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A1 Movers
Listening

There are 25 questions.

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Part 1
– 5 questions –

Listen and draw lines. There is one example.

Mark Clare Peter Jane

Fred Daisy Vicky

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Part 2
– 5 questions –

Listen and write. There is one example.

Grandma’s work
Worked at: City
…………………………… Hospital

1 Had to wash: the ………………… in the morning

2 Number of work days every week: …………………………………………

3 Wore: blue ……………………………………

4 At work, Grandma had: lots of ………………………………….

5 The hospital was for: …………………………………… only

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Part 3
– 5 questions –

Mrs First
Mrs First is
is telling
telling Paul
Paulabout
aboutthe
thepeople
peopleininher
herfamily.
family.What
Whatare
is
eachpeople
the person doing
doing now?
now?

Listen and write a letter in each box. There is one example.

her son B

her uncle

her daughter

her cousin

her brother

her sister

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A B

C D

E F

G H

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– 5 questions –

Listen and tick (  ) the box. There is one example.

Which is Charlie’s favourite animal?

A B C 

1 Which man is the girl’s teacher?

A B C

2 What did Sally lose?

A B C

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3 What does Hugo want to eat?

A B C

4 Where is Jill?

A B C

5 What must Ben’s father buy?

A B C

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Part 5
– 5 questions –
Listen
Listen and
and colour
colourand
andwrite.
write.There
Thereis is
one example.
one example.

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Marking key
Part 5 5 marks
() = Acceptable extra words are
placed in brackets 1 colour two trees on small island – yellow
/ = A single slash is placed between 2 colour sailing boat – green
acceptable alternative words
within an answer 3 colour boy’s sweater – purple
4 write ‘HELLO’ on piece of paper in bird’s beak
5 colour shell on rock – brown
Part 1 5 marks
1 Fred purple socks, playing guitar
2 Vicky laughing, next to bag
3 Jane long straight hair, writing
4 Mark playing piano
5 Daisy wearing a hat, dancing

Part 2 5 marks
1 floor(s)
2 4 / four
3 dress
4 friends
5 (ill) women / women who were ill

Part 3 5 marks
1 brother G
2 daughter C
3 sister A
4 cousin H
5 uncle F

Part 4 5 marks
1 A
2 B
3 B
4 B
5 A

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Tapescript
PAUSE 00’05”
R = rubric Fch = Female child
R Three
F = Female adult Mch = Male child
M And who’s the girl with the long, straight hair?
M = Male adult
Fch Do you mean Jane? The girl who’s writing the
words to the song?
M Yes. Why’s she doing that?
R Hello. This is the Cambridge Movers Listening
test. Fch Because our teacher asked her to.
[MUSIC] PAUSE 00’05”
Look at Part 1. R Four
Now look at the picture. Fch And the boy with the curly hair is Mark.
Listen and look. M The one who’s playing the piano?
There is one example. Fch Yes. He practises a lot! He loves music – like me.
PAUSE 00’03” M Brilliant! Me too.
Fch We have great music lessons at our school, Uncle! PAUSE 00’05”
Look!
R Five
M Wow! Is the man with the blonde hair your
M And that girl’s good at dancing!
teacher?
Fch You mean Daisy. Yes she is!
Fch Yes. He always wears that blue jacket. His name’s
Mr Young, but the older children call him Peter. M But why is she wearing a hat?
M Oh! Fch Oh she often puts that on. She likes the colours.
PAUSE 00’03” M Good!
R Can you see the line? This is an example. PAUSE 00’05”
Now you listen and draw lines. R Now listen to Part 1 again.
PAUSE 00’03” PAUSE 00’03”
[REPEAT FROM HERE] [REPEAT PART 1 WITH ONLY 00’03” PAUSES]
R One That is the end of Part 1.
M Who’s the boy with the purple socks on? He’s PAUSE 00’05”
enjoying the lesson!
Part 2.
Fch That’s Fred. He’s very clever. He can play the
Listen and look.
guitar and he can sing very well.
There is one example.
M But he isn’t singing here.
PAUSE 00’03”
Fch No.
Mch Grandma, where did you work when you were a
PAUSE 00’05”
nurse?
R Two
F I worked in City Hospital.
M And who are the two women? Are they your
Mch OK, City Hospital. I have to write about the places
teachers too?
that different people work in.
Fch No. The woman with the bag is one of the
It’s for my homework.
mothers. She comes and helps sometimes.
F Oh!
M Oh.
PAUSE 00’03”
Fch Her name is Vicky. She’s nice.
R Can you see the answer?
M Why is she laughing?
Now you listen and write.
Fch Oh, she’s always happy when she comes to our
lessons. PAUSE 00’03”

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family. What are the people doing now?

