Arrange these chunks into one grammatical sentence: the university library / will be closed / for renovations / until September

The university library will be closed for renovations until September.

Arrange these chunks into one grammatical sentence: although the lecture / was scheduled for 3 p.m. / it started / nearly 20 minutes late

Although the lecture was scheduled for 3 p.m., it started nearly 20 minutes late.

Arrange these chunks into one grammatical sentence: students who submitted / their applications early / were more likely / to receive financial aid

Students who submitted their applications early were more likely to receive financial aid.

Arrange these chunks into one grammatical sentence: the professor asked / each student / to present / their research findings / during the seminar

The professor asked each student to present their research findings during the seminar.

Arrange these chunks into one grammatical sentence: which / store / has / the best / deals

Which store has the best deals?

Arrange these chunks into one grammatical sentence: the students / whose papers / were graded harshly / appealed the decision

The students whose papers were graded harshly appealed the decision.

Arrange these chunks into one grammatical sentence: having reviewed the data / the committee / recommended a revision / to the funding policy

Having reviewed the data, the committee recommended a revision to the funding policy.

TOEFL 2026 · Writing · Free practice

Free TOEFL 2026 Build a Sentence Practice

Seven Build a Sentence items you can do right now. No account, no email, no trial: the drill is scored in your browser, because this task has one grammatical target order and so needs no AI to mark.

The practice drill

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Click the chunks in the order that makes one grammatical sentence.

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How the task works

Build a Sentence is the first task in the TOEFL 2026 Writing section. You are given the pieces of one sentence — sometimes whole phrases, sometimes single word tiles — and you put them in the only order that produces a grammatical English sentence. Some items give you the preceding turn of a short exchange, so the sentence you build has to fit that context as a reply.

Unlike Write an Email and Academic Discussion, there is nothing to develop, argue or organise. The task is a targeted grammar check: can you see where a subordinate clause has to sit, where a relative clause attaches, what an infinitive complement takes as its object. That is why it is right or wrong, and why a page like this one can mark it without sending your answer anywhere.

For the full task description, timing and the grammar patterns it draws on, read the TOEFL 2026 Build a Sentence guide.

All seven items and what each tests

These are LingoLeap's own illustrative items, not actual test items. The wording of that disclaimer is inherited from section_sample_items_intro on /toefl/writing-build-a-sentence.

Item 1
Chunks: the university library / will be closed / for renovations / until September
The university library will be closed for renovations until September.
Tests: Basic SVO order with prepositional phrases
Item 2
Chunks: although the lecture / was scheduled for 3 p.m. / it started / nearly 20 minutes late
Although the lecture was scheduled for 3 p.m., it started nearly 20 minutes late.
Tests: Subordinate clause placement with comma
Item 3
Chunks: students who submitted / their applications early / were more likely / to receive financial aid
Students who submitted their applications early were more likely to receive financial aid.
Tests: Relative clause within subject phrase
Item 4
Chunks: the professor asked / each student / to present / their research findings / during the seminar
The professor asked each student to present their research findings during the seminar.
Tests: Infinitive complement with object and prepositional phrase
Item 5
First turn: I need to buy a new laptop.
Chunks: which / store / has / the best / deals
Which store has the best deals?
Tests: Word-tile question formation as a follow-up turn
Item 6
Chunks: the students / whose papers / were graded harshly / appealed the decision
The students whose papers were graded harshly appealed the decision.
Tests: Relative clause placed immediately after its antecedent
Common wrong arrangement: The students appealed the decision whose papers were graded harshly. — the relative clause is separated from “the students” and now reads as modifying “the decision”.
Item 7
Chunks: having reviewed the data / the committee / recommended a revision / to the funding policy
Having reviewed the data, the committee recommended a revision to the funding policy.
Tests: Fronted participial phrase, with the prepositional phrase kept on its noun
Common wrong arrangement: The committee recommended a revision having reviewed the data to the funding policy. — the participial phrase splits the noun phrase “a revision to the funding policy”.

The tasks a key cannot score

Build a Sentence is the only writing task where a right answer exists. Write an Email and Academic Discussion are judged on how well you develop and organise a response, which needs a reader rather than a key — no browser page, ours included, can mark them honestly.

If you want to know exactly what our scoring returns on those tasks before you try them, the field-by-field speaking feedback specification documents the same criterion-by-criterion structure we use on the writing side.

You can also practise the other deterministic 2026 task free and ungated: Listen and Repeat practice with per-word drop rates.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need an account to use this Build a Sentence practice?

No. There is no sign-up, no email gate and no trial. The drill runs entirely in your browser, and nothing you type or click is sent to a server or stored.

How is my answer scored?

By exact match. Build a Sentence has one grammatical target order per item, so the drill compares the order you chose against that target and marks it right or wrong. No AI is involved, which is exactly why this task can be scored in the browser while Write an Email and Academic Discussion cannot.

Are these real TOEFL questions?

No, and any site telling you otherwise should worry you. These are LingoLeap's own illustrative items, already published on our Build a Sentence guide. They match the shape of the 2026 task — arrange given chunks into one grammatical sentence — but they are not retired or leaked test items.

How many Build a Sentence items are on the real test?

Ten. Build a Sentence is the first task in the 2026 Writing section and runs about six minutes in total, roughly 35 seconds a question, before Write an Email and Academic Discussion. It is the only writing task where an answer is simply right or wrong.

What should I do after these seven items?

Read the grammar patterns each item tests, then move to the two writing tasks that need real feedback. Build a Sentence rewards recognising subordinate clauses, relative clauses and infinitive complements quickly; the email and discussion tasks reward organising and developing an argument, which needs a reader, not a key.

Then take the tasks that need a reader

Build a Sentence is right or wrong. Write an Email and Academic Discussion are not — practise those with criterion-by-criterion AI feedback.

Open the writing practice

See the full TOEFL 2026 writing guide

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TOEFL 2026 Build a Sentence guide

What the task is, how it is scored, and the grammar patterns it draws on.

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