5th edition

Guide to the Intermediate Tests Intermediate

Welcome to the Headway 5th edition Intermediate Tests – are beyond their current language level. Use the results of the
the complete teacher resource for testing and continuous test as an indication of which level of Headway you should use
assessment, with materials that you can customize for with students.
your students and your teaching situation.
Unit Tests
The tests on the Teacher’s Resource Centre 45 minutes
On the Teacher’s Resource Centre, you will find: There are 12 Unit Tests, one for each unit in the Student’s Book.
• a Placement Test Each test covers the main grammar and vocabulary points from
• a Unit Test for every unit the unit.
• three Stop and Check Tests
• two Progress Tests Stop and Check Tests
• five additional Skills Tests 45 minutes
• an Exit Test. There are three Stop and Check Tests, revising the grammar and
vocabulary from Units 1–4 (Stop and Check Test 1), 5–8 (Stop
All the tests are provided as PDFs and as Word™ documents –
and Check Test 2), and 9–12 (Stop and Check Test 3).
the content is the same. You can print out the PDFs and use
them as they are. If you want to adapt the tests, you can edit
the Word™ documents and save them on your computer.
Progress Tests
45 minutes
There are two versions (A and B) of all the tests. If your students
don’t copy each other, then you can just use the A tests. If your There are two Progress Tests, which cover Units 1–6 (Progress
students do copy each other, then put them in pairs, one with Test 1), and Units 6–12 (Progress Test 2). They can be used as
an A test and one with a B test – it’s almost impossible for them mid-year and end-of-year tests.
to copy each other’s answers. (The A and B tests cover exactly
the same material, but the questions have been reorganized.) Skills Tests
Approximate timings for each of the tests has been listed below 105 minutes
but these are guidelines only and may need to be adapted • 60 minutes for Reading and Writing
depending on the students you are using the tests with. • 45 minutes for Listening and Speaking
All the tests can be photocopied freely for classroom use. The four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking are
They may not be sold without the Permission of Oxford covered in these tests. They can be used independently to
University Press. check students’ development in these areas or they can be
combined with the Stop and Check Tests and Progress Tests to
Guidelines for adapting the tests provide extended tests covering grammar, vocabulary and
You might want to add something extra you taught in class, skills. The Skills Tests relate to the Student’s Book units in the
remove something you decided to omit or even personalize following way:
the exercises. You can easily do this by adding, removing, or • Skills Test 1 covers Units 1–4 and so can be used after these
editing sections from the test. units have been completed. It can be combined with Stop
You might also want to: and Check Test 1.
• put two tests together. For instance, if you want a test to • Skills Test 2 covers Units 1–6 and so can be used after
cover grammar, vocabulary and skills, you could combine these units have been completed. It can be combined
Stop and Check Test 1 with Skills Test 1. with Progress Test 1.
• make tests which only cover grammar or vocabulary. You • Skills test 3 covers Units 5–8 and so can be used after these
might want to give your students a test on the grammar units have been completed. It can be combined with Stop
from Units 1, 2, and 3, so you could combine the grammar and Check Test 2.
sections from the Unit Tests for these units. • Skills test 4 is for Units 9–12 and so can be used after these
• make the layout compatible with other tests you use. units have been completed. It can be combined with Stop
and Check Test 3.
• use the listening scripts provided and write extra
comprehension or vocabulary questions. • Skills test 5 is a final test and so covers units 1–12. It can be
combined with Progress Test 2 or with the Exit Test.
Remember to save your customized tests on your computer if
you want to use them again. The scripts and audio can be found on the Teacher’s Resource
Centre.
Placement Test
60 minutes
Exit Test
60 minutes
The Placement Test is designed to estimate a student’s CEFR
level and can be used to help you assess students’ level at This is an extended test which covers all the grammar and
the start of the course. The questions increase in difficulty, vocabulary covered in Headway Intermediate. It can be used
meaning that lower level students will find questions which as an end-of-course test.

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