Starters



Cambridge English: Starters is the first of three Cambridge English: Young Learners tests, aimed at children in primary and lower secondary education. Pre-A1 approx 100 hours of English, typically for 7 year olds.

Starters topics



Grammar CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: YOUNG LEARNERS HANDBOOK FOR TEACHERS



  • Determiners - This is an apple. / It’s a banana. / Put the hat on the boy’s head. / I want some milk. / These books are blue.

  • Segue o álbum do(a) Alexandra Starters - Determinersno Pinterest.

    • Pronouns - Including demonstrative, personal, and possessive interrogative pronouns and ‘one’.
    This is my car.
    Can you see me?
    Which is Anna?
    Yes, please. I’d like one.
    This is mine!
    Is that yours?

    • Verbs - (Positive, negative, question, imperative and short answer forms, including contractions)
    Present simple - Nick is happy / I don’t like eggs / Eat your lunch! / Is that your sister? Yes, it is.
    Present continuous (not with future reference) - What are you doing? / The cat’s sleeping.
    Can for ability - The baby can wave.
    Can for requests/permission - Can I have some birthday cake?
    Have (got) for possession - Have you got a pen? / She hasn’t got a dog.

    • Adverbs - I’m colouring it now / My grandma lives here / She lives here too.
    • Conjunctions - I’ve got a pen and a pencil.
    • Prepositions of place and time - Put the clock next to the picture / We go to school in the morning.
    • Question words - Who is that man? / Where is Alex?
    • Impersonal you - How do you spell that?
    • Have + obj + inf - Lucy has a book to read.
    • ing forms as nouns - Swimming is good.
    • Let’s - Let’s go to the zoo!
    • Like + v + ing - I like swimming.
    • There is / there are - There is a monkey in the tree./ There are some books on the table.
    • Would like + n or v - I would like some grapes. / Would you like to colour that ball?
    • Happy Birthday - You’re eight today! Happy Birthday!
    • Here you are  - Would you like an apple? / Yes, please. /  Here you are.
    • Me too - I like football. /  Me too.
    • So do I - I love hippos. / So do I.
    • Story about + ing - This is a story about playing football.
    • What (a/an) + adj + n - What a good dog! / What beautiful fish!
    • What now? - Put the egg in the box. / OK! The egg is in the box. / What now?


    About the exam: Total approx 45 mins
PAPER
CONTENT
TIME
Listening
4 parts (20 items)
approx 20 mins
Reading & Writing
5 parts (25 items)
20 minutes
Speaking
5 parts
3 to 5 minutes


English Elementary

Subject Pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) 
There are three main tenses: the present, the past, and the future.
Verb to be (am, is, are) 

Present       Past      Future      
I    am       was      will be
you  are      were     will be
he   is       was      will be
She  is       was      will be
It   is       was      will be
we   are      were     will be
you  are      were     will be
they are      were     will be

Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5

Possessive Adjectives: who owns or "possesses" something.
My, your, his, her, its, our, your, their
whose (interrogative)
Object pronouns: Object pronouns come after either a verb or a preposition.
Me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them

Personal Pronouns      Possessive    Object
          Subject      Adjectives    Pronouns          
            I        my              Me   
            you      your            You
            he       his             Him   
            She      her             Her
            It       its             it
            we       our             us
            you      your            you   
            they     Their           them

Exercise 1
Exercise 2

Articles: a / an / the
Demostrative Pronouns: this / that / these / those

Before doing the exercises you may want to read the lesson 
Segue o álbum do(a) Alexandra Grammar Elementaryno Pinterest.

Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7

Regular and Irregular Plurals 

Before doing the exercises you may want to read the lesson Look 1

Exercise 1
Exercise 2


Present Simple to talk about:
  • something that is true in the present
  • something that happens again and again in the present (adverbs of frequency)
  • to refer to a fixed future situation.
We use do and does, for the third person (she/he/it), to make questions and do not (don’t) or does not (doesn’t) to make negatives.

The same, in differents ways for you to learn:
Segue o álbum do(a) Alexandra Grammar Present Simpleno Pinterest.

Exercise 1 - Solutions Book affirmative and negative
Exercise 2 - Present simple: questions Solutions Book
Exercise 3 - Present simple: affirmative
Exercise 4 - Present simple: negative
Exercise 5 - Present simple: questions
Exercise 6 - Present simple [+] and [–]
Exercise 7 - Present simple [?]
Exercise 8 - Present simple (1)
Exercise 9 - Present simple (2)
Exercise 10 - Present simple [+] and [–]
Exercise 11 - Present simple English File Book
Exercise 12 - Present simple [+] and [–] English File Book
Exercise 13 - Present simple [+] and [–] (2) English File Book