Talking to Kim
Talking to Kim is a listening exercise to practice for Part 2 of the Cambridge Assessment English Pre A1 Starters (YLE) exam. For this part, you should be able to listen to numbers and spell names.
Listen to a short conversation between a man who is talking to Kim.
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Talking to Kim
One
A: Hello, what’s your name, please?
B: It’s Kim.
A: And, how old are you, Kim?
B: I’m nine. Today’s my birthday.
A: Nine, today. Happy Birthday!
B: Thank you.
Two
A: Is this your house?
B: No, it isn’t. It’s my friend Lucy’s house.
A: Lucy, how do you spell that?
B: It’s L-U-C-Y.
A: Right.
Three
A: Where’s your house?
B: It’s in this street. It’s number 18.
A: What number?
B: 18. It’s there. Look!
A: Oh, yes.
Four
A: And, is that your cat?
B: Yes, it is. His name’s Ben.
A: Is that B-E-N?
B: Yes.
A: Ben’s a nice name for a cat.
B: Thanks.
Five
A: Is your cat old?
B: Yes, very old. He’s nineteen.
A: How old is he?
B: Nineteen.
A: That is old for a cat.
Starter Practice
We regularly add listening and speaking exercises in order to practise for this part of the Pre A1 Starters test.
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.
Starter Success
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Word Games & Puzzles
The more words you encounter and understand, the broader your day-to-day vocabulary will become. Our word games and puzzles are an excellent way to help to reinforce spellings in your mind.
Topic Practice
Especially helpful are exercises that are focussed on a theme or topic as these provide word retention practice so you can be confident to read, write, speak and listen successfully.