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Free TCF Canada practice test: the full mock exam

Q: Is this TCF Canada practice test really free?

Yes. All four papers are free, listening and reading are scored on every attempt, and taking the exam is never blocked. AI marking of writing and speaking is included in the free plan's monthly allowance. You need an account so the exam can keep your answers and give you your result.

Q: Are these real TCF questions?

No, and nobody who says otherwise is telling you the truth. These are items we author in the format, the level range and the timing of the real paper. The question bank on this site is separate: it is what candidates report having seen, in our own wording.

Q: Will my real score be the same?

It will be close, not identical. The real TCF calibrates every question on thousands of candidates; we cannot. Treat the result as a level estimate and, above all, as a map of which paper to work on.

Q: Which declension should I sit?

TCF Canada for federal immigration (Express Entry and the programmes that read NCLC). TCF Québec if your file goes to Québec. TCF IRN for a French resident card or naturalisation.

Q: Can I sit it more than once?

Yes. There are enough authored tests to sit several without meeting the same item twice, and you can also sit a single paper at a time.

This free TCF Canada mock exam has four papers, timed exactly like the real sitting: listening, reading, written expression and oral expression. An AI examiner reads what you write and listens to what you say, and your score comes back with the NCLC level it corresponds to.

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TCF Canada practice test at a glance

Price: Free. All four papers cost nothing, listening and reading are scored on every attempt, and taking the exam is never blocked. AI marking of writing and speaking is part of the free plan's monthly allowance.
Sign-in: Required. A free account keeps your answers and your result: you sign in, then the exam starts.
Without an account: 40 numbered practice tests, one paper each, can be sat without signing in, with an instant score and NCLC level. See the list
The four papers: Compréhension orale · 39 questions · 35 min · Each recording plays once
Compréhension écrite · 39 questions · 60 min
Expression écrite · 3 tasks · 60 min
Expression orale · 3 tasks · 12 min
About 167 minutes in total
Scoring: Listening and reading are each scored from 100 to 699; writing and speaking are each marked out of 20. Every score converts to an NCLC level with the equivalence table IRCC publishes.
Minimum for NCLC 7: Listening 458, reading 453, writing 10/20, speaking 10/20.
Tests available: 70 complete tests and 5,460 comprehension questions, read from the exam itself. The bank keeps growing.
Official?: No. FlexiLingo writes the items in the format, level range and timing of the real TCF Canada, which France Éducation international designs. Treat your result as an estimate.
Last updated: October 19, 2026

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Free numbered practice tests, no account

Each test is one complete paper — 39 questions climbing from A1 to C2 — that you can sit straight away, without signing in. Submit it and you get your score out of 699, your NCLC level and the correct answer to every question.

Compréhension écrite

39 questions · 60 min

Start with TCF Canada Compréhension écrite practice test 1

20 tests

Compréhension orale

39 questions · 35 min · each recording plays once

Start with TCF Canada Compréhension orale practice test 1

20 tests

What is in the exam right now

These numbers are read from the exam content itself, not written into this page. They change as we author more.

70complete tests
5,460comprehension questions
420writing and speaking prompts

2,730 of the 2,730 listening items have their own recording.

A sitting fills every slot of every paper, so the number of complete tests is set by the thinnest paper — never by the largest.

The four papers

Section order, clocks and item counts are the ones the exam itself runs on.

About 167 minutes in total

How it runs

1
You pick the whole exam, or one paper
A full sitting runs the four papers in the official order. You can also sit a single paper when that is all you have time for.
2
The clock is the real one
Each paper runs on the exam's own time limit. In listening every recording plays once with its question and choices on screen, and the clock stops while it plays.
3
An AI examiner reads and listens
Your writing is read against the TCF criteria, and your speaking is transcribed and scored the same way. You get a mark per task with the reasoning behind it.
4
The score comes back at once
Listening and reading are graded the moment you submit. Writing and speaking follow as the examiner finishes each task.

Real items from the exam

These come out of the exam content itself, not from a page written about it. The answer key stays in the exam.

Compréhension orale

Item 20B2extrait d'émission d'actualité

Des horaires en échange de fiabilité

Une émission d'actualité reçoit un représentant des usagers à propos d'un changement dans le service d'autobus d'une ville.

In the exam this plays once, with the question and its choices on screen.

Que pense Gérard Tanguay de la décision de la société de transport ?

a.Il l'approuve entièrement, puisqu'elle rendra le service plus régulier.
b.Il la juge inutile, car le vrai problème vient du manque de chauffeurs.
c.Il juge la réduction acceptable, mais il critique la façon dont elle a été communiquée.
d.Il la rejette, parce qu'elle oblige les travailleurs à changer d'emploi.

The answer key is not on this page.

Compréhension écrite

Item 20B2article de presse (prise de position)

Les ruelles et leurs voisins

À Sherbrooke, plusieurs propriétaires de petits immeubles à logements s'inquiètent de la hausse des plaintes entre voisins. Pour la conseillère municipale Hélène Gagnon, le problème ne tient pas à des locataires plus bruyants qu'avant. « Les gens vivent dans des logements plus petits, avec des murs plus minces, et ils travaillent de plus en plus à la maison. Le moindre bruit devient donc plus difficile à tolérer », affirme-t-elle. La Ville a pourtant choisi d'ajouter des patrouilles de nuit, une mesure que l'élue juge nécessaire à court terme, mais qu'elle considère comme une réponse bien incomplète. Selon elle, les conflits s'enveniment surtout parce que les voisins ne se connaissent pas : on préfère écrire une plainte anonyme plutôt que de frapper à la porte d'à côté. Elle plaide donc pour que chaque immeuble organise, au moins une fois l'an, une rencontre entre résidents. « Ce n'est pas magique, reconnaît-elle, mais une personne que l'on a déjà croisée dans l'escalier devient plus facile à comprendre. » Elle admet toutefois que cette idée demande du temps et ne plaira pas à tous les propriétaires, qui y voient une charge supplémentaire.

