Primary
KEY FACTS
CFER: N/A
Guided learning hours: 50-75
Pass marks: Refer:<50%; Pass: 50-64%; Merit: 65-79%; Distinction: 80%+
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What does the Primary STEP test?
- About 400 words (the First STEP and Junior words plus 200 more) in familiar categories like jobs, feelings, weather
- How to make questions and answers
- How to say you can and can’t do things
- How to say you’ve got things, like things, haven’t got things and don’t like things
- How to say the time and describe when things happen
- Understanding messages
What does the learner have to do in their Primary exam?
- Read and choose answers
- Match words
- Fill in gaps
- Write some words and phrases
Student performance indicators
- Has a basic active vocabulary of about 300 words
- Can tell the time
- Can describe present actions, give personal and family information, describe habits, routines, and everyday activities
- Can communicate when and how often an action or event takes place
- Can form questions and negatives
Grammar and structures list
Grammar and Structure |
What are they used for? |
Some examples |
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VERBS | |||
There is/ there are | Identifying something/ someone | There is a book on the table. There are four girls in the kitchen. |
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Present simple | Talking about habits, routines, facts (Such as where a person lives), the actions of everyday life | My uncle lives in a small house. She is thirteen years old. I always take the bus to school |
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The present simple with the verb 'like' + 'ing' in the third person singular and plural | Describing what people or animals like doing |
My cat likes sleeping in the garden. |
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Present continuous | Talking about the present actions | My brothers are playing football in the park at the moment. | |
Interrogative forms of the above two tenses | Asking and answering questions about the above |
Do they often go to the cinema? |
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Negative forms of the above two tenses | Making the above negative | Sure doesn't like dogs. John isn't studying now, he is talking on the phone. |
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The modal 'can' | Describing an ability or skill |
He can play the guitar. |
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PRONOUNS | |||
All personal pronouns as subject or object - I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, you, him, her, it, us, them | Describing and identifying people, animals and objects |
Do you want my father? |
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Demonstrative pronouns - this, these, that, those | Asking for, and giving information | These are tables. That family is rich Is this a kettle? |
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CONJUNCTIONS | |||
because, and, or, but | Linking sentence parts and ideas | John and Mary are in the garden because it is sunny. | |
INTERROGATIVE WORDS | |||
What, Who, Where, When, Why, How many | Asking questions about people, animals and objects |
What is this? |
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ADVERBS | |||
Adverbs of time - today, now, at the moment Adverbs of frequency - always, never, sometimes, often, usually, every day, every week, every month |
Describing when and how often someone does something or something happens. Discriminating between the present continuous and the present simple |
I usually eat an egg for breakfast. |
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PREPOSITIONS | |||
in, on, at, to | Talking about time, place, position | The examination finishes at 4 pm. My brother is 10 years old in August. I am going to Disney World on 1st August. |
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