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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.

Matt Bill Pat Alex

Sue Eva Dan

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 Part 2
– 5 questions –

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

There are two examples.

Examples
What is the boy’s name? Nick

How old is he? 8

Questions
1 Where does Nick live? Road
2 What is the name of Nick’s dog?
3 How old is Nick’s dog?
4 How many cats does Nick have?
5 Where does Nick’s grandpa live? Street
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Listen and tick (✓) the box. There is one example.
Which is Anna’s sister?

A ✓ B C
1 What does Tom like doing?

A B C

2 Where does May live?

A B C

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 3 What is Kim’s mother doing?

A B C
4 What animals does Sam’s father have?

A B C
5 Where is Jill’s mum?

A B C

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Listen and colour. There is one example.

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Parts Marks Marks

for each Obtained
part
1 5
2 5
3 5
4 5
Total 20
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LISTENING
PART 1 5 marks
1 Matt playing board game
2 Bill on skateboard
3 Pat wearing hat, painting
4 Dan blue boots (putting cake on table)
5 Eva holding kite with long hair

PART 2 5 marks
1 H-A-L-L
2 B-E-N
3 12 twelve
4 3 three
5 F-R-O-G

PART 3 5 marks
1 C
2 B
3 A
4 C
5 B

PART 4 5 marks
1 colour sun on plane green
2 colour sun on bus purple
3 colour sun on jacket orange
4 colour sun on woman’s bag blue
5 colour sun on box yellow

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Starters Listening Tapescript
R = rubric F = Female adult M = Male
PAUSE 00'05"
adult Fch = Female child Mch = Male child
R Hello. This is the Cambridge English R Four
Starters Listening Test. Fch Can you see my friend, Dan?
[MUSIC] M Who’s Dan?
Look at Part 1. Fch He’s that boy there. He’s wearing some cool
blue boots.
Now look at the picture.
M Oh, yes. I can see him. He’s putting a cake on
Listen and look.
the table.
There is one example.
Fch Yes, he is. It’s great.
PAUSE 00'03"
PAUSE 00'05"
Fch Hi, Mr Young. Look at my photo.
R Five
M That’s great. Is it a photo of your birthday?
M Is that girl holding a kite?
Fch No, it isn’t. It’s my cousin’s birthday. Her name is
Fch Yes, she is. It’s her favourite toy. That’s my
Sue.
friend, Eva.
M Where is Sue? Is she that girl, there, with the
M Eva’s got very long hair!
teddy bear?
Fch Yes, she has. I want hair like that!
Fch Yes – that’s her new teddy bear. It’s very nice!
PAUSE 00'05"
PAUSE 00'03"
R Now listen to Part 1 again.
R Can you see the line? This is an example.
Now you listen and draw lines. PAUSE 00'03"
PAUSE 00'03" [REPEAT PART 1 WITH ONLY 00'03" PAUSES]
[REPEAT FROM HERE] R That is the end of Part 1.
R One PAUSE 00'05"
M Who’s that boy? He’s drinking some
R Part 2.
lemonade. Fch That’s my cousin, too. That’s Matt.
Look at the picture.
M Is Matt playing a board
Listen and write a name or a number.
game? Fch Yes, he is.
There are two examples.
PAUSE 00'05"
PAUSE 00'03"
R Two
M Hello, Lucy. Is that your
M Who’s that in the
friend? Fch Yes.
garden? Fch The boy?
M What’s his name?
M Yes. Is that your brother, Bill?
Fch It’s Nick.
Fch Yes, that’s my brother, Bill. Look – that’s his new
M Is that N-I-C-K?
skateboard.
Fch Yes.
M It’s cool.
PAUSE 00'03"
PAUSE 00'05"
M How old is
R Three
Nick? Fch He’s eight.
Fch This is my friend, Pat.
M Eight?
M She’s painting a picture. It’s
Fch Yes, that’s right.
great! Fch Yes, it is. She’s very good.
M I like Pat’s hat, too.
Fch Yes, so do I. It’s new.

