A2 Flyers study guide
A2 Flyers · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
A2 Flyers is the third of three Cambridge English Qualifications for young learners, following Pre A1 Starters and A1 Movers. It is designed for children: the tests introduce them to everyday written and spoken English, help them build language skills and give them confidence using English. The exam is set at CEFR level A2 and is paper-based, with a face-to-face Speaking paper. It has three papers - Listening, Reading and Writing, and Speaking - and takes approximately 1 hour 15 minutes in total. Topics on this exam: Listening, Reading and Writing, and Speaking. The A2 Flyers study guide has 3 sections and about 1,186 words.
01Listening: Five Parts, One Skill - Listening for Detail
Flyers Listening lasts about 25 minutes and has five parts. In Part 1 you draw lines from names to people in a picture. In Part 2 you complete short notes about a place or event with a word or a number. In Part 3 you match pictures (objects, people or days) to the information you hear.
407 words, about 2 min02Reading and Writing: Seven Parts, From Words to a Story
Flyers Reading and Writing lasts about 40 minutes and has seven parts. Expect: a multiple-choice cloze where you choose A, B or C for each gap; a text with a box of words to place in gaps (there are always extra words); a matching or definition task; a longer text with short comprehension questions answered in a few words; and a writing task where you tell a story from three pictures. A2 grammar carries most of the marks: present simple and continuous, past simple (regular and irregular), comparatives and superlatives, going to for plans, must/mustn't , prepositions, question words, and connectors such as but, because, so, then, after that, finally . Spelling of everyday words matters in every part.
407 words, about 2 min03Speaking: Four Parts and a Conversation
Flyers Speaking takes about 7–9 minutes with one examiner. In Part 1 you compare two pictures and find the differences. In Part 2 you exchange information: you and the examiner have similar pictures with different details, so you must ask questions and answer questions . In Part 3 you tell a short story from four pictures after the examiner gives you the first line.
372 words, about 2 min