Test 1 ListeningPart 1

- 5 questions -

Listen and draw lines. There is one example.

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Dan May Eva

Matt Anna Sam

Lucy

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Part 2- 5 questions -

Read the question. Listen and write a name or a number.

There are two examples.

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Examples

What is Alice’s brother’s name? ……………………Tom

How old is he? ……………………5

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Questions

1 What is Alice’s sister’s name? ……………………

2 How many people are there in Alice’s family? ……………………

3 How many rooms are there in Alice’s house? ……………………

4 How many posters are there in Alice’s bedroom? ……………………

5 What’s the name of Alice’s favourite toy? ……………………

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Speaking

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Reading & WritingPart 1

- 5 questions -

Look and read. Put a tick (✔) or a cross (✘) in the box. There are two examples.

Examples

This is a lorry. ✔

These are crayons. ✘

Questions

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This is a bee.

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These are bears.

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This is a guitar.

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This is a rug.

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These are lemons.

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Part 3- 5 questions -

Look at the pictures. Look at the letters. Write the words. There is one example.

Example

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Questions

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m i r r o rr

i m r r o

m p a l

d o r i a

d i w n w

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c o sb a k e

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Teacher’s Guide

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH QUALIFICATIONS

• PETRINA CLIFF •

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Practice TestsPre A1 Starters

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Students are shown a large picture of a scene that the examiner makes comments about, e.g. Look at this. This is a street. The children are going to school. The students are asked to identify two different lexical items in the scene, e.g. Where’s the bus? Where are the flowers? They point to the appropriate items in the picture.

SpeakingBefore the test starts the student is introduced to the examiner by an usher, for example, their teacher. The examiner then greets the student.

Throughout the test the examiner will ask back-up questions if the student has difficulty in responding.

Part 1 Tips

Tip for the test

• Tell students not to worry as it will be easy to see where the things are in the scene. All they are expected to do in this part of the test is to point to them.

Tips for the test

• Tell students not to worry if they are asked to put things in what they consider to be the wrong place, e.g. the giraffe in the bedroom, but just to do what the examiner asks them to.

• Tell them to have a good look at the scene and to listen for the preposition and objects mentioned by the examiner.

The examiner lays out a set of cards showing pictures of different objects. Students point to one of the cards and put it in a particular place on the scene card, e.g. Which is the bird? Put the bird on the house. Students are then asked to place two further object cards on the scene card.

Test focus: identifying lexical items, prepostions of place

Please note: the object cards are in the Student’s Book and will need to be cut out before use.

Test focus: identifying lexical items

Tips

Tips for the test

• Tell students to have a go even if they’re not quite sure of the answer. A one-word answer is enough.

• Ensure students know and can use the following expression: Sorry, I don’t understand.

Part 2

Students are asked four wh- questions about the scene card. These questions test vocabulary, colour, number and verbs in present continuous tense. e.g. What’s this? (a) parrot

How many parrots are there? five What’s the girl doing?   (She’s) writing.

Test focus: understanding lexical items, colour, number, present continuous tense