Cambridge English · YLE Starters

Starters 3 — 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 mouse.” → ✓  |  “This is an arm.” (leg) → ✗

Example 1: mouse
Ex 1.This is a mouse. → ✓
Example 2: leg
Ex 2.This is an arm. → ✗
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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 man is eating a burger.” → yes  |  “The dog has got a sausage.” → no

Part 2 scene: a garden barbecue
A garden — a man cooking, a dog, children and a tree
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5 questions

Look at the pictures — write the words

Look at each picture. Read the letters on the house to spell the word. Example: a lamp, letters l/a/m/p → lamp

Rooms and furniture + scrambled letters on houses
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5 questions

A school — choose the right word

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

A school

A SCHOOL

Boys and girls come and learn in me. There are lots of classrooms in me and some children have [1] in English here. In one classroom, Lucy sits on her [2], opens her [3] and writes in it with her pen. There are lots of [4] on the wall. Lucy and her friends draw them with their [5]. The children are happy here. What am I? I am a school.

Word bank: girls, lessons, pencils, chair, pictures, ice cream, book, drink
Word bank: girls (example), lessons, pencils, chair, pictures, ice cream, book, drink
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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: “What are the children standing next to?” → the shop  |  “What colour is the bus?” → yellow

Scene A: street with a shop and a bus
Examples + Question 1
Scene B: bus driver talking on the phone
Questions 2 & 3
Scene C: a man with a bag, boys pointing
Questions 4 & 5

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