What’s your English level? Find out with this test

- Have you ever wondered what your English level is?

Hmm.

Well, if you're looking for a fun

and interactive way to discover

your level of English,

you might be in the right place.

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I say "might be in the right place"

because the truth is

you won't really know accurately

your English level from this video,

or from any YouTube video really.

However, this is a fun way to get

a rough idea of where you stand.

I mean, what your level is.

Hello, this is Keith from English Speaking Success

and the website Keith Speaking Academy.

Well, my goal here is to help you develop

your speaking skills in a fun

and professional way,

and if you're taking IELTS,

to help you face the examiner with confidence.

Now, it's really important to know

your level of English,

mainly because then you can study materials

that are appropriate for your level.

If they're too hard, you're demotivated.

If they're too easy, it's boring, right?

So...

And also if you're gonna study a course,

face-to-face or online,

it helps you choose the right course.

It can also help you focus

on your weaknesses,

things that you don't yet know properly.

And it can, of course,

help you set realistic goals,

which means you are more likely

to succeed with your English learning.

Whatever your level is today,

I want you to be happy with it.

Don't compare.

Be happy and slowly work forward,

step by step, to get better.

This video is gonna help you with that.

Let me explain how it works.

So I'm gonna ask you 30 questions,

most of them on a multiple choice basis.

Questions will be based on language knowledge,

including vocabulary, grammar, idioms, collocations;

Also, your listening ability a little bit.

And then, questions start very easy,

and then they get harder and harder.

Basically on the CEFR,

going from A1 right up to C2.

The way to do it,

as you watch the questions,

make a note of which ones you get right.

And then at the end,

look at the total.

And if you score one to five,

you're probably an A1; beginner level.

If you score between six and 10,

you're probably an A2; Lower intermediate.

If you score between 11 and 15,

you're probably a B1;

kind of intermediate level,

maybe an IELTS four to five.

If you score 16 to 20,

you are probably a B2;

kind of upper intermediate.

IELTS 5.5 to 6.5.

If you score 21 to 25,

you're probably a C1.

Hooray.

And that is advanced.

IELTS 6.5 to 7.5.

And holy moly,

if you are 26 to 30,

you're probably a C2,

which is a proficient user of English.

Basically kind of IELTS eight and nine.

These are approximate scores.

And remember, really,

this video is just for fun,

but to give you an idea,

a rough idea, of where you stand.

Okay, let's begin at the beginning.

Beginning quite easy questions, okay?

Questions one to five are

around level A1, beginner level.

I'll ask you the question

and give you four answers,

you choose one,

and I'll give you about five seconds to answer,

and then I'll give you the answer, okay

Let's begin, question number one:

You meet your friend at work

and your friend asks, "how's it going?"

How would you answer?

A, "It's later than usual."

B, "I'm fine thanks, and you?"

C, "Business as usual."

D, "You are welcome."

The correct answer would be B,

"I'm fine thanks, and you?"

However, if you put C,

"Business as usual,"

you actually get two points

'cause that's a great answer.

Shows you have a higher level.

Let's move on to question number two.

Question number two:

You are talking about your daily routine.

Which sentence correctly describes

something you do every day?

Sentence is, "I blank breakfast at 8:00 AM"

Is it A, "am eating,"

B "eats,"

C, "eat"

D, "eating?"

And the correct answer is C,

"I eat breakfast at 8:00 AM."

Next question.

Question number three:

You're planning to meet a friend in the city.

Your friend asks,

"What time shall we meet tomorrow?"

And you say,

A, "let's meet at seven o'clock,"

B, "I have two brothers,"

C, "it's next to the bank,"

D, "I'm fine, thank you."

And the answer is A, "Let's meet at seven o'clock."

Nice.

Question number four:

You are in France,

ah, Paris,

and telling your friend about a famous place

you are visiting in Paris.

Which sentence is correct?

A, "I'm at the Eiffel Tower in Paris."

B, "I'm at Eiffel Tower in Paris."

