Cambridge English · YLE Starters

Starters 1 — Test 2
Reading & Writing

A fun Pre-A1 paper for young learners — 5 parts, 25 questions, picture-based exercises with instant auto-grading. Practise like the real Cambridge Starters exam!

20 minutes 5 Parts 25 auto-graded Pre-A1 level
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5 questions

Look and read — tick or cross

Look at each picture and sentence. Put a tick (✓) if the sentence is right, or a cross (✗) if it is wrong. Examples: “This is a plane.” → ✓  |  “This is a dog.” (sheep) → ✗

Example 1
Ex 1.Example sentence (right) → ✓
Example 2
Ex 2.Example sentence (wrong) → ✗
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5 questions

Look and read — write yes or no

Look at the picture and read the sentences. Write yes if the sentence is right, no if it is wrong. Examples: “There is a cake on the table.” → yes  |  “The mouse is under the chair.” → no

Part 2 kitchen scene
Kitchen: boy at table, sofa, lamp, cupboard, piano, girl
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5 questions

Look at the pictures — write the words

Look at each picture (a sport). Use the scrambled letters in the bag to spell the word. Example: picture of a football, letters s/o/c/c/e/r → soccer

Part 3 sports + scrambled letters
Sports + scrambled letters
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5 questions

A television — choose the right word

Read the riddle. Choose a word from the word bank below to fill each gap. There is one example.

A television

A TELEVISION

I am on a small table in the living room in Mr and Mrs Bird’s [1]. The family sits on chairs or on their [2] and watches me. They can watch sports like [3] or basketball or watch their favourite animals like [4] on me. They watch me at [5] but not in the day. What am I? I am a television.

Word bank: house, table, football, fish, sofa, night, pencils, monkeys
Word bank: table (example), house, football, fish, sofa, night, pencils, monkeys
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5 questions

Look at the pictures — answer the questions

Look at each picture and read the question. Write a one-word answer. Examples: “What is the woman wearing on her head?” → a hat  |  “How many men are there?” → three

Zoo scene: yellow bus, family, woman in hat with cake
Examples + Question 1
Tigers escaping + girl in tree scene
Questions 2 & 3 (tigers + girl)
Tigers eating cake under a tree
Questions 4 & 5 (tigers eating)

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