TOEFL Read in Daily Life
One of the 3 task types in the Reading section. 92 practice questions in the bank, across 21 sets.
Read in Daily Life presents short practical texts — notices, notes, messages, schedules — sometimes only a few dozen words long. The questions ask for one specific fact, and the wrong answers are usually details that are in the text but do not answer what was asked.
What it looks like
A real item from the practice bank:
MAPLEWOOD APARTMENTS — Lease Agreement, Selected Clauses 4. SECURITY DEPOSIT. A deposit equal to one month's rent is due at signing. Within twenty-one days after the tenant moves out, the landlord will return the deposit together with an itemized statement of any deductions. Deductions may be made for unpaid rent and for damage beyond normal wear and tear; faded paint and minor carpet wear from ordinary use are not grounds for deduction. 5. EARLY TERMINATION. A tenant who w
According to Clause 6, what remains true after a tenant sublets the apartment?
- AThe subtenant takes over all responsibilities under the lease
- BThe original tenant is still responsible for rent and any damagecorrect
- CThe landlord can no longer refuse future subletting requests
- DThe security deposit is transferred to the subtenant
*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
- Read the whole text. At this length there is nothing to skip.
- Answer from the text, not from what such a notice usually says.
- Check the question again before choosing — a true detail is not always the answer.
How much practice there is
The bank holds 92 questions of this type across 21 sets. 76% 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 Read in Daily Life free
Ten questions a day at no cost, with the reasoning on every answer.
Frequently asked questions
What are Read in Daily Life texts?
Short practical documents — notices, notes, messages, schedules — rather than continuous prose. Some are only a few dozen words.
Why do I get these wrong when the text is so short?
Because the wrong options are usually true statements about the text that do not answer the specific question asked.
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