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DELE C2 exam format

How long the DELE C2 exam takes, what each prueba contains, and what every tarea asks you to do. The structure and timing below are the same ones used to assemble the practice papers on this site.

DELE · 275 minutes of timed pruebas, oral included · 58 questions and tasks · Comprensión de lectura (Prueba 1, tareas 1-3), Comprensión auditiva (Prueba 1, tareas 4-7), Expresión, mediación e interacción escritas and Expresión, mediación e interacción orales · 60% in each prueba to pass

Compared with DELE C1, the CEFR band moves from C1 to C2, the paper runs 275 minutes instead of 240, it asks 58 questions and tasks instead of 75. On the paper itself, the tareas go from 14 to 13, the longest writing task rises from 250 words to 450, the result is decided in 3 groups instead of 2.

Scored out of 100 in 3 groups, and every group has to clear its own line (60% in each prueba). The structure follows the Instituto Cervantes DELE C2 paper.

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What to expect, prueba by prueba

Every DELE C2 paper here is assembled to the Instituto Cervantes structure: the same pruebas in the same order, the same tareas, the same clock. Open a prueba below to see every tarea inside it, so nothing on exam day comes as a surprise.

The full paper is 58 questions and tasks across 4 pruebas, about 275 minutes with the oral, scored out of 100. To pass you need 60% in each prueba: every group is passed on its own, and a strong one cannot carry a weak one.

Comprensión de lectura (Prueba 1, tareas 1-3)26 items · ~60 min · 16.665 pts

No audio here: printed passages, sentences and options against the section clock. The clock is the real opponent, so pacing matters more in Reading than anywhere else on the paper.

Part 1: Tarea 1Items 1-12 · 12 questions

A text with twelve gaps numbered 1 to 12, each offering three options, a, b and c.

Click the letter of the option that fills each of the twelve gaps.

Marked automatically against the answer key when your paper is scored, at no cost.

Part 2: Tarea 2Items 13-18 · 6 questions

A text from which six paragraphs have been extracted (gaps 13 to 18), and seven proposed fragments labelled A to G.

Click the letter of the fragment that belongs in each gap. One fragment is not chosen.

Marked automatically against the answer key when your paper is scored, at no cost.

Part 3: Tarea 3Items 19-26 · 8 questions

Six texts, A to F, and eight statements numbered 19 to 26 to link to them.

Click the letter of the text that each statement corresponds to. The instruction notes that some texts must be chosen more than once.

Marked automatically against the answer key when your paper is scored, at no cost.

Comprensión auditiva (Prueba 1, tareas 4-7)26 items · ~45 min · 16.665 pts · audio ×2

Audio drives this whole section: in exam mode each clip plays up to 2 times, and it never pauses, rewinds or shows a transcript. Practice mode lifts the cap so you can replay freely. The questions are printed, so you read as you listen.

Part 1: Tarea 4Items 27-31 · 5 questions

An extract from a lecture about which notes were taken, heard twice, and twelve options labelled A to L for items 27 to 31. The instruction allows one minute to read the options first.

Click the letter of each of the five options that corresponds to the lecture. Seven of the twelve are not used.

Marked automatically against the answer key when your paper is scored, at no cost.

Part 2: Tarea 5Items 32-38 · 7 questions

A conversation between a man and a woman, heard twice, and seven statements numbered 32 to 38. The instruction allows one minute to read them first.

Click the letter for who expresses each idea: H (hombre, the man), M (mujer, the woman) or N (ninguno, neither of them).

Marked automatically against the answer key when your paper is scored, at no cost.

Part 3: Tarea 6Items 39-44 · 6 questions

An interview, played twice, and questions numbered 39 to 44 with options a, b and c. The instruction allows one minute to read the questions first.

Click the letter of the correct option for each question on the interview.

Marked automatically against the answer key when your paper is scored, at no cost.

Part 4: Tarea 7Items 45-52 · 8 questions

Twelve statements labelled A to L and eight people (45 to 52), each heard twice.

Click the letter of the statement that matches the attitude each person expresses. Four of the twelve statements are not used.

Marked automatically against the answer key when your paper is scored, at no cost.

Expresión, mediación e interacción escritas3 items · ~150 min · 33.33 pts

Everything in this prueba is produced rather than chosen: each tarea is a text you type in Spanish, within the word range its instruction states. The answer box is plain text, so type accents and ñ the way you normally do.

