Talking to Tom
Talking to Tom 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 teacher who is talking to Tom.
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Talking to Tom
One
A: Hello, Tom. Have you got a sister?
B: Yes her name is Lucy.
A: Is that L-U-C-Y?
Two
A: And how old is you sister?
B: She’s 6 years old.
A: Six?
B: Yes, she is.
Three
A: Have you got many friends at school?
B: Yes lots. I have eight friends.
A: Eight?
B: That’s a lot.
A: Yes, it’s nice to have good friends.
Four
A: Has your sister got a friend?
B: Yes, her friend’s name is Sue.
A: How do you spell that?
B: S-U-E
Five
A: What can Sue do?
B: She can write numbers.
A: How many numbers can she write?
B: Sixteen
A: Sorry, sixteen?
B: That’s right.
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.