How is this task scored?

ETS scores the 2026 writing tasks with AI on the 1 to 6 band scale, and states that varied grammar and vocabulary is part of what is assessed.

How formal should the email be?

It depends on the reader the prompt gives you. Every entry below is tagged with its register so you can match the tone deliberately.

Writing: Write an Email

Writing: Write an Email is part of the Writing section of the TOEFL Essentials test. You get 100–150 words and 7 minutes to write. It is scored by the number of correct answers.

Length: 100–150 words
Time: 7 minutes
Prompts here: 2 published

Build the functional email vocabulary this task rewards — requesting, explaining, apologising and proposing, in a register that fits the person you are writing to.

The prompt names your reader and your purpose. Matching register to that reader is scored, so learn each function in both its neutral and its polite form.

Now do it yourself and find out where you land

A model answer shows you the target. It cannot tell you whether your own writing hits it — that is a CLB level for each criterion, with the sentences that earned it.

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How is this task scored?: ETS scores the 2026 writing tasks with AI on the 1 to 6 band scale, and states that varied grammar and vocabulary is part of what is assessed.
How formal should the email be?: It depends on the reader the prompt gives you. Every entry below is tagged with its register so you can match the tone deliberately.

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