ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TEST FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

PAPER 1: LISTENING (Approximately 20 minutes)

There are 4 parts in this test. You will have 30 seconds to look at the questions. You will
listen to each part twice. Write your answers on this test paper. You will have 5 minutes to
write your answers on the answer sheet when the CD stops.
Part 1
Questions 1- 6: Listen and match. There is an example (0).
Example (0): ‘I often ride a bike on Sunday.’

C
0.
A.

B.
1.

C.
2.

D. 3.

E. 4.

F. 5.

6.
G.
 Part 2:
Questions 7-10: Listen and tick A, B or C. There is an example (0).
Example: (0). You hear: ‘Hello. What’s your name?’ Answer: C

A. I’m from Viet Nam.

B. It’s my pen.
C. My name’s Linda. 
7. ……………………...?
A. I read every day.
B. I have a book.
C. I’m reading a book.
8. ………………………?
A. I can play football.
B. I have a ball.
C. I like playing football.
9. ………………………?
A. It can run.
B. It is black.
C. It’s on the table.
10. ………………………?
A. I’m fine, thanks.
B. I’m five years old.
C. Nice to meet you.

Part 3:
Questions 11-15: Listen and tick the box. There is an example (0).
0. Example: - Where does Jane go with her friends at weekends?
- At weekends, Jane goes to the mountain with her friends.

A. B. C.
Answer: B

11. What do the girls like doing?

A. B. C.
12. What pets does she have?

A. B. C.

13. How many lessons does Tom have today?

A. B. C.
14. What toys does he like?

A. B. C.

15. What is the matter with him?

A.
 B. C.

Part 4:
Questions 16-20: Are the sentences right (R) or wrong (W)? Listen and tick Right or
Wrong. There is an example (0).
Right Wrong

0. Example: Ben is in Class 5D.

16. He doesn’t go to school on Thursday.
17. He has five lessons a day.
18. On Thursday, he has Maths, English, Science and PE.
19. He has Science twice a week.
20. At the weekend, he sometimes plays football.

This is the end of the test.

 PAPER 2: READING (20 minutes)

There are 20 questions in this test. You have 20 minutes.

PART 1
Question 1 - 5
Look and read. Write the correct words. There is one example (0).

horse cinema bird library crayon elephant pencil

0. You can draw and write with it. pencil

1. It is a pet. It has two legs. It can fly. _________
2. People can go there to read. There are many books in this place. _________
3. It is a school thing. You use it to colour. _________
4. It’s a place. You can go and see a film there. _________
5. You can see it in a zoo. It has four legs and two big ears. _________

PART 2
Questions 6-10
Read the letter carefully. Tick (✓) True or False. There is one example (0).

Hi Linda,
I am a student at a primary school. I’m ten years old. I live in a small village.
I don’t go to school. I study online. After breakfast, I help my parents with
their farm work. In the afternoon, I work with my teachers online. In the
evening, I do my homework. Before bedtime, I email it to my teachers. I meet
my friends once a week and play sports with them. I often chat with my friend
Mai in Viet Nam.
What do you do every day? Write to me.
Mary
 True False
0. Mary is nine years old.  
6. Her home is in the city.  
7. She helps her parents in the morning.  
8. In the afternoon, she studies online.  
9. She emails her homework to the teachers before bedtime.  
10. She plays sports with her friends every day.  

PART 3
Questions 11-15
Look and read. The sentences from the conversation are in the wrong order. The
conversation begins with (0). Number the other sentences in the correct order.

A. Well. I have four: Maths, English, Vietnamese and Art.

B. Hi, Mary. It is Thursday.
C. Oh, Thursday? How many lessons do you have today?
D. What's your favourite subject?
E. Hello, Tom. What day is it today? 0
F. I like English very much because it is interesting.

PART 4
Questions 16-20
Read the passage and fill the gap with a word from the box. Write the correct word next to
numbers 16-20. There are 5 gaps so you only need 5 words from the box. There is one
example (0).

Last summer holiday, I went back to my hometown to visit my grandparents. They live in a
big (0) town in Da Nang. First, I went to Hanoi by (16)_______________________. Then I
went to my hometown by plane. I like travelling by plane because I can enjoy the beautiful
views on the way. My grandparents' house is near the beach. In the morning, the weather
was (17) _________________________. I (18)____________________ in the sea with my
grandparents. In the afternoon, I built (19) _____________________ on the beach. In the
evening, I (20) __________________ seafood and took a lot of photos. The trip was really
nice. I hope I will visit my grandparents next summer.

ate sunny car

(0) town

sandcastles swam houses

This is the end of the test.

