Lithuanian A2 exam:
the written part

The language exam for permanent residence has three parts: reading and writing (skaitymas ir rašymas), listening (klausymas) and the oral part (kalbėjimas). The first two are taken in the morning on a computer and together are called the written part. The oral part comes in the afternoon and has its own guide: oral part: topics and sample questions.

Below is what the NŠA documents say about the written part and what they leave out. Where something is a fact, we link the source. Where NŠA says nothing, we say so.

How the written part runs

According to the NŠA instructions, both parts are electronic: you sit at a computer in the base school and work in a browser with a mouse and keyboard. The order is:

1. 10:00 to 11:30, reading and writing. 1 hour 30 minutes.
2. The „Tęsti“ button. When you finish reading and writing, you press it and move on to listening.
3. 11:30 to 11:55, listening. 25 minutes, with headphones. At the end you must press „Baigti darbą“.

If you are up to 20 minutes late, you are let in, but your time is not extended. If the system fails, the break is not counted towards your time. The instructions do not say whether time saved on reading can be moved to listening.

Tasks and points

NŠA published the split of points on 27 February 2026 in its scoring document for the Bazinė–I exam. That the permanent residence exam is scored the same way follows from a note in the same document on people taking it for permanent residence; it is not stated outright.

The thresholds are counted separately for the tasks of each level:

• Reading and writing. A1: at least 13 of 22 points in tasks 1–4. A2: at least 17 of 28 in tasks 5–9, and only if A1 is already reached.
• Listening. A1: at least 6 of 10 in tasks 1–2. A2: at least 6 of 10 in tasks 3–4, again only with A1 reached.
• Final result. "A2" if A2 is reached in all three parts, the oral part included. If any part reaches only A1, the result is "A1". If any part is failed, the result is "Neišlaikyta", not passed.

The main rule follows from this: do not skip the A1-level tasks. Without 13 points in the first four tasks, even full marks in tasks 5–9 will not give you A2.

NŠA does not publish how many points each task is worth within a part, or how free writing is scored if there is any. Only the totals per level are known.

What is tested

The exam programme describes the texts and skills for each part.

• Reading: short signs in the street, in offices and on public transport, instructions for appliances, word definitions from a dictionary, informal personal letters and short information articles.
• Writing: fill in simple standard forms and write a short connected text for everyday needs. The examiners look at whether the needed information gets across and how you use linking words (conjunctions, pronouns), grammar and vocabulary.
• Listening: understand and match or write down simple factual information from dialogues and monologues, such as a phone call or a message on an answering machine.

The programme topics are shared by all parts of the exam: personal identity, housing, nature and weather, daily life and work, free time, travel, relations with people, health, education, shopping, food and services. The programme also says that topics should not cause unpleasant emotions.

What NŠA does not publish

The task types of the new format are not public. The NŠA page with sample tests has an old variant of the reading and writing part for category I: eight tasks, prices in litas, letters dated 2001. It has no listening. Its task types are:

1. where you can see a sign, a choice of three places;
2. match sentences to signs A–H;
3. recognise a word from its description;
4. finish a dialogue with a suitable reply;
5. build a dialogue from replies A–H;
6. an article: true, false or not stated;
7. a text with gaps: choose the right form of a word;
8. letters with gaps: write in one word per gap.

The sample has no free writing. NŠA does not say whether the 2026 tasks resemble these. It is also unknown how many times each listening recording is played: we did not find it in the NŠA documents.

How to prepare

Do the old sample against the clock

The format has changed, but the sample shows how NŠA words its tasks: short signs, a choice of three, matching with extra options. Set a timer and note where you lose time.

Start with the A1 tasks

The first four reading and writing tasks and the first two listening tasks decide whether A2 can count at all. Work through them carefully and check your answers before moving on.

Fill in forms in Lithuanian

Forms at the library, the doctor's, a hotel or work: first name, surname, date of birth, address, phone, citizenship, purpose of visit. Learn how your details, your address, dates and month names are written in Lithuanian. For example:

• Gimimo data: 1990 m. kovo 5 d. Date of birth: 5 March 1990.
• Telefono numeris: +370 600 12345. Phone number.
• Vizito tikslas: konsultacija. Purpose of visit: consultation.

Write short messages

The programme checks how connected your text is, so practise notes of 20 to 40 words that answer three points: invite someone, move a meeting, apologise and give a reason. Link sentences with ir, bet, nes, todėl and kad.

Type with Lithuanian letters

The exam is on a computer. Learn to type ą, č, ę, ė, į, š, ų, ū and ž quickly beforehand: a word without the right letter can turn into another word or a mistake.

Listen to short everyday recordings

Announcements at the station and in shops, answering machine messages, phone calls. Write down numbers, times, prices and addresses by ear: these are exactly the facts you are asked to understand or fill in.

The mock written part on Talkfirst

Talkfirst has a mock written part: 9 reading and writing tasks for 50 points and 4 listening tasks for 20 points, with the same split by level as NŠA. The task types are our reconstruction from the programme and the old sample, not official tasks. Tasks are in Lithuanian, and you can tap for an English translation of the instructions.

• Exam mode: 90 minutes for reading and writing, the „Tęsti“ button, 25 minutes for listening. In the mock, each recording plays twice, with no pause or rewind.
• Result: points for the A1 and A2 tasks and an "A2 / A1 / not passed" level for each part, then a review of every answer.
• The short message in task 9 is scored by AI on a 0 to 5 rubric. It is a forecast, not an official score.
• Practice on one task type: answer and explanation right away, you can replay the recording and see the transcript after you answer.

On the Free plan the full variant is available once every 7 days, practice covers one task type a week, and the AI scores the short message in task 9 once a week. Pro has no limits and adds mistakes review. More on the exam as a whole: A2 mock exam and guide to the A2 exam for permanent residence.

Questions and answers

Sources: NŠA instructions for the written part, NŠA scoring rules of 27 February 2026, exam programme (points 8, 9.1–9.3, 10), sample of the category I reading and writing part. Checked on 5 October 2026.