Centre Number Candidate Number

Starters
Reading & Writing
Version 103

There are 25 questions.

You have 20 minutes.

You will need a pen or pencil.

My name is: ……………………………………………

Copyright © UCLES 2018

 Part 1
– 5 questions –

Look and read. Put a tick () or a cross () in the box. There are
two examples.

Examples

This is a shop. 

These are shirts. 

Questions
1

These are bees.

2
2

This is a pie.

These are crayons.

This is a bookcase.

These are eyes.

3
 Part 2
– 5 questions –

Look and read. Write yes or no.

Examples

These children are in a park. yes

……………………………

There are two boats in the water. no

……………………………

Questions

1 The dog is brown and white. ……………………………

2 One person is holding a yellow ball. ……………………………
3 The children are standing on skateboards. ……………………………
4 The girl is wearing a baseball cap. ……………………………
5 You can see five flowers behind the tree. ……………………………

4
 Part 3
– 5 questions –
Look at the pictures. Look at the letters. Write the words.
Example

car

Questions
1

———

————

————

—————

——————————

5
 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.

Mark’s goats

garden
There are two goats in Mark’s big ………………… . Mark’s goats love eating peas,
beans and (1) ……………………………! They drink lots of clean
(2) ……………………………, too. Mark’s (3) …………………………… get their milk

from the goats. Mark loves drinking goats’ milk! Mark likes watching the goats
and he takes lots of photos of them with his new (4) ……………………………! He
has a (5) ……………………………of goats on his bedroom wall too.

Example

garden clock grapes poster

family bath water tablet

6
 Part 5
– 5 questions –

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

answers.

Examples

Where are the boy and girl? at the beach

………………………………

Which sport are they playing? badminton

………………………………

Questions

1 How many monkeys are there? ………………………………

7
2 What is the small monkey holding the ………………………………
now?

3 What colour is the ball?

………………………………

4 What has the big monkey got for

some ………………………………
the children?

5 Where is the small monkey now? in the ………………………………