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R Can you see the answers? Now you listen and R Part Three.
write a name or a number.
Look at the pictures.
PAUSE 00'03" Now listen and look.
[REPEAT FROM HERE] There is one example.
R One PAUSE 00'03"
M Where’s Nick’s R Which is Anna’s sister?
house? Fch In Hall Road.
PAUSE 00'03"
M Can you spell Hall?
Fch Yes, H–A–L–L. Mch Anna, is that girl in jeans your sister?
M Thanks. Fch No, that’s my friend.
Mch Is your sister the girl in the dress?
PAUSE 00'10"
Fch No, she’s wearing a skirt and a T-shirt.
R Two
PAUSE 00'03"
M What’s the dog’s
name? Fch It’s Ben. R Can you see the tick?
M Is that B-E-N? Now you listen and tick the box.
Fch Yes. PAUSE 00'03"
PAUSE 00'10" [REPEAT FROM HERE]
R Three R One. What does Tom like doing?
M Is the dog very old?
PAUSE 00'03"
Fch Yes, he’s twelve.
F Do you like reading, Tom?
M Twelve?
Mch No, but my brother enjoys
Fch Yes, that’s right.
it.
PAUSE 00'10"
F I enjoy playing on the computer.
R Four
Mch Do you? Playing soccer is my favourite hobby.
M Does Nick like animals?
Fch Yes, he’s got three cats. PAUSE 00'05"
M Three? Wow! R Two. Where does May live?
Fch Yes.
PAUSE 00'03"
PAUSE 00'10" Mch Is that May’s house with a tree next to it?
R Five Fch No, it’s Pat’s.
M Where’s Nick now? Mch Is May’s the one with the ducks?
Fch With his grandpa – he lives in Frog Fch No, look – her home has got a garden with some
Street. M Can you spell frog? flowers in it.
Fch Yes, F-R-O-G. PAUSE 00'05"
M Oh yes, I know it.
R Three. What is Kim’s mother doing?
PAUSE 00'10"
PAUSE 00'03"
R Now listen to Part 2 again.
M Hello, Kim. Is your mother making a drink in
PAUSE 00'03" the kitchen?
Fch Mum? She’s in the living room.
[REPEAT PART 2 WITH ONLY 00'05" PAUSES]
M Is she cleaning the windows?
R That is the end of Part 2.
Fch No, she’s phoning grandma.

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R Four. What animals does Sam’s father have? [REPEAT FROM HERE]
PAUSE 00'03" R One
F Does your father have sheep, F Look at the plane now.
Sam? Mch Not now. Mch OK, it’s got a sun on it
F Does he have cows, then? too. F Yes, it has.
Mch No, but he does have some chickens. Mch Can I colour the sun on the plane?
F Yes, colour it green.
PAUSE 00'05"
Mch OK.
R Five. Where is Jill’s mum?
PAUSE 00'15"
PAUSE 00'03"
R Two
M Is that your mum, Jill? The woman in the car? F Now find the sun on the
Fch No, there she is. Look, she’s sitting on her bus. Mch OK. Can I colour it?
motorbike.
F Yes, colour the sun on the bus purple.
M Wow!
Mch All right. I can do that.
Fch And my dad drives a big lorry.
PAUSE 00'15"
PAUSE 00'05"
R Three
R Now listen to Part 3 again.
F Can you see the man? He’s wearing a jacket with a
PAUSE 00'03" sun on it.
[REPEAT PART THREE WITH NO PAUSE AFTER THE Mch Oh, yes. I like his jacket.
QUESTION BUT THE SAME PAUSE AFTER EACH F Me too. Colour the sun on it
DIALOGUE] orange. Mch OK.

PAUSE 00'05" PAUSE 00'15"

R That is the end of Part 3. R Four
F Now find the woman’s
PAUSE 00'05"
bag. Mch OK, I can see it
R Part 4. F Good. There’s a sun on the bag. Colour it blue.
Look at the picture. Mch OK, I’m doing that now.
Listen and look. F Good.
There is one example.
PAUSE 00'15"
PAUSE 00'03"
R Five
F Can you see the F Look at the boxes.
helicopter? Mch Is there a man
Mch There’s a sun on one box. Can I colour that
in it?
too? F Yes. Colour it yellow.
F That’s right. Can you see the sun on the Mch OK. I can do that.
helicopter? Mch Yes, I can.
F Fantastic! I like the picture now.
F Well, colour that sun red.
Mch OK. I’m colouring it PAUSE 00'15"
now. R Now listen to Part 4 again.

PAUSE 00'03" PAUSE 00'03"

R Can you see the red sun? This is an example. [REPEAT PART 4 WITH ONLY 00'10" PAUSES]
Now you listen and colour. R That is the end of the Starters Listening Test.

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Starters
Reading and Writing

There are 25 questions.

You have 20 minutes.
You will need a pen or pencil.

