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Grammar and vocabulary tests for a class, every answer explained

Set the grammar and vocabulary tests for a class: each pupil sees every answer explained, and you get each seat's score out of the total, never a ranking.

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What the grammar test covers

30 four-option questions, about 10 minutes, five in each of six areas. Most are a sentence with a gap (“choose the correct verb”, “choose the correct word”); the punctuation questions ask which of four sentences is punctuated correctly.

• Subject–verb agreement: the verb after a long subject (“the list of issues”), after “one of” and “everybody”, with an uncountable noun ending in -s, and with a whole clause as the subject.
• Tense and aspect: the present perfect with “since”, the present continuous for something happening now, the past perfect (simple and continuous) for an earlier past, and the third conditional.
• Articles and determiners: “a” or “an” by sound (“an hour”, “a university”), and “much”, “many” and “some” with uncountable nouns such as money, advice and information.
• Pronouns and reference: “its” and “it’s”, “I” or “me” (“Tom and I”, “between you and me”), “whose”, and “which” for a thing.
• Prepositions and word order: “at”, “on” and “in” for clock times, days and months; where an adverb goes; statement order in a question inside a sentence.
• Punctuation: a comma before “so” between two clauses and after an opening phrase, the plural possessive apostrophe, commas around extra information, and a colon before a list.

After the last question the pupil sees how many they got right in each area, then every question with their answer, the right answer and a short note on the rule.

What the vocabulary test covers

20 four-option questions, about 8 minutes, five of each kind:

• Definition: what a word most nearly means.
• Word in context: which word completes a sentence.
• Near synonyms: which of four words is closest in meaning, where the wrong ones are near misses.
• Word formation: opposites made with a prefix, what a shared prefix or Latin root means, and the noun formed from a verb.

Its score is the number right, never a vocabulary size or a reading age.

What you see for each pupil

• On the board you can project: each seat as “sent” or “not yet”, with no names and no scores.
• In the teacher view, on your screen only: each seat’s latest score as “17 of 30”, how many times it was sent, and the time it arrived, beside the name you typed on your device.
• In the CSV: every send, one row each, with the seat, your name for it, the test, the attempt number, the score and the time.
• Not which questions a pupil missed: the question-by-question review stays on the pupil’s own screen and is never sent.

A 20-minute grammar lesson

1. Minutes 0–3. Open the class for joining. Pupils scan their card, choose the grammar test and type their PIN.
2. Minutes 3–13. Everyone takes the grammar test at their own pace; there is no clock on it.
3. Minutes 13–16. Each pupil reads the note under every question they missed, then presses Send to my teacher. Watch the board fill in.
4. Minutes 16–20. In pairs, each pupil explains one rule they got wrong to a partner. Pick the area to teach next from the questions pupils say they found hard, not from anyone’s score.

The vocabulary test fits the next lesson the same way, in about 8 minutes. Both tests ask the same questions each time, so a second send shows familiarity as well as learning.

Other English tests a class can take

The spelling test, the English level test, the reading speed test and the Spanish level test work the same way. Their scores describe the questions answered, never a school grade, a reading age or a CEFR level.