C, "I'm at Eiffel Tower in the Paris"

D, "I'm at the Eiffel Tower in the Paris."

And the correct answer is A.

It's "the Eiffel Tower,"

or "the Eiffel Tower."

Paris doesn't have a determiner, "the."

It's in Paris.

Next one.

Question number five:

You're describing your ability

to speak English to a new classmate.

Which sentence is correct?

A, "I can speaks English."

B, "I can speak English."

C, "I can speaking English."

D, "I speak can English."

And the answer is B,

"I can speak English."

Excellent.

Keep a note of how many you have.

Let's move on to the next level.

Question six, A2 level.

Right, question six:

You are telling a friend, another friend,

about a trip you took last weekend.

Which sentence is correct?

A, "I go to the beach."

B, "I've gone to the beach."

C, "I went to the beach."

D, "I've gone to the beach."

The correct answer here is C,

"I went to the beach."

You want to use the simple past

to talk about that trip last weekend.

Question number seven, listening.

Listen carefully,

what do you think this person is doing?

"Go straight on, turn right at the traffic lights,

"and you'll see it just in front of you."

A, turning right.

B, watching a film.

C, asking for a light.

D, giving directions.

The answer is D, giving directions.

"Go straight on,

"turn right at the lights," et cetera.

Question number eight:

Okay, in question eight,

when talking about your job,

which of the following is correct?

A, "I am teacher, I work in school."

B, "I am a teacher, I work on school."

C, "I'm a teacher, I work in a school."

D, "I am teacher, I work at school."

And the answer is C.

"I'm a teacher, I work in a school."

Next.

Question number nine:

You are discussing plans

for the weekend with your family.

Which sentence would you use?

"A, I think I will go fishing."

"B, I'm going to go fishing."

"C, I'm going fishing."

"D, I might go fishing."

What did you say?

If you said A, one point.

If you said B, one point.

Actually, if you said C, one point.

Or D, one point.

If you said all of them,

you get two points

because all of them are correct.

The thing is with multiple choice,

if there's not enough context,

sometimes some of the different answers can be correct.

"I think I will go fishing" is

you are undecided, it's probable.

"I'm going to go" is a plan you have.

"I'm going fishing" is a plan you've fixed,

you've got it in your schedule.

"I might go fishing" is the future possibility.

They're all correct.

Question number 10.

In question number 10:

You are comparing your hometown

with a new city which you are visiting.

Which would be the correct sentence?

"My hometown is blank than this city."

A, more peaceful.

B, peacefuller.

C, most peaceful

D, Way peaceful.

And the answer is A, "more peaceful."

Peaceful, we would use "more peaceful."

"Peacefuller" doesn't really exist.

Adjectives normally with three

or more syllables,

you'll put more in front of it.

"Most" is the superlative

for more than two things.

But here we're just comparing two things, right?

"Way peaceful," no.

You could say "way more peaceful"

but not just "way peaceful."

Great, that's the end of A2 level.

I hope you are keeping a note

of how many you have right.

Let's move on to the next level,

which is B1.

Right, question number 11, okay?

The first one for this block at B1:

"What are you going to do after work today?"

The answer, "I blank some friends for dinner."

A, "met."

B, "am meeting."

C, "meets."

D, "am meet."

And the answer is B,

"I am meeting some friends for dinner."

It's the only one that expresses the future.

Present continuous to express

a future idea, a future activity,

that is scheduled and organized already.

Notice that even though the question asks

"What are you going to do?"

You can use different future forms

in the answer.

You don't have to imitate

the form of the question.

It depends on the context as always.

Question number 12.

Question number 12:

"What were you doing when I called you yesterday?"

When I called you.

"Blank dinner ready."

A, "I'm getting dinner ready."

B, "I got dinner ready."

C, "I was getting dinner ready."

D, "I get dinner ready."

And here the best answer is C.

"I was getting dinner ready."

When we are talking about

an activity in process

when another one interrupts,

we normally use "was getting."

It's called the past continuous tense.

I was doing something

when another activity happened.

"I was getting dinner ready

"when you called."

