2. 2
Part 1
– 5 questions –
Look and read. Put a tick (✔) or a cross (✘) in the box.
There are two examples.
Examples
This is a watch. ✔
This is a pencil. ✘
Questions
1
This is a ruler.
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2
This is a guitar.
3
This is an ear.
4
This is a frog.
5
This is a football.
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Part 2
– 5 questions –
Look and read. Write yes or no.
Examples
The door of the lorry is open. yes..............................
The children are wearing hats. no..............................
Questions
1 Three people are eating ice creams. ..............................
2 The small girl is walking behind the boy. ..............................
3 The big girl has got long hair. ..............................
4 A man is picking up a chair. ..............................
5 The woman is holding some green grapes. ..............................
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Part 3
– 5 questions –
Look at the pictures. Look at the letters. Write the words.
Example
Questions
1
2
3
4
5
l a m p
o
a
a b
th
ra i
do
o
m
i
r
o
r
r
w w n
i d
p am l
s
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Part 4
– 5 questions –
Read the story. Choose a word from the box. Write the correct
word next to numbers 1–5. There is one example.
A zoo
I am very big. Lots of animals............................ live in me and
(1)............................ come here to see them. I open in the day and
close at (2)............................ . The monkeys are very funny.
The hippos like swimming in the (3)............................ and the tigers
like sleeping under the (4)............................ .
I have got a (5)............................ and children like playing there.
What am I? I am a zoo.
example
people
bananas
trees
water
basketball
playgroundnight
animals
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Part 5
– 5 questions –
Look at the pictures and read the questions. Write one-word
answers.
Examples
Where is Grandpa? in the car.............................
How many children are there? two.............................
Questions
1 What is on the car? a .............................
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2 Which room are the children in? the .............................
3 Who is pointing to the clock? the children’s .............................
4 What are the children doing now? .............................
5 Who is sitting with the children? .............................
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READING & WRITING
PART 1 5 marks
1
2
3
4
5
PART 2 5 marks
1 yes
2 no
3 yes
4 no
5 no
PART 3 5 marks
1 sofa
2 bath
3 radio
4 mirror
5 window
PART 4 5 marks
1 people
2 night
3 water
4 trees
5 playground
PART 5 5 marks
1 kite
2 kitchen
3 Mum(my) / Mother
4 painting
5 gran(d)dad / grandfather
12. Part 1
– 5 questions –
Listen and draw lines. There is one example.
3
13. 4
Part 2
– 5 questions –
Read the question. Listen and write a name or a number.
There are two examples.
Examples
What’s the girl’s name? Kim..................................
How old is she? 9..................................
14. Questions
1 What’s Kim’s friend’s name? ..................................
2 What number is Kim’s house? ..................................
3 What’s the name of Kim’s cat? ..................................
4 How old is the cat? ..................................
5 How many lizards has Kim got? ..................................
5
15. Part 3
– 5 questions –
Listen and tick (✓) the box. There is one example.
What’s in Bill’s bedroom?
A ✓ B C
1 Where are the onions?
A B C
2 What’s Tom doing?
A B C
6
16. 3 Which is Tony’s Mum?
A B C
4 What does Anna like doing on the beach?
A B C
5 Where’s the goat?
A B C
7
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Part 4
– 5 questions –
Listen and colour. There is one example.
18. STARTERS MARKING KEY VERSION 127
LISTENING
PART 1 5 marks
1 glasses on chicken’s face
2 doll in window
3 mango on floor next to boy
4 coconut between woman and
duck
5 shoe under dog
PART 2 5 marks
1 L-U-C-Y
2 18
3 B-E-N
4 19
5 3
PART 3 5 marks
1 A
2 C
3 B
4 C
5 C
PART 4 5 marks
1 colour bird with baby pink
2 colour bird flying between boxes red
3 colour bird behind bike orange
4 colour bird in car blue
5 colour bird next to apples yellow
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Part4
–5questions–
Readthis.Chooseawordfromthebox.Writethecorrectword
nexttonumbers1–5.Thereisoneexample.
Ahorse
I’vegotfourlegs............................,twoears,twoeyesandlong
(1)............................onmyhead.I’mabiganimal.Idon’tlivein
a(2)............................oragarden.Ilikeeating
(3)............................andapples.Idrink(4).............................
Awoman,a(5)............................orachildcanrideme.
WhatamI?Iamahorse.
example
legshippowatercarrots
hairmanhousepiano
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2Whoisholdingthecat?a...............................
3Whatistheteacherdoingnow?...............................
4Whereisthecatnow?atthe...............................
5Howmanychildrenarelooking
atthecat?...............................
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Marking Key
Part 1 5 marks
1 ✘
2 ✔
3 ✔
4 ✘
5 ✔
Part 2 5 marks
1 yes
2 no
3 no
4 yes
5 no
Part 3 5 marks
1 jeans
2 shoes
3 jacket
4 handbag
5 trousers
Part 4 5 marks
1 hair
2 house
3 carrots
4 water
5 man
Part 5 5 marks
1 fish
2 (school)girl/student/child/pupil
3 writing
4 window
5 5//five
( ) = Acceptable extra words are placed in brackets
/ = A single slash is placed between acceptable alternative
words within an answer
// = A double slash is placed between acceptable alternative
complete answers