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Pre A1 Starters Introduction

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Pre A1 Starters
Listening

There are 20 questions.

You will need coloured pens or pencils.

My name is: ....................................................................

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Part 1
– 5 questions –

Listen and draw lines. There is one example.

Alice Tom Kim Matt

Nick Grace Bill

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Part 2
– 5 questions –

Read the
Read the question.
questions.Listen
Listenand
andwrite
writeaaname
nameororaanumber.
number.

There are two examples.

Examples

What is the girl’s name? Pat

……………………………

How old is she? 9

……………………………

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Questions

1 How many cousins has Pat got? …………………………………

2 What is the name of Pat’s favourite game? …………………………………

3 Which beach does Pat like to go to? ………………………… Beach

4 How many books has Pat got? …………………………………

5 What is the teacher’s name? Mr. ……………………………

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Part 3
– 5 questions –

Listen and tick (  ) the box. There is one example.

Where is Lucy now?

A  B C

1 Who is Dad talking to on the phone?

A B C

2 What is the crocodile doing?

A B C

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3 Where are Hugo’s pens?

A B C

4 Which boy is Sam?

A B C

5 Which is the girl’s favourite picture?

A B C

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Pre A1 Starters Listening

– 5 questions –

Listen and colour. There is one example.

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 Pre A1 Starters Reading and Writing
Centre Number Candidate Number

Pre A1 Starters
Reading and Writing

There are 25 questions.

You will need a pen or pencil.

My name is: ....................................................................

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Part 1
– 5 questions –

) or a cross () in the box. There are

Look and read. Put a tick (
two examples.

Examples

This is a bus. 

These are snakes. 

Questions

This is a mat.

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This is an ear.

These are coconuts.

This is a sofa.

These are helicopters.

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Pre A1 Starters Reading and Writing

– 5 questions –

Look and read. Write yes or no.

Examples

The boys are wearing blue shorts. yes

……………………………

Two cows are looking at the sun. no

……………………………

Questions

1 The children are fishing in the sea. ……………………………

2 There’s an old boot in the water. ……………………………
3 You can see three fish in the picture. ……………………………
4 The child with black hair is sitting down. ……………………………
5 There’s a green frog on the bag. ……………………………

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Part 3
– 5 questions –
Look at the pictures. Look at the letters. Write the words.
Example

k
desk s
d e

Questions
1 p
—————
p r
a e

2
u r
—————
r e l

s r r e
3

——————
a e

4 c
—————— l n e
p i

5
h t r
——————— a e
c e
5

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Part 4
– 5 questions –

Read this. Choose a word from the box. Write the correct word next to
numbers 1–5. There is one example.

A horse

legs ,
Horses are beautiful animals. The one in the picture has four long ............

two big (1) ................ and a long face. It has a brown (2) ............ on its
body too. Lots of (3) ............ enjoy riding horses. Some families have a
horse for a pet. At the end of the (4) ............, they clean their horse and
give it (5) ............ and water. Horses like eating apples and carrots!

Example

legs people food balloon

eyes door day tail

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Part 5
– 5 questions –

Look at the pictures and read the questions. Write one-word

answers.

Examples

What are the children doing? running

………………………………

Where is the bird? in a tree

………………………………

Questions

1 Where’s the woman’s hat? on the ………………………………

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2 Who’s pointing? the ………………………………

3 What has the bird got in its the ………………………………

mouth?

4 How many birds are there

………………………………
now?
5 What are the birds doing? ………………………………

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Pre A1 Starters Speaking
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TEST ONE
STARTERS SPEAKING. Scene picture

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