| TOEFL Topic # | TOEFL Topic | Number of TOEFL Essays |
| 13 | Do you like to eat out or eat at home? | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 14 | Should going to class at school be optional or required? | 1 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 15 | What are the qualities of a good neighbor? | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 16 | Would you support opening a restaurant in your neighborhood? | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 17 | Do you prefer learning by yourself to learning with a teacher? | 4 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 18 | What are the qualities of a good boss at a job? | 6 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 19 | Is it more important for a government to spend money on public transportation (buses, subways, etc.) or on roads? | 11 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 20 | Do you agree or disagree? "For children, it is better to grow up in the country than in the city." | 7 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 21 | Why do you think it is that people's lives are longer now? | 8 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 22 | What are the qualities of a good co-worker? | 4 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 23 | Should teenagers have paid jobs while they are students? | 5 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 24 | What are the good things and bad things about the place you live in? | 4 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 25 | Would you support building a large shopping center in your neighborhood? | 5 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 26 | Would you support building a movie theater in your neighborhood? | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 27 | Do you agree or disagree? "It is sometimes important for people to do things that they do not enjoy doing." | 1 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 34 | Do you agree or disagree? "When people have jobs, they should be guaranteed that they can have those jobs for their entire working lives." | 7 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 35 | Do you agree or disagree? "It is more enjoyable to see a performance live (in person) than it is to watch it on television." | 4 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 36 | Talk about how one of the following has changed the world: the automobile, the bicycle, or the airplane. | 8 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 37 | Do you agree or disagree? "Progress is always a good thing." | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 38 | Do you agree or disagree? "There is no reason to study the past since we live in the present." | 7 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 39 | Do you agree or disagree? "Technology helps people learn quickly and efficiently." | 4 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 41 | Is it more important to use land for the needs of humans or to preserve the land for the use of endangered animals? | 1 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 42 | Think of a skill that a person should have in order to succeed in the modern world. | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 43 | Why do you think it is that some people enjoy engaging in dangerous sports? | 4 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 44 | Do you prefer to travel alone or with others? | 4 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 45 | Do you like to work early in the day or later in the day? | 6 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 46 | What are the qualities of a good son or daughter? | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 47 | Would you rather work for a large company or a small company? | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 48 | Why do people work? (Other than for money.) | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 49 | Do you agree or disagree? "It is better to talk with people in person than to use other forms of communication, such as the telephone or email." | 5 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 50 | Which do you enjoy more? Doing something you have not tried before or doing something that you are skilled at? | 5 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 51 | Is it more important to take risks or to plan carefully if you want to be successful? | 4 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 52 | Think of something that people your age don't like about your hometown and that you would like to change. What is it? | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 53 | Do you agree or disagree? "The most important thing about a job is how much money you earn in that job." | 4 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 54 | Do you agree or disagree? "You shouldn't judge people by how they look." | 5 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 55 | Do you agree or disagree? "You should always get the advice of others when you are making an important decision." | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 56 | Would it be more important to donate money to protect the environment or support the arts? | 6 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 57 | Do you like serious movies or funny movies more? | 4 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 58 | Do you agree or disagree? "For a business, it is acceptable to do anything to make a profit." | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 59 | Do you like to do things quickly or slowly? | 6 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 60 | Do you agree or disagree? "Playing games is important for both children and adults." | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 61 | Do you agree or disagree? "Teenagers cannot make their own decisions; older people need to make decisions for them." | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 62 | What are the qualities of a good friend? | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 63 | Do you agree or disagree? "People learn and improve from adversity (hardship)." | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 64 | Would you rather work for someone else or work for yourself? | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 65 | In a city, is it more important to save old buildings or to replace them with new ones? | 5 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 66 | Do you agree or disagree? "Students become successful in school more because of their classmates than because of their parents." | 4 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 67 | Would you rather hire a worker with a lot of experience (whom you would have to pay more) or a worker with less experience (whom you could pay less)? | 5 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 68 | Is homework important for students? | 7 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 69 | What is something new that you would like to study in school? | 6 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 70 | Have automobiles hurt or harmed the world? | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 71 | Would you rather work at a job that required you to work a lot, but paid you a lot, or a job that required you to work less, but paid you less? | 5 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 72 | Do you agree or disagree? "Grades are great motivators for students." | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 73 | Have computers helped or hurt our lives? | 6 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 74 | Do you agree or disagree? "If you travel, you should travel in a group with a guide who knows the areas you'll be visiting." | 1 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 75 | Do you think it's better to focus on one subject in college or study a variety of subjects in college? | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 