R One
PAUSE 00’03”
Mch What did you do in the mornings at the hospital?
Mch Hello, Mrs First!
F I washed the floor in the morning.
F Good morning, Paul!
Mch Do all the nurses have to wash the floors?
Mch What’s your son doing today?
F Not now, but they did when I was young.
F Oh, he’s fishing with his best friend. He loves doing
PAUSE 00’08”
that! But he doesn’t often catch anything!
R Two
Mch Ha ha.
Mch How many days of the week did you work?
PAUSE 00’03”
F Oh. I only worked four days.
R Can you see the letter B? Now you listen and
Mch Four days isn’t very long, Grandma! Dad works six write a letter in each box.
days a week!
[REPEAT FROM HERE]
F I know, but my work was very difficult.
R One
PAUSE 00’08”
F My brother’s busy today, too.
R Three
Mch What’s he doing?
Mch What clothes did you have to wear for work?
F He’s really clever. He’s building a wall.
F I wore a blue dress every day.
Mch Inside his house?
Mch A blue dress? Every day?
F No, outside. He wants to make the garden safer
F Yes, but I always took it off when I got home and for his pets. He’s got two dogs and two cats.
then put my jeans on!
Mch Cool!
PAUSE 00’08”
PAUSE 00’05”
R Four
R Two
Mch Did you like being a nurse?
Mch What about your daughter? I know her. She goes
F Yes. I enjoyed working at the hospital a lot to my school.
because I had lots of friends there.
F That’s right. She’s making some paper aeroplanes
Mch Did you? today from her old comics.
F Yes. It’s good to have lots of friends at work. Mch Why?
PAUSE 00’08” F I don’t know … She enjoys doing things like that.
R Five PAUSE 00’05”
Mch Who came to your hospital? R Three
F Our hospital was only for women. F And my sister’s having fun, too.
Mch Only for women who were ill? Mch What’s she doing?
F Yes, but they always got better because the F Oh … she’s working outside because the
doctors were very clever. weather’s nice today. She bought some flowers
and wants to plant them.
Mch And you were too!
Mch That’s my mum’s favourite hobby!
F Oh yes! I helped lots of people there.
PAUSE 00’05”
PAUSE 00’08”
R Four
R Now listen to Part 2 again.
F My cousin phoned me this morning to tell me
PAUSE 00’03”
about her newest hobby!
[REPEAT PART 2 WITH ONLY 00’05” PAUSES]
Mch What’s that?
That is the end of Part 2.
F Roller skating!
PAUSE 00’05”
Mch Really? Is she doing that today? The park is a
Part 3. good place for that.
Look at the pictures and listen. F No, she’s got to do some work on her laptop. She’s
busy doing that today.
There is one example.
PAUSE 00’05”
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And put your swimsuit back in your bag too. It’s
F And my uncle took the bus to town today.
dry now.
Mch What’s he doing there?
PAUSE 00’03”
F He’s at the zoo. He loves feeding the penguins.
R Three. What does Hugo want to eat?
They’re so funny.
PAUSE 00’03”
Mch Wow! I’d like to do that one day.
F Would you like some noodles, Hugo?
F Me too, but I’ve got to go to the shops now,
Paul. Bye! Mch Errmm, can I have a salad, Mum? I want to eat
something that’s cold.
Mch Oh OK, Goodbye Mrs First.
F OK. Do you want some bread and cheese with it?
PAUSE 00’05”
Mch Not today, thanks.
R Now listen to Part 3 again.
PAUSE 00’03”
PAUSE 00’03”
R Four. Where is Jill?
[REPEAT PART 3 WITH ONLY 00’03” PAUSES]
PAUSE 00’03”
That is the end of Part 3.
Mch Hello, Mrs Store? Is Jill here? I want to give her a
PAUSE 00’05”
school book.
Part 4.
F Oh hello! Jill’s sitting in the living room, I think. Oh
Look at the pictures. no, she’s in the basement. She’s cleaning her bike.
Listen and look. Mch Oh. That’s five floors down!
There is one example. F I know! Take the elevator.
PAUSE 00’03” PAUSE 00’03”
Which is Charlie’s favourite animal? R Five. What must Ben’s father buy?
PAUSE 00’03” PAUSE 00’03”
F I love that poster on your wall, Charlie. Those M I want to go to the store now, Ben. Would you like
pandas look great! to come with me?
Mch Yes, I like them a lot, Grandma, but I like lions best. Mch Yes, Dad. Can we go and get some new DVDs?
And I need some new tennis shoes!
F Do you? I like kangaroos. I saw some at the zoo.
M Not today, Ben. I’ve only got to get a map.
Mch Well, they’re great at jumping, but they aren’t my
favourite animals. Mch Oh! That’s boring.
PAUSE 00’03” PAUSE 00’03”
R Can you see the tick? R Now listen to Part 4 again.
Now you listen and tick the box. PAUSE 00’03”
PAUSE 00’03” [ REPEAT PART 4 BUT WITH NO PAUSE AFTER THE
QUESTION; ONLY A PAUSE OF 00’03” AFTER THE
[REPEAT FROM HERE]
DIALOGUE]
R One. Which man is the girl’s teacher?
That is the end of Part 4.
PAUSE 00’03”
PAUSE 00’05”
Fch There’s my teacher! Can you see him?
Part 5.
Mch The man with the fair hair?
Look at the picture.
Fch Yes. He’s wearing his black shirt today … Mom
Listen and colour and write.
doesn’t like his new beard but I do!
There is one example.
Mch Oh!
PAUSE 00’03”
PAUSE 00’03”
F Would you like to colour this picture now?
R Two. What did Sally lose?
Mch Yes, please. I like this place. It looks nice there.
PAUSE 00’03”
F Yes, it does. Can you colour one of the bird’s eggs,
M What’s the matter, Sally?
please?
Fch My baseball cap’s in my sports bag, but you know
Mch The bigger one?
my blue towel? That’s not here.
F Yes. Colour it red.

