Upgrade 8

Placement Test

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Name _______________________________________

No. _________

Class _________

Date ___ /___ /___ Evaluation ____________________ Teacher ____________________

A Listening comprehension

20 marks

1. Listen and tick () the words that are used in the text.
bones

substances

thin

sweet

body

freshly

foods

muscles

drink

hungry

child

heart

healthy

grow

nutrients

quickly

10 marks (10x1 mark)

2. Listen to the rst part of the text and say if the sentences are True (T), False (F) or
Impossible to Know (IK).

5 marks (5x1 mark)

a. The food we eat is important when we are growing up.

b. Ideally you should drink a litre of milk a day.
c. All foods have elements that are essential for our health.
d. Healthy foods dont give us enough energy.
e. You should eat a lot when you are growing up.

3. Listen to the last part of the text and ll in the blanks with the missing words.
5 marks (5x1 mark)

In our daily lives, we use energy to think, walk, a.

perform many other actions. The b.
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things comes from two places: fat reserves in the c.

we eat every day. If you dont eat healthy d.
you are feeling weak. If you dont e.

, breathe and
it takes our body to do these
and the food
, youll nd that
the right nutrients, your

body cannot function properly.

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B Written comprehension

30 marks

1. Read the following text about Jane.

Saturday
Today wasnt a very good day. I got up late because mum didnt wake me up! There was no bread
so I didnt have any breakfast. I was hungry all morning! I arrived at the shopping mall half an
hour late and Tina wasnt there. Shes going to be angry with me! I went shopping on my own and
I spent too much money. I bought some new boots. Theyre fantastic, but now I havent got any
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money and I cant buy tickets for the music concert. Oh dear! Im terrible with money.
I didnt have any money for the bus and I walked home. Of course, it started to rain and I
didnt have my umbrella! My shoe has got a hole in it and my foot got wet. When I got home I was
wet, cold and hungry! I wanted to go out with Tim in the evening, but he was busy. Wonderful!
In the end, I stayed home and watched TV with dad. The programmes were boring. He wanted

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to watch the football match and I hate football, so I went to bed at 9.30 and wrote this! Perhaps
tomorrow is going to be a better day. I hope so!
In Edwards, L., Common European Framework Assessment Tests, Scholastic ltd.

2. Choose the correct option.

5 marks (5x1 mark)

2.1 This text is a

a. poem.

b. page from a diary.

c. formal letter.

b. describes a picture.

c. gives ideas to

2.2 The text

a. talks about daily
life situations.

solve a problem.

a. 3rd person.

b. 1st person.

c. 2nd person.

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2.3 The text is in the

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2.4 The person who writes the text is
a. a mum.

b. an old lady.

c. a young girl.

b. in the present.

c. in the future.

2.5 The text is

a. in the past.

3. Find opposites of the following words in the rst paragraph.

5 marks (5x1 mark)

a. early
b. happy
c. little
d. old
e. horrible

4. Match the words from the second paragraph with their correct denition. 8 marks (4x2 marks)
a. home

1. low temperature

b. umbrella

2. place where you live

c. cold

3. having something to do

d. busy

4. object used to protect people from the rain

5. Answer the following questions on the second and third paragraphs.

12 marks (4x3 marks)

5.1 Why did Jane walk home?

5.2 How was she feeling when she got home?
5.3 What did she do in the end?

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5.4 Was it a good day for Jane? Justify with a sentence from the text.

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C Language

30 marks

1. Match the signs with the name of the places they can be found.

12 marks (6x2 marks)

a. library

c. hospital

e. public toilet

b. shop

d. restaurant

f. airport

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3

5
6

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2. Go back to the text on part B. Re-read the third paragraph carefully and write down all
the verbs you can nd in the past simple.
6 marks

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3. Write the following sentences in the present simple (PS) and present continuous (PC).
8 marks (8x1 mark)

a. Jane watched TV with her dad.

PS:
PC:
b. The kids studied hard for the exam.
PS:
PC:
c. Did you go to the cinema?
PS:
PC:
d. I didnt spend my holidays at the beach.
PS:
PC:

4. Look at the following map and ll in the gaps with the words or expressions from the
box. Some are not used.
4 marks (4x1 mark)

Women's
Wear

Jewelry Store

Sporting
Goods
Fire Department

Italian
Restaurant

Police Station

Furniture

Memorial Drive

Hill Avenue

First Avenue

Turn left
Turn right
Go straight on

Bar

Men's
Wear

Book
Store
Oak Street

Second Avenue

Train Station

Beech Way

Chinese Restaurant

Pine Street

Toy Store

Forest Street

Main Street

Movie
Theatre

Next to
Opposite
Go along
In front of

Tom is at the police station. He is asking for help to go to the tr ain station.
Tom: Can you tell me the way to the train station, please?
Ofcer Jones: Of course! When you leave the police station, turn right and
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a.
wear shop, b.
d.

