Young Learners English (YLE) Starters
Welcome to the YLE Starters Home page, where parents can find all the information they need to help their child start preparing for YLE Starters!
ABOUT YLE STARTERS
Starters is the first level of the Young Learners English Tests (Starters, Movers and Flyers) from Cambridge ESOL.
What's in YLE Starters?
The table below shows you a summary of the different papers of YLE Starters. You can also view the YLE Starters papers in more detail.
| Paper | Content | Time | Marks (% of total) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Listening |
4 parts/20 questions | about 20 minutes | a maximum of five Shields |
 Reading and Writing |
5 parts/25 questions | 20 minutes | a maximum of five Shields |
 Speaking |
5 parts | 3 - 5 minutes | a maximum of five Shields |
SUPPORT FOR YLE STARTERS
To help you get started, Cambridge ESOL have lots of FREE material which you can download for YLE Starters.
Information for Candidates
These short booklets explain what's in the exam in more detail.
Download the YLE Starters Information for Candidates (English)
(1.2 Mb)
Download the YLE Starters Information for Candidates (Spanish) (1.3 Mb)
Download the YLE Starters Information for Candidates (Portuguese) (743 Kb)
Sample Papers
Download the YLE Starters Sample Test 
(11 Mb)