Selon la conseillère, pourquoi les conflits de voisinage s'aggravent-ils ?

a.Les propriétaires refusent systématiquement de traiter les plaintes qu'on leur adresse.
b.Les locataires sont devenus beaucoup moins respectueux qu'autrefois envers leurs voisins.
c.Les patrouilles de nuit provoquent de nouvelles tensions dans les immeubles à logements.
d.Les voisins se connaissent peu et préfèrent se plaindre sans se parler.

The answer key is not on this page.

Expression écrite

Item 1

Bilan de ma première semaine de travail

Vous venez de commencer un nouveau travail. Écrivez un courriel à votre famille et vos amis pour leur décrire votre première semaine (l'entreprise, votre poste, vos tâches, etc.).

60–120 words

Expression orale

Item 1

Entretien dirigé : les conseils

Entretien dirigé. L'examinateur vous interroge sur les conseils : ceux qu'on vous a donnés, ceux que vous donnez, et ceux que vous avez suivis. Répondez de façon détaillée. Durée : deux minutes, sans préparation.

Speak 2:00

Quel est le meilleur conseil qu'on vous a donné ?
À qui demandez-vous conseil en général ?
Donnez-vous facilement des conseils aux autres ?
Avez-vous déjà ignoré un bon conseil ?
Quel conseil donneriez-vous à quelqu'un qui arrive au Canada ?

How the score works

Listening and reading: 100–699

Each comprehension paper is reported on a 100–699 scale, the same range the official attestation uses. The items climb from A1 to C2, so the score reflects how far up the paper you got, not only how many you answered.

Writing and speaking: out of 20

Each production paper is marked out of 20, task by task, against the criteria the real examiners apply. The paper's mark is what those tasks add up to.

The NCLC equivalence

IRCC publishes the score each NCLC level starts at. This is that table, read from the exam engine itself — the mock exam converts your score with exactly these thresholds.

NCLC	Compréhension orale	Compréhension écrite	Expression écrite	Expression orale
10	from 549	from 549	16/20	16/20
9	from 523	from 524	14/20	14/20
8	from 503	from 499	12/20	12/20
7	from 458	from 453	10/20	10/20
6	from 398	from 406	7/20	7/20
5	from 369	from 375	6/20	6/20
4	from 331	from 342	4/20	4/20

Score bands and the NCLC table are read from the exam configuration, which follows the TCF Manuel du candidat and IRCC's published equivalence.

Your overall level is your lowest skill

One weak paper sets the result, in the mock exam as in the real one. That is the paper worth working on.

This is an estimate

Listening and reading scores are an estimate: the real TCF calibrates every question. An NCLC below 4 is shown as “< 4”, and your overall level is your lowest skill.

Canada, Québec, IRN — what differs

Three declensions of the same test. What changes is which paper you sit and how the result is reported.

TCF Canada
Test de connaissance du français, the French test for Canadian immigration
The paper
39 + 39 comprehension items, three writing tasks, three speaking tasks.
Reported as
100–699 per comprehension paper and a mark out of 20 per production paper, converted to NCLC 4–10.
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TCF Québec
The French test for Québec immigration (PSTQ, PEQ). On the official test you choose 1 to 4 papers, with 29 listening and 29 reading questions. Our mock runs all four skills at TCF Canada length (39 + 39 questions) and reports a CEFR level per skill.
The paper
Not the same paper as TCF Canada: you choose 1 to 4 papers, and listening and reading have 29 questions each (25 and 45 min). Our mock runs all four at TCF Canada length, 39 + 39 items.
Reported as
A CEFR level (A1–C2) instead of NCLC, plus the Québec immigration points scale for the level each skill reached.
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TCF IRN
The French test for a French residence card or naturalisation (Intégration, Résidence et Nationalité): four compulsory papers, 25 listening and 25 reading questions (levels up to B2). Since 1 January 2026 France asks for A2 for a first multi-year card, B1 for a first resident card (under 65) and B2 for naturalisation. Practice coming soon.
The paper
A shorter paper: 25 + 25 comprehension items and three shorter production tasks of its own.
Reported as
A CEFR level on a 100–499 comprehension scale, which tops out at B2.
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Questions

Is this TCF Canada practice test really free?

Yes. All four papers are free, listening and reading are scored on every attempt, and taking the exam is never blocked. AI marking of writing and speaking is included in the free plan's monthly allowance. You need an account so the exam can keep your answers and give you your result.

Are these real TCF questions?

No, and nobody who says otherwise is telling you the truth. These are items we author in the format, the level range and the timing of the real paper. The question bank on this site is separate: it is what candidates report having seen, in our own wording.

Will my real score be the same?

It will be close, not identical. The real TCF calibrates every question on thousands of candidates; we cannot. Treat the result as a level estimate and, above all, as a map of which paper to work on.

Which declension should I sit?

TCF Canada for federal immigration (Express Entry and the programmes that read NCLC). TCF Québec if your file goes to Québec. TCF IRN for a French resident card or naturalisation.

Can I sit it more than once?

Yes. There are enough authored tests to sit several without meeting the same item twice, and you can also sit a single paper at a time.

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