Name: ______________________ Score

Date: ________ / 150

Placement Test C
Speaking

A Ask students. (50 points)

Points Suggested answers

1 What were you doing last /3 I was doing my
night? homework.
2 Which animal is the biggest? /3 The blue whale is the
biggest.
3 Where are you from? /3 I’m from China.

4 What languages do you /3 I speak Japanese and a

speak? little bit of English.
5 What fruit do you like the /3 I like pears the most.
most?
6 What cities have you been to? /3 I have been to Tokyo,
London and Rio de
Janeiro.
7 What does she look like? /4 She has long blond hair.
[Picture Card 47 (Level 6)]
8 What was happiest moment of /4 It was getting a perfect
your life? score on my math test.
9 What was the angriest /4 It was losing the
moment of your life? basketball game.
10 What do you want to be? /4 I want to be an astronaut.

11 What did you do before /4 I returned the library

coming here? books.
12 Who do you think is the most /4 I think Emma Watson is
beautiful actress? the most beautiful actress.
13 What do you think is the /4 I think the dolphin is the
smartest animal? smartest animal.
14 If you could go anywhere in /4 I’d go to the United States
the world, where would you and see the Grand
go? Canyon.

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Placement Test C
Listening

B
). (8 points)
Listen and check (

1 a□ b□ 2 a□ b□

3 a□ b□ 4 a□ b□

5 a□ b□ 6 a□ b□

7 a□ b□ 8 a□ b□

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C Listen and number. (12 points)
a b c d

e f g h

i j k l

D Listen and circle. (10 points)

1a b c

2a b c

3a b c

4a b c

5a b c

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Reading

E Read and match. (4 points)

• take your • believe us • chopsticks • mail a package

vitamins

1 2 3 4

F Look, read and number. (4 points)

1 2 3 4

a ___ Come on. We have to get b ___ What were they doing last
past the desert. night?

c ___ Did you make them by d ___ Something’s flashing.

yourselves?

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G Look, read and circle. (8 points)

1 2 3 4

1 There is too ( many / much ) ( water / cookies ).

2 Was losing your ( MP3 player / basketball game ) the saddest

moment of your life?
Yes, it ( is / was ).

3 Do you know anyone who ( sings / dances ) as ( beautiful /

beautifully ) as she does?

4 If I ( have / had ) money, I’d ( give to the poor / go

sailing ).

H
). (6 points)
Read and check (

1 Will we rent a boat? 2 Did you remember to brush your teeth?

a □ No, we wasn’t. a □ Yes, I remembered.
b □ No, we won’t. b □ Yes, I remember.

3 Which is bigger, a hyena or 4 What does a cartoonist do?

Which
a hippo? a □ A cartoonist draw comic strips.
a □ I think a hyena is as b □ A cartoonist draws comic strips.
bigger as a hippo.
b □ I think a hyena is as
big as a hippo.

5 How does the picture look? 6 I hear something.

a □ It looks beautiful. a □ Me too. Something’s laughing.
b □ It look beautiful. b □ Me too. Someone’s laughing.

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I Read and match. (8 points)
a • • sat on the stool

b • • have a barbecue

c • • shoot some
baskets

d • • most expensive

e • • sing loudly

f • • flies a spaceship

g • • tastes bad

h • • hanging up some
posters

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Placement Test C
Writing

J Look and write. (12 points)

1 2 3

a ____________ three ________ a ____________

4 5 6

a ____________ a ____________ a ____________

K Unscramble and write. (6 points)

1 sitting / the / he / when / started / Was / balcony / the

/ on / ? / rain
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
2 hospital / you / the / ? / are / Why / going / to
____________________________________________________________
3 11:30 p.m. / he / . / studying / From / was / English
/ 11:00 p.m. / to
____________________________________________________________
4 ? / for / bus / long / you / How / have / waiting /
been / the
____________________________________________________________
5 plates / Do / have / we / ? / enough
____________________________________________________________
6 miss / . / If / , / we’ll / school / late / be / bus /
we / the / for
____________________________________________________________
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L Read and write. (12 points)

1 _________________ she going to the airport?

Because she wants to see a friend off.

