Starters Word ListPicture Bookfor exams from 2018

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ContentsAbout 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 ........................25–30

Answers .................................................................................................... 31

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About this bookYou can use this colourful picture book to help children when they are just starting to learn English.

The book uses many of the words from the Cambridge English: Starters Word List. You will find the words in:• the colourful pictures• the ‘Let’s talk!’ sections• the activity pages.

The full Cambridge English: Starters Word List is at the end of this book on page 25.

• Talk about the picturesIf you are a parent or a teacher, find time to sit with your 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.

• Find words in the picturesThere 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?

Let’s talk!• Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake?

• Look at the goats. Which goat has yellow eyes? What colour are yours?

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

At the zoo

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giraffe

snake crocodile

elephant

spider

dog

tail

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mouse / mice

tiger

frog

sheep

monkey

lizard

goatduck

chicken

bird

cowhorse

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About Cambridge English: Starters

There are three levels of test:• Cambridge English: Starters• Cambridge English: Movers• Cambridge English: Flyers.

Cambridge English: Starters is for children who are just starting to learn English.

For more information about Cambridge English: Young Learners and for Cambridge English preparation materials, please visit: www.cambridgeenglish.org/younglearners

Cambridge English: Young Learners is a series of fun, motivating English language tests for children in primary and lower secondary education. The tests are an excellent way for children to gain confidence and improve their English.

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Jill

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Kim

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Sue & Tom

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Ben

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Bill

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May

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Pat & Alice

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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 31.

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Let’s talk!• What’s your name?

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

• Who’s waving at you?

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leg

hair

body

head

eareye

face

nosemouth smile

arm

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foot

feet

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foot

feet

At the zoo

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tiger

frog

sheep

monkey

lizard

goatduck

chicken

bird

cowhorse

Let’s talk!• Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake?

• Look at the goats. Which goat has yellow eyes? What colour are yours?

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

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giraffe

snake crocodile

elephant

spider

dog

tail

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At the clothes shop

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purple glasses

brown bag

black hat clothes

blue jacket

white skirt

shoe

sockpink handbag

Let’s talk!• Wow! How many hats do you see?

• What’s your favourite colour?

• What clothes do you like to wear?

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watch

angry man

grey/gray trousers

yellow shirt

orange dress

red T-shirt

green jeans

My friend’s birthday

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Miss Park

robot

monster

person

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manpeople woman

baby

children

child

boy girl

women give a toyballoon

alien

Let’s talk!• Is the alien very ugly or really

beautiful?

• Whose birthday is it? How old is he?

• What do you do on your birthday?

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dad/daddy/father

grandfather/grandpa

grandmother/grandma

family

cousin

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sister brother

mum/mummy/mother

My favourite food

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apple

banana grapes

fish

beansegg

milk

tomatoonion

ricepeas

coconut breakfast

dinner

meatpotato

sausage

orangelemon

lime mango

pearpineapple

water

fruit

bread

Let’s talk!• Is the door open or closed?

• Do these people like eating?

• What do you eat for breakfast?

• What’s your favourite food?

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burger

cake

lunch

candy/sweet(s)

carrotchips/ fries

chocolate

lemonade

ice cream

chicken

watermelon

drink

juice

At home

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doll

bath

mirror

bookcase

chair

table

window

picture

kitchen

clockbox

radiocupboard

dining room

apartment/flat

house/homebedroom

bed

bathroom

Let’s talk!• Can you show me the white flowers?

• Where are the children watching television?

• Where do you sleep at night?

• Do you live in a house or a flat?

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garden

flowerwall

hall

phonedoor

lamp

sofapainting

rug

television/TV

armchair

living room

room

At school

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alphabet

floor

page

letter

class

board

pencil

pen

eraser/rubber

ruler

draw/do a drawing

teacher

classroom

football/soccer

hockey

line

part

book

basketball

Let’s talk!• Look at the woman in the blue skirt.

