Placement Test (Cool) Kids

INTRO 1
What is this?(point at three basic Is it a pencil? (show another item
school objects available in the available in the classroom; repeat
classroom – a ruler, a pencil, a rubber, question twice. Elicit answer: No, it
a book…) isn’t)
What’s your name? Which pets do you know? (Dog, cat,
Draw a school object. hamster, rabbit, bird, turtle, fish…)
Do you have a pet?
How many… do I hold in my hand? (use different amounts of school items –
numbers 1 - 10)
Which color are they? (Elicit different colors – green, pink, gray, purple, blue, red,
yellow, orange, white, brown, black)
INTRO 2
Who is part of your family? (Mother, Can you name the weekdays?
father, brother, sister, grandma, What do you eat on Monday?
grandpa) Tuesday? Wednesday?... Sunday?
(Elicit food expressions – banana,
carrot, cookie, hamburger, pizza…)
Which food do you think is healthy? Which clothes do you wear? (Elicit
Which food do you think is not healthy? clothes – shoes, cap, pants, socks,
jeans, pajama, shirt, skirt, dress…)
Do you have any favorite clothes?
Which clothes don’t you like?
INTRO 3
Do you live in a house or in an What is this? (Point at different body
apartment? parts and elicit them – nose, mouth,
Do you have your own room? arm, ear, hand, foot…)
How many rooms does your What do we use our mouth/ ears/ eyes/
house/apartment have? Can you name nose/ hands… for?
them? (Elicit rooms – bathroom,
kitchen, bedroom, living room,
garden…)
Do you have any toys at home? Where is the…? (place a school item
Which toys do you have? (Elicit toys – on/ under the table/ in a book)
action figure, bike, robot, doll, teddy
bear, ball, car, train…)
INTRO 4
Do you know any special days when How old are you? When is your
people celebrate something? Which birthday? How do you and your family
ones do you know? (Birthday, Day of celebrate it?
the Dead, Christmas, New Year…) When is your
How do people celebrate this days? mother’s/father’s/sister’s/brother’s
birthday? (Elicit month names)
 BASIC 1
Which clothes do you know? (Elicit Name the body parts you know (Ankle,
clothing items: boots, blouse, coat, elbow, finger, hair, knee, neck,
gloves, hat, jacket, sandals, scarf, shoulder, toe, tooth, waist, head, nose,
shorts, sunglasses) arm, foot, hand, eye, mouth)
Which clothes do you wear in spring? Describe your appearance (I have…
In summer? In winter? eyes. I have … hair.)
Is this your jacket? What can you do to keep your hands
Are these your shoes? clean? (Wash them with soap and
Which color is this shirt? water)
Which color are these jeans? How many fingers do you have on
each hand?
How many fingers does a cat have on
its paw?
Do you like going to the circus?
Which words do you know about circus? (Clown, juggler, balloon artist, magician,
puppeteer, animals – lion, elephant, tiger, horses – tent…)
What are you doing at night? (sleeping)
What am I doing? (Elicit different activities – eating, running, jumping, drawing,
writing…)
Which shapes do you know? (Elicit circle, rectangle, square, triangle)
BASIC 2
Name some insects you know (Elicit Which places do you know at school?
ant, bee, beetle, butterfly, cockroach, (Classroom, computer lab, cafeteria,
fly, grasshopper, ladybug, mosquito, library, playground)
wasp) What can you do at school? (Learn,
Count from 1 to 20 exercise, read, do homework, have
Use the adjectives “nice”, “cute”, lunch)
“horrible”, and “beautiful” to describe Look at the students in the classroom
some of the insects you just named. next to our room. What are they doing?
Are they eating? Are they jumping?
(No, they are reading/ speaking/
studying…)
Which fruits and vegetables do you know? (Cucumber, grape, tomato, lime,
mango, onion, pea, peach, potato, avocado, orange, apple…)
Which is your favorite fruit/vegetable?
Which fruit/vegetable don’t you like?
It’s big and white. It’s a vegetable. What is it? (It’s an onion)
It’s small and green. It isn’t a vegetable. What is it? (It’s a lime)
It’s long and yellow. It isn’t a vegetable. What is it? (It’s a banana)
Count from 10 to 90
BASIC 3
Which animals live on a farm? Which items are there in your living
(Chicken, cow, duck, goat, hen, horse, room? (Sofa, bookcase, lamp, TV,
pig, dog, rooster, sheep) table, chairs, pillows…)
How do you call the person who takes Which items are there in your kitchen?
care of the farm and the animals? (Microwave, sink, toaster, oven,
(Farmer) chair…)
What time is it? (Draw a watch showing Use the following prepositions: “on”,
different times on the whiteboard and “next to”, “behind”, “between”, “in front
elicit the answers from the student) of”, to describe where the items are in
your home. (e.g., The sofa is in front of
the TV)
Which things can you find at a playground? (Balance beam, climbing wall, crawl
tube, monkey bars, merry go round, rope ladder, sandbox, seesaw, slide,
swing…)
Which of them is your favorite to play on?
Where is a playground close to your home?
Who do you usually go to play with at the playground?
BASIC 4
Which instruments do you know? (Accordion, castanets, drum, guitar, keyboard,
piano, recorder, tambourine, trumpet, violin…)
Where is…? (Put different items, in/on/under the table/your hand/ a book… and
elicit the local prepositions)
INTERMEDIATE 1
Where do you go to school? Describe your daily routine. What time
Which is your favorite subject? (Elicit do you wake up? What time do you go
school subjects) to school? What time do you have
Is there a subject you don’t like? Why? lunch? What time do you do your
When do you have English class at homework? What time do you go to
school? bed? (Elicit time expressions)
Do you have a favorite animal? Why is
it your favorite?
Which exotic animals do you know?
(Elicit exotic animals – Camel, panther,
koala, shark, kangaroo, whale…)
Where do sharks live?
Where do camels live?
INTERMEDIATE 2
Can you describe how to get from Which stores are there in the street you
Kiosk to your home? (Elicit directions – live in? (Elicit store names – pharmacy,
go straight ahead, turn right/left into, library, electronics store, restaurant,
cross the street, … is opposite to/ is hospital, supermarket, convenience
next to/ is on the right/ left/ is behind/ store…)
between…)
Can you draw a family tree of your Which job does your father/ mother
family, starting with your grandparents? have? What does he/she have to do in
Can you sing? Can your mother play his/her job?
soccer? Can your father cook? Which job do you want to have one
Can your aunt/ uncle run a marathon? day? Why?
Can your grandmother speak English? Who is stronger, Superman or Mickey
What is the thing you can do best? Mouse (Elicit comparatives)
Intermediate 3
How do you get from home to Kiosk? When was the last time you went
(e.g., walking, in a car, by bus, in a shopping?
taxi) What did you buy? Which color was it/
How do you get from Mexico to were they?
England? (e.g., in a ship, in a plane)
Which one is faster, a car or a plane?
Which one is heavier, a truck or a
train?
Which one is longer, a car or a bus?
In which country can you see the Which color does the flag of Mexico/
Statue of Liberty? (USA) the USA/ Japan/ England/ Spain/
In which country can you see the France have?
pyramids of Giza? (Egypt)
In which country do people prepare
paella? (Spain)
Intermediate 4