Starters Word List

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Starters Word List Picture Book

Contents About this book........................................................................................2 About Cambridge English: Starters ....................................................... 3 Where are the Young Learners? ..........................................................4 My body ..................................................................................................... 5 At the zoo ..............................................................................................6–7 At the clothes shop ............................................................................ 8–9 My friend’s birthday.........................................................................10–11 My favourite food ............................................................................ 12–13 At home ..............................................................................................14–15 At school ............................................................................................ 16–17 At the beach ......................................................................................18–19 My street ...........................................................................................20–21 Some games.................................................................................... 22–24 A–Z Word List for Cambridge English: Starters ........................ 25–29 Answers................................................................................................... 30 My notes .................................................................................................. 31

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About this book

About Cambridge English: Starters

You can use this colourful picture book to help children when they are just starting to learn English. The book has many of the words from the Cambridge English: Starters Word List. You will find the words in: ʺͶ the colour pictures ʺͶ the ‘Let’s talk!’ sections ʺͶ the activity pages.

Cambridge English: Young Learners, also known as Young Learners English (YLE), is a series of fun, motivating English language tests for children from 7 to 12 years old. The tests are an excellent way for children to gain confidence and improve their English. At the zoo

chicken

snake

mouse / mice

ʺͶ Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake? ʺͶ Look at the goats. Which goat has yellow eyes? What colour are yours?

dog giraffe

sheep

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Let’s talk!

horse bird

tiger

crocodile

tail

cow

frog

animal goat duck

spider

monkey lizard

hippo

ʺͶ OK, have you got a favourite animal? Which animal don’t you like?

elephant

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The full Cambridge English: Starters Word List is at the end of this book.

ʺͶ Talk about the pictures If you are a parent or a teacher, find time to sit with the children and look at the book. Talk to them about what you see. As a start you could ask some of the ‘Let’s talk!’ questions on the picture pages.

ʺͶ Find words in the pictures There are lots of words to find in the pictures. Can the children find them all? See if the children want to test your English too! What can they ask you to find in the pictures?

There are three levels of test: ʺͶ Cambridge English: Starters ʺͶ Cambridge English: Movers ʺͶ Cambridge English: Flyers. Cambridge English: Starters is for children who are just starting to learn English.

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Hello! Where are the Young Learners? Here are 17 Young Learners from the ‘My body’ picture. They are also in the pictures in the book. When you find them in the book, tick here and write the name of the picture. The answers are on page 30.

3Alex Which picture?

_At_ _home ___ Jill __ ___ ___ Kim __ ___ ___

Lucy & Tony __ ______

Grace

Dan

__ ______

__ ___ _____

Sam

Anna

__ ____

__ ______

Sue & Tom __ ___ _______ ____ Bill __ ______

Ben __ ___ ___

May __ _________ ____

My body Let’s talk!

hair

head arm

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Pat & Ann

Nick

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ’_ ________

__ ______

ʺͶ What’s your name?

leg hand

ʺͶ Here are lots of children playing. Are they happy or sad?

body

face

ʺͶ Who’s waving at you?

eye

foot feet

ear mouth

smile

nose

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At the zoo

chicken

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ʺͶ Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake? ʺͶ Look at the goats. Which goat has yellow eyes? What colour are yours?

dog giraffe

sheep mouse / mice

Let’s talk!

horse bird

tiger

crocodile

tail

cow

frog

snake

animal goat duck

spider

monkey lizard

hippo

elephant

ʺͶ OK, have you got a favourite animal? Which animal don’t you like?

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At the clothes shop

watch

grey/gray trousers yellow shirt

black hat purple glasses

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white skirt

clothes blue jacket

brown bag

pink handbag

shoe sock

angry man

Let’s talk! ʺͶ Wow! How many hats do you see? ʺͶ What’s your favourite colour?

red T-shirt green jeans

ʺͶ What clothes do you like to wear?

orange dress

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My friend’s birthday man

alien

people

Miss Park

dad/daddy/father mum/mummy/mother Mr Park

Mrs Park

person

Let’s talk!

woman robot baby

monster

boy

ʺͶ Is the alien very ugly or really beautiful?

girl

ʺͶ Whose birthday is it? How old is he? ʺͶ What do you do on your birthday?

child

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balloon

men

family

women

cousin children

give a toy

sister

brother

grandmother/ grandma

grandfather/ grandpa

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17

My favourite food banana apple

lime

grapes

lemon

orange

potato

cake

pineapple

rice peas

bread

coconut

fish

Let’s talk!

breakfast

juice

ʺͶ Is the door open or closed? ʺͶ Do these people like eating?

drink

ʺͶ What do you eat for breakfast?

dinner

burger

tomato milk

chicken lemonade

sausage egg beans onion

chocolate

supper

mango

water

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candy/ sweet(s) watermelon

pear

fruit

meat

lunch

chips/ fries

ice cream

ʺͶ What’s your favourite food?

carrot

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At home box

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dining room

hall

window

garden wall flower door phone

picture

mirror

Let’s talk!

chair

clock cupboard radio kitchen

bathroom

bath

ʺͶ Can you show me the white flowers?

table

painting sofa

bed

bedroom

doll bookcase

television/ TV

ʺͶ Where do you sleep at night?

room apartment/ flat house/home

armchair cat

ʺͶ Where are the children watching television?

