Can you write a professional email in English?
Realistic email situations for business, support, academic, and informal contexts.
10-20 min
estimated duration
24 live questions
diagnostic depth
13 styles
diagnostic variety
7 skills
coverage
Quick challenge warm-up
Try one short trap before the full diagnostic
These rooms match the skill mix of this test and give users a fast win, fail, or rematch moment before they commit to the longer run.
Tone sorter
44s sorter warm-up before the 10-20 min diagnostic.
PTE customer feedback summary 3
36s short writing warm-up before the 10-20 min diagnostic.
Cambridge despite transformation 3
35s short writing warm-up before the 10-20 min diagnostic.
The full report still comes from the diagnostic. The warm-up makes the first tap feel lighter and more shareable.
Browse challenge roomsLive diagnostic blueprint
What this test actually checks
The page uses the same question set as the runner. These counts are not marketing placeholders.
Multiple choice
9Good for quick, high-signal diagnostic traps.
Sentence order
2Tests sentence construction and word order.
Audio choice
3Checks what the user hears, not only what they can read.
Open response
9Captures active speaking or writing signal.
Category sort
1Good for quick, high-signal diagnostic traps.
Product-level question styles
Why this feels like a diagnostic, not a school quiz
The runner uses 5 mechanics, but this test exposes 13 learner-facing diagnostic styles such as tone, image vocabulary, listening, ranking, correction, and open production.
Tone and register selection
24Choose the right level of politeness, formality, or confidence.
Formal/informal control, professional safety, and social nuance.
Scenario-based response
19Handle a work, travel, interview, support, or real-life situation.
Practical readiness under a recognizable real-world context.
Sentence correction
19Find or choose the corrected version of learner-like English.
Self-editing, grammar repair, and translated-phrase detection.
Multiple choice
12Choose the best answer from plausible options.
Fast recognition, distractor resistance, and practical accuracy.
Dialogue completion
9Choose or produce the line that fits a conversation.
Turn-taking, pragmatics, spoken context, and real-life response choice.
Short writing answer
9Write a short response that can be scored for clarity and tone.
Grammar, structure, concision, tone, and improved-answer potential.
Listening comprehension
3Answer from audio, fast speech, reductions, or implied spoken meaning.
Speed tolerance, detail recall, connected speech, and implication.
Sentence construction
3Build the sentence from shuffled pieces.
Syntax, sentence frame control, and question/order logic.
Rubric evidence
What the report will judge
The report grades tone safety, concrete ask, reader action, and gives a sendable improved version.
usable
Tone safety
The tone is mostly client-safe and easy to read.
Repair: Replace vague politeness with a clear, calm, professional sentence.
usable
Concrete ask
The request is understandable and mostly specific.
Repair: Make the request visible in one sentence and attach a reason or deadline.
usable
Reader action
The next step is clear in most normal contexts.
Repair: End with the next step the reader can actually take.
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.
5 formats / 7 skills
Quick check
Shorter run for a fast read when the user is not ready for the full test.
5 formats / 7 skills
Business English focus
A shorter run biased toward business english signals.
5 formats / 4 skills
Proof run
More pressure from active, audio, and harder prompts.
5 formats / 7 skills
Sample question
A client asks for an update, but the project is delayed. Write a short professional reply.
What this reveals
Evaluated for clarity, tone, and structure.
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. Multiple choice / Real life
B2Choose the basket that satisfies the request
Email writing: Buy medicine that does not make you sleepy with $12 using a train-station kiosk.
Best answer
Non-drowsy cold medicine and water.
Mini explanation: Shop simulator items test whether the learner follows category, budget, and purpose constraints in English.
Report signal: Short, diagnostic, and reusable across tests, funnels, and practice loops.
2. Multiple choice / Naturalness
B1Decide fast: natural or translated?
Email writing: "She explained me the rule"
Best answer
Unnatural
Mini explanation: "She explained me the rule" sounds translated. Better: She explained the rule to me.
Report signal: A quick swipe that exposes translated English instantly.
3. Sentence order / Real life
B1Tap the actions in the correct order
Email writing: Follow the English instruction sequence.
Correct order
check the address choose express delivery confirm the order
Mini explanation: Instruction following checks whether the user can process action order in English, not just recognize individual words.
Report signal: Short, diagnostic, and reusable across tests, funnels, and practice loops.
4. Audio choice / Naturalness
B2Listen and choose the word you hear
Email writing: Did you hear leave or live?
Best answer
live
Mini explanation: The target audio is "live". This generated-vault item isolates one sound contrast so the report can separate listening from spelling.
Report signal: One tiny sound makes the question feel risky and shareable.
5. Audio choice / Listening
B2Choose the implied meaning, not the literal words
Email writing: 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.
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.