Right, question number 13.

Question 13: you are planning

a weekend trip with a friend in winter.

Oh lovely, how lucky.

Which sentence is correct?

A, "If it will snow,

"we are staying indoors and watching movies.

B, "If it snow,

"we stay indoors and watch movies."

C, "If it snows,

"we will stay indoors and watch movies."

D, "If it snows,

"we stayed indoors and watched movies."

And the answer is C.

"If it snows, we will stay indoors

"and watch movies."

It's called a first conditional.

First clause is the present simple tense,

second clause with will.

And this is to describe things

that might happen

or are likely to happen, right?

If it snows...

Snowing in winter,

it might happen.

In that condition,

this is what we will do.

Great, next one.

Question 14: "A friend is unwell,"

so they are sick,

"what advice do you give them?"

A, "You should to see a doctor."

B, "You ought see a doctor."

C, "You must to see a doctor."

D, "You should see a doctor."

And the answer is D,

"You should see a doctor."

"Should" an "ought" are very similar

but "should" doesn't take "to."

"Ought" takes "to."

"Must" is a bit stronger

but it's okay for advice,

but you don't say "must to."

You say "must see a doctor."

The only one that works grammatically,

"You should see a doctor."

15.

Question number 15:

So you are telling a friend

what to buy in a bar.

Which sentence best matches this picture?

Is it A,

"Can you buy some coffee

"and a few bottles of water?"

B, "Can you buy some coffees

"and a few bottles of water?"

C, "Can you buy some coffee

"and a little bottle of water?"

D, "Can you buy a coffee

"and a few bottles of water?"

And the answer is B,

"Can you buy some coffees

"and a few bottles of water?"

The main thing here is coffee

as a countable is a cup of coffee.

A coffee, two coffees, some coffees.

That's a cup of coffee for drinking.

Coffee as an uncountable will refer

to coffee powder, right?

A bag of coffee powder

or a bag of coffee beans.

Here it's four coffees, countable.

Great.

That's the end of the B1 level.

If you're ready,

let's move up to B2.

Right, we're moving up to question 16,

and this is the the B2 level, right?

Remember, keep a note of

how many you're getting correct.

Question 16, this is a grammar

and pronunciation question.

So notice in particular the stress

as well as the grammar.

Listen carefully and tell me

which is the best question to this answer.

So the answer is,

"Van Gogh painted this picture in 1850."

Which is the best question?

"Who painted this?"

"When was it painted?"

"Who was this picture painted by?"

"What did Van Gogh paint?"

And the answer is, "When was it painted?"

That's the best one because

you'll notice the stress was "Van Gogh painted

"this picture in 1850."

We're stressing 1850,

which supposes the question is asking when

rather than who or what did he paint.

Tricky.

Now, question 17,

remember you've got five seconds to answer.

So you're talking about your experiences

with learning languages,

which sentence is correct?

A, "I have learned English for two years."

B, "I learned English since two years."

C, "I'm learning English for two years."

D, "I've learned English since two years."

The correct answer is

"I have learned English for two years."

Of course we use "for" with a period of time.

So two years is "for,"

and it's with the present perfect tense.

Okay, question number 18.

So you are speculating, thinking,

why a friend didn't come to class yesterday.

Which of these is not possible

in this context?

A, "he might have forgotten about the class."

B, "he should have forgotten about the class."

C, "he can't have forgotten about the class."

D, "he must have forgotten about the class."

Right, the one that is not possible,

"He should have forgotten about the class."

"He should have forgotten" means that he didn't,

but you think it was a good idea.

He should have.

And here that doesn't make sense

'cause you're speculating why they didn't come.

Okay, question 19.

You are giving advice to a friend

who's feeling, oof, overwhelmed with work.

Which sentence correctly uses

a phrasal verb for this context?

A, "You should take off a hobby to relax."

B, "You should take up a hobby to relax."

C, "You should take out a hobby to relax."

D, "You should take on a hobby to relax."

And the answer is to "take up a hobby,"

which means to begin a hobby.