Is she standing up and writing a sentence?

• Do you enjoy reading books and listening to stories?

• Do you like to spell?

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close

open

computerbook

desk

musictick

cross

keyboard

mouse

At the beach

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guitar

jump

piano

baseball

hit a ball

table tennis camera

take a photo

walk sing a song

paint

paint(ing)

fishing

kick a ball

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

• Do you see the boy with the yellow and blue shorts? What did his mum give to him?

• There are a lot of games here. Which game do you like?

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badmintontennis

sport

sand

seaswim

kite

shellsun

throw a ball

catch a ball

My street

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run

train

tree

morning afternoon

park

dayshop/storebookshop

evening

Let’s talk!• Can you point to the car in front

of the bus?

• What’s in front of the fruit shop?

• What colour bag does the boy see?

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boatbus

stopgohelicopter

motorbikeride a bike

fly a plane

drive a car

lorry/truck

Some gamesCan you find the words?

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clean

sorry

again

dirty

complete

young

beautiful

new

big

short

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good

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nice

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Aa detabout prepadd vafternoon nagain advAlex nAlice n

alien nalphabet nan detand conjangry adjanimal nAnn/Anna n

answer n + vapartment (UK flat) napple narm narmchair nask v at prep of place

Bbaby nbadminton nbag nball nballoon nbanana nbaseball nbaseball cap nbasketball nbat (as sports equipment) nbath nbathroom n

be vbeach nbean nbear nbeautiful adjbed nbedroom nbee nbehind prepBen nbetween prepbig adjbike n

Bill nbird nbirthday nblack adjblue adjboard nboard game nboat nbody nbook nbookcase nbookshop nboots n

bounce vbox nboy nbread nbreakfast nbrother nbrown adjburger nbus nbut conjbye! excl

Ccake ncamera ncan v

candy (UK sweet(s)) ncar n

carrot ncat ncatch (e.g. a

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Starters A–Z Word List

Grammatical keyadj adjectiveadv adverbconj conjunctiondet determinerdis discourse marker

excl exclamation int interrogativen nounposs possessiveprep preposition

pron pronounv verb

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child/children nchips (US fries) nchocolate nchoose v clap vclass nclassmate n

classroom nclean adj + vclock nclose vclosed adj clothes ncoconut n

colour (US color) n + vcome v complete vcomputer ncool adj + exclcorrect adj

count vcousin n cow ncrayon ncrocodile ncross n + vcupboard n

Ddad nDan nday ndesk ndining room n

dinner n dirty adjdo vdog ndoll n

donkey ndon’t worry! excldoor ndouble adjdraw v

drawing ndress ndrink n + vdrive vduck n

Eear neat vegg n

elephant nend nEnglish adj + n

enjoy veraser (UK rubber) nEva n

evening n example neye n

Fface nfamily nfantastic adj + exclfather nfavourite (US favorite) adj

find vfish (s + pl) nfishing nflat (US apartment) nfloor nflower n

fly vfood nfoot/feet nfootball (US soccer) nfor prepfriend n

fries (UK chips) n frog nfrom prep fruit n fun adj + nfunny adj

Ggame ngarden nget v giraffe ngirl ngive v glasses n

go vgo to bed vgo to sleep vgoat ngood adjgoodbye! exclGrace n

grandfather ngrandma ngrandmother ngrandpa ngrape ngray (UK grey) adj

great adj + exclgreen adjgrey (US gray) adjguitar n

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handbag nhappy adjhat n

have vhave got vhe pron

head nhelicopter nhello! excl

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her poss adj + pronhere advhers pronhi! exclhim pron

