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Questões do TOEFL 2026: um exemplo de cada tipo de questão do iBT, com resposta comentada

O novo TOEFL iBT, aplicado desde 21 de janeiro de 2026, tem 12 tipos de questão: três no Reading, quatro no Listening, três no Writing e dois no Speaking. Abaixo está uma questão de exemplo de cada tipo, na ordem em que as seções aparecem na prova, com a resposta e uma explicação curta em português. As doze são nossas, escritas no formato das tarefas reais; não são questões da ETS. Os roteiros de Listening estão impressos aqui, mas na prova você ouve uma vez e nunca vê o texto. O conteúdo das questões fica em inglês, como na prova. Cada exemplo leva a uma prática com o tempo real.

Um mapa rápido antes dos exemplos:

Mais sobre a estrutura em o que é o TOEFL.

Reading

1. Complete the Words

Digite as letras que faltam para completar cada palavra.

Many desert plants store water in thick leaves or stems. The best kn___ example i_ the cac___, whose rib___ stem c__ expand af___ rain a__ shrink ag___ during lo__ dry per____.

Respostas: known, is, cactus, ribbed, can, after, and, again, long, periods.

Por quê: a primeira frase vem completa; depois dela, uma palavra sim, outra não perde a segunda metade, e cada lacuna mostra quantas letras faltam. A gramática restringe antes do vocabulário: depois de “The best” vem um particípio (known), e “c__ expand” pede um verbo modal (can). Leia a frase inteira antes de digitar. Guia: Complete the Words. Prática: Complete the Words.

2. Read in Daily Life

Riverside Housing: laundry update From Monday 3 March, the washers in Block C will take card payments only. Coins will still work in Blocks A and B until the end of the month. You can top up your student card at the front desk or in the housing app. Machines 4 and 7 in Block C are out of order; a repair is booked for Wednesday.

Q1. What is the notice mainly about? A. A new laundry room opening in Block C B. A change in how residents pay for laundry ✓ C. The cost of repairing two machines D. New opening hours of the front desk

Q2. A Block C resident has only coins. What should she do before using a washer in her block? A. Wait until Wednesday B. Use machine 4 or 7 C. Add money to her student card ✓ D. Ask the front desk for a refund

Por quê: a Q1 pede o objetivo, e quase todo o aviso trata da forma de pagamento. A Q2 é de aplicação: as máquinas do bloco C só aceitam cartão, e o aviso diz onde carregar. A alternativa B usa palavras do texto, mas essas máquinas estão quebradas. Guia: Read in Daily Life. Prática: Read in Daily Life.

3. Read an Academic Passage

Flowers of the night Most flowers open in daylight, when bees and butterflies are active. A smaller group opens only at dusk, and these night-blooming flowers tend to share three features. Their petals are usually white or pale, which makes them easier to see in low light. They often release a strong, sweet scent after sunset, because moths find food mainly by smell. And many have long, narrow tubes with nectar at the bottom, a shape that suits the long tongues of hawk moths but keeps out most other insects.

This specialisation has a cost. If the local moth population falls, few other animals can pollinate the plant. For this reason, some botanists treat a decline in night-blooming flowers as an early warning that moths are in trouble.

Q1. Why does the author mention the long tongues of hawk moths? A. To compare moths with bees B. To explain why the flower’s shape favours moths ✓ C. To show that moths are larger than other insects D. To describe how moths find flowers in the dark

Q2. What can be inferred about night-blooming flowers? A. They produce more nectar than daytime flowers. B. They depend heavily on one group of pollinators. ✓ C. They can survive without pollination. D. They are becoming more common.

Por quê: a Q1 é de objetivo: as línguas explicam por que um tubo longo serve às mariposas e barra outros insetos. D é verdade sobre as mariposas, mas é dita a respeito do cheiro, não das línguas. A Q2 é uma inferência a partir de “few other animals can pollinate the plant”. Na prova, cada texto tem cinco perguntas. Guia: Read an Academic Passage. Prática: Academic Passage.

