Listening comprehension
40 multiple-choice questions in 40 minutes, with headphones. Each recording is played only once and the next question follows automatically: there is no going back.
- 40
- multiple-choice questions
- 40 min
- for the whole test
- 1
- single play per recording
- 699
- points maximum (estimated score)
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Official TEF format
How the test works
Questions 1 to 4
Conversations and pictures
A short dialogue: choose the picture that matches it.
Questions 5 to 20
Announcements, messages and vox pops
Public announcements, voicemail messages and vox pops in which three people give their opinion on the same question.
Questions 21 to 30
Radio segments, interviews and report
Longer radio documents; each interview and the report carry two questions.
Questions 31 to 40
Everyday documents
Ten varied documents, one question each.
Instructions
- Settle somewhere quiet with headphones or earphones.
- You first read the question for a few seconds, then the recording starts by itself.
- Each recording is played only once: no pause, no going back.
- After listening, a countdown gives you time to answer before the next document.
Estimated scoring
Each correct answer is worth 1 point; a wrong or missing answer costs nothing, so answer every question. We convert your correct answers into an estimated score out of 699, with the matching CEFR level, CLB level and Quebec scale level.
Indicative estimate. The official TEF score is calibrated by Le français des affaires; for Express Entry, only the “ancien score” equivalence on the certificate counts.