Tests of grammar

Multiple-choice items

Choose the correct answer to complete the sentence

1.      Barbara and Charles ...... getting married in April.

a.       are not

b.       is not

c.       am not

d.       was not

Answer:  a. are not

2.      Rita is wearing a blouse. Her blouse......

a.       Are light blue

b.       Were light blue

c.       She light blue

d.       Is light blue

Answer : d. Is light blue

Error-recognition items

 Find and select the underlined word which is incorrect in these following sentences

1.       The teacher often stand in to front of the room.

      A                    B             C            D

2.       Jack always remembers her wife’s birthday

A                           B         C       D

Rearrangement items:

1.       Arrange these sentences below into a good paragraph

1.       It was long

2.       My holiday was great.

3.       My family and I visited my grandparents

4.       We stayed at my grandparent’s house for five days.

5.       We did a lot of things together.

6.       After that we ate them

7.       We traveled by car

8.       We cooked and prepared our meals.

A.      1-4-5-8-6-2-3-7

B.      1-3-7-2-4-5-6-8

C.      2-1-3-7-4-5-8-6

D.      1-7-3-4-5-6-8-2

Completion Items

Put a, the, or, some in each blank only where necessary, if you think that no word should be replaced in the blank put a cross there

2.       I meat.......... very interesting woman today.

Transformation items

Take the following sentence in the passive voice and put them into the active voice

7. The pilot landed the plane

Items involving the changing of words

Fill in the blank by build the word for completion

1.      How are things? I (1) to be... very glad to read your last letter (2) to tell... that you spent your holiday in Spain.

‘broken sentence’ items

Instruct the text to form a good sentence by adding articles, preposition, etc.

2.       Once upon / time, Roro Ateng / Joko Seger live / the foot/ Mount Bromo. After six years / marriage, they had not any children. They prayed, pleaded / Gods / children. They prayer / granted / one condition. They / sacrifice their youngest son / the Bromo crater.

Pairing and matching items

Match the Word in the column A with sentence in the column B!

1. on 2. in 3. at 4. ago 5. last 6. by 7. next 8. Every

Dinner will be ready ____ 8am I swim ____ Sundays. We're going there ____ year. I went to Bali ____ July. I'll see you ____ an hour. ____ Christmas, it snows. I get up at 7am ____ day. I saw him 2 hours ____.

Combination Items

Join each pair of sentences using the word brackets.

1.      We have a lot of time today, so we can visit the museum see a movie. (Both, and)

2.      You can have ice cream cheesecake for dessert, so please chose one. (Either, or)

Addition items

Insert the word in capitals in the most appropriate place in each sentence.

1.      The embassy website has general information about visas. travel information can be obtained by calling the free phone number.( Other)

2.      These boxes are for books. The boxes are for clothes. (other)

TESTING VOCABULARY

Multiple-choice Item (A)

              

               

                               

What is he doing?

A.     Reading a book

B.     Eating banana

C.     Writing in the blackboard

D.     Cleaning in the class

Multiple-Choices Items (B)

I’m learning to play the.......

A.     Orange

B.     Guitar

C.     Pillow

D.     Book

Items Involving Synonyms

Find the synonyms of the underline word!

            John is smart student in his class

            Nana is a beautiful girl

            They are studiying english very easy  

Completion Items

Read the letter and fill in the missing words. 

Dear Dila,

Jakarta was wonderful. Mum, Dad, Lina and I_______________ there by car and we _________at a small hotel near Monas. The food _______ wonderful. You know how I love good food. I __________ Kerak telor every day. We __________ swimming in the morning and in the afternoon. There _________just one problem. We only ________for ten days. 

Diana

Matching Items

Write the correct word from the following list in the table of each number on your answer sheet. Use each word once only.

time	pet	her	sing	their	know	cow	families
goldfish	flowers	dogs	buy	it	steal	minute	us

About fifty per cent of all the __________    in the United Kingdom have some sort of_____________. There are about eight million dogs and seven million cats in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland! Do you also want to ______________ a pet? Then you must _____________ how to look after it. Too many people buy a pet and then after a short ____________ want to get rid of it because they don't like looking after ___________. So every year, about fifty thousand people get rid of ____________ pet dogs. There are over four hundred thousand stray______________ in the United Kingdom.

LISTENING COMPREHENSION TESTS

Phoneme Discrimination Tests

Choose the written word which corresponds to the spoken word. 

1. Spoken: Bud

A. Bun B. Bung             C. Bud  D. Bug

2. Spoken : Bed

A. Bed B. Beg    C. Bet            D. Bat

Test of stress and Intonation – Type 2

Identify the following utterance, its may be spoken in several different tone-patterns indicating statement, question, sarcasm, surprise, annoyance, orders!

