Student Name________________________

Level___________

ORAL ESL PLACEMENT TEST

_____ 1. Hello. How are you?

_____ 2. What’s your name?
_____ 3. What’s your nationality?
_____ 4. (holding your pencil) Is this your pencil?
_____ 5. Whose pencil is it?
_____ 6. What time is it?
_____ 7. Today is (Friday). What is the date before (Friday)?
_____ 8. What’s the weather like?
_____ 9. How many chairs are there is this room?
_____ 10. Can you play the flute?
_____ 11. When are you going home today?
_____ 12. How do you come to school?
_____ 13. What does a writer do?
_____ 14. What does a photographer do everyday?
_____ 15. What do you want to do today?
_____ 16. What are you going to do at school, study or watch TV?
_____ 17. Do you like to come to school?
_____ 18. Did you arrive late or did you arrive early this morning?
_____ 19. What did you wash yesterday?
_____ 20. When you played as a child, were you always alone?
_____ 21. How many years have you studied English?
_____ 22. Were you in an English class last year?
_____ 23. Did you like to study?
_____ 24. Tell me something you couldn’t do last year.
_____ 25. What did you have to do to learn English?
_____ 26. What’s a singer?
_____ 27. As a child, did you enjoy movies or books?
_____ 28. What did you read yesterday?
_____ 29. What time did you leave school yesterday?
_____ 30. I hope you have a good time learning English.

(Placement key on other side)

 ORAL ESL PLACEMENT TEST

Directions:

1. Answer all the questions that you can – even one (1) word.

2. Answer in complete sentences if you can.

Scoring:

1 point for any correct/appropriate answer.

2 points for a complete correct sentence answer.

Score/Level

Points Correct = Level

0–8 A
9 – 17 1
18 – 26 2
27 – 35 3
36 – 44 4
45 – 53 5
54 – 60 6

(only 60 points possible)