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Pre A1 Starters
Word list picture book
for exams from 2018
Contents
About this book..................................................................................... 2
About pre A1 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 pre A1 Starters...............................................25–30
Answers................................................................................................. 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 uses many of the words from
    pre A1 Starters Word List. You will find the
    words in:

    •   the colourful pictures
                                                    At the zoo                                           chicken
                                                                                                                                              snake
                                                                                                                                                                                    Let’s talk!
                                                                                                                                                           crocodile

    •   the ‘Let’s talk!’ sections
                                                                                                                               tail
                                                                                       cow
                                                             frog                                                    horse
                                                                                                                                                                                    • Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake?
                                                                                                bird                                    dog                                         • Look at the goats. Which goat
                                                                               tiger                                                                                                  has yellow eyes? What colour
                                                                       sheep                                                                     giraffe                              are yours?
                                                                                                                             animal

    •   the activity pages.
                                                                                                                                                                                    • OK, have you got a favourite
                                                                                                                                                                                      animal? Which animal don’t
                                                                                                                   goat                                                               you like?
                                                        mouse / mice           duck    monkey                                                                              spider
                                                    6                                           lizard                                hippo                     elephant                                              7

    The full pre A1 Starters Word List is at the
    end of this book on page 25.

    Talk about the pictures
    If 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 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
About
pre A1 Starters
Pre A1 Starters, A1 Movers and A2 Flyers 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.

                                 Common European Cambridge
                                   Framework of    English
                                  Reference (CEFR)  Scale       Schools

                                                     230

                                                     220

                                               C2    210     C2 Proficiency
                                 PROFICIENT

                                                     200

                                               C1    190      C1 Advanced

                                                     180

                                               B2                B2 First
                                 INDEPENDENT

                                                     170       for Schools

                                                     160

                                               B1    150     B1 Preliminary
                                                              for Schools

                                                     140
                                                             A2 Key for
                                                             Schools
                                               A2    130
                                                                      A2
                                                                   Flyers
                                  BASIC

                                                     120
                                                                             Young Learners

                                               A1    110      A1 Movers

                                                     100

                                               Pre
                                               A1
                                                                Pre A1
                                                      90
                                                               Starters

                                                      80

                            There are three levels of exam:
                            • pre A1 Starters
                            • A1 Movers
                            • A2 Flyers

                            Pre A1 Starters is for children who are just starting to learn English.

                            For more information about pre A1 Starters, A1 Movers and A2 Flyers
                            and for preparation materials, please visit:
                            cambridgeenglish.org/starters
                            cambridgeenglish.org/movers
                            cambridgeenglish.org/flyers
                                                                                                      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 31.

     PAlex                               Grace                            Dan

     Which picture?                  __                               __ ___
                                     ______                           _____
     _At_ home
          ____

         Jill                            Sam                              Anna
     __ ___                          __ ____                          __
     ___                                                              ______

         Kim                             Sue & Tom                        Ben
     __ ___                          __ ___                           __ ___
     ___                             _______ ____                     ___

         Lucy & Hugo                     Bill                             May
     __                              __                               __
     ______                          ______                           _________
                                                                      ____

         Pat & Alice                                                      Nick
     _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ’_                                               __
     ________                                                         ______

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My body
              head            hair                 Let’s talk!
arm                                                •   What’s your name?
                leg                                •   Here are lots of children playing.
                                                       Are they happy or sad?
hand   body                          face          •   Who’s waving at you?
foot                    eye
                      ear
       feet
                      mouth                 nose                                            5
                                 smile
At the zoo                                           chicken

                                   cow
          frog                                                   horse

                                            bird
                           tiger
                   sheep

                                                               goat
    mouse / mice           duck    monkey
6                                           lizard
snake
                                                       Let’s talk!
                              crocodile
  tail

                                                       •   Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake?

           dog                                         •   Look at the goats. Which goat has
                                                           yellow eyes? What colour are yours?
                    giraffe                            •   OK, have you got a favourite animal?
animal                                                     Which animal don’t you like?

                                              spider
         hippo                     elephant                                                     7
At the clothes shop
                                                       white skirt
            black hat   clothes
purple
glasses                           blue jacket              shoe

                                                sock
          brown bag               pink
8                                 handbag
watch           grey/gray
                trousers

                                yellow
                                shirt    Let’s talk!
        angry                            •   Wow! How many hats do you see?
        man
                                         •   What’s your favourite colour?
                red T-shirt              •   What clothes do you like to wear?

                       green   orange
                       jeans   dress
                                                                                 9
My friend’s birthday
                                                                                Miss
                                                                                Park

                                                                              person

                          people     woman
                   man                                             robot
                                           baby      boy        girl
         monster
 alien
                                             child

10       balloon    men            women             children              give a toy
dad/father              mum/mother
Mr Park      Mrs Park                family

                                                       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?

