English speaking test: find your speaking level

You need a test that listens to you speak, because grammar and reading quizzes cannot hear how you talk. This free test gives you 5 short spoken tasks that get harder as you go. Your browser writes down what you say, and the page works out an estimated CEFR level from how much you said, how fast, the words and linking words you used and how well you covered each task.

Yes. There is no sign-up, no email and no limit: take it as often as you like, and you see your full result at once.

About 5 minutes. There are 5 tasks. Each one gives you 10 to 20 seconds to think and 30 to 45 seconds to speak, so you talk for about 3 and a half minutes in total.

From five measures of your answers: how many words you said per task, your pace in words a minute, how many less common words you used, which linking words you used, and how many of the points each task asks for you covered. Each measure points to a level, and your estimate is the middle of them. The hardest task you answered sets a ceiling: introducing yourself alone cannot show B2.

It is a rough estimate. The measures are simple and have not been checked against examiner ratings. The test does not hear your pronunciation and only checks a list of common mistakes, not all of your grammar. Use it to see roughly where you are and what to practice.

No. It is an estimate from a few minutes of speech on one day. For a job, a visa or a university, take an official exam such as IELTS, TOEFL or a Cambridge English exam.

A phone or a computer with a microphone, a quiet room and a browser that turns speech into text, such as Chrome, Edge or Safari. In other browsers, or without a microphone, you can type your answers; then the test cannot measure your pace.

Slova does not record or keep your voice. Your browser turns your speech into text: in Chrome and Edge that runs on the browser maker's speech service, and in Safari on Apple's. Your answers and result stay in this browser tab.

Take this speaking test to see how you do when you talk. Take the English level test to check grammar, vocabulary and reading. Many people find their speaking is a step behind their level on a written test, and knowing that gap tells you what to practice.

Speak out loud every day, even for five minutes. Practice the task types that come up in most exams: talking about yourself, describing, telling a story and giving an opinion with reasons. Time your answers, and when you make a mistake, keep going. Examiners care more about getting your message across than about a perfect sentence.

From A1 to C1. A 5-minute test cannot tell C1 from C2. If you skip the tasks or say very little, you get no level, only a note on what to do.