Preparing for the DELE exam

DELE candidates’ guide

DELE candidate guides furnished by the Cervantes Institute contain descriptions of the tests and basic information on their administration.

Sample answer sheets

Candidates can familiarise themselves with the DELE answer sheets before the day of the exam with the samples provided by the Cervantes Institute.

Sample answer sheets
DELE A1	DELE A2	DELE B1	DELE B2	DELE C1	DELE C2

Sample exams

Exams administered on earlier occasions are provided by the Cervantes Institute for all the general DELE levels.

DELE 0 sample exams
DELE A1	DELE A2	DELE B1	DELE B2	DELE C1	DELE C2
(Audio files)	(Audio files)

 

DELE A1 exam administered in 2020
Reading comprehension test	Exercise 1	Exercise 2	Exercise 3	Exercise 4	Answer
Oral comprehension test	Exercise 1	Exercise 2	Exercise 3	Exercise 4	Answer
	Exercise 1 audio	Exercise 2 audio	Exercise 3 audio	Exercise 4 audio
	Transcription exercise 1	Transcription exercise 2	Transcripción exercise 3	Transcripción exercise 4
Written expression and interaction test	Exercise 1	Exercise 2

DELE A2 exam administered in 2020
Reading comprehension test	Exercise 1	Exercise 2	Exercise 3	Exercise 4	Answer
Oral comprehension test	Exercise 1	Exercise 2	Exercise 3	Exercise 4	Answer
	Exercise 1 audio	Exercise 2 audio	Exercise 3 audio	Exercise 4 audio
	Transcription exercise 1	Transcription exercise 2	Transcription exercise 3	Transcripción exercise 4
Written expression and interaction test	Exercise 1	Exercise2

DELE B1 exam administered in 2013
Reading comprehension test	Exercise 1	Exercise 2	Exercise 3	Exercise 4	Exercise 5	Answer
Oral comprehension test	Exercise 1	Exercise 2	Exercise 3	Exercise 4	Exercise 5	Answer
	Exercise 1	Exercise 2	Exercise 3	Exercise 4	Exercise 5
	Transcription exercise 1	Transcription exercise 2	Transcription excercise 3	Transcription exercise 4	Transcription exercise 5
Written expression and interaction test	Exercise 1	Exercise 2

DELE B2 exam administered in 2013
Reading comprehension test	Exercise 1	Exercise 2	Exercise 3	Exercise 4	Answer
Oral comprehension test	Exercise 1	Exercise 2	Exercise 3	Exercise 4	Exercise 5	Answer
	Exercise 1 audio	Exercise 2 audio	Exercise 3 audio	Exercise 4 audio	Exercise 5 audio
	Transcription exercise 1	Transcription exercise 2	Transcription exercise 3	Transcription exercise 4	Transcription exercise 5
Written expression and interaction test	Exercise 1	Exercise 2
	Exercise 1 audio
	Transcription exercise 1

DELE C1 exam administered in 2011
Reading comprehension and language usage and oral comprehension and language usage test				Oral comprehension and written expression and interaction test	Transcription oral comprehension test	Answers
Exercise 1 audio	Exercise 2 audio	Exercise 3 audio	Exercise 4 audio	Exercise 1 audio

DELE C2 exam administered in 2011
Language usage and reading and oral comprehension test			Oral and reading comprehension and written expression and interaction test	Transcription oral comprehension tests	Answer
Exercise 4 audio	Exercise 5 audio	Exercise 6 audio	Exercise 1 audio

The materials include exam sheets in PDF format, the audio recordings for oral comprehension tests and the correct answers for the reading and oral comprehension tests.

DELE exam guides

DELE exam guides are intended for Spanish teachers, teaching material designers and editors, Spanish language centre staff, candidate trainers, exam and candidate advocates and other stakeholders seeking detailed information on general DELE exams.

The guides include a description of the exam structure and the constituent tests and exercises; the marking scales for oral and written expression and interaction tests; samples of candidates’ exams and their marks; and the system for marking each test.

DELE exam guides
DELE A1	DELE A2	DELE B1	DELE B2	DELE C1	DELE C2