Free TEF Canada mock test with answers
Ten listening and ten reading questions in the TEF Canada style, with a clock on each part and every answer explained in English.
How it works
This free TEF Canada mock test has 10 listening and 10 reading questions, from A2 to C1, with a separate clock for each part: 10 minutes for listening and 15 for reading. That is the real pace, scaled down. The real TEF Canada has 40 listening questions in 40 minutes and 40 reading questions in 60 minutes. As in the exam, every question has four options and one right answer.
It follows the structure of the official TEF samples. In listening you read the question first, then hear conversations, announcements, voicemails, a street interview and radio pieces, with two questions on one interview. Reading moves from everyday documents and gap-fills to quick reading, administrative documents and press articles. Unlike the real test, it runs from easiest to hardest. Recordings are read by your browser’s French voice, and if your device has none, you read a transcript instead. The TEF Canada exam format guide covers all four modules, and the listening and reading tips cover each document type.
At the end you get a score per part, an English explanation for every question and a rough CEFR estimate. That estimate comes from a short practice set. It is not a TEF score and not a prediction of an NCLC. This is independent practice written by French Exam Alert. It is not the real exam, and we aren’t affiliated with CCI Paris Île-de-France (Le français des affaires) or France Éducation international. Your answers aren’t saved. For official samples, see free TEF and TCF practice.
- ✓ 20 original questions, A2 to C1
- ✓ 10 listening + 10 reading, each with its own clock
- ✓ Pause and go back
- ✓ Every answer explained in English
- ✓ Rough CEFR estimate, not an exam score
Common questions
Yes. This mock is free, needs no account, and explains every answer in English. Le français des affaires also publishes free official TEF sample questions with an answer key. We link them in our guide to free practice tests.
Yes. The first part of this mock is 10 listening questions in 10 minutes, read by your browser’s French voice. For real recordings, the official TEF sample includes audio files you can download.
No. Every recording and document is original, written for practice. It follows the format of the official samples, but it isn’t official material and we aren’t affiliated with CCI Paris Île-de-France or Le français des affaires.
No. It gives a rough CEFR estimate from 20 practice questions. It doesn’t convert to TEF scores and doesn’t predict an NCLC. Only a real TEF Canada result counts for IRCC.
Listening has 40 multiple-choice questions in 40 minutes, and each recording plays once. Reading has 40 multiple-choice questions in 60 minutes.