Purpose: This is a diagnostic pre-assesment. Do your best—this is not for a grade.
Directions (ESL-friendly):
Read each question carefully.
If you are not sure, choose the best answer.
For speaking questions, record your voice in clear English. Short answers are OK.
You can contact the teacher on WhatsApp if you have any questions.
Look around the room you are in. Everything you can see is made of matter. There are three different kinds of matter. These are solids, liquids and gases.
We use the properties of a material to help us decide whether a material is a solid, a liquid or a gas.
Write your name.
Class
Drag each item into the correct category: Solid, Liquid, or Gas.
Wooden chair
Steam (water vapor)
Air
Book
Metal spoon
Ice cube
Oxygen
Cooking oil
Water
Milk
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Drag each item into the correct category: Solid, Liquid, or Gas.
Toothpaste
Slime
Sand
Jelly
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Which option is the BEST reason it can be difficult to classify toothpaste, sand, glass, or jelly as solid/liquid/gas?

Select the idea that makes the most sense to you from the following:
True or False: If matter were continuous, you could cut a piece of matter in half forever and never reach a smallest piece.