Welcome

Welcome to the Straightforward Pre-intermediate Teacher’s Resource CD.

The tests and checklists on this CD have all been written to reflect the content of the units in
the Straightforward Pre-intermediate Student’s Book.

Twelve Unit Tests

These tests are designed to be used at the end of each unit of the Student’s Book. Each test
takes 30 minutes and tests the vocabulary, grammar and functional language presented in the
Student’s Book unit. The exercise types in the test should be familiar to students as they are
similar to those used in the Student’s Book and Workbook. Each Unit Test has a final score of
50 points. Where items in a test are awarded more than one mark, this is indicated on the
Answer key.

Four Progress Tests

There is a Progress Test for every three units of the Student’s Book. The Progress Tests
include skills testing (Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing) as well as language
exercises. The language part of these tests is similar to the Unit Tests. Each Progress Test is
designed to take 80 minutes and has a final score of 80 marks (40 for the language section and
10 marks for each of the skills sections).

Self-assessment Checklists
There is a self-assessment checklist for each Student’s Book unit consisting of a list of ‘can
do’ statements that link to the skills and language content of the unit. The aim of the
checklists is to encourage students to reflect on their language learning and language needs.
After each unit, students can use the checklist to assess how well they think they can do
specific things in English.

Using the tests

All the tests on this CD are fully editable. This means that any exercises can be deleted or
changed to suit the needs of the individual class. Alternatively, the tests can be broken down
into smaller chunks if time is a factor.

There is enough space in all the tests for students to write their answers on the page.
However, students could also be emailed the tests and fill them in using a word processor.
Completed tests could be then either printed out and marked or emailed back for marking on-
screen.

The tests are easy to use.

 Open the folder on the CD that relates to the appropriate type of test. Folders are named
Unit Tests and Progress Tests.
 Each test is in its own file so within either of the folders simply choose the test you
want to use and double click to open. The test will open and can then be printed or
emailed as required. To save an edited version of a test, use the Save as option and
rename the document so that the original remains unchanged. Save your new document
to your hard drive.
 The Answer key and Listening script for each of the tests is in the folder for that test.
Again, double click the file to open it and print out as required.

We hope you find the Straightforward Pre-intermediate Teacher’s Resource CD useful and
that you enjoy using it.