Pocket Word King Guide: Learn TOEIC Vocabulary and Take Mock Tests

A little every day: five new words per three-minute level, along one fixed route

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The hard part of learning vocabulary is rarely the memorising. It is coming back every day. A word book gets put down after a few pages, flashcards get dull, and what usually stops people is not knowing which words to study today. Pocket Word King, called 口袋單字王 in Chinese, splits common TOEIC words and phrases into short levels of five new words each, about three minutes per level, and lines them up along one fixed route. Open it and the first thing on the home page is how many levels to learn today and where the next one is; finish them and you are done for the day. Poko, the mascot, keeps you company as each new word goes into your pocket. When you want to see roughly where you stand, sign in and take a short mock test in the TOEIC, IELTS or TOEFL® question types.

It is built for Chinese-speaking learners, and the interface is in Traditional Chinese only. Meanings and explanations are given in Chinese. This page names the main screens so you can find your way around.

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What it does

• One fixed route: six workplace settings (the office, meeting rooms, business travel, finance, HR and sales) times six score bands (200, 400, 600, 730, 860 and 990) make 36 units in a single line. You start in the 600 band by default and unlock the next unit by passing each unit test. If it feels too easy, take a skip test from the list of all units.
• A daily plan (今日計劃): the home page has three parts. At the top is only today's work, normally two levels with ten new words, and one button that takes you straight to the next level. Below it, the route shows your current unit and its next few levels, and you can open a level to see its words first. Beside it are three small daily tasks, such as answering ten questions correctly or finishing two rounds, which open a daily chest when you complete them all, plus a weekly chest after ten tasks in a week.
• Many question types: the same word comes back from different angles, such as English to Chinese, Chinese to English, filling a gap in a sentence, choosing the right word form, phrase collocations, picking the meaning of a word you hear, spelling and putting a sentence in order.
• Games for a change of pace: a daily challenge, Blitz, Match, Rush Hour, Swipe, Spelling, Sentence Builder and a one minute true or false round. Some have a timed mode that keeps your best score.
• Review: review levels are mixed into the route, words you get wrong go into a mistakes list you can practise on its own, and you can pick your own words for a custom round.
• High quality audio: every word and phrase has synthesised speech, example sentences are voiced by nine characters, and playback can be slowed down.
• A vocabulary size test: about three minutes and 40 questions. First you mark which words you know (a few made-up words are mixed in), then answer multiple choice questions that adapt to your answers, and it suggests which score band to start from.
• Mock tests: short listening and reading tests in the TOEIC, IELTS and TOEFL question types, timed like the real thing with each recording played once. Hand them in for an estimated score and an explanation of every question. See mock tests below.
• Collections: words you learn fill a word collection, with achievements and character stories to unlock.

Mock tests in the TOEIC, IELTS and TOEFL® question types

Once you have learned some words, you can check roughly where you stand with a short test from the mock test (模擬考) menu at the top of the page. All three cover listening and reading only, and every question, recording and passage is written by Pocket Word King. As in the real tests, time is limited and each recording plays once; when you hand it in, you get an estimated score and an explanation of every question right away. Explanations and translations are in Chinese. The current mini tests:

• TOEIC mock test: 50 questions in 30 minutes, with 25 listening questions in 12 minutes and 25 reading questions in 18 minutes. All seven parts are there: listening Parts 1 to 4 and reading Parts 5 to 7.
• IELTS Academic question types: 34 questions in about 37 minutes, with 20 listening questions in 17 minutes and 14 reading questions in 20 minutes. Listening has four sections (an everyday conversation, an everyday monologue, a student discussion and an academic lecture) and reading has one passage, with forms, notes, a map, matching and True/False/Not Given.
• TOEFL iBT® question types: 40 questions in about 24 minutes, with 20 reading questions in 12 minutes and 20 listening questions in 12 minutes. It follows the question types used from 2026: Complete the Words, Read in Daily Life and Read an Academic Passage for reading; Listen and Choose a Response, conversations, announcements and academic talks for listening.

