Inburgering exam prep

Strategy and practice for all five exam parts — built around how the exams actually work.

Under the Wet inburgering 2021, most newcomers follow the B1 route (language exams at B1); people under the pre-2022 law take the exams at A2, plus KNM for everyone. Your gemeente sets your route in your PIP.

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Overall exam readiness40%

Estimated from your lesson, review and scenario performance per skill.

🇳🇱 KNM— Dutch society knowledge

~45 min exam40% ready

Kennis van de Nederlandse Maatschappij: multiple-choice questions about work, health care, education, government and daily customs in the Netherlands.

Exam strategy

KNM is fact-based — it rewards drilling. A steady 15 questions a day beats a weekend cram.
Themes repeat: huisarts & zorgverzekering, work rules, children & school, gemeente services, history basics.
You live the answers already: every trip to the huisarts or gemeente is study material. Connect questions to your own experience.
Wrong answers teach the most — always read why the right option is right.

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U bent nieuw in Nederland. Binnen hoeveel maanden moet u een zorgverzekering afsluiten?

Exam resources we recommend

DutchFlow trains the skills; these take you the last mile. Start with the official practice exams — they come from the exam makers themselves.

Official practice exams

Straight from the exam makers (DUO/CvTE) — the closest thing to the real exam that exists. Do at least two full timed rounds before your exam date.

Oefenexamens — inburgeren.nlfreeOfficial practice exams for all five parts: Lezen, Luisteren, Schrijven, Spreken and KNM. Real format, real difficulty.Staatsexamen NT2 voorbeeldexamensfreeOfficial sample exams for Programma I (B1) and II (B2) — for the staatsexamen route.Naar NederlandfreeOfficial preparation for the basisexamen inburgering taken abroad (for partners still outside NL).

Free extra practice

Widely used by NT2 teachers — solid, free supplements between DutchFlow sessions.

NT2 TaalMenufreeFree practice exams and exercises for every exam part and level.Oefenen.nlfreeFree foundational practice for language and digital skills.LearnDutch.org (Bart de Pau)freeFree structured video courses — strong for vocabulary building.Introduction to Dutch — University of GroningenfreeFree three-week MOOC; an excellent structured A0→A1 on-ramp.

Daily listening habit

The Luisteren exam rewards ear-time more than anything. Ten minutes a day of any of these compounds fast.

NOS JeugdjournaalfreeNews in clear, slower Dutch — the classic NT2 listening recommendation.NPO Start (met ondertiteling)freeDutch TV with Dutch subtitles — train reading and listening together.Zeg het in het Nederlands (podcast)freeSlow-Dutch podcast made for learners, with transcripts.

Exam-focused books

The paper standard-bearers, if you want a physical track alongside the app.

Ad Appel exam trainingThe best-known exam-specific training books, especially for Spreken and Schrijven at A2/B1.Welkom in Nederland (Coutinho)The standard KNM textbook used in classrooms across the country.