How to Test Your European Portuguese Level: CAPLE A2 (CIPLE), B1 (DEPLE) & B2 (DIPLE)
Testing your level in European Portuguese goes hand in hand with whichever exam you plan to take, and knowing whether you’re actually ready for it.
Official CAPLE exams: A2, B1 & B2
The obvious way to test your level is to do CAPLE’s available exams published on their website, which cover the levels A2 (CIPLE), B1 (DEPLE) and B2 (DIPLE).
A2 (CIPLE)
- CAPLE A2 (CIPLE) overview
- Reading and writing exam: sample PDF
- Listening exam: sample PDF | audio example
- Answer key: key document
B1 (DEPLE)
- CAPLE B1 (DEPLE) overview
- Reading exam: reading sample
- Writing exam: writing sample
- Answer key: key document
B2 (DIPLE)
- CAPLE B2 (DIPLE) overview
- Reading exam: reading sample
- Writing exam: writing sample
- Listening exam: listening sample | audio example
- Answer key: key document
(I’m missing B1 listening, which I can’t find the link for, but if I do find it in the future I’ll update this page.)
Other useful tests for your Portuguese level
However, there are a couple of other sites for testing your level beyond the official CAPLE exams.
- University of Lancaster’s DIALANG: Dialang Language test (no longer live, but useful link) This is the one I found most useful, although it’s no longer online, but I’m still going to link it in hopes that it is resurrected because it was truly the best test (and it included difficult listening questions). (Source: Reddit discussion)
- Portuguese Lab Academy free reading-only test: Portuguese Lab Academy level test
- King’s College London quick test: KCL Portuguese level test - reads how many questions you get right but doesn’t give the precise level.
That’s kind of it for the ones that are free and don’t require you to sign up. Beyond these I’d recommend taking an actual CAPLE test and seeing how you do (or maybe doing a set of 20 reading questions here on PhraseBit, and 1 or 2 writing ideas that you then get ChatGPT to mark - although its marking won’t be ideal, but maybe good to test roughly where you’re at for free).