Placement test for beginners
Most placement tests are for adults. There are few placement tests for young students. Thus, when a teacher tries to test his or her students’ proficiency in English using a standard placement test, the students quickly become discouraged because they don’t understand anything. Then the final results tell you nothing about the students´ knowledge.
This placement test is different. It contains only 40 multiple choice questions, and it is for students who are at level A1 of the CERF. If the students get more than 28 answers correct, their English is at level A1 CEFR. If they get over 36 answers correct they are well into A2 CEFR level.
The grammar tested here contains only the verbs BE, HAVE GOT and CAN, present simple and continuous tenses. About half of the items test students´ knowledge of vocabulary and phrases.
Placement test
There are two versions of the test. The first one is an interactive quiz, which you can try here:
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To play the quiz on the full screen click the button below:
Placement test – full screenOr you can try the paper version of the test here.
I hope the test will help you know your students better and choose the right level for each of them.
Other Placement tests
If you are looking for a placement test for adults, try this one.
You can try a placement test by Saint George Institute.