Do you sound too stiff, too casual, or just right?
Choose the right formal or informal tone for emails, texts, meetings, customer support, academic situations, and casual speech.
8-15 min
estimated duration
24 live questions
diagnostic depth
14 styles
diagnostic variety
6 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.
Soft deadline pushback
43s dialogue completion warm-up before the 8-15 min diagnostic.
Tone sorter
44s sorter warm-up before the 8-15 min diagnostic.
PTE customer feedback summary 3
36s short writing warm-up before the 8-15 min diagnostic.
The full report still comes from the diagnostic. The warm-up makes the first tap feel lighter and more shareable.
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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.
Multiple choice
16Good for quick, high-signal diagnostic traps.
Open response
4Captures active speaking or writing signal.
Category sort
3Good for quick, high-signal diagnostic traps.
Audio choice
1Checks what the user hears, not only what they can read.
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.
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.
Multiple choice
17Choose the best answer from plausible options.
Fast recognition, distractor resistance, and practical accuracy.
Dialogue completion
10Choose or produce the line that fits a conversation.
Turn-taking, pragmatics, spoken context, and real-life response choice.
Natural phrase choice
6Pick the sentence or phrase that sounds least translated.
Collocations, phrase memory, register, and native-like usage.
Sentence correction
6Find or choose the corrected version of learner-like English.
Self-editing, grammar repair, and translated-phrase detection.
Category sorter
3Sort words or phrases into repeatable usage categories.
Register, grammar category, and vocabulary-bucket control.
Matching pairs
3Match words, meanings, phrases, examples, or functions.
Vocabulary depth, concept mapping, and phrase-function links.
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 / 6 skills
Quick check
Shorter run for a fast read when the user is not ready for the full test.
4 formats / 6 skills
Naturalness focus
A shorter run biased toward naturalness signals.
4 formats / 6 skills
Proof run
More pressure from active, audio, and harder prompts.
4 formats / 6 skills
Sample question
Which version is best for a client?
What this reveals
Could you please send it when you have a chance?
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 / Naturalness
B1Decide fast: natural or translated?
Tone choice: "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.
2. Open response / Real life
B1Answer in 1-2 natural sentences
Tone choice: 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. Open response / Business English
C1Write a short useful reply
Tone choice: A teammate missed a deadline and you need the file today. Write a 2-3 sentence reply.
Target behavior
16+ words; look for: please, could, today
Mini explanation: Client email tone checks clear, polite, concrete professional response. The distractors are designed around rubric flags missing timeline, blame, or unsafe tone. A strong answer is clear, polite, and concrete enough to act on.
Report signal: Workplace stakes make the feedback feel immediately useful.
4. Open response / Pronunciation
A2Read the sentence aloud
Tone choice: Read aloud: Please check the address before you confirm.
Target behavior
7+ words; look for: Please, check, the
Mini explanation: Read-aloud rhythm checks rubric checks stress, rhythm, and final consonants. The distractors are designed around not applicable for open response. A strong answer is clear, polite, and concrete enough to act on.
Report signal: Short, diagnostic, and reusable across tests, funnels, and practice loops.
5. Multiple choice / Grammar
B1Choose the version that sounds correct and natural
Tone choice: Correct this learner sentence: "She explained me the problem."
Best answer
She explained the problem to me.
Mini explanation: She explained the problem to me. is the safe version. This generated-vault correction catches a common sentence pattern that often survives even when the learner knows the individual words.
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.