Starters word list picture book cambridge english

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 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.

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

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?

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About Cambridge English: Starters 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.

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 __ ______

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Grace

Dan

__ ______

__ ___ _____

Sam

Anna

__ ____

__ ______

Sue & Tom __ ___ _______ ____ Bill __ ______

Ben __ ___ ___

May __ _________ ____

Pat & Ann

Nick

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ’_ ________

__ ______

My body Let’s talk!

hair

head arm

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 cow

frog

horse bird

tiger sheep mouse / mice

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goat duck

monkey lizard

snake

crocodile

Let’s talk!

tail

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

dog giraffe animal spider hippo

elephant

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

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At the clothes shop black hat purple glasses

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white skirt

clothes blue jacket

brown bag

pink handbag

shoe sock

watch

grey/gray trousers yellow shirt

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 person

woman robot baby

monster

boy

girl

child

10

balloon

men

women

children

give a toy

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

Mrs Park

family

Let’s talk! ʺͶ Is the alien very ugly or really beautiful? ʺͶ Whose birthday is it? How old is he? ʺͶ What do you do on your birthday?

cousin sister

brother

grandmother/ grandma

grandfather/ grandpa

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My favourite food banana apple

lime

grapes

lemon

orange

potato

supper

mango pineapple

pear water rice

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bread

onion coconut

ďŹ sh

sausage egg beans

peas fruit

meat

tomato milk

breakfast

17 candy/ sweet(s) watermelon cake

chicken

chocolate

Let’s talk! juice

ʺͶ Is the door open or closed?

lemonade

ʺͶ Do these people like eating?

drink

ʺͶ What do you eat for breakfast?

dinner

burger 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 window picture

mirror chair

clock cupboard radio kitchen

bathroom

bath bed

bedroom

doll bookcase

table

apartment/ at house/home

hall

garden wall flower door phone

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

painting sofa

television/ TV

ʺͶ Where do you sleep at night?

room 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

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pencil

pen eraser/rubber

alphabet

line

letter

page football/ soccer

ruler

teacher

oor classroom

class hockey

basketball

book computer

mouse

Let’s talk!

keyboard desk

close open

ʺͶ Look at the woman in the blue skirt.

Is she standing up and writing a sentence? ʺͶ Do you enjoy reading books and listening to stories?

tick music

ʺͶ Do you like to spell?

cross

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At the beach hit a ball

piano

paint paint(ing) baseball

guitar jump

walk

sing a song

table tennis

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kick a ball

camera ďŹ shing

take a photo

throw a ball

catch a ball

kite

Let’s talk!

sport

ʺͶ What colour is the boy’s camera?

badminton

tennis

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 swim

sea

sun

shell

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My street

tree park

run

train morning

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bookshop

shop/store

afternoon

day

evening

fly a plane bus

Let’s talk!

boat drive a car lorry/truck helicopter

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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Some games Can you find the words?

Y O U N G

K D D

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L

N

L W W Z

D O

S

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C N U

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U N O

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I

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J

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B

C

A N D

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N D

V G X A

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A Q H

A

L A

L

E

L

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A U

H M W T

R O H

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P

A

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T

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P M O C

X

E

M R

K

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Q B

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B

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Y

Y

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D V V Q

A N G

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Y W F

G O O D

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

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clean

beautiful

end

nice

sorry

new

good

small

again

big

angry

well

dirty

short

double

complete

hers

long

young

old

pardon

Which number?

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

1

_w_ __g__ s_____n

2 3 4 5 6

_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_

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 23

Where is Monkey?

Choose from: in front of between

next to under

behind on

in

1 between 2

3

4

6

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5

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Starters A–Z Word List Grammatical key adj adv conj det dis

adjective adverb conjunction determiner discourse marker

excl int n poss prep

exclamation interrogative noun possessive preposition

pron pronoun v verb

A 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 at) 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

C

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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

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

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

D

E

F

G

H

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I I pron ice cream 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

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

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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

radio n read v really adv red adj

rice n ride v right adj (as in correct)

right dis robot n room n

rubber n (US eraser) ruler n run v

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

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

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

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

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

Q question n

R

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U ugly adj

under prep

understand v

us pron

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

V very adv

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

X (No words at this level)

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: Alex Ann Anna Ben Bill

Dan Grace Jill Kim Lucy

May Nick Pat Sam Sue

Tom Tony

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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

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Can you find the words?

Where is Monkey?

Y O U N G L W W Z

D O

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

L

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A U

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6. behind

P M O C

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7. under

P

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B

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five

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My notes

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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

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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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