Centre Number
Candidate Number
Starters
Reading & Writing
Version 103
There are 25 questions.
You have 20 minutes.
My name is: ……………………………………………
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Part 1
– 5 questions –
Look and read. Put a tick ( ) or a cross ( ) in the box. There are
two examples.
Examples
Yes
Yes
No
No
These are shirts.
This is a shop.
Questions
2
1
Yes
Yes
No
No
These are bees.
This is a pie.
3
4
Yes
Yes
No
No
These are crayons.
This is a bookcase.
5
Yes
No
These are eyes.
2
Part 2
– 5 questions –
Look and read. Write
yes or no.
Examples
yes
These children are in a park.
……………………………
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.
……………………………
3
Part 3
– 5 questions –
Look at the pictures. Look at the letters. Write the words.
Example
c
a
r
Questions
1
2
3
4
5
5
4
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
5
Part 5
– 5 questions –
Look at the pictures and read the questions. Write one-word
answers.
Examples
Where are the boy and girl?
Which sport are they playing?
at the
beach
………………………………
badminton
………………………………
Questions
1
How many monkeys are there?
6
………………………………
2
What is the small monkey holding
now?
3
What colour is the ball?
4
What has the big monkey got for
the children?
some
………………………………
5
Where is the small monkey now?
in the
………………………………
the
………………………………
………………………………
7
STARTERS MARKING KEY VERSION R103
READING & WRITING
PART 1
5 marks
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
PART 2
yes
no
yes
yes
no
1
2
3
4
5
PART 3 5 marks
bus
bike
ship
lorry
helicopter
1
2
3
4
5
PART 4
grapes
water
family
tablet
poster
1
2
3
4
5
PART 5 5 marks
Core Answers
Acceptable Spellings and Alternative Answers
■
2 / two
■
radio
■
orange
■
bananas
■
sea / water
5 marks
5 marks