sing? ____ the school choir. We meet every Tuesday after class." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: vocabulary in context. Meaning: Cambridge Learner's Dictionary, entry "join".
  • Notice: "The printer in room 12 is broken. Mr. Diaz will ____ it this afternoon." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: vocabulary in context. Meaning: Cambridge Learner's Dictionary, entry "repair".
  • Report card comment: "Tomas reads every evening, and his spelling has ____ a lot this year." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: vocabulary in context. Meaning: Cambridge Learner's Dictionary, entry "improve".
  • Science class poster: "Wear safety glasses to ____ your eyes during the experiment." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: vocabulary in context. Meaning: Cambridge Learner's Dictionary, entry "protect".
  • Trip report: "The model ship in the hall was ____. It was longer than our school bus." ETS, TOEFL Junior Standard, Language Form and Meaning: vocabulary in context. Meaning: Cambridge Learner's Dictionary, entry "enormous".

How this list was compiled: Our own short texts and questions, written to the ETS description of the Language Form and Meaning section of the TOEFL Junior Standard test. Sections, item counts, scale scores and testing times: https://www.ets.org/toefl/junior/test-content.html (Language Form and Meaning: 42 items, 25 minutes, scale 200–300; whole test 126 items, 1 hour 55 minutes, 600–900), read 2026-10-09. What the section measures (grammar and vocabulary in context) and its question kind (choose the word or words that correctly complete a sentence inside a short text), scoring by the number of questions answered correctly: the TOEFL Junior Test Taker Handbook (https://www.ets.org/content/dam/ets-org/pdfs/toefl/toefl-junior-handbook.pdf), read 2026-10-09. Each grammar rule was read on 2026-10-09 in the page of the Purdue Online Writing Lab (owl.purdue.edu) that the question names, and each word meaning in the entry of the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary (dictionary.cambridge.org) that the question names, the same day. The bank holds 32 grammar and 12 vocabulary questions. Licence: Questions, texts, choices and explanations are original work of this site.

How it works

This free TOEFL Junior practice test has 44 questions of our own for the Language Form and Meaning section, each a short note with one gap. It is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by ETS.

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What the section asks

The ETS handbook for the TOEFL Junior tests, read October 9, 2026, says the section tests grammar and vocabulary in context: you choose the word or words that correctly complete a sentence. This bank holds 32 grammar and 12 vocabulary questions.

Count and time

ETS's test content page gives the section 42 questions in 25 minutes. Exam mode uses the same numbers.

After each answer

A grammar answer shows its rule, checked at the Purdue Online Writing Lab. A vocabulary answer shows the meaning, checked in the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary.

  • The ETS handbook says the score is the count of questions answered correctly, so try every question.
  • Read both sentences before you choose. The second one often shows which word fits the gap.

Questions and answers

Is this TOEFL Junior practice test the real exam?

No. The texts and questions were written for this site from ETS's description of the section. None repeats or rewords a real test question or an ETS sample question, and a result here is not a forecast of a score.

What is on the TOEFL Junior Standard test?

ETS lists three sections of 42 questions each: Listening Comprehension (40 minutes), Language Form and Meaning (25 minutes) and Reading Comprehension (50 minutes). This Junior TOEFL practice test covers the second one; it has no audio and no reading passages.

How is the TOEFL Junior scored?

ETS reports a scale score of 200 to 300 for each section and 600 to 900 in total. This page gives the number right only.

Can I take this TOEFL Junior practice test online for free?

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