 PAPER 3: WRITING (20 minutes)
PART 1
Questions 1-5: Look at the pictures and the example (0).
Example:

(0) I have a new T- shirt. It is very beautiful.

Now read the text. Then write ONE word for each gap.

This is my house. There is a living room and a (1)___________________. You can see a

(2)_______________. It is big and nice. I often (3)______________ dinner there. There is

a (4)____________ behind it. There are a lot of (5)_________. I love my house very much.

PART 2
Questions 6-10: Order the words. There is an example (0).
Example:
have I a cat.

I have a cat.
(0) ____________________________________
do bananas How you everyday? many eat

6. ___________________________________________________
there I taxi. went by

7. ___________________________________________________
 ride a She bike. can’t

8.___________________________________________________
fishing go He will next Sunday.

9.___________________________________________________
a teacher. My is sister

10._________________________________________________

PART 3
Question 11: Write a short letter of about 35-45 words to your friend about your trip
next weekend.
You can write about:

● Where you will go

● Who you will go with

● How you will get there

● What you will do there

To: Tony Brown,

68 Green Street, London, England
Hi Tony,
Let me tell you about my trip next weekend.
I _________________________________________________. I will go there with
_________________________________. We will go by _______________________.
We __________________________________________________________________.
This is the end of the test.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Love,
 This is the end of the test.
PAPER 4: SPEAKING (11 minutes)
Greeting
My name is … How are you today?
Part 1: Interviewing
Now answer my questions.
1. What’s your name?
2. How old are you?
3. Where do you live?
4. What's your hometown like?
5. What’s your favourite subject?
Part 2: Responding to physical prompts
The test taker is given a box in which there is a set of toys (e.g a doll, a kite, a truck, a
plane). The examiner tells the test taker to open the box, taker looks into it and answer the
questions but does not show the examiner’s what is in the box. The test taker answers the
following questions:
Now open the box. Good. Look into the box and answer my questions.
1. How many toys are there in the box? What are they?
2. Look at the doll. What colour is it?
3. Look at the plane and the truck. Which one is bigger?
The examiner gives an instruction and asks follow-up questions.
4. Now take out the kite. Is it new or old?
5. The kite is yellow. Now look around the room. Which one is yellow?
Part 3: Describing the picture
Now look at this nice drawing. You have 30 seconds.
Please answer my questions.
1. Where are the children?
2. How many boys and girls are there?
3. What are they doing?
4. Are they happy or sad? Why do you
think so?
Follow – up question:
5. What do you often do at a party?

That’s the end of the speaking test. You did a great job. Thank you.
Back-up
 To do To Say Back-up
1.Getting to Hello, my name’s … How are you today? Are you OK?
know each Now answer my questions.
other. 1. What’s your name?
2. How old are you?
3. Where do you live?
4. What's your hometown like? - Do you live in a village or
I see, thank you. Let’s talk about something a city?
else. - Is your hometown big or
5. What’s your favourite subject? small?
Ok, that’s enough, thank you. - Do you like English?
2. Now, let’s move to part 2. This is a box.
Responding There are many things in it. Now open the
to physical box. Good. Look into the box and answer my
prompts. questions.
1. How many toys are there in the box? - Is there a doll? Plane?
What are they? Truck? Kite?
2. Look at the doll. What colour is it?
3. Look at the plane and the truck. Which - Which one is smaller?
one is bigger?
4. Now take out the kite. Is it new or old?
5. The kite is yellow. Now look around the
room. Which one is yellow? - Can you point to yellow
Thank you. Please put them back in the box. things?
3. You have completed part 2. Now, this is the
Describing a last part of the test. Look at this nice drawing.
picture. You have 30 seconds to look at it. (Đợi 30s)
Are you ready? Let’s talk about the picture.
Please answer my questions.
1. Where are the children? - Are the children at the
2. How many boys and how many girls are party or at school?
there?
3. What are they doing? - Is she playing the guitar
4. Are they happy or sad? Why do you think or playing the piano?
so? - Is he happy or sad? Look
And this is the last question. at his face and guess.
5. What do you often do when you go to the - Do you often sing English
birthday party? songs at the party?
That’s the end of the speaking test. You did a
great job. Thank you.