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PAUSE 00’03” R Now listen to Part 5 again.

R Can you see the red egg? This is an example. PAUSE 00’03”
Now you listen and colour and write. [REPEAT PART 5 WITH ONLY 00’10” PAUSES]
PAUSE 00’03” That is the end of the Movers Listening test.
[REPEAT FROM HERE] [MUSIC]
R One
F Can you colour the two trees now, please?
Mch Which ones? The two trees that are on the small
island?
F Yes. Colour those yellow.
Mch All right.
F Great! Thank you.
PAUSE 00’15”
R Two
Mch I’d like to colour the boat next – the one that’s
sailing on the water.
F OK. You choose the colour for the sailing boat.
Mch Shall I do it green?
F Yes. That’s a good idea.
PAUSE 00’15”
R Three
F Now, would you like to colour the boy’s sweater?
Mch All right. How about blue? Can I make it that
colour?
F Erm, no. I think purple is better there.
Mch OK! I love that colour too.
PAUSE 00’15”
R Four
F Now … I’d like you to write something here now.
Mch Good! The bird’s carrying a message, I think. Can I
write on that?
F Yes! That’s a great idea. Write ‘Hello!’
Mch Hello? OK. I’m doing that now.
PAUSE 00’15”
R Five
F And now some more colouring. The shell I think.
Mch The one in the boat?
F Not that one. The one on the rock. Colour it
brown.
Mch OK! There! I’d like to pick that one up and take it
home!
F Do you do that sometimes?
Mch Yes!
F Well, this picture looks great now. Thank you.

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A1 Movers
Reading and Writing

There are 35 questions.

You will need a pen or pencil.

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Part 1
– 5 questions –

Look and read. Choose the correct words and write them on the
lines. There is one example.

a balcony a kangaroo

a swimsuit a helmet

lifts a panda

stairs a dolphin

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Example

This animal has very strong legs and hops

from place to place. a kangaroo
………………………

Questions

1 You can put chairs and tables on this and sit

outside. ………………………

2 This is black and white and lives in the

mountains. ………………………

3 You put this on your head and then ride

your bike. ………………………

4 You can walk up and down these inside a

house. ………………………

5 This animal swims and sometimes jumps

above the waves. ………………………

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Part 2
– 6 questions –

Read the text and choose the best answer.

Example

Fred: Do you like shopping Julia?

Julia: A OK, here you are.

B Yes, it’s all right.
C My mum went shopping.

Questions

1 Julia: What do you need to buy today Fred?

Fred: A I went to get it.

B There were lots of presents.
C Something for my sister’s birthday.

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2 Julia: Which is your favourite shop?

Fred: A That’s my favourite sport.

B How about doing some sport?
C I like the sports shop.

3 Julia: Does your sister like sport?

Fred: A I don’t know!

B What’s the matter?
C So do I!

4 Julia: What are your sister’s hobbies?

Fred: A She is drawing.

B She loves drawing.
C She has got my drawings.

5 Julia: How about buying your sister a book about drawing?

Fred: A I don’t want it.

B You buy them every day.
C That’s a good idea.

6 Julia: Look! There’s a bookshop. You can get a book there.

Fred: A I choose this bookshop.

B Brilliant! Let’s go inside.
C Yes, we can see it.