Question 20.

Listen carefully and tell me

when does this story take place?

Listen carefully.

"So I get to the house,

"knock on the door,

"and then I suddenly get

"a strange feeling like

"a surprise was going to happen."

When does the story take place?

A, "Right now."

B, "In the future."

C, "In the past."

D, "Never, it's a hypothetical."

One more time.

"So I get to the house,

"knock on the door,

"and then I suddenly get a strange feeling like

"a surprise was going to happen."

And the answer is C, in the past.

It's the classic case of using

the present simple tense

to describe an activity in the past,

a story in the past.

Great, let's move on.

So we're really upping the game now,

coming into the kind of C1 level.

Question 21:

Which of the following expresses regret

about not applying for a job opening?

A, "If I knew about the job vacancy,

"I would apply."

B, "If I would've known about the job vacancy,

"I had applied."

C, "If I had known about the job vacancy,

"I would have applied."

D, "If I know about the job vacancy,

"I will apply."

And the answer is C,

"if I had known about it,

"I would have applied ."

Third conditional.

Let's move on to number 22:

which is the best missing word?

"Too many people are living below

"the poverty blank."

Is it A, "the poverty limit,"

B, "The poverty line,"

C, "The poverty border,"

D, "The poverty level?"

Okay, the correct collocation here is

the poverty line.

We talk about the poverty line,

that line that separates people

who are in poverty

and those who are not.

Number 23, here's the context.

You're discussing the long-term impact

of a decision made in the past.

Which sentence correctly does this?

A, "If I didn't move to London,

"I wouldn't have spoken English so fluently now."

B, "If I hadn't moved to London,

"I wouldn't be speaking English so fluently now.

C, "If I wouldn't move to London,

"I wouldn't be speaking English so fluently,"

D, "If I hadn't moved to London,

"I wouldn't have spoken English

"so fluently now."

Right, and the answer is B.

This is a mixed conditional, right?

Talking about the decision in the past to...

Or the moving to London in the past

and the impact now is that

if I hadn't moved to London,

I wouldn't be speaking English so fluently now,

because it's now.

D is talking completely in the past

without that connection to now.

Hmm.

Number 24: Which phrase could be used

to mean "he tried his best to win?"

A, "He pulled all the stops to win."

B, "He pulled all his stops to win."

C, "He pulled out all the stops to win."

D, "He pulled out all his stops to win."

Now, how good are you with your idioms, right?

Well, the answer here is C.

"He pulled out all the stops to win."

And if you'd subscribe to my 150 idioms course,

you would know that, my friend.

Let's look at question 25.

Collocations.

Which sentence has the correct collocation?

A, "We must take drastic measures

"to combat climate change."

B, "We must take heavy measures

"to fight climate change."

C, "We must do big steps

"to battle against climate change."

D, "We must make strong actions

"to defeat climate change."

And the correct collocation well is A, "Drastic measures,"

"to take drastic measures,"

meaning significant, big measures, right?

Okay, good.

Okay, we're coming in now

to the C2 level.

We're gonna separate

the proficient from the advanced.

This is where it really happens, right?

Question 26,

are you ready?

So imagine you are at

an international conference

and you are networking

with professionals from around the globe.

You strike up a conversation with someone

who seems to be evading questions

about their work.

How would you describe this person's behavior

without being overly critical?

Okay.

Would you say they are,

A, "Beating around the bush?"

B, "Keeping their cards close to their chest?"

C, "Jumping on the bandwagon?"

D, "Letting the cat out of the bag?"

Five seconds.

The answer here, the best answer,

would be they are "keeping their cards

"close to their chest," right?

They're not revealing all

the information that they have.

They're maybe evading your questions.

Right, number 27,

it's a vocabulary question,

but we're really upping the ante.

So imagine you are writing an article

for an international magazine

about the resurgence of interest

in traditional folk music around the world.

Which is the best word here to fill the gap?

Here's the sentence.

"Traditional folk music has undergone

"a remarkable blank,

"witnessing a fusion with contemporary genre

"that has both revitalized

"and preserved its essence."

