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

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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 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?

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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.

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
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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
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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
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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

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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_

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 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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