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International English Test

English Proficiency Report

Issued 15 March 2026 · Valid until 15 March 2028

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Candidate

Alex Morgan

alex.morgan@example.com

Test

English Level Test

Date

15 March 2026

Cert ID

IET-LVL-7843

CEFR Level

Certified

B2

Upper-Intermediate

Independent User

A1A2B1B2C1C2
75%

Overall Score

Skills breakdown

CEFR-aligned per-skill rating

Grammar

B2 · 71%

Vocabulary

B1 · 67%

Reading

C1 · 84%

Listening

B2 · 78%

Strengths

  • Confident grammar in complex sentence structures
  • Wide reading vocabulary across topics
  • Fast comprehension of written material

Development Areas

  • Listening to fast natural speech
  • Idiomatic expressions in casual contexts
  • Phrasal verbs in conversational English

Proficiency summary

The candidate demonstrates a solid B2 (Upper-Intermediate) command of English. Their performance across the four skills indicates the ability to function effectively in academic, professional, and social contexts in English-speaking environments. They can engage with complex written material, express themselves clearly in writing on familiar topics, and participate confidently in conversations with native speakers, with some limitations in idiomatic and rapid speech contexts.

What this candidate can do

CEFR can-do descriptors based on demonstrated performance

Read and understand articles and reports on contemporary issues

Write clear, detailed text on a range of subjects

Interact fluently with native speakers in everyday situations

Understand the main ideas of complex spoken English

Present arguments with reasoned opinions on familiar topics

Follow lectures, presentations, and academic discussions

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Per-skill detail

Strengths and focus areas

Grammar

71

Strengths

  • ✓Confident use of past, present, and future tenses
  • ✓Accurate Type 1 and Type 2 conditional sentences
  • ✓Reliable subject-verb agreement in compound sentences

Focus areas

  • →Perfect tenses (present perfect vs. past simple)
  • →Mixed conditionals (Type 3) in formal writing
  • →Reported speech with backshift in complex sentences

Vocabulary

67

Strengths

  • ✓Strong everyday and professional vocabulary
  • ✓Comfortable with 100+ common phrasal verbs
  • ✓Recognises most B1-level idioms and fixed expressions

Focus areas

  • →Academic vocabulary (Coxhead's AWL — top 570 words)
  • →Collocations beyond high-frequency pairings
  • →Formal register synonyms (e.g., "obtain" vs. "get")

Reading

84

Strengths

  • ✓Excellent skimming for main ideas
  • ✓Strong inference from context clues
  • ✓Confident with longer academic and professional texts

Focus areas

  • →Implicit author tone and bias detection
  • →Speed-reading dense informational text
  • →Complex sentence parsing in literary passages

Listening

78

Strengths

  • ✓Strong comprehension of standard-paced speech
  • ✓Confident with multiple accents (UK, US, Australian)
  • ✓Reliable note-taking from lectures and meetings

Focus areas

  • →Fast colloquial speech with reduced forms ("gonna," "wanna")
  • →Regional accents (Scottish, Irish, South African)
  • →Specialised vocabulary in unfamiliar topics

Error patterns

Recurring mistakes to watch

  1. 01

    Article confusion

    Drops definite articles before abstract nouns ("Truth is important" instead of "The truth is important").

  2. 02

    Preposition pairing

    Mistakes with verbs requiring specific prepositions (e.g., "depend of" instead of "depend on").

  3. 03

    Comma splices

    Joins independent clauses with commas instead of conjunctions or semicolons in longer responses.

  4. 04

    Pluralisation of uncountable nouns

    "informations," "advices," "researches" — common L1 transfer error.

  5. 05

    Adverb placement

    Misplaced adverbs in compound verb forms ("She always has been..." instead of "She has always been...") in ~30% of cases.

Recommendations

Personalised next steps

  1. 01Target B2 → C1 progression

    • 6–12 months with consistent practice.
    • Take the C1 English Test in 3–6 months to gauge readiness.

  2. 02Vocabulary expansion

    • Study the Academic Word List (AWL) — 570 high-frequency academic words.
    • Practice collocations daily using corpus tools (e.g., Just the Word).

  3. 03Grammar refinement

    • Focus on perfect tenses and conditionals (Type 3 + mixed).
    • Use Cambridge Grammar in Use (Intermediate to Advanced).

  4. 04Listening practice

    • Daily 15-min podcast (BBC 6 Minute English → BBC News).
    • Add 1–2 episodes/week of native-speed content (e.g., This American Life).

  5. 05Writing practice

    • 1 essay/week (250 words), focus on essay structure and academic register.
    • Self-edit for article use and preposition pairing.

  6. 06Consider the Speaking & Writing Test

    • Available June 2026.
    • Validates productive skills (currently untested in the Level Test).

About this report

Generated from a standardised English Level Test aligned with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The International English Test is an Associate Member of ALTE (Association of Language Testers in Europe).

Report version 2.1 · Test taken 15 March 2026