TEST – GRADE 4

TEACHER: Raluca Tatulea

GRADE/CLASS: 4 E

NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 20

COURSEBOOK: Welcome 2, Express Publishing

UNITS OF LEARNING: Unit 6 – I don’t like Science, it’s boring!

MAIN FOCUS: grammar (present simple for routines, adverbs of frequency), vocabulary (school subjects, telling the time, time expressions with in/on/at), reading (for specific information), listening (for specific information), writing (about favourite day of the week).

TIME: 50 minutes

DATE: 13th March

GENERAL AIMS OF THE TEST:

1. To give the teacher and the students information concerning the students’ progress;2. To indentify any areas of difficulty and weakness which might need remedial work;3. To give the teacher feedback on the effectiveness of her teaching;4. To give the students additional motivation to study thoroughly.

SPECIFIC GOALS OF THE TEST:

GrammarTo have Ss complete a text with the present simple forms of the verbs in brackets (affirmative or negative); to have Ss write sentences about someone’s routine activities (based on a listening input), using the present simple and adverbs of frequency.

VocabularyTo have Ss match clock times in numbers to their correspondents written in letters.To have Ss complete sentences with school subjects given in a table.To have Ss fill in a text with the correct prepositions – in/on/at, used before various time expressions.

ReadingTo have Ss read a text and write yes or no next to sentences referring back to specific information from the given text.

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ListeningTo have Ss listen to a radio interview with a woman named Laura, who speaks about the activities she performs on her day off, Sunday. Ss are given a table in which they have to tick how often she does these activities (always, sometimes, never etc.)

WritingTo have Ss practise the use of adverbs of frequency and the present simple by writing complete sentences about someone’s routine activities on a particular day of the week, based on a model sentence.To have Ss write a short composition, based on a plan, explaining what their favourite day of the week is and what type of activities they usually do on this day.

SCORES:

A – Vocabulary (14 marks): I. half a mark for each correct matching (6 times x 0.5 mark = 3 marks in total); II. one mark for each sentence filled in with the correct school subject (6 sentences x 1 mark = 6 marks); III. half mark for each blank filled in with the correct preposition (10 blanks x 0.5 mark = 5 marks).B – Grammar / Reading (10 marks): I. half a mark for each correct form of the verbs (10 verbs x 0.5 mark = 5 marks); II. one mark for each correct yes/no answer (5 sentences x one mark = 5 marks)C – Grammar / Listening / Writing (10 marks): I. one mark for each correct tick in the table (5 ticks x 1 mark = 5 marks); II. one mark for each sentence written correctly (5 sentences x 1 mark = 5 marks).D - Writing: 6 marks, distributed as follows:2 marks – content and style;0.5 mark – layout and organization;1 mark – vocabulary;1.5 marks – grammar;1 mark – spelling and punctuation

TOTAL: 40 marks

RESULTS OF THE TEST:

INSUFICIENT SUFICIENT BINE FOARTE BINE

0 – 10 marks 11 – 20 marks 21 – 30 marks 31 – 40 marks

INSUFICIENT SUFICIENT BINE FOARTE BINE

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