🇸🇵 Spanish as a Second Language — Placement Assessment

This placement test covers four CEFR levels: A1 · A2 · B1 · B2. Answer all 40 questions (20 Multiple Choice + 20 Fill-in-the-Blank), randomly selected from a pool of 60 questions. Click "Change Questions" to get a fresh set anytime. Complete within 45 minutes. Click "Finish Test" to discover your level!

📚 CEFR Spanish Level Guide — What Each Level Means
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is the gold-standard international system used worldwide to define and measure language proficiency. Developed by the Council of Europe, it is recognized by schools, universities, employers, and governments globally. The framework covers six levels — A1 through C2 — from complete beginner to native-like mastery. This assessment focuses on the first four levels: A1, A2, B1, and B2. Read each level description carefully to understand what knowledge and skills are expected at each stage.
A1 A1 — Beginner (Breakthrough)

You are taking your very first steps in Spanish. You can understand and produce the most basic, familiar everyday expressions needed to satisfy immediate concrete needs. You can interact with others, provided they speak slowly, clearly, and are willing to help.

What you can do at A1:
  • Introduce yourself and others: name, age, nationality, and occupation
  • Ask and answer simple personal questions about where you live and people you know
  • Greet people, say please and thank you, and use basic polite formulas
  • Understand and use numbers (1–100), days of the week, months, and basic colors
  • Order food and drinks in a café or simple restaurant
  • Ask for and understand very basic directions
  • Read and write short sentences, simple forms, and postcards
Grammar at A1: Present tense of regular and very common irregular verbs (ser, estar, tener, ir, llamarse, vivir, trabajar, comer). Gender and number agreement. Definite and indefinite articles. Subject pronouns. Basic question words: ¿Qué?, ¿Cómo?, ¿Dónde?, ¿Cuántos?, ¿Quién? ⏱ Approximate study time to reach A1: 80–120 hours
A2 A2 — Elementary (Waystage)

You can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate personal relevance (family, shopping, local geography, employment). You can communicate in simple, routine situations requiring a direct exchange of information on familiar topics. You can describe your immediate environment and express needs in simple terms.

What you can do at A2:
  • Talk about your family, home, daily routine, shopping, and surroundings
  • Describe past events using the preterite (pretérito indefinido) and imperfect tenses
  • Express likes, dislikes, and preferences with simple reasons
  • Talk about plans using "ir + a + infinitive" (the immediate future)
  • Navigate travel situations: buy tickets, ask prices, make hotel reservations
  • Write short personal messages, postcards, and simple notes
  • Understand simple texts on familiar topics in everyday language
  • Make comparisons using más/menos... que and superlatives
Grammar at A2: Preterite (pretérito indefinido), imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), reflexive verbs, comparatives and superlatives, direct/indirect object pronouns, the verb gustar and similar, hay vs. está(n), modal verbs: poder, querer, deber, tener que. ⏱ Approximate study time to reach A2: 150–200 hours
B1 B1 — Intermediate (Threshold)

You are now an independent user of Spanish. You can handle most everyday situations while traveling in a Spanish-speaking country. You can produce simple connected texts on familiar topics, describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, and briefly explain your opinions and plans.

What you can do at B1:
  • Hold conversations about work, study, travel, current events, and hobbies
  • Understand the main ideas of clear standard speech on familiar topics
  • Express opinions, agree, disagree, and explain your point of view
  • Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and recommendations
  • Describe hypothetical situations using the conditional tense
  • Write personal letters, emails, and simple structured reports
  • Understand and produce narratives about past experiences with detail
  • Use discourse markers to connect ideas: sin embargo, aunque, por lo tanto, además
Grammar at B1: Present subjunctive (all uses), conditional tense, past perfect (pluscuamperfecto), basic passive voice (ser + past participle), relative clauses with que, verbal periphrases (estar + gerundio, llevar + gerundio, acabar de + infinitive), adverbial clauses of time and concession. ⏱ Approximate study time to reach B1: 300–400 hours
B2 B2 — Upper Intermediate (Vantage)

You have a strong, broad command of Spanish. You can interact with native speakers with a degree of fluency and spontaneity, making regular interaction possible without significant strain on either side. You can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of topics and explain a viewpoint on complex issues, showing the pros and cons of various options.

What you can do at B2:
  • Communicate fluently and naturally with native speakers on a wide range of topics
  • Understand extended speech and complex texts, including technical discussions
  • Express ideas, opinions, and arguments clearly with detailed reasoning
  • Discuss current events, social issues, and cultural topics with nuance
  • Use the imperfect subjunctive and compound conditional structures confidently
  • Understand and use figurative language, idioms, and set expressions
  • Write detailed essays, formal reports, and structured letters
  • Follow extended arguments and implicit viewpoints in speech and writing
Grammar at B2: Imperfect subjunctive (pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo), compound conditionals (si + hubiera... habría), advanced passive voice, reported speech (estilo indirecto), complex relative clauses (cuyo, el cual), nominalizations, cohesive devices for argumentation (pese a, dado que, a fin de que), future perfect. ⏱ Approximate study time to reach B2: 500–600 hours
📝 SECCIÓN 1: Opción Múltiple — Multiple Choice (20 questions)
Elige la mejor respuesta haciendo clic en una opción. / Choose the best answer by clicking one option per question. Each question is tagged with its CEFR level.
✍️ SECCIÓN 2: Completa la oración — Fill in the Blank (20 questions)
Escribe la forma correcta en el espacio en blanco. / Type the correct word or verb form in the blank. Press Enter after each answer to move forward. Each question is tagged with its CEFR level.