Starters 7 — Test 1
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!
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 face.” → ✓ | “This is a plane.” (helicopter) → ✗
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 woman is wearing a brown skirt.” → yes | “The baby is sleeping.” → no
Look at the pictures — write the words
Look at each picture (a toy). Read the scrambled letters to spell the word. Example: picture of a kite, letters k/i/t/e → kite
A desk — choose the right word
Read the riddle. Choose a word from the word bank below to fill each gap. There is one example.
A DESK
I am next to the window in Ben’s bedroom. Ben is a young [1]. He sits on a [2] next to me. He paints pictures on me and he reads [3]. There is a new [4] on me too and Ben writes stories and he plays [5] on it. What am I? I’m a desk.
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 cleaning?” → the floor | “What colour is the wall?” → green
