Cambridge English · YLE Starters

Starters 1 — 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 baby.” → ✓  |  “This is a boat.” (car) → ✗

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: “The girl is reading a book.” → yes  |  “There is a lizard on the mat.” → no

Part 2 living room scene
Living room: boy, girl reading, frog with guitar, doll on TV, cat
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5 questions

Look at the pictures — write the words

Look at each picture (food). Use the scrambled letters in the bag to spell the word. Example: picture of rice, letters c/e/r/i → rice

Part 3 food + scrambled letters
Food + scrambled letters
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5 questions

A horse — choose the right word

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

A horse

A HORSE

I am an animal. I stand on my four long [1] and I have a beautiful long tail too. I see with my two black [2]. I like eating lots of things, for example [3] and apples. I drink lots of [4] in the day. Men, women and [5] like riding me. What am I? I am a horse.

Word bank: animal, jacket, carrots, legs, water, eyes, pencil, children
Word bank: animal (example), jacket, carrots, legs, water, eyes, pencil, children
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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: “How many animals are there?” → five  |  “Where is the hippo?” → in the water

Zoo scene: giraffe, elephants, hippo in water, duck flying
Examples + Question 1
Monkey scene: monkeys with ball + girl pointing
Questions 2 & 3 (monkeys playing)
Monkey scene continued: girl pointing, monkey eating ice cream
Questions 4 & 5 (girl + monkey eating)

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