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– 6 questions –

Read the story. Choose a word from the box. Write the correct word
next to numbers 1–5. There is one example.

Lucy and Matt’s mum is a doctor. The children and their dad were at home last
phoned
Monday evening when Mum ………………………… . She said, ‘I have to do

some more work here at the (1) ………………………… . Ask Dad to make your

dinner.’

‘Oh no!’ said Matt. ‘Dad can’t (2) ………………………… !’

The family looked for some food in the kitchen cupboards. They found some onions,

potatoes and carrots. ‘What can we make with these?’ asked Matt. ‘I’m very

(3) ………………………… !’ Then Lucy said, ‘I know! We can make soup.’ Matt

was not happy. He said, ‘I don’t like soup. I want pasta and meatballs!’ ‘Sorry, Matt,’

Dad said. ‘We haven’t got any pasta or meatballs. We only have

these (4) ………………………… to eat for dinner.’

Lucy and Dad made the soup. Then the three of them sat down and started eating.

Lucy asked Matt, ‘So, what do you think?’ ‘It’s fantastic! I love it!’ Matt answered.

‘Can I have another (5) ………………………… of soup, please?’ And they all

laughed.

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Example

phoned hungry hospital

vegetables cry afraid

cups cook bowl

(6) Now choose the best name for the story.

Tick one box.

Two children make meatballs

Matt has some nice soup

The family is very thirsty

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Part 4
– 5 questions –

Read the text. Choose the right words and write them on the
lines.

Parrots

are
Example There ……………………… 350 kinds of parrot in the world.
They are clever animals. A lot of parrots are green, but you can find
1 parrots ……………………… are red, yellow and blue. They
live in trees and rocks in hot places.
They have big heads and short necks. They are very good
2 ……………………… climbing trees.
3 ……………………… parrots do not eat meat. They eat fruit
and plants. Parrots fly to many places every day to look for food.
4 When they are ……………………… , they hold their food in
5 one foot. ……………………… birds make a lot of noise when
they are with their families.

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Example is are was

1 what which where

2 at on of
3 Every Both Most

4 eating ate eat

5 That These This

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Part 5
– 7 questions –

Look at the pictures and read the story. Write some words to
complete the sentences about the story. You can use 1, 2 or 3 words.

The rain in the jungle

Last weekend, Vicky and Tom said to their friend Daisy, ‘Would you like to
go for a walk in the jungle?’ Daisy said, ‘I need to take some photos for
homework. I can do that there.’ Vicky’s mum said, ‘Take coats with you.’
The children laughed and said, ‘It’s hot and sunny. We don’t need coats!’
When the children got to the jungle, they saw lots of monkeys in the trees.

Examples

Vicky and Tom wanted to walk in the jungle last

weekend
……………………………… with their friend Daisy.

take some photos

For her homework, Daisy had to ……………………………… .

Questions

1 Mum wanted Tom, Vicky and Daisy to ………………………………

with them.

2 The weather was ……………………………… before the walk in

the jungle.
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Tom took pictures of some beautiful plants which had red flowers on them.
Then Daisy pointed and said, ‘Look at those black clouds!’ Then it started
raining. ‘The camera! Put it in your bag!’ said Vicky to Tom. ‘OK,’ said Tom.
Tom got some very big leaves and they held them above their heads. The
monkeys came and sat with them. It rained and rained, but the leaves were
really big and the children and monkeys didn’t get wet. Daisy took more
photos.

3 Daisy pointed at some ……………………………… in the sky.

4 Tom put ……………………………… in his bag because it started

raining.

5 When it rained the children and the monkeys sat under some
……………………………… and they didn’t get wet.

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The children waited for the rain to stop and they ate their sandwiches.
When it was sunny again, the children ran back home. Mum looked at
their clothes and was surprised. ‘Didn’t it rain in the jungle?’ she asked.
‘Yes,’ they said. ‘But we found some leaves and we didn’t need coats.’ And
they showed Mum their photos.

6 The children had their lunch and then went

……………………………… when it stopped raining.

7 Vicky and Tom’s mother was ……………………………… because

their clothes weren’t wet.

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– 6 questions –

Look and read and write.

Examples
box
The man is carrying a …………………………………… of oranges.

What’s the girl in the yellow sweater

got? an ice cream
………………………………

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Questions

Complete the sentences.

1 The woman with the baby has ……………………………………

around her neck.

2 One person is …………………………………… a motorbike.

Answer the questions.

3 What’s the man with the white beard doing?

……………………………………………………………………… .

4 Who is in the red car?

……………………………………………………………………… .

Now write two sentences about the picture.

5 ……………………………………………………………………… .

6 ……………………………………………………………………… .

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