Mock exam, free and unofficial
A2 Flyers
A2 Flyers is the highest of the three Cambridge exams for young learners, for children of about 9 to 12, and the step before A2 Key for Schools. These mock exams follow the reading parts of its Reading and Writing paper, with a timer, instant marking and an explanation for every answer. Results are shields, as on the real certificate.
- Reading
- 35 min
- Results
- 1 to 5 shields
- Reading questions
- 43
Reading
Parts 1 to 6 of the official paper in 35 minutes: fifteen words and ten definitions, a conversation with missing replies, a story with missing words and a title to choose, a factual text with three options per gap, a longer story with sentences to complete, and a letter with one word to write in each gap.
| Part | Task | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Definitions: match each definition to the right word from the list | 10 |
| 2 | Conversation: put the missing replies back into the dialogue | 5 |
| 3 | Gapped story: choose the missing words, then the best name for the story | 6 |
| 4 | Multiple-choice cloze: choose the word that fits each gap in a text | 10 |
| 5 | Story: complete sentences with a few words taken from the story | 7 |
| 6 | Open cloze: fill each gap with one word of your own | 5 |
What is not included
The official paper ends with Part 7, a short story written from three pictures. That part needs the pictures and a human marker, so it is not in this mock, and the clock is 35 minutes instead of the official 40.
How it is scored
Cambridge reports young learners results as 1 to 5 shields per paper, with no pass or fail and no scale score. Cambridge publishes no mark boundaries, so here the shields are estimated from the share of correct answers: 5 shields from 85%, 4 from 70%, 3 from 50% and 2 from 30%. With 4 or 5 shields, Cambridge says a child is ready to prepare for the next exam.
These are unofficial estimates produced by this tool. They help you see progress, but they do not predict your result in a real exam.
What to practise
- In Part 2, read the question before the gap and the line after it: the reply must fit both.
- In Part 6, think about grammar words: the missing word is usually a preposition, a pronoun, an auxiliary or a connector.
- Spelling counts in every part: copy words carefully and check them before you move on.
Practise A2 Flyers against the clock: the timer is kept by our server, so it behaves like the real thing.