YLE Starters Reading and Writing Part 1

Part 1
5 questions
Look and read. Put a tick ( ) or a cross (X) in the box.
There are two examples.

Examples

This is a car. X

These are bananas.

This is a robot.

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This is a pear.

These are chips.

This is a doll.

These are grapes.

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Part 1
5 questions
Look and read. Put a tick ( ) or a cross (X) in the box.
There are two examples.

Examples

This is a boat.
X

These are grapes. X

Questions

This is a guitar.

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This is a ball.

These are apples.

This is an ice cream.

This is a computer.

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Part 3 - Body Parts
5 questions
Look at the pictures. Look at the letters. Write the words.
Example

d h
hands a
s n

Questions

1 e
g
s l

2 a
e
r

3 t h
o
u m

4 s e
n
o

5 y e
e s

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Part 3 - Pets
5 questions
Look at the pictures. Look at the letters. Write the words.

Example

dog
g
o d

1
a
t c

s
2 i fh

r
3 d b
i

o m
4 su
e

b r
5
i a t
b

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Part 3 - Wild Animals

5 questions
Look at the pictures. Look at the letters. Write the words.

Example

lion i l
o n

e e
1 p n t
lha

h p
2 pi o

a f
3 i r e
f g

g ir
4
e t

r cd
5 o le
o c i

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Answers
1. Elephant
2. Hippo
3. Giraffe
4. Tiger
5. Crocodile

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Part 3 - School Objects
5 questions
Look at the pictures. Look at the letters. Write the words.

Example

e i
pencil n cn
p

n
1 e p

k
2 o
b o

r h
3
c i a

et
4
a bl

a r
5 s re
e

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Part 1
5 questions
Look and read. Put a tick ( ) or a cross (X) in the box.
There are two examples.

Examples

This is an orange.

This is a doll. X

Questions

This is a bike.

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This is an elephant.

These are books.

This is a sofa.

This is a chair.

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Part 3 - House
5 questions
Look at the pictures. Look at the letters. Write the words.

Example

s
house u h
o e

e
1 b
d

a o
2
f s

n o
3 e
h p

c oc
4
l k

5 t m
a

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 This is ... Starters

Reading and Writing Part 1 5 Questions

Look and read. Put a tick ( ) or a cross ( ) in the box.

There are two examples.

Examples

This is a hat.

This is an alien.

Questions

1 This is a bookcase.

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2 This is a dress.

3 These are spiders.

4 This is a phone.

5 This is a watermelon.

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 Ticks and Crosses
Starters

Reading and Writing Part 1 5 Questions

Look and read. Put a tick or a cross  in the box.

There are two examples.

Examples:

This is a helicopter.


These are apples. 

Questions:

This is a monkey.

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This is a hippo.

These are chips.

This is a classroom.

This is a watermelon.

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 Places
Starters

A
B Vocabulary
C Practice

Activity 1 6 Activities

Write the letters. There is one example.

Example: 1 2

bookshop ar p aygr und

3 4 5

sho oo tree

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Activity 2

Look and read. Tick  or cross  the box. There is one example.

Example: 1 2


This is a shop. This is a street. This is a zoo.

3 4 5

This is a playground. This is a park. This is a bookshop.

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Activity 3

Write the words. There is one example.

in front of behind in next to between

Example:

The dog is in front of the TV.

1
The dog is the chairs.

2
The dog is the box.

3
The dog is the basket.

4
The dog is a ball.

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Activity 6

Read and colour. There is one example.

Example: Colour the water on the table blue.

1 Colour the cat under the chair orange.

2 Colour the boy in front of the table green.

3 Colour the girl behind the woman red.

4 Colour the dog next to the ball black.

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Part 2 - Beach
5 questions
Look and read. Write yes or no.

Example

The dog is orange and white. Yes

The sun is pink. No

1. The lady is sitting on a red and white chair.

2. Everybody is happy.

3. The girl is wearing a green swimming costume.

4. There are five shells in the picture.

5. The boy is holding an orange ball.

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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.

Pets
Pets are animals that live in your house - some are big and some are
1) .
Dogs, cats, rabbits and 2) are good pets because they are
cute and funny.
Some pets like eating meat, and some like eating 3) .
You have to give your pet food every day, take it for a 4)
and wash it.
Pets love to play games, so go to the 5) and play with a
ball or a toy with them!

Example

animals balloon small house

fruit fish walk park

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Reading and Writing Part 5 5 Questions

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

Examples

Where are the people? living

In the room.

How many children are there? Two.

Questions

1 Where are the children sitting? On the .

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2 What is dad doing? He’s .

3 Where is the TV? Next to the .

4 Where is mum? In the .

5 What colour is the car? It’s .

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 Party Starters

Reading and Writing Part 2 5 Questions

Look and read. Write yes or no.

Examples

The balloon is red. Yes

There are five children. No

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Questions

1 The mum is carrying a cake.

2 Everybody is happy.

3 The boy is seven years old.

4 There are four books.

5 There is a banana on the floor.

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Reading and Writing Part 2 5 Questions

Look and read. Write yes or no.

Examples
It's raining. No

There are three children. Yes

Questions

1 The children are catching the ball.

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2 The children are playing football. .

3 The boy is wearing a yellow t-shirt. .

4 The ball is white and blue. .

5 The children are playing in the kitchen. .

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Reading and Writing Part 2 5 Questions

Look and read. Write yes or no.

Examples
It’s raining. No

The people are in the park. Yes

Questions

1 There are three ducks.

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2 There is a man throwing a ball. .

3 There is a boy wearing a yellow t-shirt. .

4 A girl is swimming in the water. .

5 A family is eating a picnic. .

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Starters

Reading and Writing Part 2 5 Questions

Look and read. Write yes or no.

Examples:
The teacher is sad. No

There are three children. Yes

Questions

1 The children are at school. 

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Questions

2 There are two girls and one boy. 

3 The girl has blue eyes. 

4 The children are wearing green jumpers. 

5 The teacher has black hair. 

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Part 4 - House
5 questions
Read this. Choose a word from the box. Write the correct word next to numbers
1-5. There is one example.
Sam’s House

Sam lives in a big house with his family - his mum, dad and two brothers. He
has a garden where he can play 1) and basketball with his brothers.
They like to 2) sports at the weekend.

Their house has four bedrooms, a living room, two bathrooms and a big
3) where Sam and his family eat breakfast before school. In the
living room, Sam’s brothers watch 4) and Sam reads books. They sit
on a red 5) with their mum and dad.

Example

family kitchen sofa house

play television football sports

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Starters

Reading and Writing 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.

Lots of children go to the park to play football, baseball and other sports.

Some parks are big and some parks are 1 .

There are different places to play games, relax and 2 to

your friends. Some children go to the park after 3 and at

the weekend. Children can also go to the park with their 4

and grandparents. Parks are good places to play, climb, run and

5 .

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Example:

play spiders dog

small jump parents

school talk

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 Beach
Starters

Reading and Writing 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.

The beach is a place with lots of sand . Some people go to the beach in

summer on 1 . You can do lots of different things at the

beach. You can 2 in the sea, read a 3

and collect shells.

There are some small and big 4 in the sea at the beach.

Some people like making 5 in the sand - it’s fun!

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Example:

sand shell sandcastles

swim book holiday

ice cream fish

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