Starters 2 — 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 dog.” → ✓ | “This is a bus.” (car) → ✗
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 playing on the computer.” → yes | “There are five animals.” → no
Look at the pictures — write the words
Look at each picture (a fruit). Read the letters on the tree to spell the word. Example: picture of a lemon, letters l/e/m/o/n → lemon
A baby — choose the right word
Read the riddle. Choose a word from the word bank below to fill each gap. There is one example.
A BABY
I live in a house with my mum and my dad. They like holding and watching me. I sleep at [1] and in the day too! I drink lots of [2]. I sit and kick my [3] but I can’t walk! I can’t talk, but I can wave ‘Goodbye’ with my [4]. My favourite toy is a yellow [5]! What am I? I am a baby.
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