Listening

4. Listen and Choose a Response

Você ouve (uma vez): “Would you mind if I borrowed your notes from Tuesday’s lecture?”

A. Sure, I’ll send you a photo of them tonight. ✓ B. No, the lecture was on Tuesday. C. I didn’t mind the lecture at all. D. Yes, I borrowed them last week.

Por quê: “Would you mind if…” pede permissão, e “Sure” concede. Cuidado com a armadilha para quem fala português: tecnicamente, a resposta literal a “você se importa?” seria “no”, mas o que importa é a função da frase, e “Sure” é a reação natural. B e C repetem palavras ouvidas (Tuesday, mind) sem responder; D inverte quem pega emprestado. Palavras repetidas do áudio são a pegadinha mais comum desta tarefa. Prática: Choose a Response.

5. Listen to a Conversation

Você ouve uma estudante e um funcionário da biblioteca:

Student: Hi, I booked a group study room for Thursday at four, but two of my teammates have a lab then. Assistant: No problem. Do you want to move it or cancel it? Student: Move it. Is anything free on Friday? Assistant: Friday at two, or Thursday at six. Student: Our slides are due Friday at noon, so Friday’s too late. I’ll take Thursday at six. Assistant: Done. The building locks at nine, so you’ll have three hours. Student: That’s plenty. Thanks.

Q1. Why does the student go to the desk? A. To book a room for the first time B. To change the time of a booking ✓ C. To complain about a lab schedule D. To ask when the building closes

Q2. Why does the student turn down Friday at two? A. The room is too small. B. Her teammates have a lab then. C. The group’s work is due before then. ✓ D. The building is closed on Friday.

Por quê: Q1: a reserva já existe e ela quer mudá-la. Q2: “due Friday at noon” significa que sexta à tarde já é depois do prazo; B é o motivo de não poder na quinta às quatro, não na sexta. Guia: Listen to a Conversation. Prática: Conversation.

6. Listen to an Announcement

Listen to an announcement in a chemistry class.

Before we start, a quick change for next week. Tuesday’s lab won’t be in Room 214 as usual, because the fume hoods there are being inspected. We’ll meet in Room 108 on the ground floor, same time. Room 108 has fewer benches, so you’ll work in groups of three instead of pairs. Please read the safety sheet on the course page before you come, and bring your own goggles.

Q1. What is the main purpose of the announcement? A. To cancel next week’s lab B. To tell students about a change of room ✓ C. To explain a new safety rule D. To form new project groups

Q2. Why will students work in groups of three? A. Some students have no goggles. B. The inspection takes extra time. C. The new room has fewer places to work. ✓ D. The experiment is more difficult.

Por quê: a troca de sala é a notícia; grupos, óculos e a ficha de segurança decorrem dela. Na Q2, ouça o “so”: “fewer benches, so… groups of three”. Prática: Announcement.

7. Listen to an Academic Talk

Listen to part of a talk in a psychology class.

Let’s talk about something you’ve all done: studying everything the night before an exam. It feels efficient, and the next morning it often works. The problem shows up a week later. Memory research has found again and again that material studied in one long session fades quickly, while the same amount of study spread over several shorter sessions lasts much longer. This is called the spacing effect. Why would spacing help? One explanation is that each time you come back to something you’ve half forgotten, your brain has to work to retrieve it, and that effort strengthens the memory. Review something you saw five minutes ago, and there’s no effort, so there’s little gain. Now, I’m not saying a final review is useless. It’s fine, as long as it isn’t the first time you’ve seriously looked at the material.

Q1. What is the talk mainly about? A. How to prepare for a psychology exam B. Why spaced study is remembered longer than cramming ✓ C. How memory changes as people get older D. Why reviewing the night before is useless

Q2. What is the professor’s attitude toward a review the night before an exam? A. It is the most effective way to study. B. It is harmful and should be avoided. C. It is acceptable if earlier study was done. ✓ D. It works only for short-term tests.

