SELT Practice
GESE Grade 3 Places in the local area: questions and sample answers
This subject covers shops, the station, the park and how to get there. Grade 3 includes very simple directions and saying where places are. 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 places in the local area
An examiner could ask questions like these. They are our own practice questions. Answer each one out loud.
- Is there a supermarket near your home?
- Where is the post office?
- How do you go to the park?
- Is the library opposite the school?
- What is behind your house?
- Can you tell me the way to the station?
- Which shop do you go to most?
- What is in front of your flat?
- Is there a cafe in your street?
- Where is the nearest bus stop?
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.
Is there a supermarket near your home?
“Yes, there is. It is opposite the bank. I go there on Saturday.”
Where is the post office?
“Go along this road. Then turn left. It is next to the bakery.”
What is behind your house?
“There is a small park behind my house. I walk there with my son.”
Useful words
- near
- opposite
- behind
- in front of
- along
- across
- turn left
- turn right
- station
- market
- bank
- pharmacy
Say each word aloud three times. Then use two or three of them in one sentence about your own life.
Common mistakes
- Mixing "in front of" and "opposite".
- Forgetting "the" in directions: "turn left at the bank".
- Giving one long list. Use "then" between steps.
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: “Is there a park near your home?”
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
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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 places in the local area 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.