What’s your English level? Take this test!

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Well hey there I’m Emma from mmmEnglish and today we are going to find out the answer to this question: What’s my English level?

It’s a question that my students ask me all the time. How do I find out my English level?

Well firstly nothing will beat a personal English level assessment with a qualified English teacher but I wanted to help you to get an idea about your level and find out where you need to improve your skills.

So I’ve created an online English level test that you can do right here today.

Are you ready to find out your English level? Let’s go!

To help you find out your English level today, I’ve created an English test that gets progressively more challenging at every step. The first fifteen questions are basic levels. You should get most of them right.

If you get more than five of these wrong in this section then you’re probably at about this level.

Then the next fifteen questions are intermediate. If you get more than five of these questions wrong then your level is going to be somewhere around intermediate, upper-intermediate.

Then the last fifteen questions are advanced and these should really challenge you.

If you get less than five of these answers wrong wow! Amazing! You’re quite an advanced English learner, particularly when it comes to your vocabulary range and your use of grammar.

But here’s the thing even if you’re not an advanced English learner yet, I still think that you should watch through to the end of the test so that you can learn some new vocabulary and some new expressions as you go.

All of it is going to help you to improve your English and push closer to that next level.

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As we go through the questions you’ll see a little countdown timer which is going to show you how long you have to answer that question. Grab your notebook, grab a pen, make sure you take note of the ones that you get wrong and let’s get started!

1. Sally _____ to school every day.

a) go
b) to go
c) goes

Answer: Sally goes to school every day.

2. I’m sorry! Stop being so angry _______

a) to me
b) with me
c) against me

Answer: I’m sorry! Stop being so angry with me.

3. Some people are really afraid _______.

a) for spiders
b) of spiders
c) about spiders

Answer: Some people are really afraid of spiders.

4. After I _____ my coffee, I stood up to leave.

a) drink
b) drank
c) drunk

Answer: After I drank my coffee, I stood up to leave.

5. Are you all enjoying yourself?

a) Yes, we are having.
b) Yes we’re.
c) Yes, we are.

Answer: Yes, we are.

6. Does it get hot here in summer?

a) Yes, it is.
b) Yes, it’s not.
c) Yes, it does.

Answer: Yes, it does.

7. I do yoga _____ Monday _____ 8am.

a) at … by
b) in … on
c) on … at

Answer: I do yoga on Monday at 8am.

8. I don’t have any ______ money.

a) no
b) many
c) some
d) any

Answer: I don’t have any more money.

9. Amanda is ________ Steve

a) more short than
b) shorter than
c) shorter that

Answer: Amanda is shorter than Steve.

10. We enjoy ______ the beach on the weekend.

a) to visit
b) when viist
c) visiting

Answer: We enjoy visiting the beach on the weekend.

11. How _______ of nuts do you want?

a) many packets
b) much packets
c) many packets

Answer: How many packets of nuts do you want?

12. Margaret’s been married _____ she was 17.

a) for
b) since
c) until

Answer: Margaret’s been married since she was 17.

13. We have known each other ____ many years.

a) for
b) since
c) until

Answer: We have known each other for many years.

14. Tom _______ shorts all the way through winter!

a) used to wear
b) use to wear
c) used to wearing

Answer: Tom used to wear shorts all the way through winter

15. If I go to the party, I _____ pick you up on the way.

a) will
b) would

Answer: If I go to the party, I will pick you up on the way.

Okay how are you doing so far? We’re gonna move on to the next set of questions now. We’re gonna take things up a notch. These questions are at the B1, B2 levels. That’s intermediate, upper-intermediate level. They’ll get progressively more challenging.

16. You haven’t seen him perform on stage, ______?

a) did you?
b) can you?
c) have you?

Answer: You haven’t seen him perform on stage, have you?

17. I prefer spending time with people who ______ me.

a) respect
b) who respect
c) which respect

Answer: I prefer spending time with people who respect me.

18. It’s not _____ mine.

a) same like
b) the same as
c) the same like

Answer: It’s not the same as mine.

19. I don’t need to be back at work until three so we _____ enough time to visit the gallery.

a) must spend
b) should have
c) can spend

Answer: I don’t need to be back at work until three so we should have enough time to visit the gallery.

20. Since we live and work together, we see _____ every hour of every day!

a) the other one
b) each other
c) another one

Answer: Since we live and work together, we see each other every hour of every day!

21. He _____ visited China before I met him.

a) might be able to visit
b) might have visited
c) might visit

Answer: He might have visited China before I met him.

22. If you had told me you needed a lift, I ______ earlier.

a) have left
b) would have left
c) would leave

Answer: If you had told me you needed a lift, I would have left earlier.

23. He lives on _______ of the country.

a) another side
b) other side
c) the other side

Answer: He lives on the other side of the country.

24. My brother ______ my car over the weekend.

a) borrowed me
b) lent me
c) borrowed my

Answer: My brother borrowed my car over the weekend.

25. It was ____ a beautiful sunset.

a) so
b) such
c) such as

Answer: It was such a beautiful sunset.

26. Has she ____ to me about it?

a) said to
b) tell
c) spoken

Answer: Has she spoken to me about it?

27. You had better _____ for a new job.

a) to start looking
b) start looking
c) to start to look

Answer: You had better start looking for a new job.