You will hear:

Man: I highly appreciate you for helping me choose the right loan I need.

Woman:  My pleasure, Sir. I hope you can use the money to buy your dream house.

This is probably about ……

A.     loan

B.     debt

C.     Payment

D.     House

Testing Comprehension through Visual Materials

Choose the most appropriate picture which corresponds to the spoken statement.

Spoken : a device for recording visual images in the form of photographs, film, or video signals.

Statements And Dialogues

Listening Scripts

(Spoken)          1. She usually has Wake up at six o’clock every morning

                        2. Mrs. Diana looks English teacher in the school.

You will listen to a sentence twice. After listening, read the statements and choose the statement that is most suitable with the sentence you hear!

1.

A.     She has a break at six thirty

B.     b. She wake up  at six o’clock

C.     c. She rarely wake up in the morning

D.     She never wake up in the morning

2.

A.     Mrs. Diana studies English

B.     Mrs. Dion teaches the mathematics teacher

C.     The mathematics teacher in the school is Mr.  Dion

D.     Mrs. Diana meets somebody at the school

Understanding Talks and Lectures

Based on the announcement, Choose the correct answer with putting circle round in the letter A, B, C, or D

Directions:
ln this part of the test, you will hear some incomplete dialogues spoken in English, followed by four responses, also spoken in English. The dialogues and the responses will be spoken twice. They will not be printed in your test book, so you must listen carefully to understand what the speakers are saying. You have to choose the best response to each question. Now listen to a sample question.

Girls: I really made a mistake .
Boy: What about?.
Girls: I have broken your pen.
Boy: that pen? Oh no.
Girl: __________.

Narrator: What does the girl probably respond?
A. I am sorry to hear that
B. I really appreciate it
C. I do apologize
D. I love that pen

 

ORAL PRODUCTION TESTS

The Oral interview

1.      What program do you like to watch on the TV?

2.      What sport do you like to watch?

3.      What animals do you like to watch when you go to the zoo?

Using Pictures for Assessing Oral Production

Look at the pictures and then tell this story in front of your class!

The legend of Timun Mas 

Reading aloud

The Ant and the Dove

One hot day, an ant was searching for some water. After walking around for some time, she came to a spring. To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass. While making her way up, she slipped and fell into the water.

She could have drowned if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen her. Seeing that the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly plucked off a leaf and dropped it into the water near the struggling ant. The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon it carried her safely to dry ground. Just at that time, a hunter nearby was throwing out his net towards the dove, hoping to trap it. Guessing what he was about to do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Feeling the pain, the hunter dropped his net. The dove was quick to fly away to safety.

Some other techniques for oral examining (Group discussion and role playing)

Role play

Beny : Hei Anton, why do you look so sad?.

Anton : I have a serious problem today. I have just lost my wallet.

Beny : Really? Where did you lose it

Anton : Hmm… Maybe in the park.

Beny : I think you should be more careful with your belongings.

Anton : Yeah, I think so. This is my fault

Beny : Don’t be sad Anton.  I hope you can find it really soon.

Anton : Thank you Beny. Do you have any suggestion for me?

Beny : If I may suggest, you should go to the park and look for it more detail

Anton : I have looked for it for hours but I did not find it. Do you have another suggestion?

Beny : Hmm… You would better tell the securities to help you to find it and also announce it to the visitors.

Anton : Yeah you are right. I will try it. Thank you for your suggestions.

Beny : You are welcome Anton. Next time, it is better for you to keep your important stuffs in a safe place.

Anton : Certainly Ben.

Conversational Exchange

Read the situation on the following. Make the appropriate responses!

You are a fruit trader. when you are serving a buyer, suddenly you see a child who is starving stealing your merchandise. what will you do? whether you will run to catch the thief, or let it go. give your reasons that are very reasonable.

TESTING READING COMPREHENSION.

Initial Stages of Reading Matching Tests

Look at the picture and select the correct sentence which is appropriate with the picture

A.     Liza is kicking the ball to Anna

B.     Liza is throwing the ball to Anna

C.     Anna is bringing the ball to Liza

D.     Anna is running to bring the ball

 True/False Reading Tests

 Put a circle round the letter if the statement is true. If it is not true, put a circle round the letter F.

1.      You see with your eyes.                                              T          F

2.      Sheep can't fly.                                                            T          F

3.      'B' is the first letter of the alphabet.                            T          F

4.      Shoes are worn on your hands.                                   T          F

5.      Up is the opposite of down.                                        T          F

Rearrangement Items

Rearrange the letters of the sentences in their correct order in the boxes below.

