Free Arabic Level Test: Find Your CEFR Level (A1–C2)
25 questions in Modern Standard Arabic, from easy to hard, with instructions in English. The first questions are fully vowelled with a transliteration. In about 10 minutes you get your estimated level, A1 to C2, and where to start learning.
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Free. A practice test, not an official CEFR result.
- 25 questions
- 3 CEFR sections
- A1–C2 estimate
- 8 minutes
How does the Arabic test work?
25 short questions, a little harder every five, from A1 up to C1. No timer, no sign-up to start, and one tap answers each question.
Start at A1
Everyday words and simple sentences, fully vowelled, with a transliteration under each line; switch it off if you read Arabic script.
Step up to C1
Vocabulary, grammar, word order and short texts, one level up every five questions, unvowelled from B1 as adult texts are. Several misses in a row and the next questions come from an easier level.
See your level
Your estimated level, A1 to C2, a score for vocabulary, grammar and reading, and the lesson to start at in Slova.
How we estimate your level
Every question is in Modern Standard Arabic (الفصحى), the Arabic of books, news and exams, and written at one level: a word gap, the closest meaning or the right reply, a grammar gap, Arabic word order with the ★ piece, and a short text like the notices, messages and articles of Arabic courses for non-native speakers. A level counts as passed when you get three of its questions right, and your result is the highest level you passed, counting up from A1. A short test cannot tell C1 from C2, so C2 shows as your next goal. The questions are original and not calibrated on large groups of learners, so the result is an estimate on the CEFR scale, not an official certificate.
What your Arabic level test result shows
All of it on one screen, free. Leave your email at the end to see it, and we send you a copy.
- Your Arabic levelA1 to C2 (or below A1) in Modern Standard Arabic, with your next goal.
- A score for each sectionVocabulary, grammar and reading, counted apart.
- Every answer explainedThe right answer and a short reason in English, for every question you saw.
- Where to start in SlovaThe lesson of our spoken Arabic course that matches your level.
- Vocabulary8 of 11
- Grammar5 of 10
- Reading2 of 4
Where to start
NextLesson 101: compound numbers, age, and being on time.
Arabic levels explained: CEFR A1 to C2
There is no single international Arabic exam, so schools, universities and employers describe Arabic in the six CEFR levels.
- A1
Beginner
- Read vowelled Arabic slowly.
- Introduce yourself and ask simple questions.
- Use هذا and هذه, the article and pronouns.
- A2
Elementary
- Talk about your day, work and family.
- Read short messages and notices.
- Use the past, the present, لم and لن.
- B1
Intermediate
- Read unvowelled texts on familiar topics.
- Give opinions, plans and reasons.
- Use كان and إنّ with case endings.
- B2
Upper-intermediate
- Follow news and articles.
- Argue a point of view clearly.
- Use the passive and participles.
- C1
Advanced
- Read long, demanding texts.
- Use Arabic at work and in study.
- Understand set phrases and formal style.
- C2
Proficient
- Understand practically everything.
- Express fine shades of meaning.
- Read classical and literary texts.
Arabic quiz: sample questions
Five questions from this test, from A1 to C1, like the vocabulary, grammar and reading items it asks. Tap to see the answer and why.
Example 1 · A1 · Which word best fills the blank?
فَاطِمَةُ مَرِيضَةٌ، هِيَ الآنَ فِي ＿＿＿ لِرُؤْيَةِ الطَّبِيبِ.
- الحَدِيقَةِ
- السُّوقِ
- المُسْتَشْفَى
- المَطْبَخِ
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المُسْتَشْفَى. A patient goes to the hospital to see a doctor: المُسْتَشْفَى.
Example 2 · A2 · Which best fills the blank?
لَمْ ＿＿＿ مُحَمَّدٌ رِسَالَةَ المُدِيرِ أَمْسِ.
- فَتَحَ
- يَفْتَحَ
- يَفْتَحُ
- يَفْتَحْ
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يَفْتَحْ. لَمْ negates past action with a present jussive verb (majzoom) ending in sukūn: يَفْتَحْ.
Example 3 · B1 · Which is closest in meaning to the underlined part?
شرح المعلم الدرس الجديد باختصار ليترك وقتًا كافيًا لأسئلة الطلاب.
- بإيجاز
- بتردد
- بتفصيل
- بصعوبة
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بإيجاز. The adverbial phrase باختصار denotes explaining something concisely: بإيجاز.
Example 4 · B2 · Which word best fills the blank?
بدأت أمانة العاصمة مشروعًا واسعًا يهدف إلى ＿＿＿ المباني التراثية وحمايتها من الانهيار.
- استهلاك
- ترميم
- تفكيك
- هدم
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ترميم. Preserving historic buildings from collapsing requires restoration: ترميم.
Example 5 · C1 · Which word best fills the blank?
