Full-length mock papers

A TCF Canada mock test that marks itself honestly

Two comprehension papers at the real length and the real pace: 39 questions in 60 minutes for reading, 39 in 35 for listening. Marked when you hand in, with the reasoning behind every answer you missed.

Start the reading mock Start the listening mock 3 free writing + 3 free speaking corrections

Reading questions: 39
Reading timer: 60 min
Listening questions: 39
Listening timer: 35 min

Why a full-length paper is different

Answering twenty questions well tells you about your French. Answering thirty-nine in a row, in rising order of difficulty, tells you about your exam. The last ten questions of the reading paper are where most candidates lose the points that decide their NCLC, and no ten-question drill rehearses that.

Both papers here run at full length. Practice mode marks each question as you answer it, which is the right mode while you are still learning the question types. Test mode holds everything back until you hand in — the mode to use once the exam is a month away.

Questions run in the exam's order: easiest first, hardest last.
Marked on the server, so the score in your history is the score you got.
Every answer comes with the reason it is correct, not just a tick.

Listening

Multiple choice, one play per clip

Questions: 39
Duration: 35 min

Reading

Multiple choice, notices to long articles

Questions: 39
Duration: 60 min

Writing

Three tâches, one shared hour

Tâches: 3
Duration: 60 min

Speaking

Face to face with an examiner

Tâches: 3
Duration: 12 min

What the practice papers give you

Full-length papers, in the exam's order of rising difficulty, marked the way the exam marks them.

Marked on the server

The score in your history is the score you got — nothing is computed in the browser, so a refresh cannot improve it.

The right answer, explained

Every question comes back with the reasoning, including why the distractor you chose was built to look right.

Timed or untimed

Practice mode marks each question as you answer it; test mode holds everything back until you hand in, on the exam's clock.

How the practice works

Four steps, from a cold paper to a score you can rely on.

1
Choose a paper
Full-length papers at the exam's question count, ordered from easiest to hardest the way the exam orders them.
2
Practice or test mode
Practice marks each answer as you give it; test mode runs the clock and reveals nothing until you hand in.
3
See every answer explained
Not just the correct option — why it is correct, and what the other three were designed to catch.
4
Track the score across papers
Every attempt is kept, so the number that matters — how you do in the last ten questions — becomes visible.

How to sit a mock properly

A mock you interrupt is a practice set. Four rules that keep it a mock.

Start the reading mock

1
One sitting, no pauses. The whole point is what your accuracy does in the last ten minutes.
2
Answer everything. There is no penalty for a wrong answer, so a blank is a guaranteed zero and a guess is not.
3
Watch the clock at question 20, not question 35. Reading allows about 92 seconds a question — past 30 minutes at halfway, start moving.
4
Review the ones you got right by guessing. They are the questions that will not go your way next time.

Frequently asked questions

Thirty-nine in reading and thirty-nine in listening, the same as the exam and in the same rising order of difficulty.

In test mode, yes — 60 minutes for reading and 35 for listening, handed in when the clock reaches zero. Practice mode leaves the clock off.

Those have their own sittings, because they are marked differently: the writing simulator runs the three tâches on one 60-minute timer, and the speaking exam runs the three spoken tâches on the exam's preparation and speaking clocks.

The comprehension papers score on the same scale IRCC converts, so a mock result tells you which NCLC band you are near. Treat it as an indication for your preparation, not as an official result.