The Ellii Placement Test (Writing & Speaking) assesses all four skills and is designed to help you determine the Ellii level of a new English language student. You can also consult our Equivalency Scale to determine which materials are best suited for your students based on your level preference.

We recommend giving students a time limit of 60 minutes to complete this test in order to get the most accurate level placement. If you're assigning the digital version, you can include this in a note from the teacher: "Please use a maximum of 60 minutes to take this test. I will see the time taken after you submit your answers."

A printable version with suggested rubrics for the speaking and writing portion is available in the Teacher PDF. If your students are taking the digital version, you may want to share your expectations so students understand what you will be looking for in a response.

The EPT is divided into 5 sections:

Part 1: Listening (6 recordings, 12 questions, 20%)
Part 2: Grammar (16 questions, 27%)
Part 3: Reading (3 readings, 9 questions, 15%)
Part 4: Writing (3 short answers, 1 long answer, 22%)
Part 5: Speaking (1 long answer, 16%)

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

Suggested placement levels (based on percentage):

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.

*Note: The speaking and writing tasks require manual scoring and are given as percentages in the digital version of the test. Audio for Listening B is licensed by The Associated Press.

A shorter, autograded placement test with 30 multiple-choice questions from this test is also available for teachers who do not want to manually grade speaking and writing tasks. The short version also has fewer listening and grammar questions.