Test Structure

TEST STRUCTURE
A. Aims:
• help students to review the language they have studied
• test students’ understanding of the learnt language from Unit 1 – Unit 5
• test background knowledge of the previously learnt language
• test students’ pronunciation of the sounds: /e/, /u/, /u:/, /i/, /i:/,/a/, /a:/ in specific
words.
• test students’ ability to correctly use the simple present, simple past, past
perfect, present perfect, be used to + infinity, present perfect passive…
• test students’ reading comprehension
• help teacher recognize students’ ability and adjust teaching methods if
necessary
B. Units tested: Unit 1 – 5, Tieng Anh 10
C. Time Alloted: 50 minutes
D. Test layout:
I. Pronunciation (1pt)
• Test type: Multiple choice
• 5 items
• Scoring: 0.2 point/ item
• Testing components:
* /ai/ vs. /i/
* /^/ vs. /u/
* /u:/ vs. /u/
* /ɔ:/ vs. /ʌ/
* /e/ vs. /i:/
II. Grammar: (1.6pt)
• Test type: Fill in the blank (with cue)
• 8 items
• Scoring: 0.2 point/ item
• Testing components:
* present tense

* past simple
* past perfect
* gerund
* used to + bare infinity
* present perfect
* adverbs of frequency
III. Vocabulary (1.4pt)
• Test type: Multiple choice
• 7 items
• Scoring: 0.2 point/ item
• Testing components: vocabulary
IV. Finding mistakes (1pt)
• Test type: Multiple choice
• 5 items
• Scoring: 0.2 point/ item
• Testing components:
* “for” in present perfect
* present perfect passive
* past simple + past perfect
* the + adjective
* past perfect passive
V. Dialogue completion (1pt)
• Test type: Multiple choice
• 5 items
• Scoring: 0.2 point/item
• Testing components:
VI. Sentence completion (1pt)
• Test type: Sentence completion
• 5 items
• Scoring: 0.2 point/ item

• Testing components:
* gerund + to - infinity
* present perfect
* relative pronoun
* passive voice
* used to + bare infinity
VII. Cloze test (1pt)
• Test type: Rational cloze test
• 5 items
• Scoring: 0.2 point/ item
• Testing components:
* vocabulary
* preposition
VIII. Matching (1pt)
• Test type: Matching
• 5 items
• Scoring: 0.2 point/item
• Testing components: reading comprehension
IX. Reading comprehension (1pt)
• Test type: True - false
• 5 items
• Scoring 0.2 point/ item
• Testing components: reading comprehension
E. Marking Scheme:
I. Pronunciation (1pt)
1. D 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. B
II. Grammar: (1.6pt)
6. plays
7. arrived
8. had seen

9. meeting
10. walk
11. have wanted
12. strikes
13. education
III. Vocabulary (1.4pt)
14. B 15. A 16. C 17. C 18. D 19. A
IV. Finding mistakes (2pt)
21. A 22. A 23. D 24. B 25. B
V. Dialogue completion (1pt)
26. C 27. B 28. A 29. A 30. C
VI. Sentence completion (1pt)
31. It is good exercise to walk a mile a day.
32. We haven’t gone to a theatre for 2 years.
33. The farm where I lived for nearly 20 years has been sold./ The farm in which I
lived for nearly 20 years has been sold.
34. The document was printed by a printer in three seconds.
35. My boyfriends used to live in London.
VI. Cloze test (1pt)
36. mop 37. store 38. for 39. pick 40. over
VII. Matching (1pt) (Answers for each category can be in any order.)
Animals:
41. B 42. F 43. E
Scientists:
44. A 45. C
(Answer choice not used: D)
VIII. Reading comprehension (1pt)
46. F
47. T
48. T

49. F
50. T