28. Sally: I don’t like catching the bus.
Paul: ________________.

a) Either do I.
b) Neither do I.
c) Me too.

Answer: Neither do I.

29. I _____ in Penang for a year before I even tried assam laksa.

a) have lived
b) have been living
c) had been living

Answer: I had been living in Penang for a year before I even tried assam laksa.

30. ________________ is where you get all your energy from!

a) That amazes me
b) What amazes me
c) It amazed me

Answer: What amazes me is where you get all of your energy from!

Woohoo! So you’ve made it to the last section of this test. If these questions are starting to get a little trickier that’s because they are.

We’re starting to focus on some common expressions and some fixed phrases so you’ll need to have a really good understanding of English to confidently move through this next section.

Now if you’re not super confident about your answer if you just take a lucky guess and you happen to get it right good for you but still make sure you add a little star next to that question and just decide if you really should count it as an accurate answer.

Just do it for you. You’re doing this test for you, no one else needs to find out about how it was or if you got all of them right, just be truthful to yourself, okay?

31. ___ the whole, I think you provided a good summary of what transpired today.

a) In
b) On
c) At

Answer: On the whole, I think you provided a good summary of what transpired today.

32. I agree with you to a ____ but there has to be more to the story.

a) point
b) part
c) place

Answer: I agree with you to a point but there has to be more to the story.

33. We had made plans to drive Granny to the hospital together. And then for no apparent ____, Samuel decided not to come!

a) reason
b) certain
c) explain

Answer: We had made plans to drive Granny to the hospital together. And then for no apparent reason, Samuel decided not to come!

34. An electric car is a really _____ way of driving across Australia because they don’t require as much fuel.

a) economic
b) economical
c) economy

Answer: An electric car is a really economical way of driving across Australia because they don’t require as much fuel.

35. This kind of web application, which is often used by remote teams, _____ the opportunity for informal interactions throughout the working day.

a) provide
b) provides
c) providing

Answer: This kind of web application, which is often used by remote teams, provides the opportunity for informal interactions throughout the working day.

36. There’s no ____ trying to get everything done today.  We’ll just need to finish it off in the morning.

a) point
b) reason
c) rhyme

Answer: There’s no point trying to get everything done today.  We’ll just need to finish it off in the morning.

37. I had expected the airport to be deserted. But _____, I’d never seen it so crowded!

a) In contrast
b) On the contrary
c) Despite

Answer: I had expected the airport to be deserted. But on the contrary, I’d never seen it so crowded!

38. Thank you so much for helping us get organised before we depart. ______, let me buy you dinner to show my appreciation.

a) At the very least
b) Last but not least
c) At last

Answer: Thank you so much for helping us get organised before we depart. At the very least, let me buy you dinner to show my appreciation.

39. I would ask you to stop using such ____ language, you’re offending our guests.

a) strong
b) hard
c) tight

Answer: I would ask you to stop using such strong language, you’re offending our guests.

40. I know you’re excited to get started but it’s a delicate negotiation. Let’s just take it ____.

a) one step ahead
b) one step at a time
c) two steps ahead

Answer: I know you’re excited to get started but it’s a delicate negotiation. Let’s just take it one step at a time.

41. I’ve read this article three times over and I’m still not sure what it’s _____.

a) getting at
b) aiming for
c) pointing for

Answer: I’ve read this article three times over and I’m still not sure what it’s getting at.

42. He will ____ not be invited to our wedding. After the way he treated Martha, he’s not welcome.

a) certainly
b) surely
c) no way

Answer: He will certainly not be invited to our wedding. After the way he treated Martha, he’s not welcome.

43. When in social situations, try to avoid using technical _____ when you’re talking about your work.

a) slogans
b) jargon
c) acronyms

Answer: When in social situations, try to avoid using technical jargon when you’re talking about your work.

44. The two parties had such differing views, they required a mediator to help _____ their differences.

a) settle
b) solve
c) confirm

Answer: The two parties had such differing views, they required a mediator to help settle their differences.

465. Mary has some quirks. ______, I quite like spending time with her.

a) Even if
b) Even so
c) Even said

Answer: Mary has some quirks. Even so, I quite like spending time with her.

Well done for making it all the way through! Why don’t you tally up your answers and see how you went? If you want to, let me know down in the comments.

Let’s just jump on to the last part of this lesson. I want to talk to you.

Here’s the thing. I despise English levels. Your English level on paper, the results that you get from a test is really helpful. It’s useful to know that information but they do not define who you are or what you’re capable of doing in the future and so often the way that we think about our results or the way that we think about ourselves after we get those results actually stops us from improving or moving forward.

It really messes with our self-belief and it messes with our self-esteem and our motivation to keep going, to continue and sometimes it’s that thinking that convinces us to give up or to reduce our ambitions, to settle for less you know. I was aiming for this and I don’t think that I can do it.

I am very lucky to know many, many incredible English students and I can confirm that those who score well on paper are not always the best communicators and that intermediate English speakers can be vibrant and effective communicators as well. Even if they don’t have the vocabulary range or the accuracy with their grammar, they can still use the language that they have to communicate clearly and to communicate well.

So now that you have completed this English test make sure please for goodness sake, please make sure you take note of the questions that you got wrong including the ones that you just took a lucky guess and you got right. And learn from them. This is the opportunity that you have right now.

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I will see you next time!