Starters Listening Part 4 shows one big picture containing seven of the same object — seven balls, for example. Your child listens to a dialogue and colours particular objects in the colours the speakers choose. Five questions test colour words, position language and careful listening; crayons, not pencils and words, do the answering.
Your child sees one big scene containing seven of the same object — for example, seven balls hidden around a playground.
A dialogue plays: one speaker picks out a particular object using position language, such as 'the ball under the tree'.
The speakers agree a colour, and your child colours that exact object with the right crayon.
This repeats for five questions, and the recording plays twice.
Master the eleven Starters colours — black, blue, brown, green, grey, orange, pink, purple, red, white, yellow — every mark pairs one of them with one object.
The seven objects look identical, so position words decide everything: drill in, on, under, next to, behind and in front of.
Neatness earns nothing extra — a quick, clear patch of the right colour on the right object is a full mark.
Play the game at home with any picture: 'Colour the ball next to the door blue' — then swap and let your child give the instructions.
The closest skill match: follow spoken instructions and pick the right picture, drilling the colour and object words Part 4 depends on.
Fast listening rounds across Starters topics — good for locking in colour words and position language before exam day.
Honest note: the colouring format itself isn't gamified yet — there are no digital crayons on FlyersEnglish for now. Practise the listening half with the games above, do the colouring half on paper at home, and take the free 15-minute readiness test at /readiness-test to check your child's overall Starters listening level.
The Starters wordlist includes eleven colour words: black, blue, brown, green, grey, orange, pink, purple, red, white and yellow. Every question in Part 4 pairs one of these colours with one object, so a child who knows all eleven instantly can put their attention on finding the right object.
No. Examiners only check that the correct object is coloured in the correct colour — a quick, clear patch of colour is enough. Speed matters more than staying inside the lines, because your child needs to be finished and ready when the next instruction in the dialogue begins.
The picture shows seven of the same object — seven balls, for example — and the dialogue pinpoints one of them using position language: under the tree, next to the door. Practising prepositions like in, on, under, next to and behind is the real preparation for this part.
No — at Starters level this part is colouring only. Writing and drawing instructions appear later, in the Movers and Flyers versions of the task. Your child just needs coloured pencils or crayons, sharp ears for colour and position words, and the confidence to colour while listening.
Last updated: 2026-07-02
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Last updated: 2026-07-02