                                              cousin

                    grandmother/      grandfather/
 sister   brother   grandma           grandpa                                                   11
My favourite food
                                                                                           meat
                                                                            potato

         banana                               lime   mango                           dinner
                   grapes             lemon
apple                                                    pineapple
                     orange
                                     pear                                                  fish
                                                                      water
                              rice
peas                                                                             sausage      egg
           fruit                                                            beans
                                            onion        tomato

12      bread                 coconut                                             breakfast
                                                                     milk
17
                        candy/
                        sweet(s)
                                        chocolate
watermelon

        cake             chicken
                                                     Let’s talk!
                                    juice            •   Is the door open or closed?
                lemonade                             •   Do these people like eating?
                      drink                          •   What do you eat for breakfast?
                                                     •   What’s your favourite food?
             burger
               chips/              ice      carrot
lunch          fries               cream                                                  13
At home
                                    bathroom                   dining room
                                                    window

                                                     picture
               box         mirror
               clock                                   chair
               cupboard
                                         bath          table
               radio
                                    doll
     kitchen                bed
                                    bookcase     apartment/
                                                 flat

14                        bedroom               house/home
hall                          garden
                   wall
                         flower
                   door
                   phone                            Let’s talk!
                                                    •   Can you show me the white flowers?
                     painting         television/   •   Where are the children watching
                                      TV                television?
                  sofa
room                                                •   Where do you sleep at night?
              armchair                              •   Do you live in a house or a flat?

       cat       lamp
                                              rug
                            living room                                                     15
At school                                     part      teacher      alphabet
                                                                                  letter
                                                 line
draw/do a                                     board
drawing                 book      page

                                         football/                                floor
                                         soccer
                                                            class     classroom

     ruler                                                  hockey
                       pen

         pencil                                                     basketball
16                eraser/rubber
book
   computer                mouse

keyboard
                                       Let’s talk!
 desk                          close   •   Look at the woman in the blue skirt.
                                           Is she standing up and writing a
                                           sentence?
                        open
                                       •   Do you enjoy reading books and
                                           listening to stories?
                tick                   •   Do you like to spell?
music
                cross
                                                                             17
At the beach                                                       piano
                                                                           kick
                                                                           a ball
hit                               paint
a ball
                                                          guitar
                                            paint(ing)

                                                                           jump
         baseball          walk
                                                    sing a song

            table tennis                            camera
18                                fishing
                                                         take a photo
throw                catch
 a ball               a ball       kite

                          sport
                                                   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
          tennis                   badminton           give to him?
                                                   •   There are a lot of games here. Which
                                                       game do you like?
sand

                   swim      sea     sun   shell                                          19
My street                    run
                                           tree
                                                             park

                                   train

                             morning          afternoon   evening

20
     bookshop   shop/store                  day
fly a plane

                                                         Let’s talk!
    bus
                boat

                           drive a car                   •   Can you point to the car in front
                                                             of the bus?
lorry/truck
                                    stop                 •   What’s in front of the fruit shop?
              helicopter              go                 •   What colour bag does the boy see?

                       ride a
  motorbike            bike                                                                       21
Some games
     Can you find the words?

       Y   O       U   N   G     K     D   D   E   N      L
       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     L     E   A   N   D      I
       G       I   L   N D       V     G   X   A   R      T
       L       E   A   Q   H     A     L   L   B   A      U
       L       H M     W   T     R     O   H   S   P      A
       A       E   T   E   L     P     M   O   C   X      E
      M        R   K   P   Q     B     R   F   P   E      B
       S       S   Y   Y   T     R     I   D   V   V      Q
       A       N   G   R   Y    W      F   G   O   O      D

     P clean                   beautiful           end        nice

       sorry                   new                 good       small

       again                   big                 angry      well

       dirty                   short               double

       complete                hers                long

       young                   old                 pardon

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

                                         _w_
     1                                  __g__                         11
                                     s_____n
      2                                 _h___                         12
                                          one
      3                            __v__t___                          13
                                      _w___y
      4                                   __x                         14
                                       _l___n
      5                                  n___                         15
                                    __u___e_
      6                                   _e_                         16
                                    _h__t___
      7                                                               17
                                      f_f____
                                        ____n
      8                                                               18
                                      _w___e
                                    ___h____
      9                                                               19
                                         f__r
                                    __n_t___
    10                                                                20
                                         __v_

                                                                           23
Where is Monkey?

        Choose from:
        in front of       next to            behind          in
        between           under              on

