TOEFL Listen to an Announcement
One of the 4 task types in the Listening section. 53 practice questions in the bank, across 13 sets.
Listen to an Announcement plays a single speaker delivering practical information — a change of room, a new deadline, a service interruption. Announcements exist to change something, and the question is usually about what changed and what you must now do.
What it looks like
A real item from the practice bank:
What are drivers advised to do?
- APark on the street instead
- BLeave home earlier, because Lot D fills up quicklycorrect
- CRemove their Lot B permit from the dashboard
- DCall the parking office before Monday
*Explanations in the PrepScore bank are written for a Chinese-speaking audience, so the reasoning on this page is ours rather than a translation of the bank’s.*
How to approach it
- Listen for what is different from normal: a time, a place, a requirement.
- Note exceptions. Announcements almost always carry one, and it is often the answer.
- Do not assume the usual arrangement still applies.
How much practice there is
The bank holds 53 questions of this type across 13 sets, 53 of them with audio. 58% sit in the basic layer and the rest in the advanced layer, which unlocks once your basic-layer accuracy passes 60% — the same two-stage shape the real test uses in Reading and Listening.
Practise Listen to an Announcement free
Ten questions a day at no cost, with the reasoning on every answer.
Frequently asked questions
What is a TOEFL announcement?
A short monologue delivering practical information — a schedule change, a closure, a new requirement — of the kind a student would actually need to act on.
What is the most common mistake?
Missing the exception. The announcement states a general rule and then names what it does not apply to, and the question is about the exception.
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