English · Bac pro · B1, with an entry level · adapted version

Assessment out of twenty, adapted

Same questions, more time (forty-five minutes), one question per line. You may use the word grids of the sessions.
Step 1

Test

Part A: knowledge (12 points)

  1. How many electors are there in total? (1 pt)
  2. How many electoral votes does a candidate need to win? (1 pt)
  3. On which day of the week is Election Day? (1 pt)
  4. Name the three branches of government. (2 pts)
  5. What is a primary? (1 pt)
  6. What is a swing state? Give one example. (2 pts)
  7. How many representatives and how many senators are there? (1 pt)
  8. How long is the term of a representative? Of a senator? (1 pt)
  9. What are the midterms? Give the date in 2026. (1 pt)
  10. Who drew the first party donkey and elephant? (1 pt)

Part B: grammar (8 points)

Help: passive = is / are / was / were + past participle. Real: If + present, will. Imaginary: If + past, would.

  1. Rewrite in the passive: Congress makes the laws. (1 pt)
  2. Rewrite in the passive: Voters elect the House every two years. (1 pt)
  3. Rewrite in the passive: Congress counted the votes in January. (1 pt)
  4. Complete: The bill ______ (sign) by the president last week. (1 pt)
  5. Complete: If the Democrats ______ (win) 218 seats, they ______ (control) the House. (2 pts)
  6. Complete: If a candidate ______ (win) California, she ______ (get) fifty-four electoral votes. (1 pt)
  7. Answer with a full sentence: What would happen if nobody got 270 electoral votes? (1 pt)
Answer key

Part A

  1. 538
  2. 270
  3. A Tuesday (the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November)
  4. Congress, the President, the Supreme Court
  5. A vote to choose a party's candidate
  6. A state where both parties can win; for example Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin
  7. 435 representatives and 100 senators
  8. Two years; six years
  9. The elections in the middle of the president's term; 3 November 2026
  10. Thomas Nast

Part B

  1. The laws are made by Congress.
  2. The House is elected (by voters) every two years.
  3. The votes were counted by Congress in January.
  4. was signed
  5. win, will control
  6. won, would get (or wins, will get: accept both if the student explains the choice)
  7. If nobody got 270 electoral votes, the House would choose the president.
Step 2

Final task grid

CriterionInsufficientSatisfactoryVery goodPoints
Content: correct facts (president, Electoral College, Congress, midterms)0 to 2: few facts or wrong facts3 to 4: main facts right5 to 6: precise numbers and dates, no mistake/ 6
Explanation: diagram or clear organisation0 to 1: no order2 to 3: a plan with first, then4: a clear plan and a diagram that helps/ 4
Language: vocabulary of elections, present simple, numbers0 to 2: hard to understand3 to 4: understandable, some mistakes5 to 6: clear, words of the sequence used correctly/ 6
Communication: speaking to the colleague, answering questions, or poster layout0 to 1: reads, no contact2 to 3: speaks with some contact4: speaks naturally, answers questions, looks at the audience/ 4
Total/ 20