THE TRENT SCHOOLS - PLACEMENT TEST
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PLACEMENT TEST INSTRUCTIONS Here are the following guidelines to administer this test: 1) Make sure the student has a pencil, an eraser and scratch paper 2) Make sure the student has 60 minutes of uninterrupted time 3) The student is not permitted assistance of any kind. No reference material, books, computers or calculators. 4) Please be present while student takes the test 5) Make sure all pencils are down at the conclusion of the 60 minutes It is important to follow these guidelines for the fairest placement of the student. Read
Read the following sentences. They are incomplete. A word has been left out of each sentence. Select the best word to complete the sentence.
1. John _________ Mary are pals	or   and   by   Jane   Joe
2. Alice went ______ the store.	at   over   to   under    Walmart
3. ______ are built for people to drive.	Horses   Sofas   Computers   Skates   Cars
4. Trees are taller ______ bushes.	than   as   by   for   grass
5. A _____ is a kind of fruit	tree   peach   potato   flower   hamburger
6. Firemen use _____ to put out fires.	water   movies   nets   books   ice
7. Mary has ______ hands.	green   five   fingers   two   three
8. Clouds _____ high.	go   are   have   is   got
9. Paul put his _______ in his shoes.	walking   basketball   foot   feet   run
10. We use ice to _____ our soda cold.	get   cause   want   have   make
11. Ann ______ a picture with her crayons.	made   drew   drawed   wrote   painted
Answer each problem.
12. 5+2=
13. 8-4=
14. 7-3=
15. 8-2=
16. 8+22=
17. 5-4=
18. 19-3=
19. 28-7=
20. 15-7=
21. 17-6=
22. 21-8=
23. 39-15=
24. 33-15=
25. 42-41=
26. 32-28=
27. 25-17=
28. 39-13=
Select the best answer for each question.
29. What do we use to write on a blackboard?	pencil   pen   eraser   chalk   teacher
30. Where do we go to buy milk?	movies   street   bus   out   store
31. Where do we go to see a film?	movies   park   store   outside   dark
32. What takes a train over a river?	path   crossing   bridge   speed   road
33. What part of the body connects the arm to the hand?	wrist   finger   knee   toes   neck
34. What do we call the fastener on a belt?	button   brass   hook   tongue   buckle
35. What do we call the seed in the center of a peach?	skin   juice   pit   peel   fruit
36. What do we call a book that gives the meanings of words?	Bible   dictionary   encyclopedia   atlas   text
37. What do we call the end of a horse’s leg?	sole   ankle   knee   hoof   foot
38. What do we call jewelry worn on a finger?	ring   necklace   pin   pendant   glove
39. Potatoes, string beans, and corn. What do we call them?	groceries   dinner   vegetables   food   desert
40. What is the place where street and curb meet?	avenue   gutter   sidewalk   lawn   road
41. What is the proper name for your belly button?	stomach   nostril   navel   chest   canal
Select the three words that rhyme.
42.	Boy   Go   Mow   Moo   So
43.	Boy   Joy   Toy   Too   Two
44.	June   Jump   Lump   Moon   Dune
45.	Lead   Please   Plead   Weed   Weird
46.	Crate   Trite   Slight   Height   Freight
47.	Stake   Steak   Streak   Stork   Snake
48.	Freight   Fright   Straight   Late   Bright
49.	Bought   Taut   Eight   Rot   Caught
Answer these questions about the alphabet A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
