CORE SKILLS AND SAMPLE

QUESTIONS
FOR YOUNG LEARNERS
PLACEMENT TEST-GUIDE

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CORE SKILLS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR INTERVIEWING YOUNG LEARNERS

LEVEL A
1. What question with this/that; animals in the farm.
Example: What is this/that?
2. How many question with classroom objects; numbers 1-12.
Example: How many books?
3. Yes/No question with be and singular classroom objects.
Example: Is this a pencil?
4. Yes/No question with do and fruits and vegetables.
Example: Do you like apples?
5. Yes/No questions with can and leisure activities for kids.
Example: Can you fly a kite?

LEVEL B
1. Who question with be and people in the family.
Example: Who is he?
2. What question with doing?
Example: What is he doing?
3. What question in telling time.
Example: What time is it?
4. Where question with be; prepositions in, on, under, next to.
Example: Where is the pen?
5. Yes/No question with does and classroom objects.
Example: Does he have a ruler?
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LEVEL C
1. When question with do and does; food.
Example: Does she want eggs?
2. How question with do and does; transportation.
Example: How does he go to school?
3. Whose question with this/that/these/those; possessive pronouns mine, yours, his, hers, theirs, ours.
Example: Whose camera is this?
4. Yes/No question with there and present be.
Example: Is there any salt?
5. Yes/No question with past be; public buildings and places at home.
Example: Were they at the bookstore?

LEVEL D
1. Yes/No or What question with did; camping and amusement activities, household chores.
Example: Did you play video games? or What did you do?
2. What question with be going to have or be going to do; activities in town, food and drinks
Example: What is he going to have? or What is he going to do?
3. Which question with be and superlatives; sea and land animals.
Example: Which one is the tallest?
4. What question with do/does for likes and recreation.
Example: What do you like to do?
5. Why question with do/does and occupations.
Example: Why do you want to be a doctor?

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SPEAKING TEST RUBRIC

Fluency

Comprehension

Criteria

No
response

Poor

Fair

Repetition
Rephrase
Incorrect answer

Repetition
Rephrase
Correct answer

Repetition
Correct answers

No repetition
No rephrase
Correct answers

Student provides
incorrect answers
after the teacher
repeats and
rephrases the
questions.

Student provides
correct answers
after the teacher
repeats and
rephrases the
questions.

Student provides
correct answers after
the teacher repeats
the questions twice.

Student provides
correct answers
without asking the
teacher to repeat and
rephrase the
questions.

Speech is slow.
Stumbling
Inaccurate
answer
Unable to
continue
Irrelevant
answer

Speech is slow.
Hesitant
Incomplete
sentences
Able to
continue his
answer
Relevant
answer

Speech is mostly
smooth
Some hesitation
Relevant answer

Speech is smooth
No hesitation
Relevant answer

The students
speech is very slow,
stumbling and
unable to continue
his answer.

The students
speech is slow with
hesitation and with
incomplete
sentences but able
to continue his
answer.

The students speech

is mostly smooth with
some hesitation.

The students speech

is smooth without
hesitation.

Good

Very good