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Starters 9 — 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: potato
Ex 1.This is a potato. → ✓
Example 2: monster
Ex 2.This is a monkey. → ✗
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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 beach picnic scene
A beach picnic: children on a mat, a guitar, palm trees, the sea
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5 questions

Look at the pictures — write the words

Look at each picture. Read the scrambled letters and write the word. Example: picture of a pencil, letters p/e/i/c/l/n → pencil

School & home objects
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5 questions

A — choose the right word baby

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

a baby

A BABY

I live in a flat. I have a [1] and I live with them. I am small. I can't walk. I talk but people don't understand me. I don't go to [2]. I can't stand. My mum holds me in her two [3]. I play with my [4]. My favourite drink is [5] and I sleep a lot. What am I? I am a baby.

Word bank: flat, window, family, toys, night, arms, school, milk
Word bank: flat (example), window, family, toys, night, arms, school, milk
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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: clothing shop, girl sitting, woman, monsters at door
Example + Question 1
Part 5 scene B: monsters standing in shop
Questions 2 & 3
Part 5 scene C: big and small monster with accessories
Questions 4 & 5

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