Exafy
🇸🇦 Qiyas — Saudi-primary

STEP

The Qiyas STEP is the benchmark for Saudi university admissions. Our full-length mocks match the real format so test day feels familiar.

Band scale
100
max score
Avg Exafy student: 87
Test length
~3 hours
4 sections · ~100 MCQs
Format
Paper
Qiyas centre-delivered
Valid for
3 years
From test date
Exafy prep
6–10 weeks
Median 7 weeks

The four sections

STEP has four weighted sections across ~100 multiple-choice questions: Reading (40%), Structure (30%), Listening (20%), and Writing Analysis (10%). Overall reported from 0–100.

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01
Reading (40%)
~40 questions

Longest section, heaviest weighting. Passage comprehension across academic and everyday topics. Our bank goes deepest here.

138+ lessons on ExafyExplore →
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02
Structure (30%)
~30 questions

Grammar and sentence-structure MCQs — tenses, articles, prepositions, sentence patterns. Drilled against real past-paper patterns.

30+ lessons on ExafyExplore →
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03
Listening (20%)
~20 questions

Short conversations and academic talks at native pace. Audio pool matched to the listening length of real past papers.

72+ lessons on ExafyExplore →
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04
Writing Analysis (10%)
~10 questions

Error recognition, sentence improvement, register, cohesion, and style choices — not essay writing. You judge which revision is best.

30+ lessons on ExafyExplore →
Exafy's playbook

Three rules that work for almost everyone.

Built from thousands of practice sessions — what actually moves the needle.

01
Build the 2,000-word STEP core.
The reading section rewards vocabulary. Our SRS drills cover the highest-frequency 2,000 words.
02
Do one full mock every weekend.
Three hours is a marathon. Stamina + pacing are trainable — and worth 10+ marks.
03
Use the Arabic toggle sparingly.
It's there for tricky grammar explanations — not for every word. Force your English brain to work first.

How we score

Real 0–100 STEP scoring.

Mock tests return a native 0–100 STEP score — not a band — so your result matches what the Saudi Standardised Test reports on score day.

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