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TCF Canada practice test: two timed sections
Reading first, under this title; listening below. Each section follows the count and duration of the TCF Canada, with the correction kept for the end.
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Mock section: 39 questions, 60 minutes
Time left: 60:00
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This TCF Canada practice test gives you the two multiple-choice tests in their official frame: reading, 39 questions in 60 minutes, and listening, 39 questions in 35 minutes, as set out in version J of the France Éducation international candidate manual. Like the real test, each question has 4 options and one right answer, the items get harder as you go, and each recording plays once. The content is ours: questions written by Radif Partners against the CEFR, 72 for reading and 60 for listening, drawn in proportion to each level from A1 to C2. Listening uses your browser's speech synthesis rather than studio recordings. When you finish or the clock runs out, the panel shows a raw score, the success rate per level and a rough level indication of our own. That is not a TCF score: the real one runs from 100 to 699 in reading and listening and comes from France Éducation international's calibration. For a target, NCLC 7 starts at 453 in reading and 458 in listening on the IRCC chart. Writing and speaking, marked out of 20, are practised on their own pages.
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Listening section
39 questions, 35 minutes, a single play per document. Headphones help, since the voice comes from your browser. Sit the two sections on different days if you can: one hour of reading followed by listening is a long stretch, and a tired second section would understate your level.
Your result
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Mock section: 39 questions, 35 minutes
Time left: 35:00
Your answers stay in this browser (local storage, for the review page). Nothing is sent.
If no French voice is available on your device, the transcript replaces the play button. The section then measures reading, not listening, so keep that result apart.
The TCF Canada in four tests
The TCF Canada has four compulsory tests, 2 h 47 min in total according to the candidate manual. The mock covers the first two rows of this table.
| Test | Content | Duration | NCLC 7 from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listening | 39 questions | 35 min | 458 |
| Reading | 39 questions | 60 min | 453 |
| Writing | 3 tasks (60–120, 120–150, 120–180 words) | 60 min | 10/20 |
| Speaking | 3 tasks (2 min, 3 min 30 s after 2 min preparation, 4 min 30 s) | 12 min | 10/20 |
Writing and speaking are practised with the same task formats on the writing and speaking pages. They are marked out of 20 rather than on the 699 scale, and IRCC's chart reads those marks directly: 10 out of 20 is the start of NCLC 7 in both. A candidate who is strong in reading but weak in writing can therefore fail the Federal Skilled Worker minimum of NCLC 7 on a single task-based test, which is a reason not to leave writing to the last weeks.
What the mock copies, and what it cannot
Copied from the manual: the number of questions, the time limit, 4 options with one right answer, difficulty rising through the section, one play per recording, and no correction before the end. Not copied: the questions themselves, which are ours; studio recordings with real voices; and the calibration that turns right answers into a score between 100 and 699. Our questions were drawn up by Radif Partners from the descriptors of the Council of Europe's CEFR scale, and each correction names the descriptor it follows.
From the panel to your next step
The result panel lists your right answers per CEFR level. On the TCF scale, B1 starts at 300 and B2 at 400, and NCLC 7 in reading (453) falls inside B2. Our suggestion: if B2 questions are where your success rate falls under two thirds, spend the next weeks on B2 documents in the reading practice and listening practice, then take a fresh draw of the mock. Our level indication follows the same two-thirds rule and is only a rough guide, never a TCF result.
TCF or TEF, and the timing of a sitting
Both tests are accepted by IRCC for Express Entry and citizenship. Their rules differ on details that matter for planning: the TCF manual sets 30 days between two sittings, and results within 10 working days on computer or 15 on paper. The TCF or TEF comparison goes through the differences, the TCF score page converts real results to NCLC, and the France Éducation international page lists registration and centres. Missed mock questions are kept in this browser for the review page.