                                                                         1 between

         2                               3

         4                                                               5

         6                                             7

     That’s the end of pre A1 Starters quiz time. Thank you for taking part. Check the answers on page 31.
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Starters A–Z
Word List
    Grammatical key
    adj    adjective              excl   exclamation               pron pronoun
    adv    adverb                 int    interrogative             v    verb
    conj   conjunction            n      noun
    det    determiner             poss   possessive
    dis    discourse marker       prep   preposition

A
     a det                    alien n                    answer n + v
     about prep               alphabet n                 apartment (UK
     add v                    an det                     flat) n
     afternoon n              and conj                   apple n
     again adv                angry adj                  arm n
     Alex n                   animal n                   armchair n
     Alice n                  Ann/Anna n                 ask v                    at prep of place

B
     baby n                   be v                       Bill n                   bounce v
     badminton n              beach n                    bird n                   box n
     bag n                    bean n                     birthday n               boy n
     ball n                   bear n                     black adj                bread n
     balloon n                beautiful adj              blue adj                 breakfast n
     banana n                 bed n                      board n                  brother n
     baseball n               bedroom n                  board game n             brown adj
     baseball cap n           bee n                      boat n                   burger n
     basketball n             behind prep                body n                   bus n
     bat (as sports           Ben n                      book n                   but conj
     equipment) n             between prep               bookcase n               bye excl
     bath n                   big adj                    bookshop n
     bathroom n               bike n                     boots n

C
     cake n                   candy (UK                  carrot n                 ball) v
     camera n                 sweet(s)) n                cat n                    chair n
     can v                    car n                      catch (e.g. a            chicken n

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child/children n     classroom n       colour (US         count v
         chips (US fries) n   clean adj + v     color) n + v       cousin n
         chocolate n          clock n           come v             cow n
         choose v             close v           complete v         crayon n
         clap v               closed adj        computer n         crocodile n
         class n              clothes n         cool adj + excl    cross n + v
         classmate n          coconut n         correct adj        cupboard n

     D
         dad n                dinner n          donkey n           drawing n
         Dan n                dirty adj         don’t worry excl   dress n
         day n                do v              door n             drink n + v
         desk n               dog n             double adj         drive v
         dining room n        doll n            draw v             duck n

     E
         ear n                elephant n        enjoy v            evening n
         eat v                end n             eraser (UK         example n
         egg n                English adj + n   rubber) n          eye n
                                                Eva n

     F
         face n               find v            fly v              fries (UK
         family n             fish (s + pl) n   food n             chips) n
         fantastic adj +      fishing n         foot/feet n        frog n
         excl                 flat (US          football (US       from prep
         father n             apartment) n      soccer) n          fruit n
         favourite (US        floor n           for prep           fun adj + n
         favorite) adj        flower n          friend n           funny adj

     G
         game n               go v              grandfather n      great adj + excl
         garden n             go to bed v       grandma n          green adj
         get v                go to sleep v     grandmother n      grey (US gray)
         giraffe n            goat n            grandpa n          adj
         girl n               good adj          grape n            guitar n
         give v               goodbye excl      gray (UK grey)
         glasses n            Grace n           adj

     H
         hair n               handbag n         have v             head n
         hall n               happy adj         have got v         helicopter n
         hand n               hat n             he pron            hello excl

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her poss adj +      hippo n            hold v               how int
    pron                his poss adj +     home n + adv         how many int
    here adv            pron               hooray excl          how old int
    hers pron           hit v              horse n              Hugo n
    hi excl             hobby n            house n
    him pron            hockey n

I
    I pron              in prep of place   in front of prep     its poss adj +
    ice cream n         + time             it pron              pron

J
    jacket n            jellyfish n        juice n
    jeans n             Jill n             jump v

K
    keyboard            kid n              kitchen n            kiwi n
    (computer) n        Kim n              kite n               know v
    kick v

L
    lamp n              letter (as in      living room n        a lot of det
    learn v             alphabet) n        lizard n             lots adv + pron
    leg n               like prep + v      long adj             lots of det
    lemon n             lime n             look v               love v
    lemonade n          line n             look at v            Lucy n
    lesson n            listen v           lorry (US truck) n   lunch n
    let’s v             live v             a lot adv + pron

M
    make v              name) n            Miss title           (computer) n
    man/men n           me pron            monkey n             mouth n
    mango n             me too dis         monster n            Mr title
    many det            meat n             morning n            Mrs title
    Mark n              meatballs n        mother n             mum n
    mat n               milk n             motorbike n          music n
    Matt n              mine pron          mouse/mice n         my poss adj
    May (as in girl’s   mirror n           mouse

N
    name n              Nick n             not adv
    new adj             night n            now adv
    next to prep        no adv + det       number n
    nice adj            nose n