A.      We lea our house at about 5 o’clok in the Morning. We took a taxi to the railway station.

B.      Finally our train came. All of us rushed to get on the train.

C.      Last Lebaran, my faily and I went hometown. We deided to take a train because it is more comortable.

D.      It took about 5 to 7 hours to get to our hometown. We enjoyed our journey.

E.       We took the carriage no 3 according  to our tickets

F.       But without any prior inoration, our train was late for about fifteen minutes, so we had to wait a bit longer.

G.     After finding our seats we could sit comfortably

H.      We arrived at the station at six. Our train would leave at 6.40.

 Multiple Choice Items (A): Short Text

Choose the correct answer from the short reading text below.

Our classroom is very big. There are twenty classroom and forty chairs for students. The teacher’s table is in front of the classroom. The teacher sits behind the table. Behind her is the whiteboard. Beside the whiteboard is a map of Indonesian archipelago. Under the map, there is a bookshelf. There are two windows in the room. Between the windows is a picture of Borobudur temple. I like my classroom very much.

“My classroom is very big “. The underlined word...

A.     Large

B.     Great

C.     Fat

D.     Clean

E.      Dirty

Where does the teacher sit?

A.     In front of the classroom.

B.     Behind the whiteboard.

C.     Behind the table.

D.     Under the map.

E.      Behind the white board

Where is the whiteboard?

A.     Behind the table.

B.     Beside the teacher.

C.     Behind the wall

D.     Behind the teacher.

E.      In front of the window.

Completion Items

Complete the blanks depend almost entirely on your comprehension of the whole text. In the following text, each dash in the blank signifies a letter.

My Bad Day on Sunday

I had a terrible day yesterday.  First, I ...... an hour late because my alarm clock didn’t go off. Then, I was in such a hurry that I burned my hand when I ....... breakfast. After breakfast, I got dressed so quickly that I ..... to wear socks.

Next, I ran out of the house trying to get the 9:30 bus, but of course I missed it. I ...... to take a taxi, but I ........ enough money. Finally, I walked the three miles to my ....... only to discover that it was Sunday! I hope I never have a day as the one I had yesterday.

TESTS THE WRITING SKILL

Setting The Composition

You received a letter from your friend who is coming to visit your town. Here is the letter:

Dear Nan,

We are having a great a holiday here on the Gold Coast. Yesterday we went to the Movie World. When we got up in the morning, it looked like rain. After a while the cloud disappeared. And it became a sunny day. We then decided to go to the Movie World.

The first ride I went on was Lethal Weapon. Next I saw the Police Academy show. After that I had lunch as I was really hungry. Meanwhile, Mum and Kelly queued for the Batman ride.

About one o’clock we got a light shower of rain but it cleared up soon after. We then went on all the other rides. It was a top day. See you when you get back.

“Now, use your directory printed at the beginning of this lesson to reply to your friend’s letter. Write your reply letter.”

Completion Items

Complete the sentence below that is a perfect sentence!

1        You will not get that souvenir unless you ………………………..

2        Lulu needs to consult her doctor before ……………………...

3        ………………….. Diana who is a smart and beautiful.

Controlled Writing

Complete the story in your own words!

Travelling Around the World

My mother got me ready for school then I had to wait for her to ……..my hair and place every strand in just the perfect position. I had to show her my shoes that I had cleaned the night before and my school bag had to be ……………….. on my shoulder before I could get near the door. Only after my mother was very satisfied, would ………………. to rush out of the front door.

I would leave home at 8 am on the dot ………… my way down the lane. After a walk of about 700 meters, I would be able to see the tall steeple of the school. The playground would be full in the summer and the noise would ………. want to rush into the yard and get into a good game of ……….. before the bell went.

Objective Test Mechanics- Punctuation

Put the correct Punctuation mark in the following Sentence and Rewrite it to be a good sentence!

1        The boy is watching football match the girl is cooking with her mother

2        Parepare is a beautiful city the beaches’ are warm sandy and spotlessly clean

3        She always enjoyed sweets chocolate marshmallows and toffee apples

4        I can’t see Tim's car there must have been an accident

Error Recognition Items

Identify the part of the sentence in which a word has been misspelt

1        Although she has a strong desire (A) to be a singer, Rani’s voice sounds (B) horribly to everyone (C) who hears her (D) singing.

2        Pandas live (A) in coniferous forests, eat bamboo shoots and leaves (B) fast and (C) spending about 12 hours a day (D) eating.

3        Not all (A) people (B) understand that every country (C) is having its own (D) unique culture and tradition.