STEP TO First Step

Student Book

For the revised &

updated papers

Official
preparation
material for
Anglia ESOL
International
Examinations John Ross
Step To First Step
Student Book

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Acknowledgments
John Ross, Paul Derbyshire, David Clarkson, Liz Bangs-Jones, Alice Osman, Chen Kuo-shu

Licences for photos and illustrations used in this book were obtained from bigstockphoto.com and wiki
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CONTENTS

2 Introduction
Contents (2–3), Introduction to the First Step Examination (4)

6 Unit 1: Family
What’s your name? (6), How old are you? (7), Family vocabulary (8), Hello (9),
Alphabet (10), Actions (11)

12 Unit 2: School
School vocabulary (12), Section A (13), Spelling (14), Spelling game (15),
Actions (16), Spelling (17)

18 Unit 3: Numbers and Colours

Numbers and colours vocabulary (18–19), Section L2 practice: How many
balls? (20) Puzzle: Find the numbers / is, am, are (21), Puzzle: Find the colours
(22), Section E (23)

24 Unit 4: Transport
Transport vocabulary (24), Section A / singular vs. plural (25), Colours (26),
Section L2 (27), Section G practice (28), Section E (29)

30 Unit 5: My House
Vocabulary / Section D (30), Section B (31), Section G (32), I like flowers / Yes/
No questions (33), Puzzles (34), Section L1 (35)
36 Unit 6: Animals
Animal vocabulary / Section A (36), Section B (37), Section G practice: I like
Cats and Dogs (38), Section L2 (39), Colour Puzzle (40), I like bags (41)

42 Unit 7: Days of the Week

Vocabulary / Spelling / Puzzle (42), Spelling (43), Section D / Section G (44),
Section L1 (45), Spelling (46), Match the sentences with the pictures (47)

48 Unit 8: Food
Food vocabulary / Section B (48), Section D / Section A (49), Section G (50),
Crossword (51), Section L2 (52), Spelling (53)

54 Unit 9: My Happy face

Face vocabulary / Section F (54), Section B / Section D (55), Section A /
Crossword (56), Section L1 (57), Crossword / Section F (58), Days of the week
/ Colouring Puzzle (59)

60 Unit 10: Review

Vocabulary review: A–Z (60–63)

65 Anglia Sample Paper

Listening Paper (66), Reading & Writing Paper (70), Speaking Test (75)
 01
Unit 1

Family
What is your name?

My name is Joe.

My name is Sue.

My name is
Happy.

My name is Tom.
What’s your name?
My name is Lisa.
Family

6
 Unit 1

How old are you?

5 = five, 6 = six, 7 = seven, 8 = eight

I’m six.
I’m seven.
How old are you?

I’m five.

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday! How old are you?

I’m five.
I’m seven.
Family

7
 Unit 1

Family
Say the words.

man woman

boy girl baby

father mother

sister brother
Family

8
 Unit 1

Word Worm

Find the words.

brother father mother sister man woman boy girl

r e gemanuimot
at he h er
t f ac r
fgh o gir te
wo m a n aieb oy w lf g b r
oth erp qsis

Hello

Good morning. Hello. Hi.

Good afternoon.

Good-bye.
Thank you.
Family

9
 Unit 1

Say the alphabet.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Z A
B
Y
F G
X C
D E
H
W I
R V
U
S T
N J
O M
Q P L K

m n o p
k l
q
j
i r

h s
g t
f u
e v

d w

c x

b y
a z
Family

10
 Unit 1

Actions
Say the words.

draw circle colour

write read look

Family

11