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University of Cambrid g e ESOL Examinations

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Information for Candidates

Information for

candidates –

YLE Flyers

Dear Parent

Thank you for encouraging your child to learn English and to take this YLE

(Young Learners English) Flyers test.

We believe that learning English should be fun and stimulating for children

and we hope it will also be interesting for you to watch your child grow in

confidence as he or she learns more and more English. Taking a test such as

YLE Flyers is an excellent way of motivating your child to learn and showing

how much progress he or she has made.

We have prepared this booklet to give you and your child a brief introduction to

the different parts of YLE Flyers and the type of questions you can expect to

find. We hope you will take the time to read the booklet together with your

child and that it will give you a clear picture of what we expect children to be

able to do in English when taking YLE Flyers.

Young Learners English tests come to you from Cambridge ESOL (English for

Speakers of Other Languages) which is part of Cambridge Assessment, a

department of the world-famous University of Cambridge in the UK. So, you

can be sure that we have created a test you can trust which will help your child

to do his or her very best at English.

We hope you enjoy preparing for and taking YLE Flyers!

With best wishes

Cambridge ESOL

What does YLE Flyers involve?

This booklet is a brief introduction to YLE Flyers. We show examples from each part of

the test, but in some cases we do not show the full text or all of the questions. If you

would like to see full sample papers for YLE Flyers, you can download them from our

website at:

www.CambridgeESOL.org/support/dloads/yle_downloads.htm

There is a defined set of vocabulary and structures for each level of YLE and you should

make sure that you are familiar with the vocabulary and structures you need to know

for YLE Flyers. This list of grammar and structures and a list of vocabulary (in

alphabetical order) is also available from our website.

The table below shows the different parts of YLE Flyers and how long each paper takes.

Name of paper

Number of parts

Number of questions

Time allowed

Listening

5 parts

25 questions

approx. 25 minutes

Reading and Writing

7 parts

50 questions

40 minutes

Speaking

4 parts

–

7–9 minutes

Listening

approx. 25 minutes/25 questions

There are five parts in the Listening test. You hear all the parts of the test twice. In the

test, all the parts include an example.

yle flyers information for candidates

Part 1 (5 questions)

In Part 1 you see a big picture which shows different people doing different things. There

are seven names round the picture. You hear an adult and a child talking about the

people in the picture. You have to draw a line from the name you hear to the correct

person in the picture. We have done an example for you. Can you see the line from

William? In the test, there are three more people you have to find.

Katy

Harry

William

Sarah

This is what you hear …

Can you see the line? This is

an example. Now you listen

and draw lines.

Man: Who’s the boy just behind

William?

Girl: There are two boys just behind

him. Which one do you mean?

Man: The one with dark hair. He’s

coming second in the race now.

Girl: Oh, that’s Harry. He’s very good

at running, too.

Man: Look at all the silver cups on

the table.

Girl: Yes, they’re ready for the teams

that win.

Man: Who’s the older boy? – look,

he’s sitting next to the table.

Girl: That’s Michael. He’s won lots of

cups for running. He’s going to

give the cups to the children

that win.

Richard

Michael

Helen

Part 2 (5 questions)

In Part 2 you hear a conversation between two speakers. On the question paper there is

a form or a page on a notepad. You have to write a word or a number in five places on

the form or notepad. You do not have to spell words perfectly if they are not spelled out

for you. In the conversation below, a woman is asking a man about his children’s sports

club. In the test there are three more questions like these.

This is what you hear …

Now you listen and write.

Woman: Is it near here?

Man: Yes! It’s next to the

chocolate factory.

Woman: Oh. I know it. That’s good!

Man: Yes, the children like the

smell.

Woman: OK. So when can children

use the club? I mean, which

days?

Man:

Well, it’s open for everyone

from Friday to Tuesday. It’s

closed on Wednesdays and

Thursdays.

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Part 3 (5 questions)

In Part 3 you have two sets of pictures. On the left hand page of the exam paper there

are some pictures of named people or other named places or objects. On the right hand

side is a set of pictures with letters but no words. You hear a conversation between two

people and you have to match one of the lettered pictures to one of the named pictures.

You write a letter in each box beside the named pictures.

Have a look at the pictures below. What did each person in Mr Salt’s family choose to buy

in the new supermarket? In the test, there are two more people to match to objects.

This is what you hear …

Girl: Have you been to that new supermarket in town, Mr Salt?

Man: Yes, I took all the family there last week to do some shopping. It sells all kinds of

things – clothes, food, things for the car, sports things. I even found a very nice

dark blue suitcase there. It wasn’t expensive so I bought it to use on our next

holiday.

Girl: Did anyone else buy anything?

Man: Well, David. He’s my oldest son – he’s nineteen. He wanted a volleyball so he

went to look at all the sports things first. He found one and he bought it. There

were a lot of other things that he wanted, too, so he’ll go there again another day.

He’ll have some more money soon.

Girl: You’ve got a daughter too, haven’t you?

Man: I’ve got two! The older one is called Betty. She just loves clothes and she found

some shorts which she liked a lot. They were too big for her, but she still bought

them because she loved the colour. She’ll have to wear a belt with them, I think.

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Part 4 (5 questions)

In Part 4 you hear five connected dialogues. There is a question about each dialogue and

you have to choose which of three pictures gives the answer to the question. You must

put a tick (

1 What should David put on the desks?

This is what you hear …

One

Woman: Would you like to help me?

Boy: Yes please.

Woman: Can you put some bottles of

glue on all the desks, and

some scissors, too, please.

Boy: OK. And paints?

Woman: No, not today.

Tw o

Woman: Daisy left her dictionary in

the library. Can you put it

on her desk, please?

Boy: Yes, but which is her desk?

Woman: It’s that one, near the door.

Boy: This one?

Woman: No, there’s a bin under

Daisy’s desk.

2 Which is Daisy’s desk?

Part 5 (5 questions)

In Part 5 you see a big picture like the one on the next page. You listen to a dialogue

between an adult and a child and must colour specific objects using the colour that we

tell you to use. You will also have to draw and colour a simple object and to write a short

word somewhere in the picture.

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) in the box below the correct picture. In the test, you have three more

questions like the ones below.

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