Placement Test

Upgrade 8

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Name _______________________________________ No. _________ Class _________ Date ___ /___ /___ Evaluation ____________________ Teacher ____________________

A Listening comprehension 1. Listen and tick () the words that are used in the text.
bones body drink healthy substances freshly hungry grow thin foods child nutrients sweet muscles heart quickly

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10 marks (10x1 mark)

2. Listen to the rst part of the text and say if the sentences are True (T), False (F) or
Impossible to Know (IK). a. The food we eat is important when we are growing up. b. Ideally you should drink a litre of milk a day. c. All foods have elements that are essential for our health. d. Healthy foods dont give us enough energy. e. You should eat a lot when you are growing up.
5 marks (5x1 mark)

3. Listen to the last part of the text and ll in the blanks with the missing words.
5 marks (5x1 mark)

In our daily lives, we use energy to think, walk, a. perform many other actions. The b. things comes from two places: fat reserves in the c.
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, breathe and it takes our body to do these and the food , youll nd that the right nutrients, your

we eat every day. If you dont eat healthy d. you are feeling weak. If you dont e. body cannot function properly.

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B Written comprehension 1. Read the following text about Jane.
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Saturday
Today wasnt a very good day. I got up late because mum didnt wake me up! There was no bread so I didnt have any breakfast. I was hungry all morning! I arrived at the shopping mall half an hour late and Tina wasnt there. Shes going to be angry with me! I went shopping on my own and I spent too much money. I bought some new boots. Theyre fantastic, but now I havent got any
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money and I cant buy tickets for the music concert. Oh dear! Im terrible with money. I didnt have any money for the bus and I walked home. Of course, it started to rain and I didnt have my umbrella! My shoe has got a hole in it and my foot got wet. When I got home I was wet, cold and hungry! I wanted to go out with Tim in the evening, but he was busy. Wonderful! In the end, I stayed home and watched TV with dad. The programmes were boring. He wanted

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to watch the football match and I hate football, so I went to bed at 9.30 and wrote this! Perhaps tomorrow is going to be a better day. I hope so!
In Edwards, L., Common European Framework Assessment Tests, Scholastic ltd.

2. Choose the correct option.

2.1 This text is a a. poem. 2.2 The text a. talks about daily life situations. 2.3 The text is in the b. describes a picture. b. page from a diary.

5 marks (5x1 mark)

c. formal letter.

c. gives ideas to solve a problem.

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a. 3rd person.

b. 1st person.

c. 2nd person.

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2.4 The person who writes the text is a. a mum. 2.5 The text is a. in the past. b. in the present. c. in the future. b. an old lady. c. a young girl.

3. Find opposites of the following words in the rst paragraph.

a. early b. happy c. little d. old e. horrible

5 marks (5x1 mark)

4. Match the words from the second paragraph with their correct denition. 8 marks (4x2 marks)
a. home b. umbrella c. cold d. busy 1. low temperature 2. place where you live 3. having something to do 4. object used to protect people from the rain

5. Answer the following questions on the second and third paragraphs.

5.1 Why did Jane walk home? 5.2 How was she feeling when she got home? 5.3 What did she do in the end? 5.4 Was it a good day for Jane? Justify with a sentence from the text.
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C Language 1. Match the signs with the name of the places they can be found.
a. library b. shop c. hospital d. restaurant
30 marks 12 marks (6x2 marks)

e. public toilet f. airport

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2. Go back to the text on part B. Re-read the third paragraph carefully and write down all the verbs you can nd in the past simple. 6 marks
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3. Write the following sentences in the present simple (PS) and present continuous (PC).
8 marks (8x1 mark)

a. Jane watched TV with her dad. PS: PC: b. The kids studied hard for the exam. PS: PC: c. Did you go to the cinema? PS: PC: d. I didnt spend my holidays at the beach. PS: PC:

4. Look at the following map and ll in the gaps with the words or expressions from the box. Some are not used. 4 marks (4x1 mark)
First Avenue Womens Wear Sporting Goods Fire Department Italian Restaurant Furniture Police Station Memorial Drive

Hill Avenue

Jewelry Store

Turn left Turn right Go straight on Next to Opposite Go along In front of

Main Street Pine Street Forest Street Mens Wear Book Store Oak Street Movie Theatre

Toy Store

Chinese Restaurant

Bar

Second Avenue

Train Station

Tom is at the police station. He is asking for help to go to the train station. Tom: Can you tell me the way to the train station, please? Ofcer Jones: Of course! When you leave the police station, turn right and a.
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Main Street. On the corner of Pine Street youll see a mens the bar. c. . Youll nd the train station in front of you. and

wear shop, b. d.

