Are your work emails clear or just translated?
Subject lines, polite asks, deadline framing, and the line between concise and rude.
12-18 min
estimated duration
14 live questions
diagnostic depth
14 styles
diagnostic variety
7 skills
coverage
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Tone sorter
44s sorter warm-up before the 12-18 min diagnostic.
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What this test actually checks
The page uses the same question set as the runner. These counts are not marketing placeholders.
Audio choice
4Checks what the user hears, not only what they can read.
Open response
3Captures active speaking or writing signal.
Multiple choice
6Good for quick, high-signal diagnostic traps.
Sentence ranking
1Checks whether the user can feel better, okay, risky, and unnatural English.
Product-level question styles
Why this feels like a diagnostic, not a school quiz
The runner uses 4 mechanics, but this test exposes 14 learner-facing diagnostic styles such as tone, image vocabulary, listening, ranking, correction, and open production.
Multiple choice
10Choose the best answer from plausible options.
Fast recognition, distractor resistance, and practical accuracy.
Dialogue completion
6Choose or produce the line that fits a conversation.
Turn-taking, pragmatics, spoken context, and real-life response choice.
Scenario-based response
6Handle a work, travel, interview, support, or real-life situation.
Practical readiness under a recognizable real-world context.
Tone and register selection
6Choose the right level of politeness, formality, or confidence.
Formal/informal control, professional safety, and social nuance.
Listening comprehension
4Answer from audio, fast speech, reductions, or implied spoken meaning.
Speed tolerance, detail recall, connected speech, and implication.
Sentence correction
4Find or choose the corrected version of learner-like English.
Self-editing, grammar repair, and translated-phrase detection.
Image vocabulary
3Use a visual scene to choose the precise word.
Active vocabulary, visual meaning, and word-context fit.
Exam-style task
2IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, Cambridge, or PTE-style prompt behavior.
Readiness for structured academic or workplace exams.
Adaptive modes
Pick the right length for the moment
The same diagnostic can run as a full assessment, a quick check, a focused repair, or a proof run after practice.
Full diagnostic
The complete signal for the most reliable report.
4 formats / 7 skills
Quick check
Shorter run for a fast read when the user is not ready for the full test.
4 formats / 7 skills
Listening focus
A shorter run biased toward listening signals.
4 formats / 7 skills
Proof run
More pressure from active, audio, and harder prompts.
4 formats / 7 skills
Sample question
Pick the most appropriate opening for a request to a senior stakeholder you've never emailed before.
What this reveals
Hi {name}, hope you're doing well.
Live question preview
A few report-ready prompts from this test
These are pulled from the same playable diagnostic. The user can see the kind of answer, explanation, and result signal they will get before committing to the full run.
1. Audio choice / Listening
B2Choose the implied meaning, not the literal words
Listen to the speaker. What is implied?
Best answer
The speaker is politely saying the decision probably needs to change.
Mini explanation: Softened English often hides criticism inside polite wording. The correct answer captures the practical implication.
Report signal: Short, diagnostic, and reusable across tests, funnels, and practice loops.
2. Open response / Real life
B1Answer in 1-2 natural sentences
Craft a hotel room change request using I can / send / the update / by Friday.
Target behavior
12+ words; look for: please, could, today
Mini explanation: Word crafter response checks response that includes required meaning, order, and tone. The distractors are designed around missing chip, wrong order, too direct tone, or incomplete message. A strong answer is clear, polite, and concrete enough to act on.
Report signal: Short, diagnostic, and reusable across tests, funnels, and practice loops.
3. Audio choice / Pronunciation
A1Listen and choose the word you hear
Did you hear ship or sheep?
Best answer
ship
Mini explanation: The target audio is "ship". This generated-vault item isolates one sound contrast so the report can separate listening from spelling.
Report signal: Short, diagnostic, and reusable across tests, funnels, and practice loops.
4. Multiple choice / Real life
B1Choose the next line that solves the situation politely
You need to reschedule an appointment. What should you say next?
Best answer
Could we move the appointment to another day?
Mini explanation: Service dialogue completion checks clear next turn that solves the practical need. The distractors are designed around too vague, too rude, or misses the requested information. The best next line is specific, polite, and actionable; the distractors are either vague, too direct, or translated-sounding.
Report signal: Short, diagnostic, and reusable across tests, funnels, and practice loops.
5. Multiple choice / Vocabulary
B2Choose the natural English collocation
Which phrase sounds natural in everyday English?
Best answer
set a reminder
Mini explanation: set a reminder is the natural collocation. The other choices are understandable word-by-word but sound translated or mechanically assembled.
Report signal: Short, diagnostic, and reusable across tests, funnels, and practice loops.
Feedback experience
What the user gets after finishing
Skill map
Scores by the exact skills this test touched.
Pattern diagnosis
Repeated weak patterns grouped into readable cards.
Next move
Follow-up tests and practice steps based on misses.