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Starters 5 — Test 3
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 kite.” → ✓  |  “This is an ear.” (eye) → ✗

Example 1: kite
Ex 1.This is a kite. → ✓
Example 2: eye
Ex 2.This is an ear. → ✗
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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: “One boy has a football in his hands.” → yes  |  “The boys are sitting on chairs.” → no

Part 2 scene: a stadium with robots and boys
A stadium — robots, boys on chairs, a woman with a microphone, men with cameras
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5 questions

Look at the pictures — write the words

Look at each picture. Read the letters on the plate to spell the word. Example: a pear, letters p/e/a/r → pear

Fruit + scrambled letters on plates
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5 questions

A beach — choose the right word

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

A beach

A BEACH

I am next to the sea. Anna and her mother and her [1] come to me. Anna does not wear shoes on me. She walks and runs on the [2]. She finds beautiful pink and white [3] and puts them in a bag. Anna\’s mother sits on her [4]. She likes watching people and [5] in the water. What am I? I am a beach.

Word bank: sea, boats, classroom, sand, shells, mouth, chair, father
Word bank: sea (example), boats, classroom, sand, shells, mouth, chair, father
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Look at the pictures — answer the questions

Look at each picture and read the question. Write a one-word answer. Examples: “How many eggs are there?” → five  |  “Who is looking at the eggs?” → a chicken

Scene A: a beach, a hen with eggs, monkeys swimming
Examples + Question 1
Scene B: a beach, ducks and a ball
Questions 2 & 3
Scene C: a beach, a crocodile in the water
Questions 4 & 5

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