Lietuvių A2

How the exam is scored: the A2 threshold, part by part

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A marking sheet showing the points for each exam part with the A2 threshold highlighted, and a hand recording speaking scores.

Most people prepare for this exam against the wrong rule. The instinct is: „I will collect half the points and pass." In Lithuania that assumption is wrong, and it is expensive.

The real rule is conjunctive, applied to each part separately, with a nested condition that the A1 level must be reached first. It is not complicated — it is just not what you expect.

Three parts, scored separately

Part Max points A1 band A2 band
Reading and writing 50 tasks 1–4, 22 points tasks 5–9, 28 points
Listening 20 tasks 1–2, 10 points tasks 3–4, 10 points
Speaking 10 3 situations at 0–3 points each, plus 0–1 from the interviewing examiner

Within each part the tasks are split into an A1 band and an A2 band, and the threshold is computed for each band separately. The threshold is the same everywhere: 60 % of that band's own items.

The thresholds you have to clear

Reading and writing

  • 13 points or more out of 22 on the A1 tasks (1–4) — the A1 level is reached;
  • 17 points or more out of 28 on the A2 tasks (5–9) — the A2 level is reached;
  • reaching A1 in the same part is a precondition for A2.

Listening

  • 6 points or more out of 10 on the A1 tasks (1–2) — A1;
  • 6 points or more out of 10 on the A2 tasks (3–4) — A2;
  • again: A1 is a precondition for A2 within the part.

Speaking

  • 5 points or more out of 10 and at least two speaking situations scoring 2 points each — A1;
  • 6 points or more out of 10 and at least two speaking situations totalling 5 points — A2.

The official assessment sheet carries a warning about exactly this, worth reading twice:

ATTENTION! Scoring 5 points does not guarantee that the A1 level has been reached, and scoring 6 points does not guarantee the A2 level.

The four official speaking examples

The only unambiguous way to read the speaking rule is through the official worked examples. Here they are: the interviewing examiner awards 0–1 point for the part as a whole, and the assessing examiner awards 0–3 points for each of the three situations.

Example Interviewer (0–1) Situation 1 Situation 2 Situation 3 Total Result
No. 1 1 2 1 1 5 no level reached
No. 2 1 2 2 0 5 A1
No. 3 1 2 2 1 6 A1
No. 4 1 3 2 0 6 A2

Compare No. 3 with No. 4. Both candidates scored 6 points, and they got different results. In No. 3 the two best situations give 2 + 2 = 4. In No. 4 the two best give 3 + 2 = 5. That is what decides A2.

The practical conclusion changes how you should prepare: one situation done really well beats three done adequately. The candidate in example No. 4 scored 0 on the third situation and still got A2, because two of the others were strong.

How the final result is produced

  • When all three parts reach A2, the final result is „A2 lygis".
  • If even one part reaches only A1, the final result is „A1 lygis" — no matter that the other two were A2.
  • If any one part is failed outright, the final result is „Neišlaikyta" (not passed).

So your weakest part decides everything. A candidate who reads and writes excellently but scores 5 points in speaking gets A1, not A2 — and therefore no first-category certificate.

One more detail for people sitting the exam for a permanent residence permit: the official assessment sheet states that in that case the basic (A1 level) category certificate is not issued, even if the candidate did reach A1 during the exam.

What to do with this when preparing

  1. Count in bands, not in totals. There is no point asking „how many out of 80". The useful questions are: will I reach 13/22 and 17/28 in reading and writing, 6/10 and 6/10 in listening, and 6/10 in speaking.
  2. Do not skip the A1 band. It looks easy, so it is easy to ignore — but without it the A2 band is not even counted. Those 22 reading-and-writing points are exactly the ones that people „preparing for a higher level" tend to walk past.
  3. Train speaking all the way to the end. Two strong situations are worth more than three half-finished ones. And remember that parts 2 and 3 give you 1 minute of preparation each — a minute you need to know how to use.
  4. Listening is short and has no second chance — 25 minutes immediately after 90 minutes of writing, with headphones on. It is the part where fatigue costs the most.

You can practise against these thresholds in the exam section, and work on writing and speaking with feedback.

Why knowing this in advance matters

Published pass rates run at about 73–76 %. Roughly one candidate in four does not pass. Every further attempt is paid separately and means waiting for the next sitting, so correctly understanding the marking rule is the cheapest thing you can do before the exam.

Sources

Last verified: 12 August 2026.

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