Cambridge English · YLE Starters

Starters 2 — 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
Score 0/25
0 of 25 answered
1
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 tree.” → ✓  |  “This is an ice cream.” (cake) → ✗

Example 1: tree
Ex 1.This is a tree. → ✓
Example 2: cake
Ex 2.This is an ice cream. → ✗
2
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: “The monsters are at a party.” → yes  |  “There is a birthday cake.” → no

Part 2 birthday party scene with monsters
Birthday party: monsters with ice creams, woman at piano, children with hats
3
5 questions

Look at the pictures — write the words

Look at each picture (an animal). Read the letters near the paw prints to spell the word. Example: picture of a cat, letters c/a/t → cat

Animals + scrambled letters on paw prints
4
5 questions

A doll — choose the right word

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

A doll

A DOLL

My name is May. Anna plays with me in her house. I’ve got long yellow [1] on my head and I wear a beautiful pink T-shirt and a pink [2]. On my feet, I have two nice [3]. I am one of Anna’s favourite [4]. In the day, I sit on the cupboard. At night, I sleep in Anna’s [5]! What am I? I am a doll.

Word bank: house, skirt, bike, shoes, hair, ice cream, toys, bed
Word bank: house (example), skirt, bike, shoes, hair, ice cream, toys, bed
5
5 questions

Look at the pictures — answer the questions

Look at each picture and read the question. Write a one-word answer. Examples: “Where are the children?” → at school  |  “How many children are there?” → five

Garden scene A: children playing with ball
Examples + Question 1
Garden scene B: cat in tree, woman with fish
Questions 2 & 3
Garden scene C: boy with cat, bird in tree
Questions 4 & 5

Your Starters 2 Test 2 — Reading & Writing score

0/25

Great effort! Scroll up to review your answers — correct ones are highlighted in green and wrong ones in red.