A2 speaking practice: Spreken
In the Spreken exam you answer questions out loud in Dutch at A2. Here is what the exam asks, three practice questions with simple model answers, and how the app helps you practise.
Spreken practice questions
Question 1
Je bent bij de gemeente. De medewerker vraagt wat je wilt doen.
You are at the city hall. The employee asks what you want to do.
You hear
Goedemorgen. Wat kan ik voor u doen?
Show the answer
Model answer
Goedemorgen, ik wil mijn paspoort vernieuwen. Kan ik een afspraak maken?
A good answer: Greet first, then say what you want: a new passport. Ask for an appointment.
Key words: paspoortafspraakvernieuwen
Free lessons from the app. Say your answer out loud first, then compare it with the simple model answer.
Question 2
Je bent bij de gemeente om je te registreren. De medewerker vraagt om je adres.
You are at the city hall to register. The employee asks for your address.
You hear
Kunt u mij uw adres geven, alstublieft?
Show the answer
Model answer
Ja, mijn adres is Keizersgracht 102. Ik woon in Amsterdam.
A good answer: Give your street, house number and town in a full sentence.
Key words: ik woonadres
Question 3
Amira wacht bij de huisarts.
Amira is waiting at the GP.
You hear
Wat ziet u? Waarom is Amira daar?
Show the answer
Model answer
Ik zie een vrouw bij de huisarts. Ze zit in de wachtkamer en leest een tijdschrift. Amira heeft een afspraak, want ze is ziek.
A good answer: Say what you see, a woman in a waiting room, and why she is there: she is ill, in pain, or has an appointment.
Key words: wachtkamerhuisartsafspraak
What the Spreken exam asks
Speaking in Dutch at A2: you watch videos and answer questions out loud. Since 1 March 2025 every answer is spoken.
- Format
- On a computer
- Questions
- Answered out loud. DUO does not publish the number of questions.
- Time limit
- 35 minutes, after 15 minutes of instructions
- Marking
- Marked by certified raters with DUO's scoring model. DUO does not publish the pass mark.
- B1 route
- On the B1 route you take the Staatsexamen Nt2 instead. Its Spreken is different: 8 short tasks of 20 seconds and 8 medium tasks of 30 seconds.
What you do
- With headphones on, you watch and listen to a video
- You speak your answers into a microphone
- Raters score whether you answer the question, your words, grammar, fluency, coherence and pronunciation
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Questions
How does the A2 Spreken exam work?
On a computer, with headphones on: you watch and listen to a video and speak your answers into a microphone. Since 1 March 2025 every answer is spoken. The exam takes 35 minutes, after 15 minutes of instructions.
How is Spreken marked?
Certified raters mark it with DUO's scoring model. They score whether you answer the question, your words, grammar, fluency, coherence and pronunciation. DUO does not publish the pass mark.
Does the app score my speaking?
With Pro, AI gives each answer points out of 10, on whether you answer the question, your words, grammar, coherence and fluency. Pronunciation is not graded in the app.
Swipelijk is independent. It is not part of DUO or the Dutch government. Official information about the exam: inburgeren.nl
Spreken practice in the app
Swipelijk is an inburgering exam practice app for iPhone and Android. For Spreken it has:
- 42 lessons: 30 conversations and 12 tasks with a person or photos, answered out loud
- 1 speaking exam with Pro: 16 tasks in 4 blocks, 35 minutes
- AI feedback with Pro: points out of 10 for each answer, on whether you answer the question, your words, grammar, coherence and fluency. Pronunciation is not graded.
- Free: 3 lessons, with a simple model answer
AI feedback with Pro
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