Main Street. On the corner of Pine Street youll see a mens

the bar. c.

and

. Youll nd the train station in front of you.

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D Written production

20 marks

What is a normal day like for you? Describe your daily routine.
Use the questions from the box to help you write a text of about 40-50 words.

What time do you wake up?

What do you do before going to school?
How do you go to school?
What time do your lessons start?
Do you have lunch at school?
What do you do after school?

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What time do you go to bed?

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Answer Key
A Listening comprehension
Audio script
The importance of healthy eating
[1st part]
Have you ever heard the saying you are what
you eat? This is true, because the foods we eat are
extremely important for our growth, our well-being
and our health. Therefore, if you value your health,
you should learn as much about healthy eating as
possible.
Healthy eating is important from the day we are
born. As a child, we grow very quickly in part because
of the foods we eat. Foods all contain nutrients that
give us not only energy to live, but also the substances
that build our bones and muscles.
[2nd part]
In our daily lives, we use energy to think, walk,
talk, breathe, and perform many other actions. The
energy it takes our body to do these things comes from
two sources: fat reserves in the body and the food we
eat every day. If you dont eat healthy foods, youll nd
that you are feeling weak. If you dont eat the right
nutrients, your body cannot function properly.

B Written comprehension
2. 2.1 b.; 2.2 a.; 2.3 b.; 2.4 c.; 2.5 a.
3. a. late (l. 1); b. angry (l. 5); c. much (l. 6); d. new (l. 6);
e. fantastic (l. 6).
4. a. 2; b. 4; c. 1; d. 3.
5. 5.1 Jane walked home because she didnt have
money for the bus;
5.2 She was feeling cold, wet and hungry.;
5.3 She stayed home with dad and watched TV.;
5.4 No, it wasnt. Perhaps tomorrow it is going to
be a better day (l. 15).

C Language
1. a. 5; b. 6; c. 1; d. 3; e. 4; f. 2.
2. stayed; watched; were; wanted; went; wrote.
3. a. PS: Jane watches TV with her dad; PC: Jane is
watching TV with her dad.
b. PS: The kids study hard for the exam; PC: The
kids are studying hard for the exam.
c. PS: Do you go to the cinema?; PC: Are you going
to the cinema?
d. PS: I dont spend my holidays at the beach; PC: I
am not spending my holidays at the beach.
4. a. turn right; b. go along; c. opposite; d. turn left;
e. go straight on.

http://hutchinsonm.hubpages.com/hub/The- Im por tance- of- HealthyEating (abridged and adapted, accessed July 2013)

D Written prodution
Open answer.

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1. Bones, substances, foods, body, muscles, child,

healthy, grow, nutrients, quickly.
2. a. T; b. IK; c. T; d. F; e. IK.
3. a. talk; b. energy; c. body; d. foods; e. eat.

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Test Correction Criteria

T pe o it ems
Correct incorrect

Multiple choice
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Matching

e gi en marks i the hole se uence is correct

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applica le

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lank lling

hort ans er sentence completion

rephrasing

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ncomprehensi le or deconte tualised ans ers ill e marked

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hort ans er te t comprehension

The ans er should demonstrate the comprehension o the te t using student s ords
ncomprehensi le or deconte tualised ans ers ill e marked
18 t o 20 The student sho s e cellent

rong

riting skills totall respects the topic or te t t pe

presents his o n ideas a out the topic conte tualises and de elops them uses appropriate
and aried cohesi e de ices organises the te t in a coherent manner mistakes structure or
spelling are irrele ant or the comprehension o message.
13 t o 17: The student sho s reasona le riting skills respects the topic or the te t t pe
presents some ideas a out the topic and conte tualises them uses simple cohesi e de ices
to organise te t ut not al a s success ull
structure or spelling

choice o

ords is good makes e mistakes

hich hardl a ect message.

9 t o 12: The student sho s some riting skills respects the topic or the te t t pe presents
some ideas a out the topic and tries to conte tualise them uses some cohesi e de ices
Written production

ut the te t is slightl disorganised choice o

structure or spelling

ords is reasona le makes some mistakes

hich sometimes make message slightl con using.

5 t o 8: The student sho s poor

riting skills mostl respects the topic or the te t t pe

presents some ideas a out the topic ut the te t is slightl con used uses e cohesi e
de ices ut the te t is not
structure or spelling

ell organised choice o

ords is poor makes some mistakes

hich sometimes impede meaning.

0 t o 4: The student sho s er poor

riting skills doesn t ull respect the topic or the te t

t pe ideas are scarce and mostl deconte tualised uses e cohesi e de ices and the te t

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is disorganised choice o

ords is er poor makes man mistakes structure or spelling

hich sometimes make message incomprehensi le or illegi le.

ote the student

ill get

marks i the topic or te t t pe is not respected or i the hole

te t is incomprehensi le or illegi le.