PTE Young Learners - Quickmarch

This test is designed to motivate and reward young learners who have achieved a basic level of English and who are in advance of Springboard. The aim is primarily to test the learnersâ€?ability to use the language communicatively rather than to test their knowledge of the language system. 

The Quickmarch test consists of a one-hour paper, which tests Listening, Reading and Writing.  The tasks in the tests feature the Brown family and include some of the following topics:

• Spare time
• Time
• Places
• Food
• Family
• Animals
• Pets
• Homes
• School
• The Body and People’s Appearance
• Clothes    

The children will listen to two passages and will be required to perform the following tasks:

• Listen to a conversation and put a cross (X) in the box under the correct picture for each answer.
• Listen to a conversation and write a short answer to the questions.

Test takers will be required to perform the following tasks:

• Read a short conversation and write in the missing questions.
• Matching pictures and text by drawing a line between the picture and the appropriate text for that picture.
• Put in the missing verbs in a short text by choosing the appropriate verb from a list and putting it into the past tense.
• Write short responses to given prompts.

The children will be tested in class by an external assessor.  They will be asked to participate in a board game and an individual activity.