English C-Test practice: free text with answers
Complete the missing second half of each word. The first and the last sentence are complete. Capital letters count; British and American spellings are both correct. In the real test you get 25 minutes for four texts like this, so a little over 6 minutes per text.
How the real test is built
This practice text is as long as one of the four texts in the University of Münster C-Test. There you get four short texts with 100 gaps in total and 25 minutes from the start of the test; the whole session takes about 30 minutes. Each gap is one point, so the maximum is 100 points. You type only the missing half of the word; with an odd number of letters, the shorter half is given, so "the" appears as "t". Typing more than one solution in a gap counts as wrong. It is a placement test: your score decides your course level, and blank gaps are normal. In Münster you can take it once per semester. (Source: Sprachenzentrum Universität Münster: C-Test)
Where the score decides more than the course, there are fixed thresholds: in Münster English Studies, 70 points or more count as adequate for the foundation modules; in the FFA law track, 70 points allow enrolment with a supplementary course and 85 points waive it. (Source: Fachschaft Anglistik Münster: C-Test) (Source: Universität Münster, Rechtswissenschaft: FFA – Anmeldung und Ablauf)
What you see after checking
Your score out of 25, then every gap with the right word (and your answer where it was wrong) and a short explanation of whether it is a grammar or a vocabulary point; you can filter to the missed gaps only. Your answers are scored in your browser only. One text on its own does not give a CEFR level: the Pass estimates that only after the 100-gap simulation, using the points table the University of Tübingen publishes for its own C-Test. (Source: Universität Tübingen: Einstufungstests)
Tips for the C-Test
- Read the whole text first, including the last sentence: it often gives away the topic.
- For each gap, ask: what word type fits here? Article, preposition, verb or noun?
- Watch the grammar: third-person -s, plurals, past tense, comparatives.
- Do not get stuck. A blank gap costs one point; too much time costs several.