Cambridge English · YLE Starters

Starters 8 — 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!

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 desk.” → ✓  |  “This is a plane.” (train) → ✗

Example 1: desk
Ex 1.This is a desk. → ✓
Example 2: train
Ex 2.This is a plane. → ✗
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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: “There are tomatoes on the chair.” → yes  |  “The bananas are between the two windows.” → no

Part 2 shop scene
A fruit shop: oranges, bananas, pears, a boy and an old man
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5 questions

Look at the pictures — write the words

Look at each picture (an animal). Read the scrambled letters to spell the word. Example: picture of a fish, letters f/i/s/h → fish

Animals + scrambled letters
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5 questions

A bird — choose the right word

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

A bird

A BIRD

I live in a tree or on water. My babies come from small [1]. I have got a [2] at the end of my body. I can walk on my two [3]. I sing beautiful [4]. Some [5] catch me. What am I? I am a bird.

Word bank: tree, cats, door, eggs, songs, legs, sand, tail
Word bank: tree (example), cats, door, eggs, songs, legs, sand, tail
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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 colour are the T-shirts?” → pink  |  “Where are the hats?” → on the cupboard

Clothes shop scene A
Examples + Question 1
Clothes shop scene B: monsters appear
Questions 2 & 3
Clothes shop scene C: monsters
Questions 4 & 5

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