Level Placement Test

24 questions · A1 to C2 · auto-graded · takes about 6 minutes

Answer all questions, then click Submit. You will get a score per band and a recommended starting level.

A1 — Beginner

Verb to be · Present simple · Articles · There is/are

Complete: "She ___ a nurse." (verb to be)

Which is correct? (present simple, 3rd person)

Complete with the correct article: "I have ___ apple." (a/an/the)

"There ___ two cats in the garden." Choose the correct form.

A2 — Elementary

Past simple · Future going to · Comparatives · Present continuous

Complete: "I ___ to Paris last year." (past simple of go)

Which sentence uses going to correctly for a future plan?

Complete: "She is ___ than her brother." (tall — comparative)

Which is correct? (present continuous for now)

B1 — Pre-intermediate

Present perfect · Conditionals · Passive · Modals

Complete: "I ___ never been to Japan." (present perfect)

Which sentence is a second conditional?

Change to passive: "They built the bridge in 1990." → "The bridge ___ in 1990."

Choose the correct modal: "You ___ smoke here. It's forbidden."

B2 — Upper-intermediate

Inversion · Gerunds · Third conditional · Reported speech

Complete: "Not only ___ she pass the exam, but she came first." (inversion)

Complete: "She regrets ___ the job." (turn down — gerund form)

Which uses the third conditional correctly?

Choose the correct reporting verb: "She ___ that she had never seen the document."

C1 — Advanced

Advanced inversion · Nominalisation · Subjunctive · Hedging

Complete the inversion: "___ I known about the problem, I would have acted sooner."

Nominalise: "The government decided to invest." → "The government's ___ to invest..."

Which uses the subjunctive correctly?

Choose the formal hedging phrase: "___ that automation may cause widespread unemployment."

C2 — Proficiency

Stylistic inversion · Register · Complex passives · Discourse grammar

Complete the stylistic inversion: "___ had the city witnessed such a crisis." (Never before)

Which phrase is appropriate for a formal academic essay?

Complete: "The data is thought ___ before the report was published." (tamper — complex passive)

Choose the best discourse connector: "The initial results were promising. ___, further testing revealed significant flaws."