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O
         of prep            old adj             open adj + v      ours pron
         oh dis             on prep of place    or conj
         oh dear excl       one det + pron      orange adj + n
         OK adj + dis       onion n             our poss adj

     P
         page n             pea n               piano n           playground n
         paint n + v        pear n              pick up v         please dis
         painting n         pen n               picture n         point v
         paper adj + n      pencil n            pie n             polar bear n
         pardon int         person/people n     pineapple n       poster n
         park n             pet n               pink adj          potato n
         part n             phone n + v         plane n           purple adj
         Pat n              photo n             play v            put v

     Q
         question n

     R
         radio n            rice n              correct) adj      eraser) n
         read v             ride v              robot n           rug n
         really adv         right dis           room n            ruler n
         red adj            right (as in        rubber (US        run v

     S
         sad adj            ship n              sleep v           sport n
         Sam n              shirt n             small adj         stand v
         sand n             shoe n              smile n + v       start v
         sausage n          shop (US store) n   snake n           stop v
         say v              short adj           so dis            store (UK shop)
         scary adj          shorts n            soccer (UK        n
         school n           show v              football) n       story n
         sea n              silly adj           sock n            street n
         see v              sing v              sofa n            Sue n
         see you excl       sister n            some det          sun n
         sentence n         sit v               song n            sweet(s) (US
         she pron           skateboard n        sorry adj + int   candy) n
         sheep (s + pl) n   skateboarding n     spell v           swim v
         shell n            skirt n             spider n

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T
    table n                tennis n               these det + pron       tomato n
    table tennis n         tennis racket n        they pron              too adv
    tablet n               thank you dis          thing n                toy n
    tail n                 thanks dis             this det + pron        train n
    take a photo/          that det + pron        those det + pron       tree n
    picture v              the det                throw v                trousers n
    talk v                 their poss adj         tick n + v             truck (UK lorry)
    teacher n              theirs pron            tiger n                n
    teddy (bear) n         them pron              to prep                try n + v
    television/TV n        then dis               today adv + n          T-shirt n
    tell v                 there adv              Tom n                  TV/television n

U
    ugly adj               under prep             understand v           us pron

V
    very adv

W
    walk v                 wave v                 where int              with prep
    wall n                 we pron                which int              woman/women n
    want v                 wear v                 white adj              word n
    watch n + v            well dis               who int                would like v
    water n                well done dis          whose int              wow excl
    watermelon n           what int               window n               write v

X
    (No words at this level)

Y
    year n                 yes adv                young adj              yours pron
    yellow adj             you pron               your poss adj

Z
    zebra n                zoo n

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

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Names
       Candidates will be expected to recognise and write the following names:
       Alex                   Eva                    Mark                   Sam
       Alice                  Grace                  Matt                   Sue
       Ann/Anna               Hugo                   May (as in girl’s      Tom
       Ben                    Jill                   name)
       Bill                   Kim                    Nick
       Dan                    Lucy                   Pat

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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                 eight                 11
Dan – At the beach
                                                                    sixteen
Jill – At the zoo                                   2                three                 12
Sam – At home                                                         one
                                                    3             seventeen                13
Anna – At school
                                                                    twenty
Kim – At the zoo                                    4                 six                  14
Sue & Tom – At the clothes shop                                     eleven
                                                    5                nine                  15
Ben – At the zoo
                                                                   fourteen
Lucy & Hugo – My street                             6                 ten                  16
Bill – My street                                                   thirteen
                                                    7                                      17
                                                                    fifteen
May – My favourite food
                                                                     seven
Pat & Alice – My friend’s birthday                  8                                      18
                                                                    twelve

Nick – At school                                    9
                                                                   eighteen
                                                                                           19
                                                                     four
                                                                   nineteen
                                                   10                                      20
                                                                     five
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Can you find the words?                          Page 24
                                                 Where is Monkey?
 Y   O    U   N     G   K   D   D    E   N   L
                                                 1. between
 L   W W       Z    D   O   S   S    C   N   U
                                                 2. next to
 O    E   E    L    U   N   O   E    I   O   F
 N    J   L    B    C   L   E   A   N    D   I
                                                 3. in

 G    I   L    N    D   V   G   X   A    R   T   4. in front of
 L    E   A   Q     H   A   L   L    B   A   U   5. on
 L   H    M   W     T   R   O   H    S   P   A   6. behind
 A    E   T    E    L   P   M   O   C    X   E   7. under
 M    R   K    P    Q   B   R   F    P   E   B
 S    S   Y    Y    T   R   I   D   V    V   Q
 A   N    G    R    Y   W   F   G   O    O   D

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Thank you for
     reading this book

      Use your favourite colours to colour in the young learners.

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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 Pre A1 Starters Word List Picture Book includes many of the words children might see in their
Pre A1 Starters test.

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