Three Practice Tests for Pre A1 Starters - Sample Pages

For the 2018 revised examination

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Get your English off to a great start with practice test material for Cambridge cations Pre A1 Starters

Pre A1 Starters

● Three complete practice tests

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Pre A1 Starters: Three Practice Tests

● Ideas for fun activities to help motivate and prepare young learners for test day, available online Speaking papers available online

● Answer key and audio scripts included in the online guides Free online teacher’s and parent’s guides at collins.co.uk/cambridgeyounglearners

ISBN 978-0-00-827486-3

Suitable for young learners (aged 7–12) who are preparing cations Pre A1 Starters

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Barbara Mackay Anna Osborn

Barbara Mackay & Anna Osborn

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Three Practice Tests

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Cambridge English Qualifications

Pre A1 Starters Three Practice Tests

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Contents Introduction

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Test 1 Listening Reading & Writing Speaking

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Test 2 Listening Reading & Writing Speaking

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Introduction The Collins practice tests book for Cambridge English Qualifications Pre A1 Starters helps young learners to prepare for the Cambridge English Qualifications Pre A1 Starters test. These three practice tests reflect the structure and content of the official test, providing authentic practice for students at this level.

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The Teacher’s Guide and Parent’s Guide are both available, free of charge, online at www.collins.co.uk/cambridgeyounglearners. They contain a comprehensive overview of each section of the test, so that teachers, parents and students can become acquainted with the test. They are full of tips and ideas to help students to prepare for the test and they also provide full answer keys, scripts for the Speaking papers and audio scripts of the online recordings.

They also include the official Pre A1 Starters vocabulary list.

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The recordings for the Listening papers, as well as model answers for the Speaking papers, can also be found at www.collins.co.uk/cambridgeyounglearners.

These not only demonstrate the interchange between the student and examiner in the Speaking papers, but also give students the opportunity to practise speaking in English so that they can be fully prepared and confident about what to expect on the day of the test.

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Test 1

Listening

Part 1 – 5 questions – Listen and draw lines. There is one example.

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Test 1 Listening

Part 2 – 5 questions –

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

There are two examples.

Examples What’s the number of Lucy’s house?

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What’s the boy’s name?

Tom ..................................

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Test 1 Listening

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What’s Lucy’s sister’s name?

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How old is Lucy’s cat?

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What’s Lucy’s favourite cat’s name?

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How many sisters has Tom got?

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How many cats has Lucy got?

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Test 1 Listening

Part 3 – 5 questions – Listen and tick (✓) the box. There is one example.

Where’s Dad’s camera?

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What’s Kim wearing?

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What does Tom like?

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What’s Jill drawing?

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Which is Sue’s bike?

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Test 1 Listening

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Listen and colour. There is one example.

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Test 1

Reading & Writing

Part 1 – 5 questions – Look and read. Put a tick (✓) or a cross (✗) in the box.

There are two examples.

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This is a dress.

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This is a nose.

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This is a fish.

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