can you help with a new student who has just completed a english placement test?

I will post some of their answers and i want you to tell me what level the student is on (CEFR) and what they are struggling with.

““My neighbor has a .
dog is friendly and is big

I believe the restaurants ___ tomorrow.
would be closed

Oh no! The cinema downtown is closed. Where ___ go now?
have we

Jacob did his own shopping ___ his mom’s.
also of

all his friends, Tom was the best basketball player.
Between

Can you open the door, please? It ___ be Izzy. She said she would come by.
can’t

The team will join the race, ___ they struggled to make time for training.
while

It was ___ we all stopped speaking.
as beautiful as

She thought he ___ to give her a ring for Christmas.
is going

___ can take flight for that long.
Either roosters or hens””

Based on the student’s answers, here’s an analysis of their proficiency level and areas they might be struggling with:

CEFR Level:
From the responses, it looks like the student is around an A2 (Elementary) to B1 (Intermediate) level. They manage basic sentence structures but struggle with more complex grammar and vocabulary.

Areas of Struggle:

1. Articles and Pronouns:
- “My neighbor has a . dog is friendly and is big."
The student missed using the article “a” with “dog”: “My neighbor has a dog. The dog is friendly and is big.”

2. Verb Tenses:
- “I believe the restaurants ___ tomorrow. would be closed”
The correct form should be “will be closed” to match the future context given by “tomorrow.”

- “She thought he ___ to give her a ring for Christmas. is going”
The correct form should be “was going” to match the past tense in “thought.”

3. Question Formation:
- “Where ___ go now? have we”
The proper structure should be “Where shall we go now?” or “Where can we go now?”

4. Prepositions and Conjunctions:
- “Jacob did his own shopping ___ his mom’s. also of”
The correct phrase would be “in addition to his mom’s” or “and his mom’s.”

- “Between all his friends, Tom was the best basketball player.”
The correct preposition here should be “Among all his friends…”

- “The team will join the race, ___ they struggled to make time for training. while”
The conjunction is incorrect; it should be “even though” or “although.”

5. Comparatives and Superlatives:
- “It was ___ we all stopped speaking. as beautiful as”
This is structurally challenging for the context and seems incorrect. It’s unclear what the student meant to express.

6. Modal Verbs:
- “Can you open the door, please? It ___ be Izzy. She said she would come by. can’t”
There might be confusion with modal verbs for possibility. “It might be Izzy” or “It must be Izzy” would be more appropriate.

7. General Vocabulary and Phrasing:
- " can take flight for that long. Either roosters or hens”
This response doesn’t make logical sense within common knowledge, indicating a possible misunderstanding of idiomatic phrases or common expressions.

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Recommendations:
- Grammar Drills: Focusing on articles, prepositions, conjunctions, and modal verbs.
- Sentence Construction: Practice forming questions correctly.
- Verb Tenses: Exercises on past, present, and future tense agreements.
- General Vocabulary: Expanding vocabulary and understanding phrases in context.

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