5th edition
Guide to the Intermediate Tests
Welcome to the Headway 5th edition Intermediate Tests –
the complete teacher resource for testing and continuous
assessment, with materials that you can customize for
your students and your teaching situation.
The tests on the Teacher’s Resource Centre
On the Teacher’s Resource Centre, you will find:
• a Placement Test
• a Unit Test for every unit
• three Stop and Check Tests
• two Progress Tests
• five additional Skills Tests
• an Exit Test.
All the tests are provided as PDFs and as Word™ documents –
the content is the same. You can print out the PDFs and use
them as they are. If you want to adapt the tests, you can edit
the Word™ documents and save them on your computer.
There are two versions (A and B) of all the tests. If your students
don’t copy each other, then you can just use the A tests. If your
students do copy each other, then put them in pairs, one with
an A test and one with a B test – it’s almost impossible for them
to copy each other’s answers. (The A and B tests cover exactly
the same material, but the questions have been reorganized.)
Approximate timings for each of the tests has been listed below
but these are guidelines only and may need to be adapted
depending on the students you are using the tests with.
All the tests can be photocopied freely for classroom use.
They may not be sold without the Permission of Oxford
University Press.
Guidelines for adapting the tests
You might want to add something extra you taught in class,
remove something you decided to omit or even personalize
the exercises. You can easily do this by adding, removing, or
editing sections from the test.
You might also want to:
• put two tests together. For instance, if you want a test to
cover grammar, vocabulary and skills, you could combine
Stop and Check Test 1 with Skills Test 1.
• make tests which only cover grammar or vocabulary. You
might want to give your students a test on the grammar
from Units 1, 2, and 3, so you could combine the grammar
sections from the Unit Tests for these units.
• make the layout compatible with other tests you use.
• use the listening scripts provided and write extra
comprehension or vocabulary questions.
Remember to save your customized tests on your computer if
you want to use them again.
Placement Test
60 minutes
The Placement Test is designed to estimate a student’s CEFR
level and can be used to help you assess students’ level at
the start of the course. The questions increase in difficulty,
meaning that lower level students will find questions which
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are beyond their current language level. Use the results of the
test as an indication of which level of Headway you should use
with students.
Unit Tests
45 minutes
There are 12 Unit Tests, one for each unit in the Student’s Book.
Each test covers the main grammar and vocabulary points from
the unit.
Stop and Check Tests
45 minutes
There are three Stop and Check Tests, revising the grammar and
vocabulary from Units 1–4 (Stop and Check Test 1), 5–8 (Stop
and Check Test 2), and 9–12 (Stop and Check Test 3).
Progress Tests
45 minutes
There are two Progress Tests, which cover Units 1–6 (Progress
Test 1), and Units 6–12 (Progress Test 2). They can be used as
mid-year and end-of-year tests.
Skills Tests
105 minutes
• 60 minutes for Reading and Writing
• 45 minutes for Listening and Speaking
The four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking are
covered in these tests. They can be used independently to
check students’ development in these areas or they can be
combined with the Stop and Check Tests and Progress Tests to
provide extended tests covering grammar, vocabulary and
skills. The Skills Tests relate to the Student’s Book units in the
following way:
• Skills Test 1 covers Units 1–4 and so can be used after these
units have been completed. It can be combined with Stop
and Check Test 1.
• Skills Test 2 covers Units 1–6 and so can be used after
these units have been completed. It can be combined
with Progress Test 1.
• Skills test 3 covers Units 5–8 and so can be used after these
units have been completed. It can be combined with Stop
and Check Test 2.
• Skills test 4 is for Units 9–12 and so can be used after these
units have been completed. It can be combined with Stop
and Check Test 3.
• Skills test 5 is a final test and so covers units 1–12. It can be
combined with Progress Test 2 or with the Exit Test.
The scripts and audio can be found on the Teacher’s Resource
Centre.
Exit Test
60 minutes
This is an extended test which covers all the grammar and
vocabulary covered in Headway Intermediate. It can be used
as an end-of-course test.
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