SELT Practice
GESE Grade 2 Family and friends: questions and sample answers
At Grade 2 the examiner may ask who is in your family, who your friends are and what they look like. Answers can be short, but full sentences earn more. This page has 10 original practice questions and 3 short sample answers at CEFR A1, as of 10 November 2026. They are our own, not real test questions.
What the examiner wants at Grade 2
Grade 2 is CEFR A1 and has one phase, a conversation with the examiner of up to 6 minutes. Short answers are fine, and so are full sentences. The examiner listens for simple descriptions of people, animals, objects and places, and for you to say where things are. At least once you must ask the examiner a very simple question about personal details.
Useful grammar for this grade: the present simple, "there is" and "there are", "has got" and "have you got?", and place words such as "in", "on", "under", "between" and "next to".
Trinity's specification does not give a list of conversation subjects for Grade 2. It lists vocabulary areas instead, and the examiner builds the chat from them. We use those areas as our subjects. Source: Trinity specifications.
10 example questions on family and friends
An examiner could ask questions like these. They are our own practice questions. Answer each one out loud.
- Who is in your family?
- Do you have any brothers or sisters?
- What is your mother's name?
- Have you got a best friend?
- Where does your friend live?
- Is your father tall or short?
- Who is the youngest person in your family?
- Do you have a big family?
- What colour is your friend's hair?
- How old is your sister?
3 short sample answers
These answers are written at the level of the grade. Do not learn them by heart. Use them to see the size and shape of a good answer, then say your own.
Who is in your family?
“I have a mother, a father and one brother. His name is Sami.”
Have you got a best friend?
“Yes, I have. Her name is Aisha. She is next to me at school.”
Is your father tall or short?
“He is tall. He has got grey hair.”
Useful words
- mother
- father
- brother
- sister
- grandmother
- husband
- wife
- friend
- tall
- short
- young
- old
Say each word aloud three times. Then use two or three of them in one sentence about your own life.
Common mistakes
- Saying "he have" instead of "he has" or "he has got".
- Saying "my sister is 10 years" instead of "my sister is ten".
- Only saying a name. Add one more fact, such as where the person lives.
Ask the examiner a question
Trinity says you must ask the examiner at least one question at Grade 2. Ask it when the talk feels easy and listen to the answer. A question for this subject: “Have you got a brother or a sister?”
Practise this subject
Reading is not enough. Say your answers out loud, then listen to yourself.
- Practise the Grade 2 conversation with the AI examiner. It asks questions out loud and you answer out loud.
- Trinity GESE Grade 2 (A1): test format
- All Grade 2 subjects
- Free level check (no sign-up)
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Will the examiner ask these questions at Grade 2?
No. These are our own practice questions. The examiner chooses their own, and you cannot know them in advance. Practise the type of question, not these words.
Is family and friends a Trinity subject for Grade 2?
Trinity's specification lists rooms in the home, household objects, family and friends, pets, possessions, days, months and numbers as the vocabulary areas for Grade 2. It does not publish a subject list for this grade, so the examiner may bring in any of them.
Can I learn the sample answers by heart?
No. Trinity warns that learned answers stop you taking part in a real conversation. Use the samples for ideas, then answer in your own words about your own life.