Our online level tests are simple to complete and free to use. The results of your level test will be sent directly to your email address. This is a great way to find out, in a short period of time, exactly how good your language is.

Each online level test is a multiple-choice grammar test that gives you an approximate indication of your language level, based on the Common European and American Council Reference framework. Cactus online level tests are designed to produce for beginner to advanced level and are straight-forward to complete. The tests do not assess the skills of speaking, listing, reading and writing therefore to gain a more comprehensive understanding of your true level please refer to our level descriptions.

Each language level test consists of 40 questions. You do not have to answer them all. Please only answer questions to which you know the answer. The result of the test assumes that you did not guess any of the answers. All students taking a course that is not a Beginners course must take the online level test to ensure they are placed in the correct group for their ability.

Cactus also offers courses for English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and many other languages for adults and junior language programmes for English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Choose your language level test below:

Arabic language test

Cantonese language test

Croatian language test

Czech language test

Danish language test

Dutch language test

English language test

French language test

German language test

Greek language test

Hebrew language test

Hindi language test

Italian language test

Japanese language test

Korean language test

Mandarin language test

Norwegian language test

Polish language test

Portuguese language test

Russian language test

Spanish language test

Swedish language test

Thai language test

Turkish language test

Our Levels Explained

CEFR*/ ACTFL** Reference CEFR*

Level Names ACTFL**

Level Names Cactus

Levels A1 Beginner Novice

(Low/Mid/High) Beginner A2 Elementary Intermediate

(Low/Mid) Elementary B1 Intermediate Intermediate High Intermediate B2 Upper Intermediate Advanced

(Low/Mid/High) Upper Intermediate C1 Advanced Superior Advanced C2 Proficient Distinguished Proficient

Our course levels are based on these internationally recognised systems:

✅ Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)

✅ American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Proficiency Guidelines (ACTFL)

Level Descriptions