Guides: the Polish exam at B1 and B2
One question per article. The figures come from the exam papers and from the telc and State Commission pages, and every article lists its sources.
- Polish exam day: what to bring and what is not allowed — telc and the state examPhoto ID, what to write with, what to hand in, breaks and lateness — the exam-day rules of the Polish state exam and telc, from the rules themselves.3 October 2026
- Taking the Polish exam online: is such a certificate recognised?The Polish state exam is not taken online, and telc B1·B2 only at a licensed centre. The three routes to a certificate, and how to check a centre.3 October 2026
- Does a Polish certificate expire? The state B1 and telc certificatesThe state Polish certificate is valid indefinitely; a telc certificate has no validity period. Who decides about an older one, and how to get a duplicate.3 October 2026
- The oral part of the Polish state exam, B1 and B2: how to practise on your ownThe state B1 and B2 oral: up to 15 minutes, 40 points, unpublished criteria. How to practise when nobody marks you — a step-by-step method.3 October 2026
- How the telc Polish B1·B2 oral exam is markedTwo examiners, five criteria, 100 points. What telc gives B1 for and what B2 in each part of the oral — and what follows from it.3 October 2026
- "Brak informacji" in the Polish state exam at B2: TAK, NIE or BI?B2 reading has a task with a third answer: BI. It was on 6 of 9 papers and is worth 10 of 40 points. How BI differs from NIE.3 October 2026
- Grammar in the Polish state exam at B1: the eight tasks on every paperThe B1 grammar block is the same eight tasks on every paper: 55 gaps, 30 points, 45 minutes. What is in them and where the points are.3 October 2026
- The story in the Polish state exam at B1: how to write itA story is on offer in 8 of 14 B1 papers. What the brief starts it from, how many words, how to build it — and a full example.3 October 2026
- One part below the bar in the Polish state exam — what next?In the state exam at B1 and B2, one part below the bar fails the exam. Can you retake only that part, how to ask for re-marking, and when to sit again.3 October 2026
- How many times is the recording played in the Polish exam? telc and the state examIn telc every recording is played once. In the state exam at B1 and B2 almost every task is played twice. What that changes about how you listen.3 October 2026
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One telc set and one state paper at each of B1 and B2 are open without paying.