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Online English proficiency test
The certified
English exam
Find your real English level in one five-part exam, and earn a certificate anyone can check. Start free. Pay $3 only if you want your result.
Your free attempt is used when you press Start. Closing or reloading this page ends the attempt, and it cannot be resumed.
No payment before the exam. Complete all five parts first. At the end, pay $3 once to unlock your detailed result and any certificate your answers support.
Not an accredited qualification, and not a substitute for IELTS, TOEFL or Cambridge. What this exam is, and is not.
- Its own web pageAnyone can check it by link
- Adds to LinkedInOne click from its page
- Exam time
- Up to 90 minutes
- Questions
- About 110
- Your level
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- A1Beginner
- A2Elementary
- B1Intermediate
- B2Upper-Int.
- C1Advanced
- C2Mastery
A test that earns the level it gives you.
Many free tests print a level whatever you answer. This one has to see the evidence first. Here is what that means for you.
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It finds your level, then tests you there.
The first twenty questions find where you are: a right answer makes the next one harder, and a wrong one makes it easier. The rest of Part 1, and then your reading and listening texts, are chosen for the level you showed, where every answer tells the exam something.
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Marked on our servers, not in your browser.
Your answers are checked against a key your browser never receives. Nobody can read the answers out of the page, so a level from this exam means what it says.
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It tells you when it is not sure.
If your answers do not show a clear level, the report says so instead of guessing. You are never handed a level you did not show, which is exactly why the level you do get is worth showing to someone.
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We measured how often it is right.
It agrees with your real level 85% of the time. That was measured on 20,000 simulated candidates walking the live exam. When it misses, it is as likely to place you low as high, so it does not flatter the people who pay for it.
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A certificate anyone can check.
Every certificate is issued by our servers and gets its own page at /certificate. Send the link, and the person you send it to can check it without asking us. One click adds it to your LinkedIn profile.
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A band for every skill, not one number.
Grammar, vocabulary, reading and listening are each scored on their own, on the scale from A1 to C2. You see where you are strong, and you see what to work on next.
Five parts, one sitting.
Every part has its own clock except the writing, which has none. Find a quiet place, and a microphone for the last part.
- Grammar & Vocabulary29 min
- Reading34 min
- Listening14 min
- Writingno time limit
- Speaking9 min
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Grammar & Vocabulary
Which words and structures you can really use. One question per screen. The set finds your level, then keeps asking at it.
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Reading
Whether you get the meaning, not just the words. Four texts with questions, and four where you give each paragraph a heading. The text stays beside its task.
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Listening
Whether you can follow speech at normal speed. Three recordings, two plays each, no rewind.
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Writing
How you write for a real reader. A short reply, then a longer piece. No clock on either, and your work saves as you type.
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Speaking
How you speak without preparing. Two questions in your own words, then one sentence read aloud. You hear every take before it is sent.
Recording saved with attempt
Start free. Pay at the end, if you want your result.
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Sign in and start
It costs nothing to begin. Your account is where your result and your certificate are kept.
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Sit the five parts
Your answers are saved as you go. If your connection drops, the exam picks up where it stopped.
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Open your result
After the last part, $3 opens your detailed result and any certificate your answers support. One payment covers two attempts, 14 days apart.
Your level is already there. Go and find it.
Five parts, a level you can show, and nothing to pay until you have finished.
Start the examExam conditions and what this is notRead before you start
Read these before you start. Starting means you agree to them.
- A clock on every question, one on every part except the writing, and a 90-minute clock over the whole exam. If a clock runs out, the answer you picked is kept and the exam moves on.
- Part 4 has no clock. The exam clock stops while you write, so take the time you need.
- Leaving the tab is recorded. Doing it often flags the attempt for review.
- You cannot select, copy or paste, including in the writing editor.
- Part 5 needs a microphone. It is on only while you record.
- Nothing is lost. Close the page or lose your connection, and everything picks up where it stopped.
- Four skills are marked on our servers. Grammar, vocabulary, reading and listening are scored against a key your browser never receives. Writing and speaking responses stay with your attempt. You start without paying; after the last part, $3 unlocks the detailed result and covers two attempts.
Built to find the level you actually have. The routing adapts to every answer you give, so the band you get is the one your evidence supports. Grammar, vocabulary, reading and listening are marked on our servers against a key your browser never receives.
This exam does not replace IELTS or TOEFL. It records your level with us. It is not an accredited or officially recognised qualification, it is not equivalent to IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge or any state examination, and no university, employer or immigration authority is obliged to accept it. If you need formal proof of your English for one of those, sit one of those exams instead. That sentence is printed on the certificate itself, not just here.
Questions before you buyRecognition, price, what it shows
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Is this an English proficiency certificate that universities or visa offices accept?
It records the CEFR level you showed on this exam, and anyone can check it on its own web page. It is not an accredited qualification, and no university, employer or immigration office has to accept it. If an application names IELTS, TOEFL, PTE, Cambridge or the Duolingo English Test, sit that exam. Use this certificate where a checkable level helps, such as a CV, a LinkedIn profile or a job application.
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How much does it cost, and how many attempts do I get?
You can start and finish the exam without paying. After the last part, $3 unlocks your detailed result and covers two graded attempts. The second opens 14 days after the first. The refund policy explains what happens if something goes wrong.
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What does the certificate show?
Your overall CEFR level, from A1 to C2, and a separate band for grammar, vocabulary, reading and listening. Those four parts are marked on our servers against a key your browser never receives. Your writing and speaking responses stay with the attempt.
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How is it different from a free online English test with a certificate?
Many free tests mark your answers inside your browser, cover only grammar or reading, and print a level whatever the evidence. This exam covers listening and writing too, finds your level before it tests you there, and says so when your answers do not show a clear level. Our guide on how to get an English proficiency certificate compares the main options, free and paid.
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Can I add it to my CV or LinkedIn?
Yes. Every certificate has its own page with a link you can share, and that page has a button that adds it to your LinkedIn profile. Describe it as an assessment result from Virtuous English Academy, not as an accredited or official qualification.
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What do I need before I start?
An account, a quiet place, a stable connection and a microphone for the speaking part. The timed parts take up to 90 minutes, and the writing part has no clock. If your connection drops, the exam picks up where it stopped.
Your answers and integrity report are being verified.
Where that sits
Your skills, band by band
What this level means in practice
Your certificate
How far to the next level
How this level compares
The CEFR is the scale; these exams publish where their own scores sit on it. That is what makes the comparison possible — and what keeps it a comparison rather than a conversion.
| CEFR level | IELTS band | TOEFL iBT | Cambridge |
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What to do next
Your level is the starting point, not the finish. The path opens where it does.