Pass the Test to Determine Your English CEFR Level
What it is. A free grammar test that estimates your English level on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2, and shows which grammar topics you need to work on.
How it works. You answer 45 grammar questions, from A1/A2 to C1/C2. There is no time limit, and you get new questions every time, so you can take the test as often as you like.
What you get:
- your estimated CEFR level;
- a score for each band, from A1/A2 to C1/C2;
- the grammar topics to work on first.
Take the test, then practice your weak topics with our grammar challenges and take the test again to see your progress. Create a free account to save every result and follow your progress topic by topic.
A1 | Elementary | Beginners
If you can say your name, ask Where is the toilet?, and read a simple bus sign (but freeze when someone speaks at normal speed) you're at A1. That's not a problem to fix; it's the level where most learners actually live for a while, and recognizing it lets you pick the right material instead of drowning in advanced grammar that wasn't meant for you yet.
A1 is the starting level of the CEFR framework, covering basic everyday communication: greetings, introductions, simple personal questions, present-tense forms of be/have/do, and core determiners and prepositions.
A2 | Elementary | Pre-intermediate
If you can order coffee, ask for directions, and tell someone what you did yesterday (but struggle the moment the conversation drifts into anything abstract) you're operating at A2. Knowing this matters: A2 is the level where most learners plateau because they reach for B2 material too early and burn out. Stay here and your foundations get unbreakable.
A2 is the elementary level in the CEFR framework, covering routine communication and the first wave of real grammar: past simple and continuous, present perfect, basic modal verbs, first conditional, and common verb-pattern rules.
B1 | Intermediate
If you can hold a conversation about your weekend, explain why you're late, and follow a short news story without panicking (but still feel lost in fast or technical English) you're probably operating at B1. Knowing this matters: study material at the wrong level either bores you or burns you out, and B1 is the typical target for travel, casual work, and most everyday social English.
B1 is the intermediate level in the CEFR framework, where you handle everyday English independently and start combining ideas with complex sentences, passive voice, and modal verbs.
B2 | Upper Intermediate
If a university admissions team or visa office has ever asked you for an English test score, B2 is probably the level they had in mind. It's the threshold where your English stops being a constraint and starts being a tool, and the line between B1 and B2 is often the line between "stuck in beginner classes" and "ready to study or work in English."
B2 is the upper-intermediate level in the CEFR framework, demanding flexible control of mixed conditionals, passive voice across tenses, reported speech with backshifting, and participle clauses.
C1 | Advanced
If you've ever sat through a lecture in English, written a complaint letter, or argued a point in a meeting and come out feeling actually understood (not just tolerated) you've felt what C1 looks like. The level matters because it's where most universities, certifications, and skilled-work environments draw their language line.
C1 is the advanced level in the CEFR framework, demanding fluent and flexible language: inversion for emphasis, mixed and advanced conditionals, formal subjunctive, cleft sentences, and complex nominal phrases, all used appropriately across registers.
C2 | Proficiency
If you can argue a point in English, then switch register to comfort someone, then crack a joke that lands (without thinking about which words to choose) you're operating in C2 territory. Most learners don't need to reach this level. The reason it matters is the opposite: knowing C2 exists stops you from setting it as the bar when B2 or C1 is more than enough for what you actually want to do.
C2 is the proficiency level, the highest on the CEFR scale. It means near-native control of idiomatic range, register-switching, irony, and complex written argument across any subject.