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
1
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
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
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?
2
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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.
3
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
__
______
4
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
5
At the zoo
chicken
cow
frog
horse
bird
tiger
sheep
mouse / mice
6
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?
7
At the clothes shop
black hat
purple
glasses
8
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
9
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
11
My favourite food
banana
apple
lime
grapes
lemon
orange
potato
supper
mango
pineapple
pear
water
rice
12
bread
onion
coconut
fish
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
13
At home
box
14
dining room
window
picture
mirror
chair
clock
cupboard
radio
kitchen
bathroom
bath
bed
bedroom
doll
bookcase
table
apartment/
flat
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
15
At school
part
draw/do a
drawing
board
test
16
pencil
pen
eraser/rubber
alphabet
line
letter
page
football/
soccer
ruler
teacher
floor
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
17
At the beach
hit
a ball
piano
paint
paint(ing)
baseball
guitar
jump
walk
sing a song
table tennis
18
kick
a ball
camera
fishing
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
19
My street
tree
park
run
train
morning
20
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?
21
Some games
Can you find the words?
Y O U N G
K D D
E
L
N
L W W Z
D O
S
S
C N U
O
E
E
L
U N O
E
I
O
F
N
J
L
B
C
A N D
I
G
I
L
N D
V G X A
R
T
L
E
A Q H
A
L
A
L
E
L
B
A U
H M W T
R O H
S
P
A
E
T
E
L
P M O C
X
E
M R
K
P
Q B
R
F
E
B
S
Y
Y
T
I
D V V Q
A N G
R
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_
7
_h__t___
8
____n
9
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
24
5
7
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 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
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
S
T
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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
Page 23
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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Page 24
Can you find the words?
Where is Monkey?
Y O U N G
L W W Z
D O
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N
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S
S
C N U
E
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E
E
L
U N O
N
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L
B
C
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N D
L
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A Q H A
L
H M W T
A
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M R
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K D D
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A N D
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V G X A
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1. between
2. next to
3. in
4. in front of
5. on
L
B
A U
R O H
S
P
A
6. behind
P M O C
X
E
7. under
P
E
B
L
five
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14
15
16
17
18
19
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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
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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