Por quê: Q1: a aula define o efeito de espaçamento e o explica. Q2 é de atitude, sinalizada por “Now, I’m not saying…”: o professor aceita a revisão final com uma condição. A alternativa D da Q1 é justamente o exagero que o professor rejeita. Na prova, cada aula tem quatro perguntas. Guia: Listen to an Academic Talk. Prática: Academic Talk.

Writing

8. Build a Sentence

Classmate: I’m going to the career fair tomorrow. You: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ? Tiles: whether / interns / could / are hiring / you / they / find out / do

Resposta: Could you find out whether they are hiring interns?

Por quê: o pedido começa com “Could you”; depois de “find out whether”, a pergunta é indireta e usa a ordem de afirmação (they are hiring), não a de pergunta. Por isso do é a peça que sobra. Em português a ordem não muda em perguntas indiretas, e é por isso que esse item derruba tanto brasileiro. Só vale ponto se a frase inteira estiver certa. Guia: Build a Sentence. Prática: Build a Sentence.

9. Write an Email (7 minutos)

You signed up for a weekend volunteer trip run by the campus environmental club and paid a deposit. You have just learned that your sister’s graduation is on the same Saturday. Write to Daniel Okafor, the club’s trip coordinator. In your email:

• explain why you cannot join the trip;
• ask whether your deposit can be moved to the next trip;
• offer to help with the trip in another way.

Resposta-modelo (cerca de 130 palavras):

Dear Daniel,

I’m afraid I won’t be able to join the river clean-up trip on 14 November. I’ve just found out that my sister’s graduation ceremony is that Saturday, and my family is expecting me to be there.

I already paid the $20 deposit. Would it be possible to move it to the next trip instead of getting a refund? I saw on the club page that there’s a park restoration day planned for early December, and I’d love to take part in that one.

I’d also like to help with this trip, even if I can’t be there. I could make the sign-up sheet for the equipment or put up posters around the library this week.

Thank you for understanding, and sorry for the short notice.

Best regards, Lucía

Por que funciona: cada um dos três pedidos tem seu parágrafo, o tom é educado mas direto e os detalhes são concretos (uma data, um valor, duas ofertas específicas). Esquecer um dos três pontos custa mais que um pequeno erro de gramática. Guia: e-mail do TOEFL. Prática: Write an Email.

10. Write for an Academic Discussion (10 minutos)

Professor Lin (Sociology): Some universities require all first-year students to live in campus housing. Supporters say it helps students build friendships and settle in; critics say it is expensive and limits choice. Should universities require first-year students to live on campus? Why or why not?

Maya: Yes. Living on campus is the easiest way to meet people outside your classes. Students who live at home or off campus often miss evening events and study groups.

Jonas: I disagree. Campus housing costs more than a shared flat in many cities. A rule like this pushes some students into debt in their first year.

Contribuição-modelo (cerca de 125 palavras):

I see both points, but I think a full-year requirement goes too far, and a shorter one would keep most of the benefits Maya describes. The first few weeks are when students form friendships and learn how the university works, so a one-semester requirement would cover the period that matters most. After that, students who are struggling with costs, which is Jonas’s concern, could move to cheaper housing. For example, at my cousin’s university, first-year students live in a residence hall until January and then choose. She told me that most of her friends from the first semester stayed close even after half of them moved out. A flexible rule protects both the social side and students’ budgets.

Por que funciona: toma uma posição clara, cita os dois colegas pelo nome e acrescenta algo novo (um meio-termo de um semestre) em vez de repetir Maya ou Jonas. Um motivo e um exemplo curto sustentam a ideia. Guia: Academic Discussion. Prática: Academic Discussion.

