B1+ revision test: A busy week

Objective & content

A 40-minute grammar test out of 40 that revises the four grammar points of B1+: the second conditional (If I had a bike, I could ride to school; If I were you, I'd ...), the passive in the present and past simple (Our tests were marked by Ms Clarke), reported speech (Mum said that she couldn't find her keys) and linkers (although, even though, in order to, so that, unless). Every sentence follows one busy week of Class 9B, with Maya, Tom, Priya, Dan and their teacher Ms Clarke, so the test reads as one story rather than four separate quizzes. It closes our four B1+ grammar packs, and every sentence is new: none is copied from the packs. By the end, the teacher knows which of the four points each pupil has secured and which needs another lesson.

Pedagogical guide

The test has four parts of 10 points, one for each grammar point, and each part moves from recognising to producing: circle the right word (4 points), write the verb in the right form or the missing word (3 points), then write whole sentences (3 points). Part A also checks the difference between the first and second conditionals. The key repeats the test with every answer written in, so the teacher marks against the page pupils hold; the top line says which sections make up each part. A part below 7 out of 10 shows what to go back to: Part A, our pack What would you do?; Part B, Lost and found; Part C, You missed it!; Part D, Kai's Saturday job. Accept was or were after If I, he or she, and short forms (I'd, wasn't). Spelling is British English.

Suggested procedure

1. (40 min) Give each pupil pages 1 and 2. Pupils work alone; there is one example at the start of each part.
2. Mark with pages 3 and 4: one point for each right answer, and a sentence to write scores only when it is all right.
3. Note each pupil's score per part: a part below 7 out of 10 is the grammar point to revise with its pack.

Adaptations

[S] Let pupils do the test in two halves of 20 minutes (Parts A and B, then C and D), and keep the four packs' Remember! boxes on the wall during the first half only.

[A] Ask fast finishers to write four sentences of their own about their week, one for each part.

Materials & prerequisites

Print pages 1 and 2 for each pupil (pages 3 and 4 are the key). Pupils should have worked through the four B1+ grammar packs or met the same points in class.