76 | Do you agree or disagree? "Children should start learning a foreign language very early." | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 77 | Is it a good idea to have boys-only and girls-only schools? | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 78 | Which is the more important quality in a worker: to work well alone or to work well in a group? | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 79 | Discuss an important person from your country. | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 80 | Discuss an important custom from your country. | 5 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 81 | Has technology helped or harmed the world? | 1 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 82 | Does advertising reflect culture? | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 83 | Does technology cause cultures to become more similar? | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 84 | What is the value of the information available on-line (on the Internet)? | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 85 | Discuss a place in your country that people should visit. | 4 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 86 | What time and place in history would you like to visit? | 4 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 87 | Discuss a discovery that has benefitted your country. | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 88 | Does technology make communication less personal? | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 89 | What person from the past would you like to meet? | 4 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 90 | What famous athlete or entertainer from the present would you like to meet? | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 91 | What question would you ask a famous person? | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 92 | Would you rather live in a place that has seasons or one that has a similar climate all year? | 8 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 93 | What are the qualities of a good roommate? | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 94 | How important is dance to a culture? | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 95 | Is it more important for a government to spend money on space exploration or on the immediate needs on Earth? | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 96 | What are good ways to reduce stress? | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 97 | Should the salaries of teachers be based on the performance of their students? | 5 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 98 | Choose something to represent your country to other people. | 4 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 99 | If you had to share a dormitory room with someone, would you rather choose the person yourself? Or have the university choose the person for you? | 5 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 100 | Is it more important for a government to invest money in improving technology or to spend money on other things? | 5 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 101 | Do you like working with your hands or working with machines? | 6 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 102 | Is it important for students to evaluate their teachers? | 5 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 103 | What single quality is most necessary for success? | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 104 | Discuss the contributions of artists vs. those of scientists. | 4 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 105 | Discuss living on-campus vs. living off-campus in college. | 6 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 106 | You have to travel 50 kilometers. Discuss the different options you have. | 7 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 107 | Should college be available only to the best students? | 1 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 108 | (Value of vicarious learning.) Discuss learning from others and learning by yourself. | 6 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 109 | (Do as the Romans do?) When people immigrate, should they adapt to the new country or keep their old customs? | 6 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 110 | Do you prefer to spend time alone or with others? | 4 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 111 | Do you prefer to spend time with a small group of friends or a large group of friends? | 8 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 112 | Is it more important for children to play or to study? | 6 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 113 | Would you support building a university in your neighborhood? | 4 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 114 | (Friends vs. family.) Do friends or family have more influence on young adults? | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 115 | (Plan or not plan your free time?) Do you prefer make plans for your free time or do things spontaneously? | 7 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 116 | (Learn by doing, by being taught, by reading.) How do you like to learn? | 9 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 117 | (Similar or different friends?) Do you prefer to have friends who are similar to you or different from you? | 7 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 118 | (Stability vs. change.) Which do you prefer: a stable, predictable life or a life that has a lot of changes? | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 119 | (Clothing.) How does one's clothing clothes affect him or her? | 5 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 120 | (Decsions--slow or fast?) Is it bad to make decisions quickly? | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 121 | (First impressions accurate?) Is it necessary to get to know someone? Or are first impressions correct? | 5 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 122 | (Satisfaction is short-lived.) Do people always want more than they have? | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 123 | (Value of fiction.) Should people read only non-fiction? | 5 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 124 | (Value of history and literature vs value of math and science.) Discuss the value of history and literature in relation to the value of math and science. | 7 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 125 | (Value of studying art in school.) Should high-school students study art? | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 126 | (Knowledge of the young vs. the old.) Do you think that only older people have knowledge? Or do young people also have important knowledge? | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 127 | (Fiction vs. movies.) Is it more enjoyable to read a book or watch a movie? | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 128 | (Exercise vs. studying.) Should exercise be a mandatory part of the school day? | 6 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 129 | (Agriculture vs. commerce.) Is it more important to learn more about business or about agriculture? | 6 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 130 | (Value of sports.) Is it a good idea for children to practice sports a lot? | 3 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 131 | (Does money equal success?) Does a person need to earn a lot of money to be considered successful? | 4 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 134 | (Value of "chores".) Should children start helping parents with cleaning duties when they are very young? | 1 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 139 | (Choose an important room.) What is the most important room in a house? | 1 TOEFL Essay(s) |
| 151 | (Important animal.) Choose an animal that is important in your country. | 2 TOEFL Essay(s) |