Speaking

11. Listen and Repeat

You are visiting a campus history museum. Listen to the guide and repeat each sentence exactly.

1. Welcome to the museum.
2. Please leave large bags at the front desk.
3. The first room shows the campus in the 1920s.
4. Photos are allowed, but please turn off the flash.
5. The map on the wall was drawn by one of the first students.
6. If you look closely, you can see that the library used to be a farmhouse.
7. Before you leave, you can add your own memory of the campus to the book next to the exit.

O que pontua: todas as palavras na ordem certa, com acento e pausas naturais. Pular palavrinhas (the, of, to) tira ponto, assim como trocar can por could. Para brasileiros, dois pontos de atenção: não acrescentar vogal no fim (look não é “luki”) e pronunciar o -ed de allowed como um simples /d/, sem criar sílaba extra. As frases crescem de poucas palavras para quase vinte, então ouça em blocos de sentido (“Before you leave / you can add your own memory / of the campus / to the book / next to the exit”). Guia: Listen and Repeat. Prática: Listen and Repeat.

12. Take an Interview

You are taking part in a university study about how students use their phones for learning. 45 seconds per answer, no preparation time.

1. Thanks for joining us. To start, which apps on your phone do you use most for your studies?
2. Can you describe a time when your phone helped you learn something quickly?
3. Some students say phones are a distraction in class. What has your experience been?
4. Some people think universities should ban phones in lectures. Do you agree? Why or why not?

Resposta-modelo para a pergunta 4 (cerca de 85 palavras):

I don’t think a complete ban is a good idea. Many students use their phones for useful things in lectures, like checking a definition or photographing a diagram on the board. In my statistics class, for example, we answer quick polls on our phones, and it keeps everyone involved. But I do understand the concern about social media. A better rule, in my view, would be to let each lecturer decide, and to ask students to keep notifications off. That way the phone stays a tool, not a distraction.

Por que funciona: a primeira frase responde à pergunta; depois vêm um motivo, um exemplo concreto e uma conclusão equilibrada, sem silêncio longo. As perguntas vão do pessoal para uma opinião mais ampla, então guarde o melhor raciocínio para a última. Guia: Take an Interview. Prática: Take an Interview.

Como usar estes exemplos

Faça cada exemplo uma vez com cronômetro e depois treine com questões novas os tipos em que errou. A sala de TOEFL da Nomto tem os 12 tipos com o tempo da prova, e o áudio toca uma vez. Reading, Listening e Build a Sentence são corrigidos na hora, com explicações em português, inglês, espanhol ou russo, 10 itens grátis com conta; Speaking e Writing recebem nota de 0 a 5 pelas rubricas oficiais, dada por IA e marcada como estimativa, com 3 respostas faladas e 1 escrita grátis. Quando estiver confortável com todos os tipos, faça um simulado adaptativo para ter a nota de 1 a 6 por seção e o total de 0 a 120. Para saber a meta, veja qual é uma nota boa no TOEFL; para um plano, como se preparar para o TOEFL.

Perguntas frequentes

Estas são questões reais do TOEFL? Não. São exemplos originais no formato da prova de 2026. A ETS publica o próprio material oficial de prática em ets.org.

Quantas questões tem o TOEFL em 2026? Cerca de 120 itens: Reading cerca de 50, Listening cerca de 47, Writing 12 e Speaking 11. Reading e Listening se adaptam às suas respostas, então o número varia um pouco.

Qual tipo de questão aparece mais? Listen and Choose a Response é a tarefa mais frequente do Listening, e cada item de Complete the Words no Reading tem dez lacunas. As duas são curtas, então velocidade nelas faz diferença.

O novo TOEFL tem redação? Não tem redação longa. O texto mais longo é a contribuição para a discussão acadêmica, escrita em 10 minutos.

TOEFL® e TOEFL iBT® são marcas registradas da ETS. A Nomto não é endossada nem aprovada pela ETS.

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