ENGLISH LITERACY MODULE

Unit 5
Placement Test 1

Instructions for the teachers .
This unit contains sample tests that are similar to the real tests. The purpose is to
familiarize the pupil with the technicalities, procedures and steps of the test. In
the real test, the words will be changed. All the words are from the KSSR wordlist
for Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3. There are 3 skills being tested in this unit:
Literacy skill 1: Able to identify and distinguish letters in the alphabet.
Literacy skill 2: Able to associate sounds with the letters of the alphabet.
Literacy skill 3: Able to blend phonemes into recognisable words.

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Placement Test 1

Placement Test 1: Literacy Skill 1
Literacy skill 1: Able to identify and distinguish letters in the alphabet.
Please follow the steps below to conduct a test for Literacy Skill 1:

Step 1: Teacher reads the instruction aloud.
Step 2 : Teacher explains the instruction to the pupil.
Step 3: Pointing at the example, teacher draws attention to the
underlined letters.
Step 4: Teacher says the underlined letters aloud.
Step 5: Ask the pupil to repeat the action of pointing the underlined
letters and saying them aloud.
Step 6: Repeat step 5 with the rest of the words that follows.
The pupil has passed literacy skill 1 if the pupil is able to answer correctly for 3
out of 5 words or more.

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Placement Test 1: Literacy Skill 1

Read the underlined letters aloud.

Example:

cold

long
today
Tuesday
goodbye
meatballs

Teacher’s guidance:
Literacy skill 1: Able to identify and distinguish letters in the alphabet.

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Placement Test 1: Literacy Skill 2
Literacy skill 2: Able to associate sounds with the letters of the alphabet
Please follow the steps below to conduct the test for Literacy Skill 2:

Step 1: Teacher reads the instruction aloud.
Step 2: Teacher explains the instruction to the pupil.
Step 3: Pointing at the example, teacher draws attention to the
underlined letters.
Step 4: Teacher says the sounds of the underlined letters aloud.
Step 5: Ask the pupil to repeat the action of pointing the underlined
letters and saying the sound of the letters aloud.
Step 7: Repeat step 6 with the following words on the page.
Saying the syllable of the underline letters correctly is considered right. Saying the
whole word is also right. The pupil has passed literacy skill 2 if the pupil is able to
answer correctly for 3 out of 5 words or more.

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Placement Test 1: Literacy Skill 2

Say the words.
Example:

Teacher’s guidance:
Literacy skill 2: Able to associate sounds with the letters of the alphabet.

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Placement Test 1: Literacy Skill 3
Literacy skill 3: Able to blend letters into recognisable words.
Please follow the steps below to conduct the test for Literacy Skill 3.

Step 1 Teacher reads the instruction aloud.
Step 2 Teacher explains the instruction to the pupil.
Step 3: The teacher points at the example to draw attention to the
word.
Step 4: The teacher says the word aloud.
Step 5: Ask the pupil to repeat the action of pointing the word and
saying the word being test aloud.
Step 7: Repeat step 6 with the following words on the page.
The pupil has passed literacy skill 3 if the pupil is able to answer correctly for 3out of
5 words or more.

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Placement Test 1: Literacy Skill 3

Say the word.
Example:

Teacher’s guidance:
Literacy skill 3: Able to blend letters into recognisable words.

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UNIT 6
Placement Test 1

Instructions for the teachers.
This unit contains sample tests that are similar to the real tests. The purpose
is to familiarize the student with the technicalities, procedures and steps of
the test. In the real test, the phrases and sentences will be changed. All
the words are from the KSSR wordlist for Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3. There
are 3 skills being tested in this unit :
Literacy skill 4: Able to understand and use the language at phrase
level.
Literacy skill 5: Able to understand and use the language at sentence
level.
Literacy Skill 6: Able to understand the main idea in a simple text.

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Placement Test 1

Please follow the steps below to conduct the test for Literacy Skill 4.

Reading 1

Step 1: Teacher reads the instruction aloud.
Step 2: Teacher explains the instruction to the pupil.
Step 3: Teacher says the word aloud.
Step 4: Pupil says the word aloud.
Step 5: Repeat step 4 with the rest of the words that follows.
If the pupil is able to read 3/5 or more of the words listed in the page,the
pupil has passed the test for Literacy Skill 4.

Reading 2
Step 1: Teacher reads the instruction aloud.
Step 2 : Teacher explains the instruction to the pupil.
Step 3: Pupil says the phrases aloud.
Step 4: Repeat step 4 with the rest of the the phrases that follows.

If the pupil is able to read 3/5 or more of the words listed in the page,the
pupil has passed the test for Literacy Skill 4.

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Reading 3
Please follow the steps below to conduct the test for Literacy Skill 5.
Step 1: Teacher reads the instruction aloud.
Step 2 : Teacher explains the instruction to the pupil.
Step 3: Pupil reads the sentences.
Reading the sentences correctly is considered right. The student has
passed Literacy Skill 5 if the pupil is able to answer correctly for 2 out
of 5 sentences or more.

Reading 4

Please follow the steps below to conduct the test for Literacy Skill 5.
Step 1: Teacher reads the instruction aloud.
Step 2 Teacher explains the instruction to the pupil.
Step 3: Pupil reads the sentences.
Reading the sentences correctly is considered right. The student has
passed Literacy Skill 5 if the pupil is able to answer correctly for 2 out
of 5 sentences or more.

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Reading 5

Please follow the steps below to conduct the test for Literacy Skill 6.
Step 1:Teacher reads the instruction aloud.
Step 2: Teacher explains the instruction to the pupil.
Step 3: Pupil reads and answers the questions.
Reading the sentences correctly is considered right. The pupil has passed
Literacy Skill 5 if the pupil is able to answer correctly for 2 out of 5 sentences
or more.

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READING 1
Instructions : Say these words aloud and point to the correct
pictures.
Example :

two carrots

1. one bee

2. three robots

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3. four dusters
4. six ducks
5. eight guitars

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READING 2
Instructions : Read aloud.

Example :

afternoon

1. a tiger

2. a table

3. a tiger

4. the yellow kite

5. near the house

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READING 3
Instructions : Read the sentences below.

This is Sarah.
Sarah has a kite.

John has a helmet.
The helmet is big.

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1. Amir is clever.
He loves to read.

2. Jane likes to eat pies.
The pies are delicious.

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READING 4
Instructions : Read these sentences.
Example :
I have a train.
The train is long.
1. I have three boats.

The boats are green.
2. I like a plane.

The plane is blue.
The blue plane is near the park.

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3. I have a chair.
I sit on the chair.
The chair is brown.

4. I like the cake.
The cake is on the table.
The big cake is on the table.

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This is a horse.
The horse is brown.
The horse eats hay.
The brown horse eats hay.

1. What animal is this?
………………………….

2. What colour is this horse?
....................................

3. What does horse eat?
…………………………..

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