ʺͶ Do you live in a house or a flat?

lamp

mat living room

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At school

part

draw/do a drawing

board test

teacher

alphabet

line

book letter

computer

mouse

Let’s talk!

keyboard

page desk football/ soccer

ruler

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pencil

pen eraser/rubber

close

floor open

classroom

class

ʺͶ Do you enjoy reading books and listening to stories?

hockey

tick music

basketball

ʺͶ Look at the woman in the blue skirt. Is she standing up and writing a sentence?

ʺͶ Do you like to spell?

cross

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At the beach hit a ball

piano

catch a ball

paint

baseball

Let’s talk! ʺͶ What colour is the boy’s camera?

guitar jump

walk

kite

sport paint(ing)

badminton

tennis

sing a song

ʺͶ Do you see the boy with the yellow and blue shorts? What did his mum give to him? ʺͶ There are a lot of games here. Which game do you like?

sand

table tennis

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kick a ball

throw a ball

camera fishing

take a photo

swim

sea

sun

shell

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My street

fly a plane

tree park

run

bus

Let’s talk!

boat drive a car

train lorry/truck morning

afternoon

evening helicopter

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bookshop

shop/store

day

motorbike

ride a bike

stop go

ʺͶ Can you point to the car under the bridge? ʺͶ What’s in front of the fruit shop? ʺͶ What colour bag does the boy see?

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Which number?

Some games

Can you show which number goes with which and write in the letters?

Can you find the words? Y O U N G

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L W W Z

D O

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A Q H

L A

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V G X A

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H M W T

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P M O C

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Don’t worry if you don’t find them. The answers are on page 30!

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__g__ s_____n

T

L

L

_w_

clean

beautiful

end

nice

sorry

new

good

small

again

big

angry

well

dirty

short

double

complete

hers

long

young

old

pardon

_h___ one __v__t___ _w___y __x _l___n n___ __u___e_ _e_

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_h__t___

8

____n

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f_f____

_w___e ___h____ f__r __n_t___ __v_

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Starters A–Z Word List

Where is Monkey? Choose from: in front of between

next to under

behind on

in

Grammatical key adj adv conj det dis

1 between 2

adjective adverb conjunction determiner discourse marker

excl int n poss prep

exclamation interrogative noun possessive preposition

pron pronoun v verb

A

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a det about prep add v afternoon n again adv Alex n alien n

alphabet n an det and conj angry adj animal n Ann n Anna n

answer n + v apartment n (UK flat) apple n arm n armchair n ask v

baby n badminton n bag n ball n balloon n banana n baseball n basketball n bath n bathroom n be v

beach n bean n beautiful adj bed n bedroom n behind prep Ben n between prep big adj bike n Bill n

bird n birthday n black adj blue adj board n boat n body n book n bookcase n bookshop n bounce v

box n boy n bread n breakfast n brother n brown adj burger n bus n but conj bye (-bye) excl

cake n camera n can v candy n (UK

sweet(s)) car n carrot n cat n

catch (e.g. a ball) v chair n chicken n

child/children n chips n (US fries) chocolate n

at prep of place

B

4

5

C

6

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choose v class n classroom n clean adj + v clock n

close v closed adj clothes n coconut n colour n + v

come v complete v computer n correct adj cousin n

cow n crocodile n cross n + v cupboard n

dinner n dirty adj do v dog n doll n

don’t worry excl door n double adj draw v drawing n

dress n drink n + v drive v duck n

in prep of place + time

in front of prep it pron

its poss adj + pron

jacket n jeans n

Jill n juice n

jump v

keyboard n (computer)

kick v Kim n

kitchen n kite n

know v

lamp n learn v leg n lemon n lemonade n lesson n let’s v

letter n (as in alphabet) like prep + v lime n line n listen v live v

living room n lizard n long adj look v look at v lorry n (US truck)

a lot adv + pron a lot of det lots adv + pron lots of det love v Lucy n lunch n

make v man/men n mango n many det mat n May (as in girl’s name) n

me pron me too dis meat n milk n mine pron mirror n Miss title

monkey n monster n morning n mother n motorbike n mouse/mice n mouse (computer) n

mouth n Mr title Mrs title mum(my) n music n my poss adj

name n new adj next to prep

nice adj Nick n night n

no adv + det nose n not adv

now adv number n

of prep oh dis oh dear excl OK adj + dis

old adj on prep of place one det + pron onion n

open adj + v or conj orange adj + n our poss adj

ours pron

page n

paint n + v

painting n

pardon int

K

L

E ear n eat v egg n

elephant n end n English adj + n

enjoy v eraser n (UK rubber)

