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Cambridge Young Learners Practice Tests

The Cambridge Young Learners English examinations are an internationally recognized assessment standard for young learners aged 7 to 12. There are three levels: Starters, Movers, and Flyers; each one tests students’ English proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

The Everybody Up Test Center includes practice tests for the Cambridge Young Learners examinations. These have been created to provide students with specific practice in the style of the Cambridge Young Learners examinations. Even if you are not preparing your students for these examinations, you can still use the tests to create extra practice, review tests, or worksheets throughout the year.

While there is not a direct link between the content of these tests and the syllabus of Everybody Up, the practice tests include the vocabulary, structures, and task types that students can expect to meet in the relevant level of each examination. Although we have matched the practice tests to the appropriate level of Everybody Up, it is up to you to prepare your students for the practice tests by looking at the content and ensuring that you have covered relevant vocabulary areas and structures before administering the tests. See the chart to determine which level is best suited to your students’ needs.

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Young Learners Flyers Practice Tests

Introduction and Tips

Contents

Introduction 2 An overview of Flyers 2

Tips

Listening 4 Reading and Writing 7 Speaking 10 Revision tips 12 Practical tips for test day 12

Cambridge Young Learners Flyers Practice Tests 12

Revision tips Make sure your students:

• know their colours (black, blue, brown, green, grey, orange, pink, purple, red, yellow).

• know the days of the week and can hear the difference, e.g. between Tuesday and Thursday.

• are confident about counting and recognising numbers from 1 to 100 and can recognise the difference, e.g. between 14 and 40.

• have learnt prepositions carefully, particularly prepositions of place, and are confident about the difference between them. Many questions rely on their knowledge of these prepositions.

• have had plenty of practice of spelling out words and recognising all the letters of the alphabet. They should pay particular attention to the sound of vowels, e.g. the difference between the letters e and a.

• know the meaning of the word double, e.g. double t.

• look at pictures carefully, paying attention to details of where things are, what colour they are, what people and animals are doing, etc.

• revise lexical items using pictures of objects and verbs from the Starters, Movers and Flyers Vocabulary Lists, where possible arranged into lexical sets.

• are familiar with the English names in the Vocabulary List.

• are able to distinguish between different question words, e.g. who, where, which, what, how, how many, etc.

• are able to talk about themselves and answer questions about their everyday lives.

• revise grammar areas thoroughly (see the Structure List in the YLE handbook) paying particular attention to the following:

- verb forms: positive, negative, interrogative, imperative and contracted forms

- tenses: present simple / present continuous / past simple for regular and irregular verbs

- words taking -ing or the infinitive

- simple conjunctions and the difference between them

- comparative and superlative forms of adjectives

Practical tips for test day Tell your students to:

• arrive in good time for their tests.

• have several sharp pencils with them.

• write in pencil so that they can make changes neatly.

• take a rubber with them.

• make sure they have all the coloured pencils (ready sharpened) they will require for Listening Part 5.

Remind students to:

• look at the words and pictures very carefully.

• underline the important words in sentences.

• check carefully before deciding on an answer.

• make changes clearly.

• stay calm during the listening test if they miss something on the recording during the first listening as they will get another chance to hear the information.

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Flyers • Test 4 Listening Part 1

– 5 questions –

Listen and draw lines. There is one example.

Emma Alex Jack Vicky

Anna Jim Harry

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Part 2 – 5 questions –

Listen and write. There is one example.

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2 3 4 5

Name: Bethany Phillips Address: 27 Street

Brighton What lost? a handbag Where lost? at the Anything inside? money, a and two Phone number:

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Part 3 – 5 questions –

Where are the things that Jill has left at her Aunt’s house? Listen and write a letter in each box. There is one example.

brush

key

umbrella

belt

torch

comb

A B C

D E F

G H

C

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Flyers • Test 4 Reading and Writing

Part 1 – 10 questions –

Look and read. Choose the correct words and write them on the lines. There is one example.

a rocket a race castles police station a player a fire engine traffic deserts wool wood a team hills bridges metal glass

You can go here for help if someone steals your money. police station 1 This is a group of people who play a sport together, for example, football. 2 This is very noisy and you find a lot of it on the road

when people are going to work or coming home again. 3 This comes from sheep and we make clothes

and blankets with it. 4 In this competition everyone runs together and

the person who comes first wins. 5 This comes from trees and people make tables,

chairs and other things with it. 6 These are smaller than mountains and you climb

them when you go to the countryside. 7 This is like a plane but it goes into space. 8 You walk over these when you want to go across

roads or rivers. 9 You can see through this and bottles are sometimes

made of it.

10 In children’s books, a queen might live in one of these.

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Part 2 – 7 questions –

Look and read. Write yes or no.

Examples

There are two clouds on the left of the picture. yes

The father of the two children is wearing a coat. no

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Questions

1 Both doors of the hospital are closed.

2 The dog is running on the wall behind the cat. 3 The ambulance driver is pushing an old woman in her chair. 4 The helicopter has got three stripes on it. 5 The ambulance has got lights on the top at the back. 6 A doctor is looking after a little boy with a broken leg. 7 The two nurses who are talking are wearing uniforms.

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Flyers • Test 4 Speaking Find the Differences

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2. She already her photos. (upload)

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I’ve just turned on the computer. I haven’t turned on the computer yet. She’s already uploaded the photos, but she hasn’t printed them yet. He’s already written the email, but he hasn’t sent it yet.

Has he turned on the computer yet?Yes, he has.No, he hasn’t.

Has she uploaded the photos yet?Yes, she’s uploaded them.No, she hasn’t uploaded them yet.

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Placement Test Bpage 1

Date:

Name:

Question Possible Answer Score1. Hello. What did you do yesterday? I (went to school). /1

2. What did you do on the weekend? I (visited my grandmother). /1

3. What did you eat for dinner last night? I ate (noodles). /1

4. What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a (doctor). /1

5. What are you going to do this weekend? I’m going to (play basketball). /1

6. How often should you exercise? I/You should exercise (once a week). /1

7. Do you always take a shower before

you go to school?

Yes, I do./No, I don’t. I (always)

take a shower (before I go to bed).

/1

8. What were you doing this morning? I was (sleeping) this morning./This

morning, I was (sleeping).

/2

9. Have you been to Australia? Yes, I have been to Australia./No, I

haven’t been to Australia.

/2

10. Have you ever ridden a horse? Yes, I have ridden a horse./No, I

haven’t ridden a horse.

/2

11. Do you have to study every day? Yes, I do have to study every day./

No, I don’t have to study every day.

/2

12. How long have you lived in your house or apartment?

I have lived in my (house) for (three years)/since I was (six) years old/since (2010).

/2

13. How long have you been studying at your school?

I have been studying at my school

for (five years)/since (2010).

/2

14. Why did you come here today? I came here today because (my

parents want me to study English).

/3

15. What should you do if you want to speak

English well?

You/I should (study hard). /3

Speaking and Listening

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Reading and Writing

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1. She played baseball yesterday.

3. When you go to the beach, always

put on sunscreen.

2. He has wavy, blond hair.

4. He’s not very good at

snowboarding.

What did he eat yesterday?

He ate noodles.

What did they do yesterday?

What did he drink yesterday?

What did she do yesterday?

What did she do yesterday?

What did he do yesterday?

1.

4.

2.

5.

3.

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