Starters 9 — 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 tree.” → ✓ | “This is an ice cream.” (cake) → ✗
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
Look at the pictures — write the words
Look at each picture. Read the scrambled letters and write the word. Example: picture of a lamp, letters m/p/l/a → lamp
A — choose the right word zoo
Read the riddle. Choose a word from the word bank below to fill each gap. There is one example.
A ZOO
I am very big. Lots of animals live in me and [1] come here to see them. I open in the day and close at [2]. The monkeys are very funny. The hippos like swimming in the [3] and the tigers like sleeping under the [4]. I have got a [5] and children like playing there. What am I? I am a zoo.
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
