CEF

Flyers

Movers

Title

Starters

DISCOVER ENGLISH EXAM CORRELATIONS

Discover English
Starter
Discover English
1
Discover English
2
Discover English
3

A1

A2

Starters, Movers and Flyers are the three levels of the Cambridge Tests for Young Learners [CLETS]s

DISCOVER ENGLISH 1
Discover English 1 teaches language and competences within A1 level. At first view the
pages are colourful and dynamic. Closer view shows that the classroom is also dynamic,
with frequent use of dramatisation of stories, mime, songs, raps, activity games, puzzles
and interactions. All four communication skills are developed with more attention to
simple guided reading comprehension and writing than is often found in courses at this
level for this age group.
The episodic picture story, Earth Explorer, involves an alien character from another
planet, describing human life on Earth providing an opportunity to see everyday life
from an outsiders perspective.

Although Discover English 1 is not specifically an exam preparation course, the topics,
vocabulary, tasks and exercises types match those used in the CYLETS Starters test, so
if learners take this test, they will be familiar with the requirements of the test.
Discover English 1 uses a holistic approach, dedicated to the development of the whole
child. There is some material which exploits and extends knowledge gained in other
parts of the curriculum and many communication skills will be transferable across the
curriculum, the main CLIL element comes from overcoming the parochial (small world)
nature of the childs life. Discover English 1 challenges children to compare their own
lives with the life of children who live in different countries, climates and environments.
In this way, Discover English 1 extends and broadens the learners cultural horizons.
This benefits both personal and academic development. Through Discover English 1,
children will learn to function in a new linguistic code, but, equally importantly, their
knowledge, attitudes and sympathies concerning the wider world are extended and
developed.

UNIT

CEF DESCRIPTIONS

EXAM

START

I can say my name.

I can say my age.
I can say my class.
I can say my favourite colour.
I can say my favourite possession.
I can ask names and ages.
I can read and understand personal
descriptions.
I can use subject personal pronouns.
I can use present simple of be in positive
and negative statements and simple

I can listen and complete a chart with

personal information.
I can write short answers to questions
using present simple of be.
I can listen and answer T/F questions.

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AND

STUDY

SKILLS

CROSS
CURRICULAR
Geography:
countries and
nationalities.

questions.
I can recognise shortened forms such as
hes, Im etc.
I can read and understand a personal
introduction and description of objects.
I can use possessive adjectives.
I can use definite, indefinite and zero
articles.
I can introduce myself and others.
I can say where I am from.
I can say my nationality.
I can use regular and irregular plurals.
I can talk about my favourite star.
I can read a short picture story.
I can use demonstrative pronouns this,
that, these, those.

I can use appearance adjectives to

describe people.
I can use has / have got to talk about
possessions.
I can use has / have got in negative
statements.
I can use double adjectives like my funny
family album.
I can use question words like where, who,
what.
I can use simple imperatives.
I can use possessive s.
I can use has / have got to refer to my
family.
I can use small numbers.
I can write simple questions from notes.
I can understand a short text about
Orlando Bloom or Beyonce.
I can describe rooms in a house and
furniture.
I can use there is /are and negatives.
I can use the preposition in.

I can write simple sentences about

possessions.
I can listen and complete a dialogue.
I can answer Y/N questions about my
possessions and family.
I can describe personal characteristics,
short hair, brown eyes etc.
I can match adjectives with opposites.

Family words

I can understand an illustrated picture

story.
I can isolate words in a word snake.
I can listen and complete a dialogue.

Flats and houses in

Britain.

I can listen and understand a situation.

I can uses articles in sentences like Theres
a TV in the kitchen.
I can use any and some with plurals.
I can play a game and make sentences
about rooms and furniture.
I can form questions is/ are there ...?
I can read a letter describing a house and
furniture.
I can use in, on, next to, under, behind.
I can use negative imperatives with Dont!
I can use simple verbs as imperatives:
hurry up, sit down, talk, be nice, stay,
open, listen, wait, touch.
I can give instructions.
I can name exotic animals.
I can understand short texts about animal
abilities.
I can use can / cant to refer to abilities .
I can use basic action verbs.
I can identify animals from descriptions of
their abilities.
I can name parts of an animals body.
I can use adjectives to describe a long
neck etc.
I can use tooth / teeth irreg plurals
I can understand a picture story written in
play script format.
I can use can to indicate permission or
prohibition .
I can listen and place pictures in sequence.
I can talk about routine activities using
simple verbs.
I can talk about clock times.
I can form positive and negative
statements in Present Simple.
I can form 3 rd person sing of Present
Simple.