Beech Way

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D Written production
What is a normal day like for you? Describe your daily routine. Use the questions from the box to help you write a text of about 40-50 words.
20 marks

What time do you wake up? What do you do before going to school? How do you go to school? What time do your lessons start? Do you have lunch at school? What do you do after school? What time do you go to bed?

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Answer Key
A Listening comprehension Audio script The importance of healthy eating [1st part] Have you ever heard the saying you are what you eat? This is true, because the foods we eat are extremely important for our growth, our well-being and our health. Therefore, if you value your health, you should learn as much about healthy eating as possible. Healthy eating is important from the day we are born. As a child, we grow very quickly in part because of the foods we eat. Foods all contain nutrients that give us not only energy to live, but also the substances that build our bones and muscles. [2nd part] In our daily lives, we use energy to think, walk, talk, breathe, and perform many other actions. The energy it takes our body to do these things comes from two sources: fat reserves in the body and the food we eat every day. If you dont eat healthy foods, youll nd that you are feeling weak. If you dont eat the right nutrients, your body cannot function properly.
http://hutchinsonm.hubpages.com/hub/The-Importance-of-HealthyEating (abridged and adapted, accessed July 2013)

B Written comprehension 2. 2.1 b.; 2.2 a.; 2.3 b.; 2.4 c.; 2.5 a. 3. a. late (l. 1); b. angry (l. 5); c. much (l. 6); d. new (l. 6); e. fantastic (l. 6). 4. a. 2; b. 4; c. 1; d. 3. 5. 5.1 Jane walked home because she didnt have money for the bus; 5.2 She was feeling cold, wet and hungry.; 5.3 She stayed home with dad and watched TV.; 5.4 No, it wasnt. Perhaps tomorrow it is going to be a better day (l. 15).

C Language 1. a. 5; b. 6; c. 1; d. 3; e. 4; f. 2. 2. stayed; watched; were; wanted; went; wrote. 3. a. PS: Jane watches TV with her dad; PC: Jane is watching TV with her dad. b. PS: The kids study hard for the exam; PC: The kids are studying hard for the exam. c. PS: Do you go to the cinema?; PC: Are you going to the cinema? d. PS: I dont spend my holidays at the beach; PC: I am not spending my holidays at the beach. 4. a. turn right; b. go along; c. opposite; d. turn left; e. go straight on.

D Written prodution Open answer. 1. Bones, substances, foods, body, muscles, child, healthy, grow, nutrients, quickly. 2. a. T; b. IK; c. T; d. F; e. IK. 3. a. talk; b. energy; c. body; d. foods; e. eat.

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CLASS _________ DATE ___ / ___ / ___ TERM _________
A - Listening comprehension B - Written comprehension Total 100 1 30 30 20 2 3 4 Total 1 2 3 4 Total 1 Total C - Language 1 20 2 3 Total D - Written prod. Mark

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Test Correction Criteria

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Correct / incorrect Multiple choice - Sequencing items will only be given marks if the whole sequence is correct True / false - One mark off in true / false items for each incorrect quotation from the text, when Matching applicable Sequencing - One mark off in true / false items for each incorrect answer, if quotation from the text is Short answer (blank filling) correct, when applicable Short answer (sentence completion; rephrasing) One mark less for each language mistake Incomprehensible or decontextualised answers will be marked wrong One mark less for language mistakes Short answer (text comprehension) The answer should demonstrate the comprehension of the text, using students words Incomprehensible or decontextualised answers will be marked wrong 18 to 20: The student shows excellent writing skills; totally respects the topic or text type; presents his own ideas about the topic, contextualises and develops them; uses appropriate and varied cohesive devices; organises the text in a coherent manner; mistakes (structure or spelling) are irrelevant for the comprehension of message. 13 to 17: The student shows reasonable writing skills; respects the topic or the text type; presents some ideas about the topic and contextualises them; uses simple cohesive devices to organise text but not always successfully; choice of words is good; makes few mistakes (structure or spelling) which hardly affect message. 9 to 12: The student shows some writing skills; respects the topic or the text type; presents some ideas about the topic and tries to contextualise them; uses some cohesive devices but the text is slightly disorganised; choice of words is reasonable; makes some mistakes Written production (structure or spelling) which sometimes make message slightly confusing. 5 to 8: The student shows poor writing skills; mostly respects the topic or the text type; presents some ideas about the topic but the text is slightly confused; uses few cohesive devices but the text is not well organised; choice of words is poor; makes some mistakes (structure or spelling) which sometimes impede meaning. 0 to 4: The student shows very poor writing skills; doesnt fully respect the topic or the text type; ideas are scarce and mostly decontextualised; uses few cohesive devices and the text is disorganised; choice of words is very poor; makes many mistakes (structure or spelling)
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which sometimes make message incomprehensible or illegible. Note: the student will get 0 marks if the topic or text type is not respected, or if the whole text is incomprehensible or illegible.