YOUNG LEARNERS PLACEMENT TEST

I. Join the words to the pictures

II. Here are 13 pictures. Can you write the word for each picture

I. Join the questions and their answers

II. Now can you write an answer to each question?

I. Read the following text, choose the correct word and write it in the space

This is a picture of Paul’s House. Paul is ten years old and he Please selectliveis livinglives with his father, mother, brother, sister and dog and cat in Scotland. They live in a small village Please selectnearinon a lake, but Angus and Please selecthishertheir brother and sister go to school in a big town nearby. They usually walk to school, but yesterday they Please selectgowentcame by bus because they were late. Paul’s brother and sister like school, but Paul Please selectdon'tdidn'tdoesn't. He prefers to stay at home and fish in the lake!

II. Complete each sentence with one of the verbs below

1. A fish swims in the sea

2. A monkey Please select plays swims reads wears lives runs eats works writes listens bananas.

3. A lion Please select plays swims reads wears lives runs eats works writes listens very fast.

4. He Please selectplaysreadswearslivesrunseatsworkswriteslistens books at night.

5. My uncle Please select plays swims reads wears lives runs eats works writes listens in a big house.

6. Peter Please select plays swims reads wears lives runs eats works writes listens a coat in the winter.

7. A teacher Please select plays swims reads wears lives runs eats works writes listens on the whiteboard.

8. Peter Please select plays swims reads wears lives runs eats works writes listens music on the radio.

9. My Dad Please select plays swims reads wears lives runs eats works writes listens in an office.

10. My brother Please select plays swims reads wears lives runs eats works writes listens computer games all day.

I. Match the 2 parts of the sentences together

II. Write the opposite of the following adjectives

Example

III. Read the diary and write the missing words. Write one word on each line.

Yesterday morning when I was skiing on Vitosha with my friends, I broke my right arm, so I’m writing this diary with the pen in my left . An ambulance took me to hospital, but there a lot of snow on the roads. The nurses were very kind. They gave me magazines to . I had stay in the hospital last night. My arm be fine in three weeks, the doctor said. Bed time now – I’m very, very, tired.

I. Complete the gaps using past simple

The first TV soap opera appeared (appear) on American television just after the Second World War. Its name (be) Faraway Hill and it (begin) on 2nd October 1946. A famous Broadway actress, Flora Campbell, (play) Karen St.John, a rich New York woman who (go) to live with her relatives in the country after her husband (die). She soon (meet) a handsome young farmer, and of course the two immediately (fall) in love. Unfortunately, the farmer (be) already engaged to Karen’s cousin, who (know) nothing about the relationship. When she (find) out, things (get) very, very difficult for Karen. The producers of Faraway Hill (have) very little money – each programme (cost) only $300 – so they (make) them as quickly as possible. Because there (be) no time for the actors to learn their words each week, assistants (write) them on blackboards. Because of this, they often (look) into the distance with a strange, romantic expression on their faces … as they (read) their words from the boards on the other side of the studio!

II. Superlative forms. Put the adjectives into the superlative form.

a. The tallest (tall) US President was Abraham Lincoln, who was 1m93, and the (old) was Ronald Reagan, who was 69 when became President in 1981.

b. The (fast) winner of a London Marathon was the Portuguese runner Antonio Pinto – fourteen minutes better than the (quick) woman, Ingrid Kristiansen from Norway.

c. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of the Arab state of Brunei is the (rich) monarch. Many people think that Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain is the (wealthy) female ruler.

d. Elvis Presley – who died in 1977 – was probably the (popular) singer of all time. He always said that the (important) person in his life was his mother.

e. Queen Jade had the (short) time on the throne of any English Queen – just five days! King Louis XIV of France was King for the (long) time: seventy-two years!

I. Active or passive? Change each of these sentences to be in the passive voice

Example

Active : Mark is driving the car
Passive : The car was driven by Mark

II. Complete the dialogues, using the words provided and the correct verb tense (past simple or present perfect)

III. Write positive or negative sentences or questions using the present perfect.