Read short texts.

I can complete a chart about animal
abilities.
I can answer T/F statements.
I can do a simple crossword.
I can understand a postcard describing a
visit to an aquarium in Lisbon.
I can give short answers to Y/N and WH
comprehension questions.
I can listen and complete sentences
using multiple choice options.
I can ask and answer spoken questions
about animals.
I can write a description of my favourite
animal.
I can join familiar words divided in two
parts.
I can read short letters describing how
different children travel to school.
I can write about how I and my friend
travel to school.
I can listen and tick boxes on a chart.
I can insert correct verb forms in a text
using infinitives as clues.

Exotic wildlife.
Animal abilities.
Robot animals.

Routine activities.
Using different
means of transport.
Eating patterns:
what time do you
eat different food?
Routines, time and
food in the UK.

I can use but to form contrasts.

I can understand a picture story about
routines on imaginary planets.
I can form Present Simple questions using
notes.
I can insert spaces
incompressedsentences.
I can make an illustrated poster about my
diet and meals.
I can match pictures to names of different
sports.
I can guess a sport from a description of
the activity and location.
I can read a factfile about an athlete
written in q/a format and answer T/F
questions.
I can talk about periods of the day, days in
the week and seasons of the year.
I can use WH question words to ask
information questions.
I can talk about activities I like or dislike
doing.
I can discuss sports in a group and record
in a chart what people like or dislike doing.
I can write sentences about my friends and
the sports they like and dislike.
I can read a picture story and give short
answers to comprehension questions.
I can understand and use object pronouns.
I can read posters, letters, web pages and
notes about activity holidays.
I can listen to a story and follow actions on
a town map.
I can say what people are doing.
I can describe what is happening in a
picture.
I can describe the clothes people are
wearing.
I can complete a simple letter with correct
verb forms.

I can read a picture story and give short

answers to comprehension questions.
I can discuss sports in a group and
record in a chart what people like or
dislike doing.
I can ask information questions.
I can make simple suggestions.
I can write appointments in a diary.
I can make a poster about an activity
camp.

I can describe what is happening in a

picture.
I can follow and give directions (using a
simple map).

Shops and facilities

in a town.
Property and theft.
Map reading.
Spies and
detectives in
English literature.

I can talk about personal, national and

religious celebrations.
I can talk about dates and months of the
year.
I can use frequency adverbs to describe
weather and activities.
I can understand short texts about Easter
celebrations in Poland and Chinese New
Year.
I can use dates written in words or
numbers.
I can listen to a weather report and draw
weather symbols on a country map.
I can understand a diary entry about
carnival celebrations.
I can write a diary entry about what is
happening, what people are wearing, what
people are listening to, and the weather on
the day of my own favourite celebration.
I can talk about different lessons on the
school timetable.
I can speak and write about past events
using was / were and regular verbs.
I can use time expressions referring to past
times.
I can read a web page recording personal
experience of the 2004 tsunami in
Thailand.
I can ask questions about past events.
I can use adjectives to describe my
feelings.
I can talk about different kinds f
entertainment.
I can read a summary of a well-known film
and understand comments made about the
film.
I can use some key irregular past simple
verbs in positive and negative forms.
I can ask Y/N questions about past events.
I can use adjectives to express my opinion

Reading a pie chart.

I can write events on a calendar.

Celebrations in the
UK and other
cultures.
How birthdays are
celebrated in the
UK.
Also Holi in India
and the Snow
Festival in Japan.

Geography: tsunami in Thailand.

I can write a letter describing my school.

Private boarding
schools and state
schools.

I can retell a story using pictures as

prompts.
I can use sequence markers when telling
a story.
I can write a brief biography of my
favourite film star.
I can give my opinion about films,
events, celebrations etc.
I can give short information answer to

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about films and TV programmes.

I can read and understand a brief
biography of a famous film star.
I can give short information answer to
comprehension questions.
I can match photographs to descriptions I
hear.
I can understand a web page describing a
holiday using a variety of present and past
tenses.
I can say what I want and dont want to do.

comprehension questions.
I can find words in a word search square.

I can answer Y/N and information

questions in a variety of tenses.
I can listen to a recording and answer
questions by circling words.
I can tell (and write) a story using a
choice of pictures as a stimulus.

Geographical
features in the
landscape.
History and
Geography: Captain
Cook and the
discovery of
Australia and New
Zealand.