evening n example n eye n

face n family n father n favourite adj find v fish (s + pl) n

fishing n flat n (US apartment) floor n flower n fly v

food n foot/feet n football n (US soccer) for prep friend n

fries n (UK chips) frog n from prep fruit n funny adj

game n garden n get v giraffe n girl n give v

glasses n go v goat n good adj goodbye excl Grace n

grandfather n grandma n grandmother n grandpa n grape n gray adj (UK

grey) great adj + excl green adj grey adj (US gray) guitar n

hair n hall n hand n handbag n happy adj hat n have v have got v

he pron head n helicopter n hello excl her poss adj + pron here adv hers pron

him pron hippo n his poss adj + pron hit v hobby n hockey n hold v

home n + adv horse n house n how int how many int how old int

F M

G

N

H

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I pron ice cream n

J

D dad(dy) n Dan n day n desk n dining room n

I

O

P

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park n part n Pat n pea n pear n pen n

pencil n person/people n phone n + v photo n piano n

pick up v picture n pineapple n pink adj plane n play v

playground n please dis point v potato n purple adj put v

Q

U ugly adj

right dis robot n room n

sad adj Sam n sand n sausage n say v school n sea n see v See you! excl sentence n she pron sheep (s + pl) n shell n

shirt n shoe n shop n (US store) short adj show v sing v sister n sit v skirt n sleep v small adj smile n + v

snake n so dis soccer n (UK football) sock n sofa n some det song n sorry adj + int spell v spider n sport n stand v

rubber n (US eraser) ruler n run v

S

we pron wear v well dis well done dis what int where int which int

white adj who int whose int window n with prep woman/ women n

word n would like v wow! excl write v

young adj your poss adj

yours pron

W walk v wall n want v watch n + v water n watermelon n wave v

X (No words at this level)

start v stop v store n (UK shop) story n street n Sue n sun n supper n sweet(s) n (US candy) swim v

T

Y year n yellow adj

yes adv you pron

Z zoo n

Letters & numbers Candidates will be expected to understand and write the letters of the alphabet and numbers 1–20.

Names Candidates will be expected to recognise and write the following names:

table n table tennis n tail n take a photo/ picture v talk v teacher n television/TV n tell v tennis n test n + v

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us pron

very adv

R rice n ride v right adj (as in correct)

understand v

V

question n

radio n read v really adv red adj

under prep

thank you dis thanks dis that det + pron the det their poss adj theirs pron them pron then dis there adv these det + pron they pron

this det + pron those det + pron throw v tick n + v tiger n to prep today adv + n Tom n tomato n Tony n too adv

toy n train n tree n trousers n truck n (UK lorry) try n + v T-shirt n TV/television n

Alex Ann Anna Ben Bill

Dan Grace Jill Kim Lucy

May Nick Pat Sam Sue

Tom Tony

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My notes

Answers Page 4

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Where are the Young Learners?

Which number?

Alex – At home

Did you get all the answers? Well done!

Grace – My street

two

1

Dan – At the beach

eight sixteen

2

Jill – At the zoo Sam – At home

3

Anna – At school Kim – At the zoo

4

Sue & Tom – At the clothes shop

5

Ben – At the zoo

three one seventeen twenty six eleven nine fourteen

Lucy & Tony – My street

6

Bill – My street

7

thirteen

8

seven

Pat & Ann – My friend’s birthday Nick – At school

9

eighteen

10

nineteen

May – My favourite food

ten

fifteen

twelve

four

five

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Can you find the words?

Where is Monkey? Y O U N G L W W Z

D O

E

N

L

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C N U

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U N O

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K D D

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A N D

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1. between 2. next to 3. in 4. in front of 5. on

L

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R O H

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P

A

6. behind

P M O C

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7. under

P

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B

L

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Thank you for reading this book

Use your favourite colours to colour in the Young Learners.

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Parents and teachers can use the Cambridge English: Starters Word List Picture Book to help children get better at English and learn new words. Sit down and talk to children about the pictures. Can they find many of the different words in the fun, colourful pictures? Can you help them answer the questions in the ‘Let’s talk!’ sections? The Cambridge English: Starters Word List Picture Book includes many of the words children might see in their Cambridge English: Starters test.

At the zoo

chicken

snake

mouse / mice

ʺͶ Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake? ʺͶ Look at the goats. Which goat has yellow eyes? What colour are yours?

dog giraffe

sheep

6

Let’s talk!

horse bird

tiger

crocodile

tail

cow

frog

animal goat duck

spider

monkey lizard

hippo

ʺͶ OK, have you got a favourite animal? Which animal don’t you like?

elephant

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