Grade 6 ESL Test: Health & Fitness — Paper and Speaking Check (30 Marks)

Question Types & Suggested Use

The answer key gives every answer, short reasons for the False items, a 3-part writing guide (content, grammar, spelling) with a model answer, a 0 / 1 / 2 guide for each speaking item and grade bands (27–30, 21–26, 15–20, 0–14).

Skills Assessed

• Name 8 common health problems and 12 healthy and unhealthy habits (a headache, a fever, feel sick, drink water, get enough sleep, eat junk food).
• Ask and answer "What's the matter?" with I've got a … / I feel … / My … hurts, including he / she ("Nam has got an earache.").
• Give and understand advice with should / shouldn't + verb ("You should see a dentist. You shouldn't eat sweets.").
• Use always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely and never in the right place and answer "How often do you …?"
• Use too much, too many and not enough with countable and uncountable nouns ("You eat too many sweets. I don't get enough sleep.").
• Read three short health letters and replies for detail and write about their own health habits in 8–10 sentences.

How to Administer

• Read the listening script (in the answer key) two times at a natural, slow speed — two voices if you can. While the class does the paper, call students one at a time for the speaking check on page 3 and record scores on the class record sheet.

Differentiation

Support: Teach the 8 health problems first and add the habits in Lesson 3. Keep the pictures and the word cards (should / shouldn't, always … never, too much / too many / enough) on the desk for Worksheet Parts C, F and G. Give sentence frames: "What's the matter? – I've got a ___. / I feel ___." "You should ___. You shouldn't ___." and for writing: "I always ___. I usually ___. I never ___. I eat too many ___. I don't get enough ___. I should ___." Accept short answers in speaking, then model the full sentence. Pair a stronger student with a weaker one for the information gap.
Extension: Students add a reason with because to every piece of advice ("You should drink water because sugary drinks are bad for your teeth."), use more health words (a sore throat, a cough, a stomachache, a backache) and more frequency words (once a week, twice a day, every evening). They write a letter to Dr Lin about a real or invented problem and swap it with a partner, who writes the reply. Strong readers write three new "Who …?" questions about the Ask Dr Lin page, or make a class bar chart from the health survey and write four sentences about it

Follow-Up Activities

• Use the speaking prompts as a pair practice the lesson before the test.
• Students who finish early play Doctor, Doctor! quietly in pairs.

Teacher Tips

Two mistakes come up again and again in this unit: "You should to go …" and "I eat always …". Fix both with chants and the board, not long explanations. Write SHOULD + VERB (no to!) at the top of the board in Lesson 2 and clap the rhythm: "You should REST. You should SLEEP. You shouldn't EAT too many SWEETS." For frequency adverbs, use the "sandwich" picture: the adverb goes between I / he / she and the main verb (I always brush …) but after am / is / are (I'm never late). Then keep it real: on the first day, ask students to keep a 3-day "health diary" (sleep, water, exercise, screens). Students care much more about too much / not enough when the numbers are their own — and they love to tell you that the teacher drinks too much coffee!

What's Included

• Test, 3 pages: paper (2 pages), speaking check + class record (DOCX + PDF)
• Answer key with listening script and writing guide, 1 page (DOCX + PDF)

Additional Files

• Grade 6 ESL Test: Health & Fitness (DOCX)
• Answer Key (PDF)

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