50. What letter is located midway between H and P? ______
51. What letter is two after M? ______
52. What letter is before one before D? _______
53. What letter comes before the letter that comes before J?
54. What letter comes after the letter that comes after the letter 0? _______
55. What letter is the third letter after the letter midway between K and Q? _______
56. What letter comes next after the sixth letter after E? _______
57. Make believe that each letter of the alphabet is printed on a card. You are able to move the cards wherever you wish. At the start, all the cards are in proper alphabetical order. Make believe you switch the first two cards about so that you have B A
58. Leave the cards switched. Now make believe you have taken away the sixth, tenth and fifteenth card. What now will be the letter on the seventh card? ______
59. Leave the cards switched. What now will be the letter on the twelfth card? ______
Select the numbers that complete the series. Example: 2 4 8 10 14 16 ? ? 3 7 20 18 25 22 = 20, 22
60. 1 5 2 6 3 7 ?	4   6   8   9   5
61. 64 32 16 8 4 ? ?	1   2   3   8   7   9
62. 2 6 4 12 8 24 ? ?	9   14   16   42   48   52
63. 4 5 8 10 16 20 ? ?	24   32   36   40   46   54
64. 5 7 8 10 11 13 ? ?	14   15   16   17   18   19
65. 256 128 64 32 ? ?	26   16   18   8   4
66. 24 .5 12 .25 6 ? ?	3   2   .18   .150   .125
67. 3 5 6 8 9 ? ?	10   11   12   13   14
68. 32 16 8 4 2 ? ?	1   .6   1/2   1/4   3/4
69. 1 2 3 2 3 4 3 ? ?	1   2   3   4   5   6
Select the two words that mean the same thing and then select the word that means the opposite.
70.	Run   Leap   Jump   Race   Walk
	Run   Leap   Jump   Race   Walk
71.	Happy   Pain   Glad   Sad   Cheer
	Happy   Pain   Glad   Sad   Cheer
72.	Stoop   Squat   Stand   Erect   Prone
	Stoop   Squat   Stand   Erect   Prone
73.	Over   Beneath   Under   Aside   Near
	Over   Beneath   Under   Aside   Near
74.	Walk   Come   Go   Entrance   Leave
	Walk   Come   Go   Entrance   Leave
75.	Decrease   Include   Grow   Shrink   Borrow
	Decrease   Include   Grow   Shrink   Borrow
76.	Simple   Single   Twenty   One    Multiple
	Simple   Single   Twenty   One    Multiple
77.	Moist   Rain   Damp   Arid   Snow
	Moist   Rain   Damp   Arid   Snow
78.	Polite   Loud   Gregarious   Courteous   Rude
	Polite   Loud   Gregarious   Courteous   Rude
79.	Hungry   Sated   Satisfied   Complete   Eaten
	Hungry   Sated   Satisfied   Complete   Eaten
80.	Debate   Agree   Wonder   Amaze   Argue
	Debate   Agree   Wonder   Amaze   Argue
In these word associations, select the two words that best match the similar relationship of the two words in parenthesis. Example: Cow Milk (Chicken Horse Meat Egg) Chicken, Egg
81. Hair Comb	Clothes   Teeth   Shoes   Brush
82. Class Lessons	Recess   Games   Lunch   Homework
83. Mile Distance	Pound   Measure   Weight   Heavy
84. See Observe	Feel   Smell   Hear   Touch
85. River Fish	Sky   Mountain   Bird   Worm
86. Quartet Soprano	Student   Classroom   Book   Song
Answer the questions based on the situations below.
The only money you have is a nickel, a dime, and two quarters. The store is selling big candy bars for 35 cents each, and small candy bars for 15 cents each. You want to buy as many candy bars as you can without getting any change.
87. How many candy bars can you buy using all of your money?
88. How many candy bars can you buy for 50 cents?
89. What two coins will buy two small candy bars?
90. What coins will buy four small candy bars?
91. What is the maximum number of candy bars you can buy using three coins?
Today is Jack’s birthday and Jill’s birthday. Jack is five and Jill is nine.
92. How many years ago was Jill twice as old as Jack?
93. When Jack is three quarters as old as Jill, how old will Jill be?
94. When Jill was three times as old as Jack, how old was Jack?
95. When Jill is four times as old as Jack is today, how old will Jack be?
An empty box with top, bottom and four sides, is a two and a half-foot cube. It is completely filled with smaller boxes that each measure ten inches on each side.
96. How many small boxes will be on the top layer in the big box?
97. How many small boxes will be touching the four sides of the big box?
98. How many small boxes are not against the top, bottom, or any side of the big box?
99. How many small boxes are on the bottom and also touching the sides of the big box?
100. How many small boxes are on the top and also touching two sides of the big box?
You have reached the end of this test. If time remains, go back and check your answers. You should try and get as many correct answers as possible.