Estonian Language Proficiency Examination B1 cheat sheet
Estonian Language Proficiency Examination B1 · Keep the key ideas within reach.
Estonian case, verb and construction awareness
Learn stem alternations and governed constructions.
Laual is adessive; lauale is allative.
Bounded total-object constructions do not prove an event is already completed.
Many adpositions govern genitive, but not all do.
Reading comprehension
True/false/not stated: absence of information means 'not stated', not 'false'.
Case endings identify roles: -le 'to', -l 'at', -st 'from'.
Connectors kuid, sest, seetõttu signal contrast, cause and result.
Estonian ta is gender-neutral; use the text, not assumptions.
Use suffixes -mine, -ja, -lik, -us to guess unknown words.
Writing
Cover every bullet point in the task; word limit is part of the task.
Keep sina and teie consistent; match greeting and closing to register.
Use present tense for future plans with a time expression.
Time/place cases: laupäeval, kell viis, kinno, kinos.
Check negative object: ei osta piletit (partitive).