Aptis Advanced Practice Test
Aptis Advanced is not a harder version of Aptis General — it is a different test, with different tasks, and it reports on the B1 to C2 range with items designed to separate C1 from C2. Practising on General material will not prepare you for it. These Aptis Advanced practice tests follow the official Aptis ESOL Advanced format, and every item was written at C1 level with a proportion of C2 discrimination.
Take a free Aptis Advanced mock test
Three complete tests of each component available now, free and without registration. Answers and explanations are shown as soon as you finish.
Grammar and Vocabulary (core)
50 items in 25 minutes: 25 grammar questions and 25 vocabulary items covering the four official task types — word definition, word pairs, word usage and word combinations.
Advanced Core Test 1
50 items · 25 min · with explanations
Start Core Test 2Advanced Core Test 2
50 items · 25 min · with explanations
Start Core Test 3Advanced Core Test 3
50 items · 25 min · with explanations
Start Core TestReading
The four-part Advanced reading paper in 60 minutes, including the 750-word text with headings and the two-text task that does not exist in Aptis General.
Advanced Reading Test 1
4 parts · 60 min · with answers
Start Reading Test 2Advanced Reading Test 2
4 parts · 60 min · with answers
Start Reading Test 3Advanced Reading Test 3
4 parts · 60 min · with answers
Start Reading TestListening, writing and speaking at Advanced level are not available yet. We would rather publish nothing than publish General material with an Advanced label on it.
The official Aptis Advanced format
Aptis Advanced has five components. You may sit one or all of them, depending on what your institution requires. This is what each one contains:
| Component | Parts | What you do | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grammar & Vocabulary core |
2 | 25 grammar multiple-choice items, then 25 vocabulary items: word definition, word pairs, word usage and word combinations | 25 min |
| Reading | 4 | Opinion matching (4 people, 7 statements); a 750-word text with 8 headings for 7 paragraphs; a 300-word gapped text; and two short texts on one topic to complete | 60 min |
| Listening | 4 | 11 recordings: 5 short extracts with one question each, 3 monologues with two questions each, a man/woman discussion, and two extended monologues answered from a table | 30 min |
| Writing | 3 | A social-media style exchange, a formal email of 120–150 words replying to an authority, and an article for a website of 180–220 words | 45 min |
| Speaking | 3 | Compare two pictures plus two related questions (45 s each); three questions on an abstract topic (1 min prep, 2 min); a 90-second presentation plus a follow-up question | ~12 min |
Each skill component is scored from 0 to 50 and mapped to a CEFR level from B1 to C2. The core is also scored out of 50 but awards no level of its own: it calibrates the others, and when a candidate falls between two levels it decides which way the result goes. That makes the core the cheapest place to gain a grade, which is why it is the component we built first.
Aptis Advanced or Aptis General?
A great many people search for Advanced material when the exam they have booked is General. The difference is not difficulty alone:
- Reading — General has a sentence-ordering task and a short gap fill. Advanced has neither. Instead it has a 750-word text with headings and a task spanning two texts.
- Writing — General has four parts ending in two emails. Advanced has three, and the last one is an article for publication, which is a different register entirely.
- Speaking — General has four parts; Advanced has three and ends with a presentation.
- Reported levels — General reports A1–C; Advanced reports B1–C2 and is built to tell C1 and C2 apart. If you need to prove C1 or C2, General may not be able to show it.
If what you are sitting is the General exam, the ten free tests per skill in the Aptis simulator are the right material and these Advanced ones are not.
Modelo de examen Aptis C1 para practicar
Si buscas un modelo de examen Aptis Advanced o de Aptis C1, aquí tienes tres exámenes completos de gramática y vocabulario y tres de reading, escritos a nivel C1 con ítems de discriminación C2 y montados sobre el formato oficial del British Council. Son gratuitos y no hace falta registrarse.
Dos avisos honestos. El primero: el Advanced no es el General con preguntas más difíciles, son pruebas distintas, así que practicar con material de General te prepara mal. El segundo: listening, writing y speaking de Advanced todavía no están disponibles; preferimos no publicarlos antes que etiquetar como Advanced un material que no lo es.
Frequently Asked Questions
What level is the Aptis Advanced test?
Aptis Advanced reports results from B1 to C2, and it includes tasks specifically designed to distinguish a C1 performance from a C2 one. Aptis General reports A1 to C, so if you need to evidence C1 or C2, Advanced is the version that can show it.
How is the Aptis Advanced test scored?
Each skill component is marked from 0 to 50 and converted to a CEFR level. The grammar and vocabulary core is also marked out of 50 but is not given a level of its own: it is used to place you on the right level for the other components and to break ties when a result sits between two levels.
Are these Aptis Advanced practice tests free?
Yes, all six are free and need no registration. The grammar and vocabulary tests show an explanation for every item, and the reading tests show the correct answers with the reasoning for each gap.
¿Estos exámenes son oficiales del British Council?
No. Este sitio no está afiliado al British Council. El formato replica el de la especificación oficial de Aptis ESOL Advanced, pero los textos y las preguntas son de elaboración propia para practicar.