Cambridge English · YLE Starters

Starters 8 — 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 tree.” → ✓  |  “This is an ice cream.” (cake) → ✗

Example 1: elephant
Ex 1.This is an elephant. → ✓
Example 2: box
Ex 2.This is a desk. → ✗
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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 monsters are at a party.” → yes  |  “There is a birthday cake.” → no

Part 2 kitchen scene
Kitchen: children, man, woman, clock on wall, fruit on table
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5 questions

Look at the pictures — write the words

Look at each picture (an animal). Read the letters near the paw prints to spell the word. Example: picture of a cat, letters c/a/t → cat

Animals + scrambled letters on paw prints
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5 questions

A street — choose the right word

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

A street

A STREET

I am long. The houses in me have gardens with trees and flowers in them. People drive cars and [1] in me. Friends stop and talk in me. Three families live in the new [2]. People get food from a [3] in me. Lots of children have their lessons in the big [4] in me. Some people walk with their [5] in me. What am I? I am a street.

Word bank: gardens, dogs, sofas, buses, school, shirt, shop, flats
Word bank: gardens (example), buses, flats, shop, school, dogs, sofas, shirt
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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: “Where are the children?” → at school  |  “How many children are there?” → five

Part 5 scene A: garden with Grandpa feeding yellow bird
Example + Question 1
Part 5 scene B: Grandpa sleeping, dog eating cake
Questions 2 & 3
Part 5 scene C: boys pointing at bird, Grandpa smiling
Questions 4 & 5

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