CAMBRIDGEYoungLearnersStartersPracticeTestsIntroductionandTipsContentsIntroduction…………………………………2AnoverviewofStarters………………2TipsListening………………………………………4ReadingandWriting……………………6Speaking………………………………………8Revisiontips………………………………10Practicaltipsfortestday……………10CambridgeYoungLearnersStartersPracticeTests2IntroductionTheCambridgeYoungLearnersEnglishTestsaredesignedtotesttheEnglishofprimaryschoollearnersbetweentheagesof7and12.Therearethreelevels:Starters,MoversandFlyers.ThethreetestsaredesignedtotakeyounglearnersofEnglishasaforeignlanguagefrombeginnertoWaystage.Therearenopassorfailgradesforthesetests.Allstudentstakingthetestsreceivebetweenoneandfiveshieldsineachcomponenttoshowhowtheyhaveperformed.Starters,thefirstlevel,isaimedatstudentsaged7+.AnoverviewofStartersListening20minutes/20itemsTherearefourparts.Eachpartbeginswithaclearexample.Allthetextsareheardtwice.MainskillfocusInputExpectedresponse/itemtypeNumberofitems1ListeningforlexicalandverbphrasesPictureanddialogueCarryoutinstructionsandpositioningthingscorrectlyonapicture52ListeningfornumbersandspellingIllustrateddialogueWritedownnumbersandnames53Listeningforinformation(presenttenses)Picturesanddialogue3-optionmultiple-choice(pictures;tickthecorrectpicture)54ListeningforlexisandrelativepositionPictureanddialogueCarryoutinstructions,locating,andcolouringcorrectly5Reading&Writing20minutes/25itemsTherearefiveparts,eachstartingwithaclearexample.MainskillfocusInputExpectedresponse/itemtypeNumberofitems1Readingforrecognitionoflexis5lexicalitemswithpicturesIndicatetruewithatickorfalsewithacross52Readingforrecognitionoflexis,number,locationandgrammar1picture5sentencesWriteyesornonexttothesentences53SpellingWriting(vocabulary5pictures5setsofjumbledlettersWritewords54ReadingWritingRiddle-clozewithpicturepromptsGap-filling(prompted);one-wordanswers55ReadingWritingStorypresentedthrough3pictureswith5questionsWriteone-wordanswerstoquestions5CambridgeYoung...
