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DELE C1 mock exam

Effective operational proficiency. You use Spanish flexibly for social, academic and professional purposes, including long and demanding texts.

75 items · Reading, Listening, Writing, Oral · ~240 min · 60% in each group to pass

Compared with DELE B2, the CEFR band moves from B2 to C1, the paper runs 240 minutes instead of 210, it asks 75 questions and tasks instead of 71. On the paper itself, the longest writing task rises from 180 words to 250.

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What DELE C1 asks of you

A full DELE C1 paper, rebuilt to the Instituto Cervantes structure: same pruebas, same tareas, same clock. Sections run one way, so once you submit one you are done with it.

Reading pace: 40 questions in 90 minutes for 25 of the 100 points. That is about 135 seconds a question.
Listening: 30 questions in 50 minutes for 25 of the 100 points, and each clip plays twice and never rewinds.
Writing load: 2 tasks in 80 minutes. Tarea 1 asks for 220 to 250 words, Tarea 2 for 180 to 220.
Oral: 3 tareas spoken with the examiner, about 20 minutes in all, for 25 of the 100 points.
Pass rule: 2 groups, each passed on its own: a strong group cannot carry a weak one. CEFR C1.

What is inside

4 sections and 14 parts, in the order the real paper runs them. For what each task asks you to do, read the DELE C1 exam format guide.

Comprensión de lectura y uso de la lengua40 items · ~90 min · 25 pts · ~135s a question

Items 1-6Tarea 1 · 6 itemsA reading text with six questions (1 to 6), each answered a, b or c.
Items 7-12Tarea 2 · 6 itemsSix paragraphs removed from a text; restore them from seven fragments, one spare.
Items 13-18Tarea 3 · 6 itemsRead a text and answer questions 13 to 18, choosing a, b or c.
Items 19-26Tarea 4 · 8 itemsSix texts and eight statements: find the text each statement belongs to.
Items 27-40Tarea 5 · 14 itemsFourteen gaps (27 to 40) in a single text, each with options a to c.

Comprensión auditiva y uso de la lengua30 items · ~50 min · 25 pts · ~100s a question · audio ×2

Items 1-6Tarea 1 · 6 itemsA lecture or interview extract; pick the six notes of twelve that match it.
Items 7-14Tarea 2 · 8 itemsFour conversations, each heard twice, with eight questions in all (7 to 14).
Items 15-20Tarea 3 · 6 itemsAn interview extract heard twice, then six questions (15 to 20) with a, b or c.
Items 21-30Tarea 4 · 10 itemsTen brief dialogues, each heard twice, with one three-option question apiece.

Expresión, mediación e interacción escritas2 items · ~80 min · 25 pts · ~2400s a question

Items 1Tarea 1 · 1 itemAI-gradedHear a lecture twice, take notes, then write a text of 220 to 250 words.
Items 2Tarea 2 · 1 itemAI-gradedSelect one of two writing options and write 180 to 220 words.

Expresión, mediación e interacción orales3 items · ~20 min · 25 pts · ~400s a question

Items 1Tarea 1 · 1 itemAI-gradedAn oral presentation on a text: summarize it, evaluate it, and give your opinion.
Items 2Tarea 2 · 1 itemAI-gradedFour to six minutes of interview questions on the topic of the first speaking task's text.
Items 3Tarea 3 · 1 itemAI-gradedNegotiate with the interviewer to reach agreement on a specific issue.

Every section above starts on its own, in exam mode.

How you are scored

50 of the 100 points are marked the moment you finish, for free. The other 50 sit on 5 of the 75 questions: Written response ×2 for 25 points and Spoken response ×3 for 25 points. Those have to be read rather than matched against a key.

Grupo 1 (Comprensión de lectura + Expresión e interacción escritas): Needs 30 of 50 points from these sections together.
Grupo 2 (Comprensión auditiva + Expresión e interacción orales): Needs 30 of 50 points from these sections together.

Your result comes back as APTO only when every group clears its line. Miss one and it is NO APTO, whatever the total. A group whose oral you have not sat is shown as not assessed, not as a fail.

DELE C1 oral test AI oral

Expresión, mediación e interacción orales · prueba 4 of the paper · 3 tareas · ~20 min

Tarea 1: An oral presentation on a text: summarize it, evaluate it, and give your opinion.
Tarea 2: Four to six minutes of interview questions on the topic of the first speaking task's text.
Tarea 3: Negotiate with the interviewer to reach agreement on a specific issue.

A spoken conversation with an AI examiner, tarea by tarea, timed like the real oral and marked on the Instituto Cervantes band scale. Typing works as a fallback. Part of the With Speaking plan.

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