Upgrade 8
Placement Test
TEST Name _______________________________________
No. _________
Class _________
Date ___ /___ /___ Evaluation ____________________ Teacher ____________________
A – Listening comprehension
20 marks
1. Listen and tick (✓) the words that are used in the text. bones
substances
thin
sweet
body
freshly
foods
muscles
drink
hungry
child
heart
healthy
grow
nutrients
quickly
10 marks (10x1 mark)
2. Listen to the first part of the text and say if the sentences are True (T), False (F) or Impossible to Know (IK).
5 marks (5x1 mark)
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 don’t give us enough energy. e. You should eat a lot when you are growing up.
3. Listen to the last part of the text and fill in the blanks with the missing words. 5 marks (5x1 mark)
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things comes from two places: fat reserves in the c. we eat every day. If you don’t eat healthy d. you are feeling weak. If you don’t e.
, breathe and it takes our body to do these and the food , you’ll find that the right nutrients, your
body cannot function properly.
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Test B – Written comprehension
30 marks
1. Read the following text about Jane.
Saturday Today wasn’t a very good day. I got up late because mum didn’t wake me up! There was no bread so I didn’t have any breakfast. I was hungry all morning! I arrived at the shopping mall half an hour late and Tina wasn’t there. She’s going to be angry with me! I went shopping on my own and I spent too much money. I bought some new boots. They’re fantastic, but now I haven’t got any 5
money and I can’t buy tickets for the music concert. Oh dear! I’m terrible with money. I didn’t have any money for the bus and I walked home. Of course, it started to rain and I didn’t 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.
5 marks (5x1 mark)
2.1 This text is a… a. poem.
b. page from a diary.
c. formal letter.
b. describes a picture.
c. gives ideas to
2.2 The text… a. talks about daily life situations.
solve a problem.
a. 3rd person.
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b. 1st person.
c. 2nd person.
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2.3 The text is in the…
Test 2.4 The person who writes the text is… a. a mum.
b. an old lady.
c. a young girl.
b. in the present.
c. in the future.
2.5 The text is… a. in the past.
3. Find opposites of the following words in the first paragraph.
5 marks (5x1 mark)
a. early b. happy c. little d. old e. horrible
4. Match the words from the second paragraph with their correct definition. 8 marks (4x2 marks) a. home
1. low temperature
b. umbrella
2. place where you live
c. cold
3. having something to do
d. busy
4. object used to protect people from the rain
5. Answer the following questions on the second and third paragraphs.
12 marks (4x3 marks)
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?
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5.4 Was it a good day for Jane? Justify with a sentence from the text.
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Test C – Language
30 marks
1. Match the signs with the name of the places they can be found.
12 marks (6x2 marks)
a. library
c. hospital
e. public toilet
b. shop
d. restaurant
f. airport
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2
4 3
5 6
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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 find in the past simple. 6 marks
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Test 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 didn’t spend my holidays at the beach. PS: PC:
4. Look at the following map and fill in the gaps with the words or expressions from the box. Some are not used. 4 marks (4x1 mark)
Women’s Wear
Jewelry Store
Sporting Goods Fire Department
Italian Restaurant
Police Station
X
Furniture
Memorial Drive
Hill Avenue
First Avenue
Bar
Men’s Wear
Book Store Oak Street
Second Avenue
Train Station
Beech Way
Chinese Restaurant
Pine Street
Toy Store
Forest Street
Main Street
Movie Theatre
Turn left… Turn right… Go straight on… Next to… Opposite… Go along… In front of…
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a. wear shop, b. d.
Main Street. On the corner of Pine Street you’ll see a men’s the bar. c.
and
. You’ll find the train station in front of you.
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Test D – Written production
20 marks
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.
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?
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What time do you go to bed?
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Test
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 don’t eat healthy foods, you’ll find that you are feeling weak. If you don’t eat the right nutrients, your body cannot function properly.
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 didn’t 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 wasn’t. “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 don’t 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.
http://hutchinsonm.hubpages.com/hub/The-Importance-of-HealthyEating (abridged and adapted, accessed July 2013)
D – Written prodution Open answer.
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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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Test Correction Criteria Type of items
Criteria • 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 student’s 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; doesn’t fully respect the topic or the text type; ideas are scarce and mostly decontextualised; uses few cohesive devices and the text
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is disorganised; choice of words is very poor; makes many mistakes (structure or spelling) 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.
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