إنّ ما كشفت عنه الوثائق المسربة لا يعدو كونه ＿＿＿ مقارنة بحجم التجاوزات الحقيقية التي حدثت.
- سيفًا ذا حدين
- غيضًا من فيض
- قوس قزح
- كبد الحقيقة
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غيضًا من فيض. A tiny fraction of a vast hidden whole is expressed as غيض من فيض, “a drop in the ocean”.
Arabic A1 test: what a beginner is asked
The first five questions of this test are at A1. Get three of them right and you have the first level.
At A1 you read vowelled Arabic slowly, know the words of daily life (family, food, the city, time) and build simple sentences: هذه مدرسة كبيرة، أين المفتاح؟، ذهب يوسف إلى السوق. Every A1 and A2 question is fully vowelled, as beginner books print it, with a transliteration line (al-miftāḥ) you can switch off.
Three A1 examples from this test:
Example 1 · A1 · Which best fills the blank?
— ＿＿＿ المِفْتَاحُ؟ — هُوَ عَلَى الطَّاوِلَةِ.
- أَيْنَ
- كَمْ
- مَاذَا
- مَتَى
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أَيْنَ. The answer gives a location (عَلَى الطَّاوِلَةِ), so the question asks where: أَيْنَ.
Example 2 · A1 · Which word best fills the blank?
نَجْلِسُ فِي المَطْعَمِ حَوْلَ ＿＿＿ لِتَنَاوُلِ الغَدَاءِ.
- الحَقِيبَةِ
- السَّاعَةِ
- السَّيَّارَةِ
- الطَّاوِلَةِ
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الطَّاوِلَةِ. In a restaurant people sit around the table: الطَّاوِلَةِ.
Example 3 · A1 · Which reply fits best?
— كَيْفَ حَالُكَ يَا خَالِدُ؟ — ＿＿＿
- اسْمِي خَالِدٌ.
- أَنَا مِنَ الرِّيَاضِ.
- بِخَيْرٍ، وَالحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ.
- عُمْرِي عِشْرُونَ سَنَةً.
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بِخَيْرٍ، وَالحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ.. To answer how you are, you say بِخَيْرٍ، وَالحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ (fine, praise be to God).
Arabic reading test: short texts from A1 to C1
One question in five is a short text: a message, a notice, an e-mail or a news item, with one question about it.
The texts grow with the level: a short vowelled note at A1, notices and e-mails at A2 and B1, news items and opinion pieces at B2 and C1, unvowelled from B1 as real texts are. The question is in Arabic too, so it checks that you understood the text, not only the words. This is a reading-comprehension test in Modern Standard Arabic; it does not test reading the Quran aloud or tajwīd.
Two reading examples from this test, at A1 and B1:
Example 1 · A1 · Read the text, then answer the question.
عَزِيزِي خَالِدُ،
أَنَا فِي مَكْتَبَةِ الجَامِعَةِ الآنَ مَعَ أَحْمَدَ لِنَدْرُسَ لِلِامْتِحَانِ. هَلْ تَأْتِي إِلَيْنَا بَعْدَ صَلَاةِ العَصْرِ؟
صَدِيقُكَ سَالِم
أَيْنَ يَجْلِسُ سَالِمٌ الآنَ؟
- فِي المَسْجِدِ.
- فِي المَطْعَمِ مَعَ أُسْرَتِهِ.
- فِي بَيْتِ خَالِدٍ.
- فِي مَكْتَبَةِ الجَامِعَةِ.
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فِي مَكْتَبَةِ الجَامِعَةِ.. Salim explicitly states that he is in the university library: فِي مَكْتَبَةِ الجَامِعَةِ.
Example 2 · B1 · Read the text, then answer the question.
إعلان للطلاب
تعلن إدارة المكتبة المركزية عن تمديد ساعات العمل خلال فترة الامتحانات النهائية، لتفتح أبوابها يومياً حتى الساعة الحادية عشرة ليلاً، بما في ذلك يوما الجمعة والسبت. كما يُرجى من الطلاب الراغبين في حجز غرف الدراسة الجماعية تسجيل أسمائهم مسبقاً عبر موقع الجامعة الإلكتروني قبل يومين على الأقل من الموعد المطلوب.
متى يجب على الطلاب حجز غرف الدراسة الجماعية؟
- عند وصولهم مباشرة إلى المكتبة.
- في صباح يوم الامتحان نفسه.
- قبل الموعد المطلوب بيومين على الأقل.
- قبل موعد الدراسة بأسبوع كامل.
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قبل الموعد المطلوب بيومين على الأقل.. The notice states that study rooms must be reserved at least two days in advance via the website.
Arabic grammar test: what each level checks
One in five questions you see is a grammar gap, and one more puts words in order.
- A1: the nominal sentence, هذا and هذه, gender, the article, attached pronouns, the past and present of common verbs, numbers 3 to 10 with their noun.
