Free Versant Sample Exams
The Versant English Placement Test is Pearson’s automated English test, used by universities and employers to place candidates quickly. It is one linear paper of nine parts and 81 items that runs in about 50 minutes, with every item on its own countdown. Each sample paper below is free to download, and a new edition is added each month.
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Versant reports on the Global Scale of English, 10 to 90, with a CEFR level alongside it. It does not report CLB, so it is not used for Canadian immigration. Read the Versant scoring guide.
Download a free Versant sample exam
Each edition is a full length practice exam you can print or work through on screen. A new one is added every month.
Inside every Versant sample exam
Each pack mirrors the official Versant English Placement Test format, section by section.
Speaking
Read a passage aloud, repeat sentences you hear, and rebuild scrambled word groups into a sentence.
Listening
Answer a question about a short two-speaker conversation, and type sentences exactly as you hear them.
Reading
Complete sentences with the one word that fits, summarise a longer argument, and read a passage aloud.
Writing
Reconstruct a paragraph in your own words, then summarise an author’s opinion and argue your own.
How to get the most out of it
Do the nine parts straight through in order. Versant never lets you go back to an earlier item.
Answer as soon as the item opens: each one has a start-within window, and silence moves the test on.
Parts B, C, D and G are audio only, so open the listen links from the digital booklet rather than printing them.
Type your Part E to I answers rather than handwriting them, and time Part I to the full 18 minutes.
Go further than the Versant PDF
A monthly PDF shows you the format. Mocko gives you the reps. Sit unlimited mock exams, graded the moment you finish, so you always know where you stand before you book the real one.
The free sample PDF
- One Versant practice test per month
- You mark it yourself against an answer key
- No feedback on your speaking or writing
- Great for a first look at the format
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Every attempt shows where you land on the Global Scale of English, with a CEFR level, so you know when you are ready to book.
Versant sample exam questions, answered
Are the Versant sample papers really free?
Yes. Every Versant sample paper here is a free PDF with all nine parts, the audio links, answer keys and transcripts, and a new edition is added each month. No payment and no paywall.
How long is the Versant English Placement Test?
About 50 minutes end to end. It is a single linear paper of nine parts and 81 items, and every item is timed on its own and saves automatically when the time is up.
How is the Versant test scored?
Versant is scored automatically on the Global Scale of English from 10 to 90, with an overall score plus separate speaking, listening, reading and writing scores and a CEFR level. Typing speed and accuracy are reported as indicators and are not scored.
Is Versant accepted for Canadian immigration?
No. Versant reports GSE and CEFR levels rather than CLB, so IRCC does not accept it. For Canadian immigration, use the TEF Canada, TCF Canada or CELPIP sample exams instead.
Can I do the whole sample paper on paper?
Most of it. Parts B, C, D and G play audio to you, so those items only work from the digital booklet where you can open the listen links. The rest of the paper prints normally.
How is Mocko different from the free PDF?
The PDF shows you the format. Mocko runs the same nine-part paper with real per-item timers and automatic recording, then scores it on the GSE scale with per-part feedback on your speaking and writing.
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