Placement Test for 6th graders

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Full name: __________________ Class: __________________
School: __________________ Mom’s /Dad’s phone number: __________________
ENGLISH 6
REVISION TEST
Time allowance: 45 minutes
SPEAKING
/10
LISTENING
/15
PHONETICS
/20
GRAMMAR
/35
READING
/10
WRITING
/10
Total: ……………………../100 = ………………………/ 10
Teacher’s comments:
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A. LISTENING: (15 questions)
I. Questions 1-5
You will hear five short conversations. You will hear each conversation twice. There is one
question for each conversation. For questions 1-5, put a tick() under the right answer.
Example:
0 How many people were at the meeting?
1. What was the weather like when the holiday began?
2. What did Peter buy today?

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3. How far is it to the beach?
4. What will Tim and his dad play today?
5. What does the woman want?
II. Questions 6-10
Listen to a woman talking to her son, Chris, about the things he has to do.
What will he do at each time?
For questions 6-10, write a letter A-H next to each time.
You will hear the conversation twice.
Example:
0 11:00
Times Things to do
6. 12:00 A. buy stamps
7. 12:30 B. drive to pool
8: 1:00 C. go to library
9. 1.30 D. have lunch
10. 2.00 E. phone grandparents
F. visit friends
G. wash car
H. watch TV
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B. Phonetics (20 questions)
a. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
1. A. promised B. hopped C. booked D. burned
2. A. though B. ought C. thought D. bought
3. A. hard B. carry C. card D. yard
4. A. tennis B. tent C. soccer D. never
5. A. simple B. little C. dimple D. sweet
6. A. defeat B. unleaded C. believe D. leader
7. A. monkey B. donkey C. grey D. key
8. A. finger B. lip C. light D. thin
9. A. bean B. pea C. meat D. heavy
10.A. desert B. meter C. tent D. never
b. Choose the word whose stressedpattern is different from the others.
1-A-circus B-swimming C-zoo D-cinema
2-A-camping B-fishing C-skiing D-spring
3-A-winter B-supermarket C-spring D-autumn
4-A-tomorrow B-next summer C-tonight D-last week
5-A-snowy B-weather C-rainy D-windy
6-A-train B-plane C-bicycle D-letter
7-A-windy B-snowy C-rainy D-rarely
8-A-never B-sang C-sometimes D-usually
9-A-swimming B-skiing C-camping D-morning
10-A-hungry B-thirsty C-pretty D-tired
C. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: (35 questions)
I. Choose the correct form of the underlined word in each sentence below. (10 questions)
1. Could you give me some information / informations, please?
2. I’ve been busy today, but I don’t seem to have done much work / many works.
3. People had left litter / litters everywhere.
4. I’ve seen lots of advertisement / advertisements for this product.
5. There’s very few / little traffic here in winter.
6. My baggage has / baggages have all been sent to Chicago.
7. I go to school by foot/ on foot.

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8. It takes my father 10 minutes to go/going to work every day.
9. She is never late/ never late for school.
10. She learns English very good/ well.
II. Put the verbs in brackets in the following sentences in the correct form. (10 questions)
1. She ________ (leave) school last year. Since then she ________ (work) as a waitress at a local
pub.
2. I’m sorry. I ________ (not finish) this work yet.
3. You ________ (see) any good films recently?
4. How many cups of coffee ________ you ________ (drink) this morning? (It’s now 3.00 p.m)
5. Our team ________ (be) rubbish. They ________ (just lose) eight games one after the other.
6. William Shakespeare ________ (write) poems as well as plays.
7. Would you like some coffee? I just ________ (make) some.
8. - She ________ (feed) the cat yet?
III. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect (5 questions)
1. We always go to school by foot because we don’t live far from it.
A B C D
2. Before going to bed, Mrs. Tuyet usually read something or watches some programs
A B C D
on television.
3. It’s been ten years since we have left school in 1996.
A B C D
4. Everybody danced and sang happy at the party last night.
A B C D
5. I was working really hard in my office yesterday when the electricity is out.
A B C D
IV. Use the words given in brackets to form a wordthat fits in the space: (10 questions)
1 My mother is a....................................................of English. (TEACH)
2. Our .....................................................are in the bookstore. (CHILD)
3. In the ......................................there is a museum, a factory, and a stadium (NEIGHBOUR)
4. He ..............................................................TV every evening. (WATCH)
5. AIDS is a.................................................disease. (DANGER)
6. There is a .........................................rice paddy near my house (BEAUTY)

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7. His ......................................................are small and long. (FOOT)
8. It is very ....................................................in the city. (NOISE)
9. Miss Thuy is ...............................................her motorbike to work. (RIDE)
10. Is Mr. Quang a .................................................. (BUSINESS)
D. READING: Read the passage, make questions and answer them. (10 questions)
Every year many people in the world learn English. Some of them are young children. Others
are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others learn in evening classes. A few learn
English by themselves or just by hearing the language on television or among their friends. Most
people must work hard to learn English.
Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question. Young
children learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. Many adults learn English
because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies, because
some of their books are in English at college or university. Other people learn English because they
want to read newspapers or magazines in English.
1. What / most people / do / learn / English?
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2. Why / many adults / learn English?
-________________________________________________?
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3. Where / young children / English?
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4. Why / teenagers / English?
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5. Why / other people / English?
-________________________________________________?
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E. WRITING: (10 questions)
I. Reorder the words to make complete sentences.
1. students / are / many / there / how / his / in / class ?

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2. your / does / house / yard / have / a?
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3. listening / is / music / to / he / at present.
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4. going / is / watch / Nam / TV / tomorrow / to.
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5. a / school / Miss Hoa / teaches / in / primary
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II. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meanings
1. There is a bookstore in front of my house.
 My
house___________________________________________________________________________
2. Keeping the environment clean is very important.
 It
is_______________________________________________________________________________
3. My school has thirty rooms.

There___________________________________________________________________________
4. People play soccer all over the world.

Soccer___________________________________________________________________________
5. That book was written by Mrs. Nhung.
 Mrs. Nhung
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