starters practice tests
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STARTERS PRACTICE TEST 1
READING AND WRITING
PART 1Look and read. Put a tick (√) or a cross(X) in the box. There are two examples.
Examples
This is a banana. √
This is a nose. X
Questions
1. This is a monkey. □2.
3. This is a boot. □
4. This is a tomato. □
5. This is a horse. □
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READING AND WRITING
PART 2 Look and read. Write YES or NO.
ExamplesThere is a dog. YESThe dog is white. NO
Questions1. There are three horses. ________
2. There is a brown horse. ________
3. There isn’t a cat. ________
4. There are two cows. ________
5. There is a girl. ________
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READING AND WRITING
PART 3Look at the pictures. Look at the letters. Write the words for these parts of the body.
Example
H A N D
Questions
1. ─ ─ ─ ─ 2. ─ ─ ─ ─
3. ─ ─ ─ ─ 4. ─ ─ ─ ─
5. ─ ─ ─ ─
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READING AND WRITING
PART 4Read this. Choose a word from the box. Write the correct word next to numbers 1-5. There is one example.
A COW
I don’t live in a house but you can see me on the (1) --------------------.
I am a big animal, but I am not an (2) --------------------. I have got four (3) -------------------- and a
long (4)--------------------. My favourite food is (5) --------------------. I am black and white.
What am I? I am a cow.
house meat zoo tail
farm legs elephant grass
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READING AND WRITING
PART 5Look at the pictures and read the questions. Write only ONE WORD in each answer.
Examples
Picture 1: How many girls are there? Three.
What’s Mum making? Some biscuits.
Questions
1. Picture 2: What’s Sally doing? She’s helping ------------------------.
2. Picture 3: Where are the biscuits now? In the --------------------.
3. Picture 4: Why is Sally sad? Because she can’t ------------------ 4. the biscuits.5. Picture 5: Where are Mum and Sally going now? To the --------------------.
6. Picture 6: Why is Sally happy now? Because she can ---------------------- some biscuits.
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STARTERS PRACTICE TEST 2
READING AND WRITING
PART 1Look and read. Put a tick (√) or a cross in the box. There are two examples.
Examples
The woman is walking. √
The man is reading . xQuestions
1. The girl is eating. □
2. They are talking. □
3. The boy is reading. □
4. He is eating an orange. □
5. The girl is jumping. □
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READING AND WRITING
PART 2 Look and read. Write YES or NO.
ExamplesThere is a dog. YESThe dog is white. NO
Questions6. There are four shops. ________
7. A woman has got a dog. ________
8. The dog is running. ________
9. A man has got two bags. ________
10. There are shoes in one of the shops. ________
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READING AND WRITING
PART 3Look at the pictures. Look at the letters. Write the words for these action verbs.
Example
jumpQuestions
11. ─ ─ ─ 12. ─ ─ ─ ─
13. ─ ─ ─ ─ 14. ─ ─ ─ ─ ─
1 5. ─ ─ ─ ─ ─
READING AND WRITING
PART 4
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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 PARROT
I live in a house and you can see me in a (16) --------------------.
I am a green(17) -------------------- but I cannot (18) --------------------.I have got
two wings and a strong (19) --------------------. I can (20) --------------------.
What am I? I am a parrot.
house fly cage run
talk beak bird eat
READING AND WRITING
PART 5Look at the picture and read the questions. Write only ONE WORD in each answer.
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Example
Where are the children? In the classroom..
Questions
21. How many children are there? There are ------------------------.
22. How many teachers are there? There is ---------------------.
23. What colour hair has the teacher got? His hair is --------------------.
24. Who is reading a book? The --------------------.
25. What are the students doing? They are --------------------.
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