Issue #21: Grammar Foundations Area Assessments #268
Description
Issue #21: Grammar Foundations Area Assessments
📝 Task Description
Develop targeted grammar assessments for each of the 5 Grammar Foundations courses with focus on practical application.
🎨 Deliverable
- 5 course-specific grammar assessments
- Mix of recognition and production exercises
- Error correction scenarios
- Contextual grammar application
📋 Requirements
Present Simple Course Assessment:
Q1: "Complete: 'My sister _____ in a hospital. She _____ patients every day.'"
- a) work/help
- b) works/helps
- c) working/helping
- d) worked/helped
- Correct: b - Tests third person singular formation
Q2: "Make negative: 'They speak French.' → 'They _____ French.'"
- a) don't speak
- b) doesn't speak
- c) not speak
- d) no speak
- Correct: a - Tests negative formation
Q3: "Choose the correct frequency adverb position: 'She is tired after work.'"
- a) She always is tired after work
- b) She is always tired after work
- c) Always she is tired after work
- d) She is tired always after work
- Correct: b - Tests adverb placement with 'be'
Q4: "Which sentence describes a habit?"
- a) I'm eating lunch now
- b) I eat lunch at 12:30 every day
- c) I ate lunch yesterday
- d) I will eat lunch tomorrow
- Correct: b - Tests present simple for habits
Q5: "Complete: 'Water _____ at 100 degrees Celsius.'"
- a) boil
- b) boils
- c) boiling
- d) boiled
- Correct: b - Tests present simple for facts
Question Formation Course Assessment:
Q1: "Transform to question: 'She likes chocolate.' → '_____ she _____ chocolate?'"
- a) Do/like
- b) Does/like
- c) Do/likes
- d) Does/likes
- Correct: b - Tests yes/no question formation
Q2: "Complete the WH-question: '_____ do you live?' - 'In Mexico City.'"
- a) What
- b) Where
- c) When
- d) How
- Correct: b - Tests WH-word selection based on answer
Q3: "What's the polite way to ask for information?"
- a) Tell me your name
- b) What's your name?
- c) Could you tell me your name, please?
- d) Your name what?
- Correct: c - Tests polite question formation
Q4: "Complete: 'You don't like coffee, _____ you?'"
- a) do
- b) don't
- c) are
- d) aren't
- Correct: a - Tests question tag formation
Q5: "Choose the correct question for this answer: 'By bus.'"
- a) Where do you go?
- b) When do you go?
- c) How do you go to work?
- d) Why do you go?
- Correct: c - Tests question formation for transportation
Basic Sentence Structure Course Assessment:
Q1: "Put these words in correct order: 'every / Maria / morning / coffee / drinks'"
- a) Maria drinks coffee every morning
- b) Coffee drinks Maria every morning
- c) Every morning drinks Maria coffee
- d) Drinks Maria coffee every morning
- Correct: a - Tests basic SVO + time structure
Q2: "Add the adjective 'beautiful' to this sentence: 'She has a house.'"
- a) She has beautiful a house
- b) She has a beautiful house
- c) Beautiful she has a house
- d) She beautiful has a house
- Correct: b - Tests adjective placement
Q3: "Complete with correct preposition: 'I study English _____ home _____ the evening.'"
- a) in/at
- b) at/in
- c) on/in
- d) at/on
- Correct: b - Tests prepositions of place and time
Q4: "Combine these sentences: 'I like tea. I don't like coffee.'"
- a) I like tea and I don't like coffee
- b) I like tea but I don't like coffee
- c) I like tea or I don't like coffee
- d) I like tea so I don't like coffee
- Correct: b - Tests conjunction usage
Q5: "Which sentence has correct word order?"
- a) I go always to work by bus
- b) I always go to work by bus
- c) Always I go to work by bus
- d) I go to work always by bus
- Correct: b - Tests adverb placement in sentences
Past Simple Course Assessment:
Q1: "Complete: 'Yesterday I _____ to the store and _____ some bread.'"
- a) go/buy
- b) went/bought
- c) goed/buyed
- d) gone/bought
- Correct: b - Tests irregular past tense forms
Q2: "Make this sentence negative: 'She visited her grandmother.' → 'She _____ her grandmother.'"
- a) didn't visit
- b) didn't visited
- c) not visited
- d) no visited
- Correct: a - Tests past simple negative formation
Q3: "Complete the question: '_____ you _____ the movie last night?'"
- a) Do/watch
- b) Did/watch
- c) Did/watched
- d) Do/watched
- Correct: b - Tests past simple question formation
Q4: "Choose the correct time expression: 'I finished my homework _____.'"
- a) tomorrow
- b) next week
- c) two hours ago
- d) in the morning
- Correct: c - Tests past time expressions
Q5: "Put these events in story order using sequence words:"
Events: went home, had breakfast, woke up, went to work
- a) First I woke up, then I had breakfast, after that I went to work, finally I went home
- b) First I went home, then I woke up, after that I had breakfast, finally I went to work
- c) First I had breakfast, then I woke up, after that I went home, finally I went to work
- d) First I went to work, then I woke up, after that I had breakfast, finally I went home
- Correct: a - Tests logical sequencing and past narrative
Pronouns & Articles Course Assessment:
Q1: "Replace with pronouns: 'Maria gave the book to Carlos.' → '_____ gave _____ to _____.'"
- a) She/it/him
- b) Her/it/he
- c) She/the book/Carlos
- d) Maria/it/he
- Correct: a - Tests subject and object pronoun usage
Q2: "Complete: 'I need _____ pen to write _____ letter.'"
- a) a/a
- b) an/a
- c) the/the
- d) a/the
- Correct: a - Tests indefinite article usage
Q3: "Complete: 'I saw a movie yesterday. _____ movie was very good.'"
- a) A
- b) An
- c) The
- d) No article
- Correct: c - Tests definite article for second mention
Q4: "Which sentence is correct?"
- a) I like the music
- b) I like music
- c) I like a music
- d) I like an music
- Correct: b - Tests zero article with uncountable nouns
Q5: "Complete: 'My brother and _____ went to _____ university together.'"
- a) I/the
- b) me/a
- c) I/a
- d) me/the
- Correct: c - Tests subject pronoun and indefinite article
💡 Additional Notes
Reference: Grammar assessment principles, Error analysis in L2
✅ Definition of Done
- All 5 grammar assessments cover key concepts
- Questions test both recognition and production
- Common errors addressed in options
- Contextual application emphasized
- Feedback helps identify specific grammar weaknesses