MOVERS READING AND WRITING TEST 1

Centre Number Candidate Number

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Cambridge Young Learners English
Movers
Reading & Writing
University of Cambridge
Local Examinations Syndicate
There are 40 questions.
You have 30 minutes.
You will need a pen or pencil
Marks
Your name : ………………………………………
Class : ………………………………………
Part 1
(6 questions)
Look and read. Choose the correct words and write them on the lines.
There is one example.
a watch
a stomach
a house
a nose
an elephant
coffee
a monkey
milk
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Example:
This animal can jump and it likes bananas. A monkey

Questions:
1. It is a place where your family live in. ___________
2. You wear it on your hand to know time. ___________
3. This is part of your body. All your food and drink
go here first. ____________
4. This is a big animal with large ears and it eats
leaves and grass. ___________
5. This is the part of your body between your
eyes and your mouth. __________
6. Mothers give this white drink to their babies. _________
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Part 2
(6 questions)
Read the text and choose the best answer.

Example
Julie: Hello John. How are you?
John: A. I’m not very well.
B. I’m Mary’s brother.
C. I’m going to school.
Questions:
1. Julie: What’s wrong? Have you got a stomachache?
John: A. No, thank you. I don’t want one.
B. No, I’ve got a headache.
C. Yes, I haven’t got it.
2. Julie: Would you like to drink coffee with me?
John: A. Yes, I went home quickly.
B. Well, I like my house a lot.
C. I would love but I want to go home.
3. Julie: Have you got a bike?

John: A. Yes, I do.
B. OK, he’s over there.
C. No, I haven’t.
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4. Julie: Do you want a drink of coke?
John: A. Yes, please.
B. No, It is.
C. Yes, I don’t.
5. Julie: Will I go home with you?
John: A. No, You can go there.
B. I’d like that, thanks.
C. Yeah, I can go with you today.
6. Julie: Ah, Is your dad at home?
John: A. It’s his new home.
B. Next to the post-office.
C. Only my sister’s there today.
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Part 3
(6 questions)
Look and read. Write Yes or No. There are two examples.
Examples:
There are two big black suitcases Yes .
The dog is next to the women
who is reading a newspaper. No .
Questions:
1. The round clock in front of the telephone box
is a quarter past nine.
2. The woman is talking on telephone is
also holding a book.
3. The woman with a baby has got a paper fan in her hand.

4. A boy is putting his broken glasses into the bin.
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5. One of men in the café is wearing red shorts.
6. The man in the uniform has got
a green flag in his hand.

Part 4
(7 questions)
Read the story. Look at the pictures and the two examples.
Write one-word answers.
My name is Harper. I like reading books and comics.
The stories that I like best are the ones about little monkey
in the forest and people who live in different worlds.
I read an interesting story yesterday. In this story, a boy climbed a
one afternoon. The weather was very beautiful. It
was . At the top, he saw many high houses and
. One of them was higher he think. Then he
looked up the sky. He saw a lot of white cloud floating. The sun was in
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the West. It was red. He looked again. Now it was very big
and He listened and heard inside it.
He was scared and he tried to go very fast.
What was the thing that the boy saw that afternoon? I don’t know, but I
enjoyed the story!
What’s the best name for this story?
Tick one box
A boy that Smith knows
A film that Smith saw
A story that Smith liked
Part 5

(5 questions)
Read the text. Choose the right words and write them on the lines.
CATS
Example: Cats
have
good eyes. They can see very well
1 at night. cats climb trees and eat meat.
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They can move very quietly and catch mice or animals. Then they
eat them. They have strong teeth.
2 There three cats. Lions
3 and tigers are big cats. Only tigers live
the jungle. Lions don’t. Some children like to see lions and tigers
at the zoo.
4 Many families have small cats in
5 homes. These cats are pets. People
them because they are beautiful.
Example:
had
have
has
Questions:
1 Any All Every
2 am are is
3 at on in
4 your their our
5 like liking likes
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Part 6
(10 questions)

Look at the pictures and read the story. Answer the questions.
Do not write more than THREE words
Last week, Julie, John and Paul had a holiday by sea with their parents.
Julie is ten, John is eight but Paul is only five. It rained on Thursday and in the
afternoon they went to the cinema. They watched a film about animals. The
animals had four feet. Paul didn’t like watching the animals, and he ran outside.
Example
When did the family have a holiday? last week .
Questions:
1. Where did they have the holiday?
2. How old are Julie and John?
3. Which day did they see the film?
4. Who ran outside?
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On Thursday, Paul thought about the film. He didn’t want to swim in the sea.
He sat on the beach and watched Julie and John. They played the ball and
shouted in the water. Mum gave him a bottle of water but he didn’t drink it.
He wasn’t thirsty. He sat on the beach under a big umbrella. “Have a swim with
me”, said Dad. “The sea’s beautiful today.” But Paul didn’t.
5. What did Julie and John do in the sea?

6. Why didn’t Paul want to drink?
7. What did Dad want to do with Paul?
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On Saturday morning, the family ate breakfast quickly and then went to the
beach again. The sea was flat and blue. Then something moved in the water. Paul
looked. There were three beautiful dolphins! He ran to the sea and swam to
them. The dolphins didn’t have big teeth, and they played with Paul. He liked
them, and he stopped thinking about the animals in the film. In the evening all
the family watched a video. It wasn’t about animals, it was about dolphins, and

they all enjoyed it.
8. What did the family do first on Saturday?
9. What did Paul see in the water?
10. Who watched the film about dolphins?
Movers Reading &
Writing (Answer Key)
Part 1
6 marks
1. a house
2. a watch
3. a stomach
4. an elephant
5. a shoulder
6. milk
Part 2
6 marks
1. B
2. C
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. C
Part 3
6 marks
1. yes
2. no
3. yes
4. no
5. no
6. yes

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Part 4
7 marks
1. Mountain
2. Sunny
3. Trees
4. Circle/round
5. Music
6. house
7. A story that Smith liked
Part 6
10 marks
1. the sea//the seaside
2. ten (10), eight (8)
3. Thursday
4. Paul
5. played and shouted
6. not thirsty
7. swim
8. breakfast
9. dolphins
10. the/Paul’s family
Part 5
5 marks
1. all
2. are
3. In
4. Thei
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