Cambridge Young Learners Exams in English

u I currently teach English to children u I am currently preparing my students for the YLE Cambridge exams or will be later this year u I have been teaching English for 5 years or more

u I feel confident of what language my students are expected to have at each YLE level u I have a good knowledge of what each YLE exam involves

u I have a ‘bank’ of activities that I use with my students to help them prepare for the tasks in the different exams u I believe that preparing for the exams should be as fun and stress free as possible  

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Common European Framework

C2 CPE C1 CAE B2 FCE B1 PET A2 KET Flyers A1 Movers Beginner Starters

•  Expected language

•  Relative clauses (who/which/where) – •  Grammar structure: There is/There are … - •  Nouns such as grass, fan, cloud, shoulder, puppy – •  Present perfect (Today I have eaten two apples.) – •  Question words (Who, What, Where, When, Why) – •  Verbs such as burn, follow, prefer, cut, remember – •  Construction: be good at + noun – •  Could (past form of can) – •  Language to agree (Me too / So do I) – •  Conjunctions and/but/because/so -

•  Expected language

•  Relative clauses (who/which/where) – Movers •  Grammar structure: There is/There are … - Starters •  Nouns such as grass, fan, cloud, shoulder, puppy – Movers •  Present perfect (Today I have eaten two apples.) – Flyers •  Question words (Who, What, Where, When, Why) – Starters •  Verbs such as burn, follow, prefer, cut, remember – Flyers •  Construction: be good at + noun – Movers •  Could (past form of can) – Movers •  Language to agree (Me too / So do I) – Starters •  Conjunctions and/but/because/so - Flyers

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