Sample Answers for Written Placement Test Form A

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Topic 1: My Favorite Things

Answers will vary in Parts A and B. Possible answers are in italics below.
A What are your favorite things? Why do you like them?
1. skateboard It’s fast. I can ride my skateboard everywhere.
2. baseball caps They’re from different places.
3. stamp collection I have 300 stamps. They’re interesting.
B My Favorite Things
My favorite things are my skateboard, my baseball caps, and my stamp
collection. I like my skateboard a lot. It’s fast, and I can ride it everywhere.
I have baseball caps from different places. I think they’re cool. My stamp
collection is cool, too. I have 300 stamps. They’re interesting.

Topic 2: An Interesting Place to Visit

Answers will vary in Parts A and B. Possible answers are in italics below.
A Where do you live? I live in Mexico City.
What’s the most interesting place there? The most interesting place is the Museo Arqueológico.
What kind of place is it? It’s a big museum.
What can you do there? You can see many interesting exhibits.
Why should visitors go there? You can learn a lot about Mexican history and culture.
B An Interesting Place to Visit
I live in Mexico City. I think that the most interesting place to visit is the
Museo Arqueológico. It’s a big archeological museum in Chapultepec Park.
You can see a lot of interesting exhibits. Visitors should go there because you
can learn a lot about Mexican history and culture. It’s an amazing place.

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