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40-question English level entry test

ESL CONNECT placement test · Find your approximate CEFR level from A1 to C2.

English CEFR Entry Test
Placement test

40-question English level entry test

This multiple-choice test starts with easier items and becomes more difficult as you move forward. At the end, the page estimates a CEFR level from A1 to C2 based on total score and performance across the increasing difficulty bands.

Format:
40 multiple-choice questions
Progression:
A1-A2, then B1-B2, then C1-C2
Result:
Instant CEFR estimate

Difficulty bands

Questions 1-10
Basic language use, everyday grammar, common vocabulary.
Questions 11-20
Elementary to lower-intermediate grammar and reading.
Questions 21-30
Independent user tasks, more precise structure and meaning.
Questions 31-40
Advanced control, nuance, and formal language use.
Band 1 · A1-A2
1. Choose the correct sentence.
Band 1 · A1-A2
2. Complete the sentence: My brother ___ 12 years old.
Band 1 · A1-A2
3. Choose the correct word: We have lunch ___ 1 o'clock.
Band 1 · A1-A2
4. Which sentence is correct?
Band 1 · A1-A2
5. Complete the question: ___ you live near here?
Band 1 · A1-A2
6. Choose the best answer: There ___ a book on the table.
Band 1 · A1-A2
7. Complete the sentence: I usually go to work ___ bus.
Band 1 · A1-A2
8. Choose the correct option: We ___ TV now.
Band 1 · A1-A2
9. Which word is opposite to “cheap”?
Band 1 · A1-A2
10. Complete the sentence: Yesterday we ___ to the park.
Band 2 · A2-B1
11. Choose the correct option: I've got ___ apples in the bag.
Band 2 · A2-B1
12. Complete the sentence: She is ___ than her sister.
Band 2 · A2-B1
13. Choose the best answer: We ___ dinner when Tom called.
Band 2 · A2-B1
14. Complete the sentence: I can't go out because I ___ my homework yet.
Band 2 · A2-B1
15. Choose the correct word: This book belongs ___ Sara.
Band 2 · A2-B1
16. Which sentence is correct?
Band 2 · A2-B1
17. Complete the sentence: I'm interested ___ photography.
Band 2 · A2-B1
18. Choose the best option: You ___ smoke here. It's forbidden.
Band 2 · A2-B1
19. Read the meaning and choose the word: “A place where you borrow books.”
Band 2 · A2-B1
20. Complete the sentence: How long ___ you lived here?
Band 3 · B1-B2
21. Choose the best option: I wish I ___ more free time these days.
Band 3 · B1-B2
22. Complete the sentence: By the time we arrived, the film ___.
Band 3 · B1-B2
23. Choose the correct sentence.
Band 3 · B1-B2
24. Complete the sentence: He works for a company ___ makes medical equipment.
Band 3 · B1-B2
25. Choose the best answer: The meeting was cancelled, ___ annoyed everyone.
Band 3 · B1-B2
26. Complete the sentence: If I ___ enough money, I'd buy a bigger flat.
Band 3 · B1-B2
27. Choose the best option: She's very good ___ explaining difficult ideas clearly.
Band 3 · B1-B2
28. Complete the sentence: The new system allows users ___ documents more quickly.
Band 3 · B1-B2
29. Choose the word closest in meaning to “reliable”.
Band 3 · B1-B2
30. Complete the sentence: Not only ___ late, but he also forgot the documents.
Band 4 · C1-C2
31. Choose the best option: Hardly ___ the presentation when the fire alarm went off.
Band 4 · C1-C2
32. Complete the sentence: Had she known about the delay, she ___ earlier.
Band 4 · C1-C2
33. Choose the most natural option: His explanation was so ___ that nobody could follow it.
Band 4 · C1-C2
34. Complete the sentence: The proposal was rejected, largely ___ it failed to address the cost issue.
Band 4 · C1-C2
35. Choose the best answer: She came across as confident, ___ she was extremely nervous.
Band 4 · C1-C2
36. Complete the sentence: No sooner ___ the contract than the client asked for changes.
Band 4 · C1-C2
37. Choose the correct option: The report is said ___ by an external consultant.
Band 4 · C1-C2
38. Complete the sentence: Were the company ___ more transparent, investors might trust it more.
Band 4 · C1-C2
39. Choose the best meaning of “to downplay a problem”.
Band 4 · C1-C2
40. Complete the sentence: Rarely ___ such a well-argued and carefully evidenced article.

Your estimated CEFR level

Band 1
Band 2
Band 3
Band 4

Study focus

The CEFR scale runs from A1 for beginners to C2 for highly proficient users. This page gives an estimate for placement purposes, not an official certification result.