Ask the student to identify pictures of objects on placards or glued to heavy card stock. Pictured objects may be a person, place or thing. This assessment measures a student's ability to verbally describe or define a given object.
Name three objects for the student to repeat to the instructor in about three minutes. For example, say key, house, park and ask the student to remember these objects. Take a few moments to tell the student an unrelated story, and when completed ask the student to recall the previously stated objects. This test assesses the student's ability to recall memorized objects.
Ask the student to use available pictures to tell a story or begin a story and encourage the student to end the story. A story-telling test analyzes the student's ability to problem-solve or predict the outcome of a scenario.
Test a student's knowledge of vocabulary definitions. Provide a series of words and ask the student to define it or challenge the student to remember the correct word for a provided definition. In this way, the student's ability to recall correct word usage and association are determined.