TOEFL Vocabulary for Every Task

Build the everyday reading vocabulary the TOEFL iBT uses in notices, schedules, messages and other practical texts, so you can find the answer without re-reading the passage.

Learn the academic vocabulary that carries argument and evidence in a TOEFL reading passage — the hedges, connectors and abstract nouns that tell you what the writer actually claims.

Train the spelling and word-form knowledge this task actually tests: you see part of a word inside an academic paragraph and must complete it correctly.

Pick up the conversational vocabulary of campus life — requests, problems, arrangements and the polite formulas around them — so a two-speaker exchange stays easy to follow.

Learn the vocabulary of notices and announcements — changes, deadlines, requirements and instructions — which is where the answerable detail in this task always sits.

Build the lecture vocabulary that signals structure and emphasis — how a lecturer introduces a point, qualifies it, contrasts it and marks what matters.

Master the short functional phrases this task turns on — the natural reply to an offer, a complaint, an apology or an invitation.

Learn the connectors and structural words this task rearranges — the pieces that decide where a clause can legally go in an English sentence.

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

Learn the discussion vocabulary that earns marks here — stating a position, agreeing in part, conceding a point and adding evidence to an online academic thread.

Practise the words and phrases that are hardest to say back accurately — stress patterns, weak forms and consonant clusters that trip up an otherwise strong speaker.

Build the vocabulary of a spoken interview — describing experience, giving reasons, comparing options and handling a follow-up question without losing fluency.