- A2: the dual (كتابين), sound and broken plurals, لن and لم with their moods, كان with its predicate, comparatives (أسرع من).
- B1: إنّ and كان with case endings, المضارع المنصوب after لكي, the jussive after لا الناهية, relative اللاتي and الذي, numbers with the counted noun, the verbal noun.
- B2: the passive (وُضِعَ), the five nouns (أخاك), participles (مزوَّد), لو conditionals, verbs with their preposition (اعتذر عن).
- C1: المفعول المطلق and الحال, formal connectors (بيد أنّ، فضلًا عن، لا سيّما، شريطة أن).
Three grammar examples from this test, at A2, B1 and B2:
Example 1 · A2 · Which best fills the blank?
قَرَأَ الطَّالِبُ ＿＿＿ فِي أُسْبُوعٍ وَاحِدٍ.
- كِتَابٌ
- كِتَابَانِ
- كِتَابَيْنِ
- كُتُبٌ
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كِتَابَيْنِ. The word is the direct object (مَفْعُول بِهِ) of the verb قَرَأَ, so the dual takes yāʾ: كِتَابَيْنِ.
Example 2 · B1 · Which best fills the blank?
قضى يوسف في القاهرة خمسةَ ＿＿＿ زار خلالها أبرز المعالم السياحية.
- أيامٍ
- أيامًا
- يومٍ
- يومًا
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أيامٍ. Numbers from 3 to 10 govern their counted noun as a plural in the genitive case (جمع مجرور): أيامٍ.
Example 3 · B2 · Which best fills the blank?
إنّ ＿＿＿ طالب متميز في قسم الهندسة المدنية وله بحوث منشورة.
- أخاك
- أخو
- أخوك
- أخيك
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أخاك. The particle إنّ takes an accusative subject, which for the five nouns ends in alif: أخاك.
Arabic placement test: where to start in Slova
Your result also places you in Slova’s spoken Arabic course of 400 lessons. The course teaches the everyday Arabic of the Gulf, so we place you carefully.
Slova is a speaking course: you learn by talking, with an AI tutor, from the first lesson. It teaches the spoken Arabic of Gulf cities such as Riyadh, Dubai and Doha, which shares most words with Modern Standard Arabic but differs in everyday verbs, negation and pronunciation. So a good score here does not mean you already speak Gulf Arabic, and we start you lower than your reading level.
| Your result | Start at |
|---|---|
| Below A1 | Lesson 1 · Greeting, replying, and introducing yourself |
| A1 | Lesson 29 · Door codes, morning habits, and today’s weather |
| A2 | Lesson 65 · Asking friends what they are doing and talking about others |
| B1 | Lesson 101 · Compound numbers, age, and being on time |
| B2 | Lesson 151 · Sending locations and talking about what you liked |
| C1 and up | Lesson 201 · Real conditionals with «إِذا» for everyday plans |
New to Arabic? Skip the test and start at lesson 1.
Arabic level test FAQ
Taking English too? Try the English level test.
Is this test in Modern Standard Arabic or a dialect?
Modern Standard Arabic (الفصحى), the Arabic of books, news, signs and exams across the Arab world. Slova’s speaking course teaches Gulf Arabic, the everyday spoken Arabic of Riyadh, Dubai and Doha. The two share most of their words, but a learner who reads MSA well still has new verbs, negation and sounds to learn in speech, which is why we place you a little lower in the course.
How do I test my Arabic level?
Take this test: 25 questions from A1 to C1 give you an estimated CEFR level in Modern Standard Arabic, a score for vocabulary, grammar and reading, and every answer explained, in about 10 minutes.
Is this an Arabic proficiency test?
It is a short level test that estimates your proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic from vocabulary, grammar and reading, A1 to C2. A full proficiency exam also tests listening, writing and speaking; this test does not.
What is A1 level Arabic?
A1 is the first level. You read vowelled Arabic slowly, understand everyday words and simple sentences, introduce yourself and ask simple questions. The first five questions of this test are at A1.
Is there a CEFR test for Arabic?
There is no single official CEFR exam for Arabic as there is for French or Spanish. Universities, institutes and employers run their own tests, and many report CEFR levels. This free test gives you an estimated CEFR level.
Does the test include listening and speaking?
No. It has vocabulary, grammar, word order and reading questions only. Slova’s course itself is spoken, so you practise listening and speaking there.
Is this a Quran reading test?
No. It tests reading comprehension in Modern Standard Arabic: understanding notices, messages and articles. It does not test reading the Quran aloud or the rules of tajwīd.
Is the Arabic level test free and online?
Yes. All 25 questions, your level, the section scores and the explanations are free, online, on a phone or a computer. We ask for your email at the end to show the result and send you a copy.
Is the result an official Arabic certificate?
No. This is a practice and level test made by Slova, and its result is an estimate on the CEFR scale. Use it to choose a course level or to see your progress.
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