Primary Level
Anglia’s step by step approach to testing encourages and motivates students to make clear and effective progress!
When you take a Primary level exam you can show us that you have learnt more words and can now do useful things like tell the time in English and read an English postcard from a friend.
At this level, you can also show us that you are good at getting some things exactly right, like making plural words and forming simple questions.
Your Primary level certificate means you understand lots of important things about English, and that you are beginning to use your English to communicate with.
Overview of Tasks:
Reading & Writing:
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SECTION |
DESCRIPTION |
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Section A (20 marks) |
Use of English: general grammar Four-option multiple choice Ten questions |
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Section B (20 marks) |
Use of English: Personal pronouns/have/be |
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Section C (10 marks) |
Use of English: plurals |
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Section D (10 marks) |
Telling the time |
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Section E (10 marks) |
Writing: vocabulary |
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Section F (10 marks) |
Vocabulary recognition |
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Section G (10 marks) |
Writing: informal message |
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Section H (10 marks) |
Reading comprehension |
Listening:
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SECTION |
DESCRIPTION |
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Section L1 (10 marks) |
Listening for words in context |
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Section L2 (10 marks) |
Listening for words in context |
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Section L3 (10 marks) |
Listening for meaning |
Speaking:
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SECTION |
DESCRIPTION |
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Section S1 (1 - 2 minutes) |
Warm Up |
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Section S2 (3 - 4 minutes) |
Name and explain Find the odd one out |
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Section S3 (3 - 4 minutes) |
Answering questions |
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Optional extension |
Rhyme, chant or poem |
Syllabus and Specifications:
Performance Indicators
The student:
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has a basic active vocabulary of about 300 words.
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can tell the time can describe present actions, give personal and family information, describe habits, routines, and everyday activities.
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can communicate when and how often an action or event takes place.
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can form questions and negatives.
Grammar and Structures List
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Grammar and Structures |
What are they used for? |
Some examples |
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VERBS |
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There is/ there are |
Identifying something/someone |
There is a book on the table. |
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Present simple |
Talking about habits, routines, facts (such as where a person lives), the actions of everyday life |
My uncle lives in a small house. |
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The present simple with the verb 'like' + 'ing' in the third person singular and plural |
Describing what people or animals like doing |
My cat likes sleepingin the garden. |
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Present continuous |
Talking about present actions |
My brothers are playing football in the park at the moment. |
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Interrogative forms of the above two tenses |
Asking and answering questions about the above |
Do they often go to the cinema? |
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Negative forms of the above two tenses |
Making the above negative |
Sue doesn't like dogs. |
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The modal 'can' |
Describing an ability or skill |
He can play the guitar. |
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PRONOUNS |
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All personal pronouns as subject or object - I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, you, him, her, it, us, them |
Describing and identifying people, animals and objects |
Do you want my father? |
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Demonstrative pronouns - this, these, that, those |
Asking for, and giving information |
These are tables.
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CONJUNCTIONS |
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because, and, or, but |
Linking sentence parts and ideas |
John and Mary are in the garden because it is sunny. |
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INTERROGATIVE WORDS |
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What, Who, Where, When, Why, How many |
Asking questions about people, animals and objects |
What is this? |
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ADVERBS |
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Adverbs of time - today, now, at the moment |
Describing when and how often someone does something or something happens.br> Discriminating between the present continuous and the present simple |
I usually eat an egg for breakfast. At the moment, John is playing in the park. |
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PREPOSITIONS |
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In, on, at, to |
Talking about time, place, position |
The examination finishes at 4p.m. |
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TIME EXPRESSIONS |
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10.15 = ten fifteen or (a) quarter past ten |
telling the time |
ten fifteen, twenty past one, half past ten, a quarter to two, eleven forty-five, etc. |
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NOUNS |
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Singular/plural |
Talking about numbers of things Talking about amounts and quantities |
eg, book-books, box-boxes man-men, woman-women, child-children, party-parties Can I have the butter? |
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SALUTATIONS (WRITING) |
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The formulaic salutations of informal writing in messages such as emails, postcards |
Writing communication |
Dear |
Wordlist
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1. Nouns: |
sets of lexical items |
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Clothes |
dress, shirt, T-shirt, trousers, skirt, boots, socks, shoes, trainers, hat, watch. |
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Food, meals and drink |
cake, ice-cream, biscuits, pizza, hamburger, hot-dog, omelette, steak, fish, salad, breakfast, lunch, dinner, party, milk, juice. |
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Birds |
penguin, parrot, duck, |
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Jobs |
teacher, doctor, farmer, secretary, businessman/woman, policeman/woman, shop assistant, in the army, student |
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School |
pen, pencil, rubber, ruler, book, desk, computer, blackboard, classroom, bag |
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Transport |
helicopter, boat, bus, bicycle, car, train, aeroplane, |
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Animals |
monkey, lion, bear, elephant, crocodile, cat, dog, snake, tiger, zebra, rabbit, mouse, |
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Household |
television, video, chair, table, house, cassette-player, bed, bath, clock, picture, vase, photo, radio, door, mat, window, floor, cupboard, |
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Kitchen |
glass, plate, bowl, cup, knife, fork, spoon |
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Vegetables |
potato, tomato, carrot, cabbage |
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Fruit |
pear, peach, apple, banana, orange, lemon |
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Fish |
dolphin, octopus, shark, whale, starfish, fish, goldfish |
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Garden |
flower, tree, grass |
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Days of the week |
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday |
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Months of the year |
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December |
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Sport |
football, tennis, swimming, basketball, volleyball |
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Places |
park, garden, home, school, shop, house, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom |
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Musical Instruments |
guitar, piano, drum |
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Toys |
ball, kite, castle, soldiers, paint, paintbrush, puppet, drum, gun |
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Weather |
sun, rain, wind, snow, hot, cold |
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Parts of the body |
hair, eyes, mouth, nose, face, arms, legs, foot/feet, head, hands |
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Letters |
a-z |
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Cardinal numbers |
one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty |
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Time expressions |
four fifteen, [a] quarter past/to four, half past four, ten past four, four ten, ten to four, etc. |
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Exams |
letters, words, sentence, question, answer, story |
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Family members and people |
mother, father, brother, sister, baby, girl, boy, child, children |
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Shapes |
square, circle, triangle, rectangle |
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Miscellaneous |
film, newspaper, magazine, star, moon, thing |
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2. Adjectives: |
sets of lexical items |
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Size |
tall, short, big, small, favourite, best, little |
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Feelings |
happy, sad |
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Colours |
black, blue, green, yellow, white, orange, red, grey, brown, |
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Age |
old, young, new |
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Other |
clever, nice, good |
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Modifiers |
Very |
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3. VERBS |
watch, play, listen, cook, wear, go, read, write, eat, drink, sit, stand, have, has, is, are, am, |
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4. ARTICLES |
a, an, the |
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5. PERSONALPRONOUNS |
I, you, he, she, it, we, they, |
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6.POSSESSIVEADJECTIVES |
my, your, his, her, our, their |
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7.PREPOSITIONS |
in, under, behind, on, near, in front of, at, |
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8.QUESTIONWORDS |
What, When, Why, Where, Who, Whose |
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9.ADVERBS |
today, now, at the moment, never, always, sometimes, often, usually, every day, every week |
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10. CONJUNCTIONS |
because, and, or, then, next |
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11. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS |
this, that, these, those |
Grade Boundaries:
Grades are calculated by weighting the Listening % by 0.2 and the Written % by 0.8 - adding the results together and then using the information above.
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