2 __________ it _______ a donkey?

Yes, it could be.

3 Do you know _________________ fix a flat tire?

Not really, but I can try.

4 __________ you __________ eaten sashimi?

Yes, I have.

5 _________________ he look like?

He has short black hair.

6 What ______________ do _______ speak?

I speak English and a little bit of Spanish.

M Look, read and write. (10 points)

1 Which is __________ dangerous, a buffalo or a

_______________?

2 Did you _____________ to clean your

_________?

Yes, I forgot.
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3 What fruit _______ you like the most?

I like ______________ the most.

4 I ____________ never seen so many

__________.

5 What _________ they do after playing in the

park?
They had a __________.

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AUDIO SCRIPT
Part B
1. What should I do? 5. What do you want to be?
Put out the fire. I want to be an architect.
2. Has he combed his hair? 6. What could it be?
Yes, he has. It could be a tarantula.
3. What have you done? 7. This is the most delicious pie I’ve
I don’t know. I just pushed the ever eaten.
button. 8. What was she doing when the rain
4. First, he’ll go snorkeling. Then, he’ll started?
eat cotton candy. She was chatting online.
5. There are too many cookies. 9. Where did you get that camera?
6. Are you shaking because you’re angry? I bought it.
No, it’s because I’m scared. 10. What did she bring?
7. Do you know how to write a poem? She brought some flowers.
8. What did it look like? 11. I wish I had a compass.
It had a striped mane. 12. Which animal is the tallest?
The giraffe is the tallest.
Part C
1. What was the scariest moment of your Part D
life? 1. Don’t walk so slowly.
It was riding a roller coaster. 2. Did he install the software before bed?
2. What was he doing last night? Yes, he did.
He was reading a newspaper. 3. Where are you from?
3. I think a lion is more dangerous than a I’m from Japan.
rhino. 4. Have you ever seen the Pyramids of
4. I used to do tap dance, but now I do Giza?
hip hop dance. 5. I wonder what happened here.
Maybe there was a tornado.

ANSWERS
Part B Part E
1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (b) 1. chopsticks
5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (b) 8. (a) 2. mail a package
3. believe us
Part C 4. take your vitamins
a. (6) b. (8) c. (2) d. (10)
e. (7) f. (1) g. (9) h. (3) Part F
i. (12) j. (5) k. (11) l. (4) a. (3) b. (2) c. (4) d. (1)

Part D Part G
1. (b) 2.(a) 3.(c) 4.(b) 5.(c) 1. much, water
2. MP3 player, was
3. sings, beautifully
4. had, give to the poor
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Part H 3. From 11:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. he was
1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (b) studying English.
5. (a) 6. (b) 4. How long have you been waiting for
the bus?
Part I 5. Do we have enough plates?
a. tastes bad 6. If we miss the bus, we’ll be late for
b. hanging up some posters school.
c. shoot some baskets
d. flies a spaceship Part L
e. most expensive 1. Why is
f. sat on the stool 2. Could, be
g. have a barbecue 3. how to
h. sing loudly 4. Have, ever
5. What does
Part J 6. languages, you
1. watch 2. forks 3. hammer
4. zebra 5. kangaroo 6. scorpion Part M
1. more, crocodile
Part K 2. forget, ears
1. Was he sitting on the balcony when the 3. do, cherries
rain started? 4. have, people
2. Why are you going to the hospital? 5. did, picnic

ASSIGNING THE LEVEL

Depending on the final score, assign the student to the following level of Hip Hip Hooray!
Second Edition.

Placement Test A
0–60 points: Assign the student to a Level 1 class.
61–135 points: Assign the student to a Level 2 class.
136 points or above: Have the student take Placement Test B.

Placement Test B
0–15 points: Have the student take Placement Test A.
16–60 points: Assign the student to a Level 3 class.
61–135 points: Assign the student to a Level 4 class.
136 points or above: Have the student take Placement Test C.

Placement Test C
0–15 points: Have the student take Placement Test B.
16–60 points: Assign the student to a Level 5 class.
61–135 points or above: Assign the student to a Level 6 class.
136 points or above: Student is beyond Hip Hip Hooray! Second Edition.

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