Pre A1 Starters Listening

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Centre Number Candidate Number

Pre A1 Starters
Listening

There are 20 questions.

You will need coloured pens or pencils.

My name is: ........SALVADOR PAREDES PRIETO

............................................................

Copyright © UCLES 2018

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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 question.

Read the questions.Listen
Listen and
and write
write a name
a name or or a number.
anumber.

There are two examples.

Examples

What is the girl’s PAT

……………………………
name?

How old is ………………9……………

she?

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Questions

1 How many cousins has Pat got? …12………………………………

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

3 Which beach does Pat like to go to? …….SHELL ……..BEACH

4 How many books has Pat got? ………20…………………………

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

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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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Part 4
– 5 questions –

Listen and colour. There is one example.

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Centre Number Candidate Number

Pre A1 Starters
Reading and Writing

There are 25 questions.

You will need a pen or pencil.

Mynameis: .SALVADOR PAREDES PRIETO

...................................................................

Copyright © UCLES 2018

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Part 1
– 5 questions –

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

Examples

This is a bus. 

These are snakes. 

Questions

This is a mat. X

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2

This is an ear. OK

These are coconuts. X

This is a sofa. OK

These are helicopters OK

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Part 2
– 5 questions –

Look and read. Write yes or no.

Examples

Theboysarewearingblueshorts. yes
……………………………

Twocowsarelookingatthesun. no
……………………………

Questions

1 The children are fishing in the sea. ………NO……………………

2 There’s an old boot in the water. ……………NO………………
3 You can see three fish in the picture. …………YES…………………
4 The child with black hair is sitting down. …………YES…………………
5 There’s a green frog on the bag. ……………YES………………

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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
—PAPER — — — —
p r
a e

2
u r
—RULER — — — —
r e l

3
s r r e
ERASER— — — — — —
a e

4 c
— PENCIL— — — — — l n e
p i

5
h t r
—TEACHER — — — — — — a e
c e

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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

Horses are beautiful animals. The one in the picture has four long...l.e.g..s........ ,

two big (1) .EYES............ and a long face. It has a brown(2)TAIL .. on its
body too. Lots of (3)PEOPLE enjoy riding horses. Some families have a
horse for a pet. At the end of the(4)DAY..... , they clean their horse and
give it (5)FOOD .... 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 running

………………………………
doing?

Where is the bird? In A……………t…ree

………………

Questions

1 Where’s the woman’shat? On the ……TABLE…………………………

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2 Who’s pointing? the……CHILDREN…………………………

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

mouth?

4 How many birds are

……3…………………………
there now?
5 What are the birds doing? ……SINGING…………………………

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