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Free Prep Speaking & listening Quiz — 10 Questions, Instant Results

A single-topic check for Prep English: 10 multiple-choice questions on speaking and listening, selected from 13 items our tutors have checked, marked on the page with explanations. It is one of the 3,261 free practice questions across our whole bank, and there is nothing to sign up for.

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What speaking and listening covers in Prep English

Before the quiz, here is what the topic means at this level. Prep speaking and listening covers following instructions, listening to stories, taking turns in conversation, speaking clearly in a small group and using new vocabulary from stories and topics.

Every question on this page was written to a specific Victorian Curriculum reference for Prep and checked by an RHZ tutor before it could be served.

Where Prep students go wrong with speaking and listening

Most errors in speaking and listening are not random. When Prep students sit our Skills Check, the same handful of misunderstandings account for the majority of lost marks:

Spotting which one applies is the useful part; the fix is usually quick once the misunderstanding is out in the open.

What to do if speaking and listening needs work

Three things a parent or student can do this week:

  1. Have your child present a short talk to the family and ask a question afterwards.
  2. Discuss an advertisement or speech and ask what the speaker wants you to believe.
  3. Give two- and three-step instructions and have your child repeat them before acting.

For Prep to Year 2, the single most powerful habit is a daily shared book. Point to words, talk about sounds and let your child retell the story.

How the 10 questions are chosen

We keep 13 speaking and listening questions for Prep that meet our standard, at the easy and at-level tiers, and this page serves 10 of them at a time. The default set is stable, so a teacher or parent can share the link; a fresh set is one click away. Marking happens on our server so the answer key cannot be read from the page.

Because every question here is on speaking and listening, a low score is a clear signal and a high score is genuinely reassuring for this topic. What it cannot tell you is whether the other Prep English topics are equally secure, or how far above the year level the student can go; the free Skills Check covers both.

The quiz: 10 questions

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Question 1
Speaking & listening

What do you say to thank someone?

Question 2
Speaking & listening

After a story, to retell it you say what happened?

Question 3
Speaking & listening

In the library we should talk?

Question 4
Speaking & listening

Lily listens to a story about a frog who jumps over a log to find his family. After the story, her teacher asks, 'What did the frog jump over?' Lily says, 'A rock.' What happened?

Question 5
Speaking & listening

To find out something, you can?

Question 6
Speaking & listening

Mia tells the class about her dog. She says, 'My dog is big and fluffy. He loves to run in the park.' What is the MAIN thing Mia is telling the class about?

Question 7
Speaking & listening

Good listeners keep their eyes on the?

Question 8
Speaking & listening

Ben's teacher asks the class a question. Three children put their hands up. Ben does NOT put his hand up. Ben is probably doing what?

Question 9
Speaking & listening

What do you say when you meet someone?

Question 10
Speaking & listening

To borrow a pencil, you say?

How to read a score out of 10

9 or 10 out of 10
The easy and at-level content is secure. The useful question now is how far above the year level the student can go, which a ten-item quiz cannot show. The free Skills Check adds stretch and challenge questions on every topic so you can see the ceiling as well as the floor.
7 or 8 out of 10
Solid, with one or two specific gaps. Look at which topic the incorrect answers came from (the results panel names the weakest topic) and spend a week on that topic before re-testing with a different seed.
5 or 6 out of 10
Some core ideas are shaky. The pattern matters more than the score: two misses in the same topic is a gap; misses scattered across topics usually means reading the question too fast. Either way, the Skills Check will tell you which.
4 or fewer out of 10
Foundations from an earlier year are probably missing, which is common and fixable. Try the quiz one year level down to confirm, then talk to a tutor about a short catch-up plan rather than more of the same practice.

What to do with the result

1. Want the full picture?

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2. Printable practice with answers

Our Prep practice papers are full-length, curriculum-aligned and come with worked answers, so a student can practise on paper the way the real test is sat.

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Frequently asked questions

Is this Prep speaking and listening quiz free?

Yes, completely: no sign-up, no email, no payment, and you can take it as many times as you like. It is one of 3,261 free practice questions RHZ Tutoring publishes across Prep to Year 12. Press New set of questions, or add ?seed= to the address, for a different selection from the same topic.

Why only 10 questions on one topic?

Because a single-topic set is the most precise free check available: if the score is low, the gap is in speaking and listening and nowhere else. There are 13 eligible questions on this topic in our Prep English bank, so several different sets are available before any repeat.

Where do the speaking and listening questions come from?

From RHZ Tutoring's own Prep English question bank, written to the Victorian Curriculum, checked by a tutor and passed through an automated quality gate. The same bank feeds our tutoring sessions and the free Skills Check. The questions on this page sit at the easy and at-level tiers.

What should I do if the score is low?

Read the explanation for each incorrect answer first; most gaps in speaking and listening are one of the misconceptions listed on this page. Then try a second set a few days later. If it is still low, the free Skills Check will show whether the gap is confined to this topic, and a tutor can build a short catch-up plan.

Is there a mixed Prep English quiz?

Yes. The Prep English quiz spreads ten questions across every topic for the year, and the hub lists topic quizzes for every year level from Prep to Year 12.

Other English topics for Prep

Mixed Prep English quiz (all topics) →

Speaking & listening in other year levels

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