SELT Practice
GESE Grade 2 Pets: questions and sample answers
Pets are a safe subject at Grade 2. The examiner may ask what animal you have, its name and what it looks like. If you have no pet, say so and talk about an animal you like. 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 pets
An examiner could ask questions like these. They are our own practice questions. Answer each one out loud.
- Do you have a pet?
- What is your pet's name?
- Is your cat big or small?
- What colour is your dog?
- Where does your pet sleep?
- What does your pet eat?
- Is there a pet in your street?
- Do you like birds?
- Have you got a fish?
- What animal do you like best?
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.
Do you have a pet?
“Yes, I have a cat. Her name is Luna.”
Where does your pet sleep?
“She sleeps on my bed. Sometimes she sleeps under the table.”
What animal do you like best?
“I like dogs. They are friendly. I have not got a dog, but my friend has two.”
Useful words
- cat
- dog
- bird
- fish
- rabbit
- small
- big
- black
- white
- sleep
- eat
- garden
Say each word aloud three times. Then use two or three of them in one sentence about your own life.
Common mistakes
- Forgetting "has/have got": say "My dog has got a long tail."
- Mixing "it" and "he/she". Both are fine for a pet, but stay with one.
- Answering "no" and stopping. Say "No, I have not got a pet, but I like cats."
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 pet?”
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 pets 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.