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International ®S e r v i c e s i nE d u c a t i o n

PLEP®

Pre-Intermediate Level English Proficiency Test

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

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SECTION I

LISTENING

The first section of PLEP measures the ability to understand spoken English and is 30 minutes long. Itis divided into four parts with four different types of questions.

PART A

For the first part the students must match one of four recorded sentences with the picturein the test book. The sentences are spoken only once and are not printed in the test book.This part has items concerning correct recognition of pair contrasts, juncture, tense,voice, prepositions, sound clusters, vocabulary and stress.

Sample questions:

1.

(A) Two men are riding their horses.(B) The men are by their houses.(C) They are reading about horses.(D) There are two houses by the lake.

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2.

(A) She is cooking for her family.(B) She is giving medicine to her son.(C) She is helping her son with his homework.(D) She is cleaning the table with her son.

3.

(A) The table is empty. (B) There are glasses on the table. (C) There aren’t glasses on the table. (D) The table is made of glass.

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4.

(A) The yellow boat is next to the red boat.(B) The red boat is between the yellow and the blue boat.(C) The red boat is between two blue boats.(D) The yellow boat is on the left of the red boat.

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PART B

For these questions the students must match a sentence printed in the test book with asentence heard on the tape. The questions focus on the relationship between structureand meaning. Students must choose one of four answers in the test book.

Sample Questions:

2. On tape: “The garden is too small to play football in.”

In test book: (A) The guard is too small to play with ball.(B) The garden is too small to play football in.(C) The guardians are playing football in the garden too.(D) Two guards are playing football in the garden.

2. On tape: “Have you ever seen a forest fire?’’

In test book: (A) You have never seen a forest fire.(B) A forest fire is a good scene.(C) Have you ever seen a forest fire?(D) Have you ever been to a forest on fire?

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International ®S e r v i c e s i nE d u c a t i o nPart C

For this type of question, the student refers to a map in the test book. Streets andbuildings on the map are labeled, and there are four cars marked A, B, C, and D. Thestudent must choose the car that the conversation is taking place. The questions in thispart assess a variety of concepts. These include directions, distance, time and recognitionof building names and associated vocabulary.

Sample Questions:

1. On tape: (man) Aren’t we there yet? I want to be there before the concert begins . (woman) Don’t worry. We are not that far away. I’ll just drive south and turn left at the next intersection.

(third voice) Which car are these people in?

2. On tape: (woman) I will like to return my book and also buy a new one. (man) No problem. If we drive north on Park Street and turn left into Paul Street you can do both.

(third voice) Which car are these people in?

PARK

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HALL

SHOPPINGMALL

FOODCOURT SCHOOL

BUSSTATION

LIBRARYBOOKSTORE

PAUL STREET

MUSIC STREET

RIVER ROAD

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PART D

The questions in this part are based on conversations that represent situations in typicalyoung teenagers’ lives. Conversations take part in various places, deal with lessons,extracurricular activities as well as holidays. For each recorded question the student mustchoose one of four answers printed in the test book.

Sample question:

1. On tape( Mary): Is it true that you’re going to spend your summer holiday on your

grandfather’s farm ?

(Jack): Yes, that’s right. They’re not getting any younger, you know. They could use some assistance to sort things out on the farm.

(Third voice): Why is Jack going to spend his summer holiday on the farm?

In test book: (A) He likes farms. (B) He enjoys being with his grandfather. (C) His grandparents need help.

(D) His grandparents are getting younger.

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SECTION II

READING

The second section of the test is 30 minutes long and measures ability to understand written English.The questions cover vocabulary, grammar and reading comprehension.

PART A

For each question in this part, the student must match the reaction of one of thecharacters in a cartoon with a printed sentence.

1. It is getting late. I hope he is already asleep.2. I am starving. All I need is a hot bowl of soup.3. I wonder how the boys are doing now.

A

B

C

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PART B

For the questions in this part, the student must match a printed sentence with one of thedrawings. The particular focus is on the use of prepositions, pronouns, connectors andadverbs.

Sample Questions:

1. All of them are reading something except her .

A B C D

2. The star is in the bottom left corner, far below the arrow.

A B C D

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International ®S e r v i c e s i nE d u c a t i o nPART C

This part of Section II contains questions of two types. In one, the student must completepassages by selecting the appropriate words or phrases from among four choices printedat intervals in the passages.

Sample passage and Questions:

1. Nature is the Earth, and everything on Earth a part of nature. There are

2. many things on Earth – the sun, the sky, the ground, and the water.

3. All of these things are parts, or components, our world. They are

4. natural parts of we live, our environment.

In the second type of question, the student must answer questions about the passage for

which he or she supplied the missing words or phrases.

Sample Questions:

5. What does “components” in line 3 mean?

(A) things(B) parts(C) nature(D) environment

6. What does this passage tell about?

(A) Our environment.(B) Our natural components.(C) Earth is a component.(D) Living parts of Earth.

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PART D

In this part students must read a short literary passage and answer questions about it inthe test book. There are comprehension, reference, inference and guess the meaningquestions.

Sample passage and questions:

The young man heard a cry and turned around, but he couldn’t see anybody. At the same moment, aboy ran up to him and pointed towards the river. They both ran along the riverbank and after a shorttime, they saw a girl in the water. The girl was holding on to a log, but the current was fast and it wascarrying her away. The man acted quickly. He pulled off his shoes and his coat, jumped into the waterand saved the girl’s life.

1. What did the man hear ?

(A) A boy crying.(B) The river flowing.(C) A loud cry.(D) Somebody singing a song.

2. What is the best title for this passage ?

(A) Rescue of the man.(B) The River bank.(C) The girl and the log.(D) A brave young man.

3. Which sentence does NOT say “the man acted quickly”?

(A) He moved fast.(B) He didn’t hesitate.(C) He hardly moved on time.(D) He took action immediately.

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PLEP® Örnek Sorular Cevap Anahtarı

Section I: Listening Section II: Reading

Part A: Part A:1 A 1 C2 C 2 A3 B 3 B4 CPart B: Part B:1 B 1 D2 C 2 APart C: Part C:1 C 1 A2 D 2 CPart D: 3 B1 C 4 D

5 B6 APart D:1 C2 D3 C

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