English · free placement test

What's your English level?

Ten quick questions with native audio to estimate your CEFR level — no sign-up to try. Takes about two minutes.

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What does this English word mean?

hello

heh-LOH

Spelling is deliberately not what is being tested. English orthography tells you almost nothing about pronunciation, so the questions lead with audio and ask you to match a sound to a meaning.

What each level means in English

The CEFR bands are the same everywhere. What sits inside them is not — A2 in English asks for things A2 in another language never mentions. Here is what your result actually describes.

A1
Complete beginner

Greetings, numbers, and the present tense of "to be" and "to have". Enough to check into a hotel and say where you are from. The irregular pasts — went, took, saw — are still ahead of you.

A2
Elementary

Past simple and "going to" hold up, and you have met your first phrasal verbs. You can describe your weekend. Articles — a, the, or nothing at all — still go wrong every few sentences.

B1
Intermediate

Present perfect versus past simple has stopped being a coin toss, conditionals behave, and you can follow someone who is not slowing down for you. What remains is connected speech: hearing "I would have" arrive as "I'd've".

The way English learners misread their own level

English lets you be understood while being wrong, so learners routinely place themselves a band above their grammar. A strong score here usually means good listening rather than clean sentences.

Worth remembering either way: a multiple-choice test measures recognition. Speaking is a different muscle, and it is the one that decides whether a conversation happens.

After the test

Knowing your level is the easy part — improving it means speaking. AvalaVoice pairs you with an AI tutor that holds real English conversations, corrects your pronunciation in your own language, and adapts to exactly where you are. Free to start, five minutes a day.

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Questions about the English level test

How is my English level measured?
You answer 10 quick multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty, drawn from real English vocabulary with native audio. Your score maps to an approximate CEFR level from A1 to B1. It's a fast self-check, not an official exam.
Is the English level test free?
Yes — completely free and no sign-up required to take it. Afterwards you can start speaking English with an AI tutor, also free for 5 minutes a day.