The Ellii Placement Test (autograded) is designed to help you determine the Ellii level of a new English language student. This short, autograded version of the Ellii Placement Test does not include writing and speaking tasks. To test your students' writing and speaking, please use this Ellii Placement Test, which requires manual grading by the teacher.

Students have 30 minutes to complete this test.

The Ellii Placement Test (autograded) has 30 multiple-choice questions and is divided into 3 sections:
Part 1: Listening (3 recordings, 9 questions)
Part 2: Grammar (12 questions)
Part 3: Reading (3 readings, 9 questions)

For the most accurate scoring, please encourage students to skip questions they can't answer rather than guessing.

Score Range = Ellii Level

0-3% = Pre Beg
4–17% = Low Beg
18-40% = High Beg
41-63% = Low Int
64-83% = High Int
84-97% = High Int – Adv
98-100% = Adv

The score and suggested level will help you decide which Ellii materials to use with your students. The type of level you see will be based on the settings you have set up on your Account page (Ellii, CLB, CEFR, ELD, NRS). A percentage score will also be shown. Please consult our Equivalency Scale for more information.

To assess your students' gains or to use an alternative version of this test, try our Ellii Exit Test, a proficiency test with different questions at the same difficulty.

Note: Audio from Listening B is licensed by The Associated Press.