LTTC – English Grammar Proficiency Test Grade 1

A. Short Comprehension
The candidate is expected to demonstrate the ability to understand the passage
(around 30 words) and answer questions.

B. Usage
The candidate is expected to demonstrate the ability to understand and use the
following grammar areas:

1. Question words – how, where, who, what

2. Pronouns – I, you, he, she, it, they, we
3. Possessive adjectives – my, your, his, her, our, their, its
4. Indefinite articles – a, an
5. Determiners – this, these, that, those
6. Positive form of ‘be’ and ‘have’ – I am, We are, He has, They have
7. Simple present tense – She likes apple; I eat an apple every day.
8. Imperatives – Slow down; Don’t talk in class.
9. Plural of nouns – boys, boxes, babies, etc.
10. Adjectives – thirsty, hungry, happy, sad, etc.
11. Punctuation – comma ( , ) full Stop ( . ) question mark ( ? )
12. Capitalization – Friday, February, etc.

C. Lexis
The candidate is expected to demonstrate the ability to understand and use the
vocabulary related to:

1. Numbers – 1 to 20
2. Time – morning, afternoon, evening, etc.
3. Days of the week and months of the year.
4. Transport – bus, tram, ferry, etc.
5. Shapes – rectangle, circle, triangle, etc.
6. Colours – purple, grey, brown, etc.
7. Face and body – knee, neck, back, etc.
8. Clothes – trousers, shirt, dress, etc.
9. Animals – monkey, kitten, elephant, etc.
10. School – blackboard, classroom, schoolbag, etc.

Total Marks: 100

Time allowed: 1 hour
Attainment Bands:

LTTC English Grammar Proficiency Test Grade

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Excellent (100 - 90), Distinction (89 - 80), Merit (79 - 70), Pass (69 - 50), Unsuccessful (≤49)

LTTC English Grammar Proficiency Test Grade

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 English Grammar Proficiency
Test Grade One

Student’s name:

Date:

Time allowed: 1 hour

Total 100 marks

Marks:

Attainment Bands:
Excellent (100 - 90), Distinction (89 - 80), Merit (79 - 70), Pass (69 - 50), Unsuccessful (≤49)

LTTC English Grammar Proficiency Test Grade 1 – Sample -

 1. Short Comprehension

s Kate. I am six years old. I have many friends. Peter, Todd, Cathy and Sue are my friends. My f

Kate’s phone book:

Name: Peter Name: Todd
Tel: 2990 0022 Tel: 2668 8002
Name: Cathy Name: Sue
Tel: 2555 9900 Tel: 2225 5773

Put  inside the circle if the statement is correct.

Put  inside the circle if the statement is wrong.

1. John is Kate’s friend.

2. Kate has five friends.

3. Todd is Kate’s friend.

4. Sue’s phone number is 2255 4673.

5. Kate is seven years old.

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2. Matching

1. What are you doing?   A. I am sorry.

2. This gift is for you.   B. My name is Angela.

3. You are late.   C. It’s ten o’clock.

4. What time is it?   D. I am painting.

5. What is your name?   E. Thank you!

3. Fill in the blanks with the following words (5%)

What Who How Where How old

1. colour do you like? I like blue.

2. is Mary? She is my sister.

3. is Uncle Sean? He is 35 years old.

4. is Mr. Chan? He is fine, thank you.

5. is your school? It’s in Kowloon Tong.

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4. Fill in the blanks with the following words

I you he she it they we

1. This is Paul. is my friend.

2. This is Miss Lee. is my teacher.

3. am in class 1A.

4. are my friends.

5. My puppy is very cute. is a present from my mum.

my his our your her their

6. She has an apple. apple is red.

7. They have a football. football is round.

8. I have a ruler. ruler is yellow.

9. You have a school bag. school bag is heavy.

10. We have a book. book is green.

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5. Fill in the blanks with the following words

cold hungry hot thirsty beautiful ugly

1. John is .

2. Samuel feels very .

3. The witch is .

4. Judy is a girl.

5. Andrew is .

6. He feels very .

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6. Fill in the blanks with the following words

This / These / That / Those

+
are / is

her house.
a birthday cake.

my cats.
my brother’s toys.

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7. Fill in the blanks with the following words

a / an / is / am / are / has / have

1. It is _ umbrella.

2. I from London.

3. There is _ very big elephant.

4. Helen my best friend.

5. My sister short hair.

6. These monkeys long tails.

7. We in the same class.

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8. Fill in the blanks with the following words

Do not talk open draw slam do

Example: Do not pick the flowers in the park. 

Example: Clean the table, please. 

1. your book, please. 

2. Please the door. 

3. on the blackboard. 

4. your homework, please. 

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9.1 Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks

Example: (duck) three ducks

1. (pencil)

2. (kitten) _

3. (box) _

4. (strawberry)

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9.2 Spell the names of the objects and write on the

Example: a chair

5.

6.

7.

8.

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10. Circle the correct words and rewrite the sentences

( have /
Example: They has ) breakfast every day.

Rewrite: They have breakfast every day.

1. Katie ( read / reads ) story books every day.

2. The students do not ( go / goes ) to school on Sundays.

3. I often ( write / writes ) emails to my friends.

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