hippo nhis poss adj + pronhit vhobby nhockey n

hold vhome n + advhooray! exclhorse nhouse n

how int how many inthow old intHugo n

II pronice cream n

in prep of place + time

in front of prepit pron

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Jjacket n jeans n

jellyfish nJill n

juice njump v

Kkeyboard (computer) nkick v

kid nKim n

kitchen nkite n

kiwi nknow v

Llamp nlearn vleg nlemon nlemonade nlesson nlet’s v

letter (as in alphabet) nlike prep + vlime nline nlisten vlive v

living room nlizard nlong adjlook vlook at vlorry (US truck) na lot adv + pron

a lot of det lots adv + pronlots of detlove vLucy nlunch n

Mmake vman/men nmango nmany detMark nmat nMatt nMay (as in girl’s

name) nme pronme too dismeat nmeatballs nmilk nmine pronmirror n

Miss titlemonkey nmonster nmorning n mother nmotorbike nmouse/mice nmouse

(computer) nmouth nMr titleMrs titlemum n music nmy poss adj

Nname nnew adjnext to prepnice adj

Nick nnight nno adv + detnose n

not advnow adv number n

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Oof prepoh disoh dear! exclOK adj + dis

old adjon prep of placeone det + prononion n

open adj + vor conjorange adj + nour poss adj

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Ppage npaint n + vpainting npaper adj + npardon intpark n part nPat n

pea npear npen npencil nperson/people n pet nphone n + vphoto n

piano npick up vpicture npie npineapple npink adjplane nplay v

playground n please dispoint vpolar bear nposter npotato npurple adjput v

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rice nride v right disright (as in

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eraser) nrug nruler nrun v

S sad adjSam nsand n sausage nsay vscary adj school nsea nsee vsee you! exclsentence nshe pronsheep (s + pl) nshell n

ship nshirt nshoe nshop (US store) n short adjshorts nshow vsilly adj sing vsister nsit vskateboard nskateboarding nskirt n

sleep vsmall adjsmile n + vsnake nso dissoccer (UK football) nsock nsofa nsome detsong nsorry adj + intspell vspider n

sport nstand vstart vstop vstore (UK shop) nstory nstreet nSue nsun nsweet(s) (US candy) nswim v

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Ttable ntable tennis ntablet ntail ntake a photo/picture vtalk vteacher nteddy (bear) ntelevision/TV ntell v

tennis ntennis racket nthank you disthanks disthat det + pronthe dettheir poss adjtheirs pronthem pronthen disthere adv

these det + pronthey pronthing nthis det + pronthose det + pronthrow vtick n + vtiger nto preptoday adv + n Tom n

tomato ntoo adv toy ntrain ntree ntrousers ntruck (UK lorry) ntry n + vT-shirt nTV/television n

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Wwalk vwall nwant vwatch n + vwater nwatermelon n

wave v we pronwear vwell diswell done diswhat int

where intwhich intwhite adjwho intwhose intwindow n

with prepwoman/women nword nwould like vwow! exclwrite v

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young adjyour poss adj

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Zzebra n zoo n

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

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NamesCandidates will be expected to recognise and write the following names:

Alex AliceAnn/AnnaBen Bill

DanEvaGraceHugoJill

KimLucy MarkMattMay (as in girl’s name)

NickPatSamSueTom

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Where are the Young Learners?

Alex – At home

Grace – My street

Dan – At the beach

Jill – At the zoo

Sam – At home

Anna – At school

Kim – At the zoo

Sue & Tom – At the clothes shop

Ben – At the zoo

Lucy & Hugo – My street

Bill – My street

May – My favourite food

Pat & Alice – My friend’s birthday

Nick – At school

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Can you find the words?

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Which number?

Did you get all the answers? Well done!

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Where is Monkey?

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Teachers and parents can use this colourful 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.

Let’s talk!• Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake?

• Look at the goats. Which goat has yellow eyes? What colour are yours?

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

At the zoo

6 7hippo

giraffe

snake crocodile

elephant

spider

dog

tail

animal

mouse / mice

tiger

frog

sheep

monkey

lizard

goatduck

chicken

bird

cowhorse

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