Contents
4 Vocabulary
Places in Town
6 Your Story
Where’s the Party?
8 Grammar
Grammar Zone
10 Story with Pictures
The Lion and the Mouse
12 Comic
Jack’s New Year
14 Traditions
It’s Carnival
16 Speaking
Speaking Fun
17 Colouring
Let’s Colour
18 Board Game
The Spelling Slalom
20 Tradition
The Chinese Zodiac
22 Geography
A Postcard from Kingston
24 Tests
YLE Starters Practice Test
31 Puzzles
Valentine’s Day
32 Puzzles
Dog Man
33 Puzzles
Paddington in Peru
34 Look and Talk
In the Street
Extras
- CD Play January 2025
- CD PLAY January 2025
CAMBRIDGE OFFICIAL PRACTICE TEST
Pre A1 STARTERS
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Materials for the Pre A1 Starters Listening (Parts 1–4) were published in the January-February 2025 PLAY (pages 25–30). The audio is available online only, here on the right (W Tracks B-E).
Here are the answers and the audio script.
The Reading & Writing (Parts 1–5) and Speaking Tests will be published in the May-June 2025 PLAY.
Audio MP3
CD Track 13 - A School for Witches and Wizards, Task 1, pp 4-5
CD Track 15 - A School for Witches and Wizards, Task 2b, pp 4-5
CD Track 16 - A School for Witches and Wizards, Task 4, pp 4-5
CD Track 19 - Jack's New Year, pp 12-13
CD Track 20 - Speaking Fun, Task 2, p 16
CD Track 21 - Look and Talk, Task 1, pp 35-36
CD Track 23 - Look and Talk, Task 4, pp 35-36
W Track E, Pre A1 Starters Practice Test, Part 1, p. 30
W Track F, Winter Fun, Task 1, p. 32