JUNIOR

What does Junior test?
  • an understanding of about 200 words (the First Step words, plus 100 more) from familiar categories such as parts of the body, animals, food and means of transport
  • some useful structures to say who people are and what they're doing
  • some prepositions to say where people and things are
  • some basic questions to find out what things are or who things belong to
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What does the candidate have to do in the Junior exam?
  • match words with pictures
  • choose answers
  • write words and letters
  • read and label
  • answer multiple-choice questions​​
Performance Indicators

​The candidate
  • has a basic vocabulary recognition of about 200 words
  • knows how to describe present actions
  • can identify and describe basic location and position
  • can follow a short, simple written text
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Click on the cover to open the sample Step To Book.
GRAMMAR & STRUCTURES
WHAT ARE THEY USED FOR?
SOME EXAMPLES
Verbs
 
 
GP 2: Present simple
(to be, to have, in the third person singular)

Question form and short answers.
Describing personal attributes. Identifying an object.
- He has black hair.
- The mouse is behind the cupboard.
- What is it? Is it a bird? Yes, it is.   No, it isn't.
- There is a book on the table.
- There are four girls in the kitchen.
GP 5: Present continuous
Describing present actions.
- My brother is watching a video.
- Jane is playing in the garden.
GP 3: Personal pronouns
I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they
Identification
- I am listening to the radio.
- She is wearing a yellow dress.
GP 6: Possessive adjectives
her, his, their, our, my, your, its
Identifying relationships and possession.
- My mother is cooking.
- His name is John.
GP 4: A/an/the
As part of the identification on an object.
- Jane is playing in the garden.
- My brothers are watching a video.
GP 7: Prepositions
in, behind, under, on, near, in front of, at (recognition only - not actively tested)
Describing location and position.
- The telephone is on the table.
- The mouse is under the bed.
- At school, at home, at the beach.