Park Photo
Looking for engaging resources to prepare young learners for the Pre A1 Listening Part 1 exam? This colourful park photo shows children enjoying various activities, including playing football, riding bikes, and having snacks. This is perfect for practising name-matching and simple listening skills. Use this lively scene to help students improve their listening comprehension in a fun and familiar setting.
- The Park Photo Pre A1 listening activity takes 10 – 15 minutes.
- Supports listening for names and descriptions.
- Early stages of learning English.
Listen and Match the Names
You will hear a girl and a woman talking about a park photo. Put the names in the right places in the photo.
Starters Listening Part 1 Test 1 (Transcript)
Look at the picture. Listen and look. There is one example.
A: Look at this photo of my family and friends at the park Miss Gray.
B: That’s a nice photo, it looks like you’re having fun, so who’s that girl on the bench?
A: That’s my friend Kate. She loves singing.
B: I love it too.
Can you see Kate’s name? This is an example. Now you listen and put the names next to the right person.
Question 1
A: Look, and there’s my friend Sam.
B: Oh yes, he’s kicking a football.
A: Yeah, he loves playing football.
Question 2
B: One girl is riding a bike, what’s her name then?
A: That’s my friend Anna. She’s just got a new bike.
B: That’s nice. She’s very lucky.
A: Yeah, she lets me use it sometimes.
Question 3
B: Two people are eating..
A: Oh yeah, my sister May loves eating snacks.
B: Do you like snacks?
A: Yeah, but I do, but I don’t eat too many snacks.
Question 4
A: My brother Josh is in the photo, too. Can you see him?
B: No, I can’t, what’s he doing?
A: He’s sitting next to May, and he’s eating some snacks, too.
B: Oh yes, I see him now.
Question 5
A: Can you see my dad, Mark?
B: Is he the one playing the guitar?
A: Yeah, that’s right.
B: It looks like your family had a brilliant day out in the park.
Now listen to it again.
Here are words and phrases from this Park Photo activity:
- brilliant day
- drawing
- football
- fruit
- guitar
- ice cream
- riding a bike
- right person
- singing
- snacks
- very lucky
Starter Practice
We regularly upload Pre A1 listening and speaking exercises alongside reading and writing practice. We also upload videos designed explicitly for the Pre A1 Starters test. These resources help young learners build confidence. They also improve their skills for the listening and speaking sections of the Cambridge English Starters exam.
Here are video of the full test from Cambridge Assessment English.
You see a big picture and you point to things. Then you put three things on the picture and answer questions about it.
You will see three pictures and you will answer three questions about each picture.
You will answer three questions with a word or short phrase.
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