How the tests work and what you get:

• Sign in to start: anyone can read the mock test page, but you need to sign in with Google to begin. Tests you have taken are marked as taken, and each test's tab shows how many you have done, so the ones you have not tried yet are easy to find.
• Paced like the real test: you can check your volume first. Each section's timer runs on the server and never pauses once that section starts, so reloading or switching devices does not reset it. Each recording plays once, and the test is handed in when the last section's time runs out. In the TOEFL question types, listening only moves forward. If you leave halfway, choose to continue from the mock test (模擬考) page.
• Your results: the TOEIC test gives an estimated total with a range, estimated listening and reading scores, and how you did in each part. The IELTS and TOEFL question types give an estimate for listening and for reading (an IELTS band, or the 1 to 6 TOEFL scale used from 2026), a rough CEFR level and how you did on each question type, with no overall score. Your recent results are listed on the mock test page, with the question by question review.
• Question by question review: every question shows your answer and the correct one, with an explanation and a translation. Listening comes with the transcript and a translation, and you can replay the recording as often as you like; reading comes with a translation of the passage. You can show only the questions you missed, and useful words that have an entry on the site link to their word pages, so you can go back to learning them.
• Scores are estimates only: the mini tests are shorter than the real ones, and the scores are the site's own estimates, not official results. IELTS bands use the 40 question conversion tables published by IDP, scaled to the mini test. ETS does not publish a raw score conversion for TOEFL, so the site uses a starting table based on question difficulty and will adjust it as more answers come in.

The IELTS and TOEFL question types also list how they differ from the real tests: neither has writing or speaking, IELTS listening is split into four recordings you start yourself, and the TOEFL question types use one fixed set of questions for everyone rather than an adaptive test that changes difficulty with your answers.

Getting started

1. On your first visit, the home page asks you to spend about three minutes on the vocabulary size test to pick a starting point. You can also skip it and start at the first level of the 600 band, or start from 200 if that feels too hard.
2. After that, press the main button on the home page each day to go to the next level on the route. A level takes about three minutes: you meet five new words, then practise them with a few question types.
3. Once today's two levels are done, come back tomorrow. If you want more, a unit page lets you take one extra level.
4. To see roughly where you stand, sign in and open the mock test (模擬考) menu at the top, then pick a TOEIC, IELTS or TOEFL mini test.
5. To change level, sign in and pick another score band in the settings (設定). Difficulty can also be labelled with CEFR levels or Taiwanese, Japanese and Chinese exam levels instead of TOEIC scores. These are rough equivalents only.

Where your data is kept

You can play every game without signing in, but your progress stays only in that tab: closing or reloading it loses it, and the settings cannot be changed. Once you sign in with Google, your progress and settings are stored on the server, so you can pick up on another device. The site keeps only your Google account identifier, not your email address, name or profile picture. The mock tests always need you to sign in.

After signing in, the settings page (設定) lets you export all your learning records, reset your progress or delete your account. Accounts unused for 180 days are deleted automatically. See the privacy policy for details.

FAQ

Does it cost anything? No. Everything is free, the mock tests included.

How accurate are the mock test scores? Treat them as a guide only. The mini tests are short, so the scores are the site's own estimated ranges, not official ETS or IELTS results. For an official score you still need to sit the real test.

Are the score bands real TOEIC scores? No. They only group words by difficulty, roughly matching the level of test questions where those words are common. They do not predict a test score. TOEIC® is a registered trademark of ETS, and this tool is not affiliated with ETS.

Are the mock test questions official? No. Every question, recording and passage is written by Pocket Word King. TOEFL® and TOEFL iBT® are registered trademarks of ETS. IELTS is a trademark of the British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and Cambridge University Press & Assessment. These practice tests are not made, endorsed or approved by any of them, and this tool is not affiliated with them.

Is the audio recorded by people? No. It is high quality synthesised speech, with different character voices for the example sentences.

Is there an English interface? Not yet. The interface is in Traditional Chinese only.

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