Cambridge English · YLE Starters

Starters 2 — 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 chair.” → ✓  |  “This is an elephant.” (hippo) → ✗

Example 1: chair
Ex 1.This is a chair. → ✓
Example 2: hippo
Ex 2.This is an elephant. → ✗
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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.

Part 2 beach scene: boats, girl painting, birds, children swimming
Beach scene: boats, girl painting, birds, children, camera, boy sleeping
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5 questions

Look at the pictures — write the words

Look at each picture. Read the scrambled letters and spell the word. The first letter is given as a clue.

Part 3 pictures + scrambled letters
Pictures + scrambled letters — spell each word
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5 questions

A cat — choose the right word

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

A cat

A CAT

My name is Sam. I have a cat. I can see with my two green [1]. I live with Sam and his mum and [2]. I like drinking [3]. I like catching small [4] in the garden. At night, I sleep on the [5]! What am I? I am a cat.

Word bank for Part 4
Word bank: cat (example) + choose from the words above
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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.

Scene A: boy on bicycle
Scene A — Question 1
Scene B: birds on boy's feet, girl on bike with balls
Scene B — Questions 2 & 3
Scene C: animals eating, balls on piano
Scene C — Questions 4 & 5

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