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ORAL ESL PLACEMENT TEST
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Hello. How are you?
What’s your name?
What’s your nationality?
(holding your pencil) Is this your pencil?
Whose pencil is it?
What time is it?
Today is (Friday). What is the date before (Friday)?
What’s the weather like?
How many chairs are there is this room?
Can you play the flute?
When are you going home today?
How do you come to school?
What does a writer do?
What does a photographer do everyday?
What do you want to do today?
What are you going to do at school, study or watch TV?
Do you like to come to school?
Did you arrive late or did you arrive early this morning?
What did you wash yesterday?
When you played as a child, were you always alone?
How many years have you studied English?
Were you in an English class last year?
Did you like to study?
Tell me something you couldn’t do last year.
What did you have to do to learn English?
What’s a singer?
As a child, did you enjoy movies or books?
What did you read yesterday?
What time did you leave school yesterday?
I hope you have a good time learning English.
(Placement key on other side)
ORAL ESL PLACEMENT TEST
Directions:
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Answer all the questions that you can – even one (1) word.
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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
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Level
0–8
9 – 17
18 – 26
27 – 35
36 – 44
45 – 53
54 – 60
(only 60 points possible)
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