The Phonetic Zoo Placement Test

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This program is designed for students ages 9 and up. If your student is younger, begin with All About Spelling.
There are three levels of the The Phonetic Zoo program: Level A (elementary), Level B (intermediate), and Level C (advanced). By giving your student one or more of the three spelling tests below, you can determine at which level he/she should begin.
Do not allow your student to see or study these tests before you give them since it would interfere with the accuracy of the placement.
When you administer the test to the students, do not repeat the words in sentences or give definitions unless absolutely necessary.

(For a student in grades 3–5, give Test I. For students in grade 6 or higher, begin with Test II.)

spend flight carried view obtain beg lining

enjoy travel repair prison family kitchen nephew

visit rapid clock helper fortune clerk nineteen

usual beautiful empire engine hungry through vacation

complaint favor (favour) mayor loss husband white room

auto entrance wait election amount degree passenger

awful importance trouble department human noticed quiet

guest

Scoring

Missed 0-6: give Test III.
Missed 7-16: give Test II.
Missed 17-32: begin with the Phonetic Zoo Level A.
If you find that the Test I words are too difficult for your student or if the student missed more than 33 words, we recommend All About Spelling.

guess estimate automobile required really biscuits commence

circular accident various refer celebration bruised compete

argument invitation decide minute folks burglar deceive

volume accept entitle ought ache business discoveries

organize impossible political absence amusement changeable electricity

summon concern national conference approval chimney error

official associate recent Wednesday banana choir exceptions

victim

Scoring:

immediate architecture exquisite persevere athletic antique orchestra

convenient development peculiar repeated extreme bicycle parliament

receipt beneficial financier rinsed practical calendar precipice

preliminary contagious intelligent treachery proceed decision restaurant

disappoint artificial mistletoe familiar cordially accuracy seized

especially distillery opportunity appreciate character digestible surgeon

annual employees emergency sincerely February mucilage thoroughly

committee

Scoring:

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