If you go to a Danish language school, your teacher will at some point say “du skal snart til modultest”. This guide explains what the module tests are, how they work, and what is in each of them on Danskuddannelse 3, module by module. The free course on this site has the formats as practice, and this is the overview I give my students first.
What a module test is
The free Danish education for adults (danskuddannelse) is divided into modules, and you must pass a test at the end of each module to move on to the next. The tests are made by the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI). They are the same at every language school in the country, and they are confidential, so nobody can show you a real one. What the schools and the authorities do publish is the format: the tasks, the times and the rules. That is what this guide describes.
Your language school decides when you are ready and signs you up. The test is on paper and in person, also if you study online.
The numbering: what “modultest 3.2” means
There are three Danish educations, and the number before the dot tells you which one you are on:
- Danskuddannelse 1 (DU1) is for people with little or no schooling. Five modules, ending with Prøve i Dansk 1.
- Danskuddannelse 2 (DU2) is for people with shorter schooling. Six modules, ending with Prøve i Dansk 2.
- Danskuddannelse 3 (DU3) is for people with a medium or long education. Six modules, with Prøve i Dansk 3 after module 5 and Studieprøven after module 6.
So modultest 3.2 is the module 2 test on DU3, and modultest 2.4 is the module 4 test on DU2. The guides below are about DU3, because that is where most of my students are. If you are on DU2, the topics are the same, but the tests are different, and I have written a note about the differences on each page.
The levels on Danskuddannelse 3
| Module | Level | Ends with |
|---|---|---|
| Module 1 | A1 | Modultest 3.1 (oral only) |
| Module 2 | A2 | Modultest 3.2 |
| Module 3 | A2+ | Modultest 3.3 |
| Module 4 | B1 | Modultest 3.4 |
| Module 5 | B2 | Prøve i Dansk 3 (a state exam, not a module test) |
| Module 6 | C1 | Studieprøven |
The rules that apply to all of them
- Three parts, judged separately. From module 2, a test has an oral part, a reading part and a writing part. Each is judged pass or fail on its own. Listening is not a separate part; it is tested inside the oral.
- You only retake what you failed. A passed part is valid for six months, so if you pass the oral and fail the writing, you retake only the writing.
- A passed test never expires, and the result cannot be appealed.
- Aids: none in the reading part. In the writing part you may use dictionaries (not phrasebooks) and a list of verbs.
- Deposit. If you are not on an integration programme, you pay a deposit of 2,000 kr. per module, which you get back if you pass the module within the time limit: six months for modules 1 and 2, seven for module 3, eight for module 4, nine for modules 5 and 6. The teaching itself is free.
- The tests changed recently. From March 2025, modules 3 and 4 got new oral tests. From January 2026, module 3 is officially A2+, and module 4 got new reading and writing tasks, including an open cloze where you write the words yourself. Older material you find online may describe the old versions.
How to practise the formats
The tests are a good map of what you should be able to do at each level, so their formats make good practice even if you never take them. In the free course, each module has the oral tasks as exercises (your own mind maps, the cases, the topic sheets), reading sets in the test’s formats, and the writing tasks with a word counter and a checklist. Everything is my own material; the state’s texts are confidential and we never copy them.
The one thing to remember
The module tests reward people who have done the format before. Not because the format is difficult, but because you have no attention to spare for figuring it out on the day. Do each task type a few times before the test, and you will spend the test on Danish instead.
The tests, module by module
- Module test 1 (modultest 3.1): the oral test explainedModule test 1 on Danskuddannelse 3 is oral only: questions about your mind map and a case where you ask. What happens, how you pass, how to practise.
- Module test 2 (modultest 3.2): what is in it and how to prepareModule test 2 on Danskuddannelse 3 (A2): mind map talk, information gap, four reading tasks and a 70-word email. Times, formats and how to practise.
- Module test 3 (modultest 3.3): what is in it and how to prepareModule test 3 on Danskuddannelse 3 (A2+): your own topic, four pictures, reading tasks, a semi-formal message and a 90-word email. How to practise.
- Module test 4 (modultest 3.4): what is in it and how to prepareModule test 4 on Danskuddannelse 3 (B1): presentation, pros and cons, the open cloze, a 125-word email and a 100-word blog post. How to prepare.
- Module 5 on Danskuddannelse 3: from the module tests to Prøve i Dansk 3There is no module test 5 on Danskuddannelse 3: module 5 ends with Prøve i Dansk 3 (B2). What the module covers and how the exam differs.
- Module 6 on Danskuddannelse 3 and StudieprøvenModule 6 ends with Studieprøven (C1), the exam for studying at a Danish university. The reading, writing and oral parts, and how to prepare.
- Module tests on Danskuddannelse 2 (modultest DU2)The module tests on Danskuddannelse 2 explained: what modultest 2.1 to 2.5 look like, the levels, PD2, and how DU2 compares with DU3.
- Modultest 2.3: Danskuddannelse 2, module 3What modultest 2.3 on Danskuddannelse 2 tests, how the oral and written parts work, and how to practise them for free.
Updated 13 September 2026