TEF Canada mock tests

Test d'évaluation de français pour le Canada

Free practice tests

TEF Canada practice test 1: A full practice test in the format used since December 2023: 40 reading and 40 listening questions, two writing tasks and two speaking tasks.
TEF Canada practice questions 1: Untimed practice by skill: reading and listening questions of every kind, plus one task for each writing and speaking section.

About TEF Canada

TEF Canada is a French test recognised by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). For immigration all four tests are taken: reading and listening comprehension, written and oral expression. For citizenship only listening comprehension and oral expression are needed, taken on the same day.

Reading and listening comprehension are multiple-choice questions, one point for each right answer and nothing taken off for a wrong one. Written and oral expression are marked by certified examiners.

Each test is scored out of 699 and that score is converted to a level of the Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens (NCLC), the French counterpart of the Canadian Language Benchmarks. IRCC looks at the level in each skill, not at a total.

The format in use since 11 December 2023 has 40 questions in each comprehension test, and its own score-to-NCLC table, which differs from the one for earlier tests.

TEF Canada (from 11 December 2023) exam pattern

About 2 hours 55 minutes for all four tests

Compréhension écrite (reading): 60 minutes, 40 multiple-choice questions
Compréhension orale (listening): 40 minutes, 40 multiple-choice questions
Expression écrite (writing): 60 minutes, 2 sections
Expression orale (speaking): 15 minutes, 2 sections