My name is:

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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 phone. ✓

These are donkeys. ✗

Questions

These are socks.

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This is a radio.

These are snakes.

This is a T-shirt.

This is a lamp.

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 Part 2
– 5 questions –

Look and read. Write yes or no.

Examples
There are eight children in the room. yes
The man is holding a box. no

Questions
1 The woman is playing a guitar.
2 There is a cat on the floor.
3 The monsters are singing.
4 The small girl is very sad.
5 A boy is sitting on the piano.

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 Part 3
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Look at the pictures. Look at the letters. Write the words.

Example

p ea r a e p
r

Questions
1
i w k
i

2
em
o n l

e pa
lp

4
e gn a
ro

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n a

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

I am a room in a school . The teacher writes on the

(1) on my wall. Children come here in the day. They
sit on (2) next to desks. They learn and play games
on (3) in me. They read (4) , write with
their (5) , listen to stories and draw pictures in me.

Example

school books pens tablets

tomatoes shell chairs board

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 Part 5
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Look at the pictures and read the questions. Write one-word

answers.

Examples

Where are the people? on the beach

How many girls are there? two

Questions
1 What sport are the children playing?

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2 Where is the ball? in the

3 What is the dog doing?

4 Who has got the ball? the

5 What is the woman doing? taking a

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Starters Marking Key
READING & WRITING

PART 1 5 marks PART 2 5 marks

1 ✗ 1 no
2 ✗ 2 yes
3 yes
3 ✗
4 no
4 ✓
5 no
5 ✓

PART 3 5 marks PART 4 5 marks

1 kiwi 1 board
2 lemon 2 chairs
3 apple 3 tablets
4 orange 4 books
5 banana 5 pens

PART 5 5 marks
Core Answers Acceptable Spellings and Alternative Answers
1 Tennis/badminton
2 (in the) sea ●
(in the) water/ocean
3 Swimming ●
going to/getting/going to get the ball
4 (the) dog
(taking a) photo(graph)/ ●
((taking) a) photo(graph)/picture
5 picture ●
((taking) a) video

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SPEAKING

To do To say Response Back-up

1 Open Look at this. The
Candidate children are at
booklet school. They’re in the
and point classroom.
to
Test 5
Scene
picture.
Here are some balls.

Point to * Where’s the clock? Points to items Is this the clock?

balls in in picture. Are these the
Scene Where are the flowers? flowers?
picture.

Point to Now look at these. Points to Is this the lorry

Test 5 Which is the lorry Object card. (truck)? (pointing
Object (truck)? to lorry (truck))
cards.
I’m putting the lorry
(truck) under the table.
Now you put the lorry Puts Object Where’s the boy?
(truck) behind the boy. card in place. Behind the boy.
Which is the onion/ Points to Is this the
spider? Object card. onion/spider?
(pointing
to onion/spider)
Put the onion/spider Puts Object Where are the door
between the door and card in place. and the
the bookcase. bookcase?
Between the
door and the
bookcase.

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2 Remove Now, *, what’s this? computer Is it a computer?
Object What colour is it? black Is it white?
cards and How many computers
point to a are there? two Black? Is there one?
computer Two?
in Scene
picture.
Point to What are the girls doing? writing Are they writing?
the
girls.
Point to the Tell me about the She’s wearing What’s she wearing?
teacher. teacher. a purple (Is she wearing a
jacket. jacket?)

She’s holding What’s she holding?

some books. (Is she holding some
books?)
Close
Candidate
booklet
3 Pick out
4 Object
cards.
3.1 Show frog What’s this? frog Is it a frog?
card. Do you like frogs? yes/no
What’s your dog Do you like dogs?
favourite animal?
3.2 Show What’s this? T-shirt Is it a T-shirt?
T-shirt Are you wearing yes/no
card. a T-shirt? jeans Do you like jeans?
What clothes do you
like?

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3.3 Show What’s this? orange juice Is it orange juice?
orange Do you drink orange yes/no
juice card. juice? milk Do you drink milk?
What do you drink for
lunch?

3.4 Show robot What’s this? (a) robot It is a robot?

card Have you got a robot? yes/no Do you play with
What do you play with? (a) kite kites?

4 Put away Now, *, how old are you? 8 Are you 8?

all cards.
Is your English teacher a woman Is your English
man or a woman? teacher a woman?

What sport do you play? football Do you play football?

OK. Thank you, *. Goodbye.
Goodbye.

Object cards

Scene picture

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