Note: There are four types of TOEFL speaking questions.  This page has sample questions and answers for each question type (integrated and independent). 

Agree/Disagree Style Questions

“Do you agree or disagree with the following sentence?  We can learn a lot from making mistakes.”

I totally agree that we can learn a lot from making mistakes.

First of all, we always remember how our past mistakes made us feel and since they usually make us feel really terrible, we try to avoid repeating them, so we don’t feel that way again. We also take deliberate action to avoid it. For instance, last year before my big science midterm I made the mistake of playing video games all day long. As a result, of course, I failed the test and I felt miserable. But, I learned from that that it’s very important to study and prepare for tests. So, the next year during exam season I buckled down, I studied, and I learned a lot.