A, conundrum.

B, metamorphosis.

C, juxtaposition.

D, anomaly.

Metamorphosis, B is the answer.

And those of you who speak Latin languages can

probably guess that, right?

"Metamorphosis" means a change basically.

Now then, 23.

23...

28!

Come on, 28!

Some reading for you.

I want you to read this paragraph

and then tell me what

the writer is implicitly suggesting.

I'll read it with you, okay.

"While technology advancements have

"undeniably contributed to reducing carbon emissions,

"we must not become complacent,

"assuming that technology alone will absolve us

"of our environmental responsibilities."

What is the writer implicitly suggesting?

A, "Technology has not

"significantly impacted carbon emissions."

B, "Technological solutions should be

"the sole focus of environmental policies."

C, "Despite technological progress,

"individual and collective actions remain crucial."

D, "Environmental policies have had little

"to no effect on technological advancements."

Five seconds.

You didn't know I was gonna test

your reading as well, did you?

So the answer here is C,

"Despite the progress,

"individuals and collective action remains crucial," right?

We can't just rely on technology to do it.

So true.

Question 29 coming along.

Here it is.

You are explaining to a friend

why you enjoy studying English.

'Cause it's great, right?

And you want to express that learning

a new language allows you

to meet interesting people

and it helps you understand different perspectives.

Which idiomatic expression

best summarizes the benefits

that you feel?

A...

Of language learning, right?

A, "It pushes the envelope."

B, "It's the best of both worlds."

C, "It opens doors."

D, "It hits the nail on the head."

Best answer here is "it opens doors,"

gives you opportunities, right?

To meet new people,

understand points of view.

The last question, would you believe it?

And it's a collocation question.

Which is the correct collocation, right?

When somebody doesn't know what to do,

they can say,

A, "I don't have the smallest idea what to do."

B, "I don't have the lightest idea what to do."

C, "I don't have the faintest idea what to do."

D, "I don't have the tiniest idea what to do."

Well, the best answer here,

in fact the only answer, is C,

"I don't have the faintest idea."

We talk about the faintest idea.

You can also say the slightest idea,

but none of the others.

It's C.

That's it, that's the final question.

Make a tally, add up how many you've got,

and find out what level you are.

Remember if you're from one to five, A1;

If you are six to 10, A2;

11 to 15, B1;

16 to 20, B2;

21 to 25, C1;

25 to 30, you're a C2,

proficient, like me,

on most days at least.

So there you have it,

I hope you enjoyed that.

And I wonder, what score did you get?

Let me know down in the comments below.

And not only the score,

but then what level are you?

And do you think you really are that level?

Is this accurate?

Do remember that your four English skills,

may be at different levels,

it's very, very normal, right?

For somebody's reading and listening skills

to be higher than their speaking

and writing skills.

This was more a test of knowledge

rather than those skills.

But if you want a perfect test...

Not perfect, but a more accurate test,

I suggest you go and check out

the IELTS test, and go and take it.

It'll help you identify

exactly where you are,

especially if you're gonna migrate abroad

or go and study in an English-speaking university.

Now, the more interesting question is

now that you know the level that you are at,

what are you going to do with that?

Well, I'm gonna suggest two things.

First, start finding and studying materials

at your level or slightly above.

Secondly, focus on your weaknesses.

Look at where you made mistakes

and focus in on those weaknesses.

Now, you can do that by looking

at the internet.

You can browse around,

find lots of good materials,

ignore the bad materials.

There are lots of those too.

And you can set up your own study plan, absolutely.

You can also check out my website,

the Keith Speaking Academy,

where there are different courses

specifically focused on IELTS speaking training,

but to develop your speaking skills

so that you can speak English

much more confidently.

Move from being a struggling English student

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my fluent grammar course would be ideal for you.

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Whatever you decide to do,

I will always be here to support you

on your English learning journey,

especially with your speaking skills.

So thank you so much for watching,

for doing the test.

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Take care, my friend.

All the best now, bye-Bye.

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