Straightforward Beginner and Elementary Placement test ‘The Straightforward Beginner and Elementary Placement test has been designed to help you decide whether the Straightforward Beginner course would be suitable for your students or whether they would qualify for using the Straightforward Elementary Course. The Straightforward test has 50 questions, each worth one point. The first 40 are grammar questions and the final 10 are vocabulary questions. The conversion chart below has been designed to assist you in making your decision but please note, however, that these bandings are a guide. ‘Total score Level 0-35 Beginner 36 60 Elementary This test can also be used to diagnose the grammar of the Beginner level that your students. need clarification on. Grammar DY 's your name? Thomas 2) How Who ‘What Where This is Lucy and her brother, Dan. _ my friends. b c a Were Im You're They're 3) 2 1'm from aly. 4) §) 6) a b ° a Where are you from? Where you are from? Where from you are? From where you are? ''m from Milan. is in Italy. a b c a They It He She Excuse me, how __ your last name? R--L-EY a » c a spell you spell do you spell spell you Oh, _are my keys! This These That tt 10 " 12 Vd like ___ omelette, please. aa b— can d two And here is your__. a desk b desks. cc adesk d andesk My name's Pete and this is Sylvia. _ doctors from France, a Were b She's © Theyre Sorry,___ Paul, My name's Enc. a lisn't b tis not © laren't a tmnot ——7 No, he isn't. @ Are they teachers? b Are you from Italy? ¢ Is Mr Banning a teacher? ds this your phone? is the school? Its 60 years old. 2 How many years b How much years What years 4 How old13) What is_? job Hany Mary job Mary's job job's Mary 14) Your bag is next _ the table. aon b to ce in dof 15) ___ are the keys? On the table. a What bb When: Where a Who 16) | goto work _ train a with b by for din 417) She _a dog a fothave b_ don't have don't has d doesn't have 18) Stephen _in our company. a work’ b works cis work working 19) ___ they live in London? a Are b Is ¢ Do d Does 20) ____to the cinema. @ We notoften go b We don't go often We don't often go d_ Often we don't go 21) When do you play tennis? _ Mondays. a On b in c At d By e 22) What time _work? starts he do he starts does he starts does he start aoce 23) __ two airports in the city. a tis b There is c There are dé Thisis 24) There aren't__here a restaurants b any restaurants © any restaurant d- arestaurant 25) Vm afraid it's _. a ahotel expensive b expensive hotel ¢ expensive a hotel d_anexpensive hotel 26) They __ popular TV programmes in the 1980s. are were was is 27) __at schoo! last week? 3 Bo you were b Was you cc Were you d Youwere 28) Brad Pitt is @ popular actor but| don't ike _. a him b his her ds them 29) We_the film last week. a see b saw c sees d were see 30) He __ tennis with me yesterday. a doesn't played b didn’t played not played d didnt play 31) She was born__ May 6th, 1979. ain b at con d from 32) Where __last summer? a youwent b did you went cdo you went 4 did you go33) Were you at the shops at 5 p.m. yesterday? No,1___ a didn't b amnot wasn't d weren't 34) Excuse me, _is the T-shirt? It's £25.99. 2 what expensive b how much © how many how price 36) She's only four but she_. a can read b cans read © can reads d_ cans reads 36) This party is boring. We__a good time. a don't have b aren't having © don't having d aren't have 37) Sorry, |__you at the moment a canthelp don't can help © can'thelping d can'thelps 38) 1__ my computer very often. a amnotusing b don'tuse cc doesn'tuse d- amnotuse 39) It’s my mum's birthday next week. | ___her a present, a by b buys © am going to buy buying 40) What ___ do after school today? a afeyou going to bare you © doyou d you Vocabulary 41. Gina is married to John. He's her__ a uncle b husband wife parent 42 We usually __ the shopping in a supermarket a make b do have d 90 43 [ove this watch! It's_. a cheap b small © beautiful d ugly 44 He doesn't have a car so he often uses Public. a taxi transport © car a bus 45 I don'tgo to__on Sundays. a job b- office © factory 4 work 46 Do you like Chinese __ kitchen b meal © food cook. 47 They hardly _ visit us. a ever b sometimes never 4 usually 48 I'm Jeff Caine, Nice to___ you, Mr Caine. @ speak b talk © meet 3 watch 48. Can | help you? Thanks, but I'm just a2 watching looking © seeing 4 shopping 50 Mandy is over there. She's_a blue T-shirt and jeans. having b wearing doing 4 walking