Part 1: Tarea 1Items 1 · 1 question

An audio recording, played twice, during which you may take notes, and two texts to read. You write the requested text using information from all three sources, 400 to 450 words long.

Type your response drawing on all three sources, between 400 and 450 words.

Marked by the AI examiner when your paper is graded: a band, the specific errors, and a corrected version. These are the points a plan unlocks, and your first free paper gets them once with a confirmed email.

Part 2: Tarea 2Items 2 · 1 question

The second writing task of the paper, with its own prompt and a length of 200 to 250 words.

Type your response to this task's prompt, between 200 and 250 words.

Marked by the AI examiner when your paper is graded: a band, the specific errors, and a corrected version. These are the points a plan unlocks, and your first free paper gets them once with a confirmed email.

Part 3: Tarea 3Items 3 · 1 question

The third and last writing task of the paper, a separate prompt also set at 200 to 250 words.

Type your response to the third prompt, keeping it to 200 to 250 words.

Marked by the AI examiner when your paper is graded: a band, the specific errors, and a corrected version. These are the points a plan unlocks, and your first free paper gets them once with a confirmed email.

Expresión, mediación e interacción orales3 items · ~20 min · 33.34 pts

The oral is the last prueba of the same paper, sat with an examiner rather than on screen. Here that examiner is an AI interviewer in the oral room: each tarea is spoken aloud and timed like the real one, and typing is available as a fallback.

Part 1: Tarea 1Items 1 · 1 question · ~360s per turn

Two texts and a chart to base an oral presentation on, lasting five to six minutes: set out the main ideas of the sources, contrast their points of view, and give your own assessment. You may consult notes, but not just read them out.

Give the presentation aloud to the AI interviewer in the oral room, within the six minutes allowed.

Marked by the AI examiner when your paper is graded: a band, the specific errors, and a corrected version. These are the points a plan unlocks, and your first free paper gets them once with a confirmed email.

Part 2: Tarea 2Items 2 · 1 question · ~360s per turn

A conversation with the interviewer about your presentation and the topic it dealt with, lasting five to six minutes.

Hold the conversation aloud with the AI interviewer in the oral room, within the six minutes allowed.

Marked by the AI examiner when your paper is graded: a band, the specific errors, and a corrected version. These are the points a plan unlocks, and your first free paper gets them once with a confirmed email.

Part 3: Tarea 3Items 3 · 1 question · ~360s per turn

Two news stories selected for a debate you are preparing with the interviewer. You agree on one using the stated criteria (about 2 minutes), then discuss it, exchanging opinions, arguments and examples (about 4 minutes).

Reach the agreement and hold the discussion aloud with the AI interviewer in the oral room, within the six minutes allowed.

Marked by the AI examiner when your paper is graded: a band, the specific errors, and a corrected version. These are the points a plan unlocks, and your first free paper gets them once with a confirmed email.

DELE C2 questions, answered

How long is the DELE C2 exam?

The DELE C2 pruebas add up to 275 minutes of timed work, the oral included. The oral is 20 minutes of that, sat with the examiner.

What is on the DELE C2 exam?

The DELE C2 paper has 4 pruebas: Comprensión de lectura (Prueba 1, tareas 1-3), Comprensión auditiva (Prueba 1, tareas 4-7), Expresión, mediación e interacción escritas and Expresión, mediación e interacción orales. Between them they ask 58 questions and tasks worth 100 points in total, and each prueba is timed separately.

What score do you need to pass DELE C2?

You need 60% in each prueba to pass. The paper is scored in 3 groups (Prueba 1 (Uso de la lengua, comprensión de lectura y auditiva), 20 of 33; Prueba 2 (Expresión, mediación e interacción escritas), 20 of 33; Prueba 3 (Expresión, mediación e interacción orales), 20 of 33), and every group has to clear its line on its own. A strong group cannot carry a weak one, so the result is APTO only when all of them pass.

How much do you have to write for DELE C2?

The DELE C2 writing prueba asks for 400 to 450 words for Tarea 1, 200 to 250 words for Tarea 2 and 200 to 250 words for Tarea 3, in 150 minutes. Each range is stated in the tarea's own instruction, and every text is graded on the Instituto Cervantes scale for the level.

Is DELE C2 hard?

DELE C2 certifies CEFR C2. The honest answer is that difficulty is relative to where you are, which is what a timed mock exam is for: it measures you against the pass rule of every group rather than guessing.

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