YCT Level 1 Practice Paper: Original Questions (Unofficial) | Pinyin Sprouts
Independent practice material by Pinyin Sprouts (Ren Sun, trading as Mingpine). Not an official YCT paper, and not produced, approved or endorsed by Chinese Testing International (CTI) or the Centre for Language Education and Cooperation. All questions, pictures and audio are our own. The paper is written for learners preparing for YCT Level 1. YCT is used only to describe the test this practice is for. YCT is a trade mark of its owner.
Audio: AI-generated voice (Google Cloud Text-to-Speech), not a human recording. Voice: cmn-CN-Chirp3-HD-Aoede.
A complete independent practice paper for young learners and beginners preparing for YCT Level 1. All 35 questions, all pictures and all audio tracks are our own. This is supported practice, not a timed test.
What’s included
– The pupil paper (13 A4 pages): listening (questions 1–20) and reading (questions 21–35), plus a short list of the words used in this paper, in our own groups and order.
– 20 MP3 audio tracks, one word for each listening question, in an Audio folder, with a playlist so you can play them in order.
– A listening script for the adult who plays the tracks (4 A4 pages).
– A mark scheme with the answers (3 A4 pages). 1 mark for each question; 35 marks in total, for this practice paper only.
How to use. An adult plays each listening track twice, with a short pause between plays, using the listening script. The child writes on the pupil pages. Check the answers with the mark scheme. During the paper, play only the audio; do not read the English out loud. Print A4 at actual size / 100%.
Who it is for. Teachers, tutors and families working with learners who are preparing for YCT Level 1. Simplified Chinese, with pinyin on the pages as a support.
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