SELT Practice
GESE Grade 3 Free time: questions and sample answers
The examiner may ask what you do after work, at the weekend and what you can and cannot do. Use "can" and "can't" for ability. This page has 10 original practice questions and 3 short sample answers at CEFR A2, as of 10 November 2026. They are our own, not real test questions.
What the examiner wants at Grade 3
Grade 3 is CEFR A2 and has one phase, a conversation with the examiner of up to 7 minutes. You talk about daily routines and times, give dates, say what you can and cannot do, give very simple directions, and say what people are doing now or were doing. You should link short groups of words with "and" and "then". You must ask the examiner at least one simple question about everyday life.
Useful grammar: the present continuous, "can" and "can't", "was" and "were", and place, time and movement words such as "near", "opposite", "along", "at" and "on".
Trinity's specification does not give a list of conversation subjects for Grade 3. 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 free time
An examiner could ask questions like these. They are our own practice questions. Answer each one out loud.
- What do you do in your free time?
- Can you play football?
- Do you like cooking?
- What did you do last weekend?
- What are your friends doing today?
- Can you swim?
- Where do you go on Sunday?
- What is your favourite hobby?
- Can you play an instrument?
- Do you watch TV in the evening?
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.
What do you do in your free time?
“I walk in the park and I talk to my friends. Then I cook dinner.”
Can you swim?
“Yes, I can swim a little. I can't swim in deep water.”
Where do you go on Sunday?
“I go to church in the morning. Then I visit my aunt.”
Useful words
- hobby
- walk
- read
- swim
- cook
- play
- music
- film
- friend
- weekend
- can
- can't
Say each word aloud three times. Then use two or three of them in one sentence about your own life.
Common mistakes
- Saying "I can to swim". Use "I can swim".
- Using "can" for the past. At Grade 3, say "I was" or "I did" for finished times.
- Short answers only. Say what you do and with whom.
Ask the examiner a question
Trinity says you must ask the examiner at least one question at Grade 3. Ask it when the talk feels easy and listen to the answer. A question for this subject: “What do you do at the weekend?”
Practise this subject
Reading is not enough. Say your answers out loud, then listen to yourself.
- Practise the Grade 3 conversation with the AI examiner. It asks questions out loud and you answer out loud.
- Trinity GESE Grade 3 (A2): test format
- All Grade 3 subjects
- Free level check (no sign-up)
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Will the examiner ask these questions at Grade 3?
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 free time a Trinity subject for Grade 3?
Trinity's specification lists jobs, places in the local area, place of study, home life, weather, free time, times and dates as the vocabulary areas for Grade 3. 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.