TESTING WRITING

LIMITED RESPONSE

(Sentence Combining)

“Rewrite the sentences using a relative pronoun.(E.g. ‘I know the girl. She is going out with my cousin.’ > ‘I know the girl who is going out with my cousin.’)”

1)

We visited the town. It lies at the source of the Danube.

We visited the town which lies at the source of the Danube.

2)

I went to a salon. They did body piercing there.

I went to a salon where they did body piercing.

TESTING SPEAKING

LIMITED RESPONSE

(Picture Cues)

“Look at the picture below and tell me…”

1) Where are they?

2) What is happening on the right bottom of the picture?

3) What is the lifeguard doing?

4) What do you think is going to happen now?

5) What is strange in the picture?

TESTING LISTENING

LIMITED RESPONSE

(Picture Cues)

“Listen to the descriptions and circle the correct pictures.”

(Students Hear)
Mimi is a lovely cat who likes spending most of her time outside. She is also a naughty cat who always finds useless things to play. Today, she is playing with an empty box that she found from the outside.

1) Now, she is in this box.
2) She is standing behind the box.
3) She is smiling in front of the box.
4) Oh, she is on the box.
5) Finally, she is under the box.

TESTING PRONUNCIATION

LIMITED RESPONSE

(GROUP TESTING: HEARING IDENTIFICATION)

The type of pronunciation testing activity below is “Limited Response” which is done with a group of students. The teacher hands out copied version of the activity to each student in the class. Students listen to two short sentences and decide if they are the same or different. They circle “S” for “same” and “D” for “different”. For example, if they heard, “What a big mouse!” and “What a big mouth!”, the correct response would be “D”.

“Listen to two sentences and decide if they are the same or different.”

“Draw a circle around ‘S’ for ‘same’ or ‘D’ for ‘different’.”

(1)

Students Hear

a) They completely forget about the food quality.

b) They completely forget about the foot quality.

TESTING VOCABULARY

LIMITED RESPONSE (GROUP TESTING)

The type of vocabulary testing activity below is “Limited Response” which is done with a group of young learners. The teacher hands out copied version of the activity to each learner in the class. He shows pictures and says, “Draw a circle around the train.” Then he asks three questions one by one for only very short answers; “Is the train blue?”, “Is the train yellow?” and “What colour is the train?” The whole class answers at the same time; “No”, “No” and “Green”. Lastly, the teacher says, showing the space under the picture, “Give a name to your train.” And the learners are expected to write any name they want. The teacher asks the similar questions below for each mean of transport and the learners do the same things.

1) TRAIN

“Draw a circle around the train.”

“Is the train blue?” (NO)

“Is the train yellow?” (NO)

“What color is the train?” (GREEN)

“Give a name to your train.”

TESTING GRAMMAR

LIMITED RESPONSE (GROUP TESTING)

(Preposition of Place)

The type of grammar testing activity below is “Limited Response” which is done with a group of young learners. The teacher hands out copied version of the activity to each learner in the class. Then he reads the sentences one by one and wants the learners to circle the right pictures according to sentences. The teacher shows the pictures of a cat and he says:

1) This is Molly. Circle the picture that she is in the box.