Check your Spanish level

Question

If you want to check your Spanish level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, spare half an hour for this test. The results were quite suprising for me, but I won't share them fearing the dunce corner

Cervantes - prueba de nivel

With Issa's permission, have a look at this test too:

Test your Spanish level (posted by Benz some time ago)

• thanks for the link Issabela....about where I thought I would be - Izanoni1 Apr 22, 2010
• you'll never be in dunces corner!!!!! - galsally Apr 23, 2010
• Thank you for the link Issabela :). - --Jen-- Apr 23, 2010
• Sally, you'd be surprised how often I go there ;)) - Issabela Apr 23, 2010
• Muchas gracias Issabela a tu enlace útil, yo he probado él y he logrado él nivel B2.1 o B2.2 - caballero198 Apr 23, 2010
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Answer 1

Thanks Isabella. I already took the CLEP test today and did worse than I anticipated. Let's see how demoralizing this one is.

Answer 2

I got thrown off by this one:

_________ muy nervioso cuando sonó el teléfono.

Options:

-Se hizo -Se puso -Se volvió -Sintió

I would think either "se hizo" and "se puso" would be correct. Don't they both mean "became"? I picked "se puso" but I'm not sure if it was right.

I'm still in the middle of taking it.

• yes, that is it - Heidita Apr 22, 2010
• Is it because "se puso" is more for emotion? But something like "se hizo famoso" is okay, right? - Luciente Apr 22, 2010
• I thought "se hizo" was became over a long period of time, like becoming a doctor, and one of the others was became due to outside influence or something....? - estudiante98 Apr 22, 2010
• I have no idea...! That's why I'm asking. Your explanation would fit with my examples though, so maybe that is the rule I was missing in my head. - Luciente Apr 22, 2010
• It woulb ponerse because you are talking fleeting emotion I always have trouble with volverse. - BellaMargari Apr 22, 2010

Answer 3

I know that I am a novice, so I have no pride to injure, just curiosity. Buy my score of B1.3-B1.4? What does that mean?

• Here's a good explanation of what it means: http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/127335/quick-way-to-determine-your-level-of-spanish-fluency - Luciente Apr 22, 2010
• Oh, thanks! That description sure makes me seem like I know more than I think I do. - estudiante98 Apr 22, 2010
• I got the same :) seems ok - galsally Apr 23, 2010

Answer 4

A ver si os digo lo que he sacado yo

jeje

Bueno, mejor deprimiros un poco más, aquí hay otro test:

Test your Spanish level.

• He añadido el test en el cuerpo del hilo - Heidita Apr 23, 2010

Answer 5

Gracias Issabela, but now I'm scared to take the test.

Answer 6

Another question:

There was a question that said something like

"No dijo nada. ______ muy sorpendida."

Again, "se hizo" and "su puso" were options, but "se quedó" was there as well. I thought "se quedó" could mean "stand there like......" so I picked that because I thought it would be "She didn't say anything. She stood there surprised" instead of "She didn't say anything. She became surprised."

Is this right or am I totally off base with the meaning of "se quedó"?

• se quedó, because it´s a collocation - quedarse sorprendido/atónito - Issabela Apr 23, 2010

Answer 7

I would say that it would have to be Se Sintió muy nerviosa cúando sonó el teléfono

this would mean: " He FELT (sentir = to feel) very nervous when the telephone rang."

Admittedly... sentió ... 3rd person singular can be for he/she or you (Ud) and as neither the personal pronoun was given and the sentance was not given in context in the request above I may have got the exact person wrong but the verb conjugation is suitable for all 3 of them he, she or You (singular)

What counts /what is significant is that the correct verb is chosen and appropriately conjugated in the context of the sentance.

I hope this helps

• nerviosa indicates that it was a she and not a he - fatchocobo Apr 23, 2010

Answer 8

According to this, I am at lower advanced, which really surprised me. I thought I was intermediate. I would still have to develop my vocabulary, to say that I am comfortably at the advanced level,

Answer 9

C1.1 - C1.2 whatever that means .......... (But there's no way I could hear that audio)

Answer 10

B 1.1- 1.2. That's OK I guess.

• How many hours of study to get the that level ? - RogerHH Oct 29, 2011
• Probably 750 - Goyo Nov 1, 2011

Answer 11

C1.3 - C1.4. That was pretty scary! I don't remember the last time I took a test in Spanish....

Answer 12

B 1.1- 1.2. That's OK I guess.

Mine, too. The initial description said that there are four levels assigned: inicial, intermedio, avanazado o superior. I'm not sure what level this would put me (us) at.

Am I missing something obvious here?

By the way, Issabela, thanks for finding this for us.

• that would put you at the intermediate level - Izanoni1 Apr 23, 2010

Answer 13

C1.3 - C1.4.

Me too. And I had problems with full understanding of the listening, but I guess I got two, maybe three answers correct.

Answer 14

B1.3 - B1.4 . I'm quite pleased with this! (Despite the fact I was mostly guessing ).

Answer 15

B1.3 - B1.4, I'm pleased with it too. (I'm not changing my beginner status though, it all feels too fragile and insecurely rooted for me to be that confident )

I didn't get my listening organised till over halfway through the first 'allowed' listening, but I'm sure I didn't hear Alaska mentioned, which seemed to make 2 statements incorrect. Can anyone tell me if it was mentioned at all?

Took the test posted by Benz today - result ... level Elemental (only achieved 4/10 on Intermediate 1). Not too upset that it's a lower result than in the other test, I'm pleased I understood all the text. I need to do more swotting on the Subjunctive.