TEF Practice Test with an Examiner That Talks Back

TEF Expression orale

Expression orale practice with an examiner who has no script

• 15 minutes
• Section A + Section B
• CEFR level A1–C2

On the exam. Section A lasts five minutes. You have seen an advert or a notice and you phone to find out more: you ask the questions, the examiner answers. Section B lasts ten minutes. You present a document to a friend and try to convince them, and they are not easily convinced. Section A is formal and Section B is informal, and handling that shift is part of what is assessed.

Most speaking practice online is a recorded question and a countdown. You talk, it records, and nothing you say changes what happens next. That builds some fluency. It does nothing for an exam where you have to ask, listen, and respond to someone who reacts to you.

On LinguaMock.ai, the examiner talks back. There is no script and there are no stock replies, and no two conversations come out the same. It is the closest you can get to a TEF examiner without booking a test.

• Section A: ask a real question, get a real answer Ask about prices, dates or conditions and you get real, consistent answers, as you would from a person on the phone. Ask something vague and you get a vague answer. That is how you learn to ask the precise, varied questions Section A rewards.
• Section B: someone who pushes back Make your case and the examiner objects to what you just said. You practise what this section measures: answering resistance, rephrasing, and bringing new reasons.
• Nothing to memorise Every reply is shaped by your words, so a memorised answer gets you nowhere, which is exactly the condition you face in the real exam.
• The same shape and pressure as the day Five minutes for Section A, ten for Section B, formal and then informal. When you walk into the test centre, it will not be your first time.
• Feedback in English You speak in French and you are assessed in French. The explanation of your result is written in English, so you understand exactly what to fix even while your French is still developing.

TEF Expression écrite

Expression écrite practice, marked the way the TEF marks

• 60 minutes
• Section A + Section B
• CEFR level A1–C2

On the exam. Section A gives you 25 minutes and needs at least 80 words. You get the opening of a short news story and write the rest in the style of a newspaper article. Section B gives you 35 minutes and needs at least 200 words. You react to a statement and defend your point of view with developed arguments, writing to readers.

For study in France the usual target is B2. The gap between B1 and B2 in writing is rarely vocabulary. B2 needs a text that holds together, argues rather than lists, and stays in the right register from the first line to the last. A spellcheck cannot see any of that. A marker working to the TEF criteria can.

• Marked on the criteria the TEF uses This is not a word count and a spellcheck. Your text is assessed against the CEFR-based criteria the TEF uses. A breakdown shows where your marks came from and which criterion is costing you the most.
• Marked against the task you were set Section A is a narrative and Section B is an argument, and each is assessed against its own task. A Section B that tells a story instead of defending a position loses marks here, just as it would on the day.
• Feedback aimed at B2, not a list of errors A page of corrected accents will not move you from B1 to B2. Knowing that your Section B states a position but never defends it will. The feedback shows what stands between your text and the level above it, in English.
• Results in about a minute Write, see your level, fix the weak point, and write again the same evening. That loop is how a level moves.

TEF Lexique et structure

Lexique et structure practice: the section most material skips

• 30 minutes
• 40 questions
• CEFR level A1–C2

On the exam. Forty questions in thirty minutes, so forty-five seconds each. The section tests grammar and vocabulary directly: verb forms and moods, prepositions, pronouns, linking words, agreement and precise word choice. It is part of the TEF for study and does not exist in TEF Canada.

• Included, not skipped Practice built for TEF Canada leaves this section out, because TEF Canada does not have it. If you are sitting the TEF for study it counts like any other section, and for first-year university admission through the DAP procedure it is compulsory.
• The most learnable section on the paper The same points come up again and again: the subjunctive after bien que, the right connector for a consequence, dont versus que, meilleur rather than plus bon. Lexique et structure rewards targeted study faster than any other section. An hour on the right rule shows up as points.
• Every wrong answer comes with its rule Each item explains why the right form is right and why the tempting one is wrong. After a few tests you stop guessing on the patterns that cost you most.
• It lifts your writing too The grammar Lexique et structure tests is the grammar Expression écrite marks. Fix it here and both sections move.

TEF Compréhension orale

Compréhension orale practice tests in the current 40-question format

• 40 minutes
• 40 questions
• CEFR level A1–C2

On the exam. Forty multiple-choice questions in forty minutes, rising steadily from A2 to C1. It runs from short everyday conversations and announcements to long interviews, reports and debates. Recordings play on the exam's own schedule, with a fixed window to answer each question. You cannot pause or rewind.

• The real paper, from the first question to the last Every test follows the current format. When you sit the real exam, you already know what is coming and how fast it comes.
• Timed exactly like the exam The same time to read and the same time to answer as on the day. Practising with unlimited time teaches you a test you will never sit.
• The last stretch decides C1 The final questions are long recordings where you follow an argument, not just catch a fact. Every test gives you the full set, so you train where higher levels are won.
• Every answer explained, your level instantly Each question explains why the right option matches what was said and why the tempting one does not. Your CEFR level appears the moment you finish.

TEF Compréhension écrite

Compréhension écrite practice tests in the current 40-question format

• 60 minutes
• 40 questions
• CEFR level A1–C2

On the exam. Forty questions in sixty minutes, which is ninety seconds a question including the reading. It runs from adverts, notices and timetables through gap-fills and rapid reading to opinion pieces at C1. Most marks lost here are lost to the clock.

• The real paper, from the first question to the last Every test follows the current format, with documents, charts and longer texts presented as they are on screen in the exam.
• Learn to spot the trap The right answer usually paraphrases the text, and the tempting wrong one repeats its words. Every answer is explained, so you learn to see the trap before you fall into it.
• Ninety seconds a question, on the real clock Untimed practice tells you how well you read. Timed practice tells you your level.