EIKEN Grade 2
EIKEN Grade 2 preparation
Grade 2 asks for both a summary and a longer opinion composition. Confirm the current format, then use the Writing workspace to organise your response.
Current exam format
Checked as of 18 September 2026
- First stage (written)
- approx. 85 min
- Listening
- approx. 25 min
- Writing: Summary
- 45-55 words guidance
- Writing: Opinion composition
- 80-100 words guidance
- Stage 2 (interview)
- approx. 7 min
For anything not covered here, check EIKEN's own official information. This does not predict a pass, fail or CSE score.
What to do next
- Decide what to do nextSee today's practice and study plan based on your target grade and weak area.
- PracticePractise WritingWrite straight away with a Petra-original practice question.
- PracticePractise the interviewSpeak your answers with Petra-original questions.
- PracticePractise vocabularyRecall words from context, then retry the ones you missed.
- PracticePractise ReadingPractise evidence-based reading and timing.
- PracticeReview ListeningA review tool to use alongside your own official audio.
About official materials
About official materials
The current EIKEN Grade 2 exam format and past papers are published directly by the Eiken Foundation of Japan, the body that administers EIKEN, on its own official website. Petra does not reproduce EIKEN questions, audio, sample answers or logos, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Eiken Foundation.
Related reading
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- Vocabulary memorisation alone does not always improve EIKEN scoresAt higher grades, the bottleneck is often not vocabulary. Here is how to tell what is actually costing points.
- What Changed in EIKEN? The 2024 New Format and Grade Pre-2 Plus ExplainedThe 2024 question-format renewal and the introduction of Grade Pre-2 Plus in the 2025 academic year are separate changes. Here are the changes by grade, the current test structure and the exam fees.
Check → practise and plan → review
Find your current priority, work on it through practice and a study plan, and check again roughly a week later. This is a loop, not a promise of progress.