Starters

Word
List
Content
s
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
· the in: pictures
colour
At the chicken

· the ‘Let’s talk!’

snake
Let’s talk!
crocodile
tail

zoo
cow
horse
· Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake?

sections bird dog · Look at the goats. Which

tiger goat has yellow eyes?
frog sheep giraffe What colour are yours?
animal · OK, have you got a
favourite animal? Which

· the activity pages.

goat animal don’t
mouse / mice duck monkey you like?
spider
6 lizard hippo elephant
7

The full Cambridge English: Starters

Word List is at the end of this book.

• 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.

• 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:

· Cambridge English:
Starters ʺ Cambridge
English: Movers ʺ
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.

🗸Alex
The answers are on page 30.
Grace Dan

Which picture? __ __ ___

______ _____
_A_t _ho_ m_
_e
Jill Sam Anna
__ ___ __ ____ __
___ ______

Kim Sue & Tom Ben

__ ___ __ ___ __ ___
___ _______ ___
____

Lucy & Tony Bill May

__ __ __
______ ______ _________
____

Pat & Ann Nick

__ ______ ’ _ __
________ ______
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My
Let’s
body
arm
head hair

talk!
· What’s your name?
leg · Here are lots of children
playing. Are they happy or
hand bbo ffaa sad?
odd eye cce · Who’s waving at you?
foot
yy ear e
feet
mouth nose 5
smile
At the chicken

zoo
cow
fro horse
g
bird
tige
r
sheep

goa
mouse / duck monke t
mice y
6 lizar
d
 snak
Let’s
crocodile
tail e

dog talk!
· Oh dear!
snake?
Where’s the

· Look at the goats. Which

yellow

giraff goat has yellow eyes?

animal e What colour are yours?
· OK, have you got a
favourite animal? Which
spider animal don’t you like?
hippo elephant 7
At the clothes
shop black clothes
white
skirt
purple hat
glasses blue shoe
jacket
sock
brown pink
8 bag handbag
watc grey/
h gray
trousers
yello
w
shirt
Let’s
talk!
angry · Wow! How many hats do you
man see?
· What’s your favourite colour?
red T-shirt
· What clothes do you like to
gree orang wear?
n e
jeans dress 9
My friend’s
Miss

Park

birthday
perso
people woman n
man robot
baby girl
monster boy
alien
child

1 balloon me wome children give a

0 n n toy
dad/daddy/ mum/mummy/mother
father
Mr Park M rs Park famil

Let’s
y

talk!
· Is the alien very ugly or
really beautiful?
· Whose birthday is it? How
old is he?
· What do you do on your
birthday?
grandmother cousin
grandfather
sister brother / grandma / grandpa 1
1
My favourite
meat
potato

food
banana lime mango supper
grapes lemon
apple pineapple
orang
pear fish
e wate
rice r
peas sausag egg
fruit e beans
onion tomato

1 brea coconut breakfast

d milk
2
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candy/
sweet(s
) chocolate
watermelon

cak chicken
Let’s
talk!
e juic · Is the door open or closed?
lemonade e · Do these people like eating?
drink · What do you eat for
breakfast?
burger dinner · What’s your favourite food?

chips/ ice carrot

lunc fries crea 1
m
h 3
At
bathroo dining
m window room
pictur
mirror

home
box e
clock chair

bath table
cupboard

doll
radio bed
bookcas apartment/
e flat
kitchen
1 bedroo house/home
4 m
 hal garde
l wall n
door flowe
phone
r
Let’s
painting television/ talk!
· Can you show me the white
flowers?
· Where are the children
sofa TV
watching television?
roo
· Where do you sleep at night?
m a
rmc · Do you live in a house or a
cat mat flat?
hair
l living 1
am room 5
At
part teacher alphabet
letter
line

school
draw/do
drawin test pag
a boar
g e
d
football/ floor
soccer
class classroom

ruler hocke
pen y
pencil basketball
1 eraser/
6 rubber
 book
computer mouse

keyboard
Let’s
talk!
desk close · Look at the woman in the blue
skirt. Is she standing up and
open writing a sentence?
· Do you enjoy reading books
and listening to stories?
tick · Do you like to spell?
music
cros
s 1
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At the
hit
piano
kick
a
ball

beach
paint
a
ball guitar
paint(ing)

jump
baseball walk
sing a
song
table camera
tennis
1 fishing
take a
8 photo
 thro catch
w a a kite
ball
Let’s
ball

spor
t
talk!
· What colour is the boy’s camera?
· Do you see the boy with the
yellow and blue shorts? What did
tennis badminton his mum give to him?
· There are a lot of games here.
Which game do you like?
sand

swim sea sun shell 1

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My run
tre
e park

street trai
n
morning afternoon evenin
g

20
bookshop shop/store da
 fly a
plane

Let’s
bus
boat

talk!
drive a · Can you point to the car
lorry/ car under the bridge?
truck stop · What’s in front of the fruit
shop?
helicopter
go · What colour bag does the
boy see?
ride
motorbike a 2
bike
1
 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
C L E A N D I
N J L B
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
Don’t worry if you don’t find them. The answers are on page
30!

🗸clean beautiful end nice

sorry new good small

again big angry well

dirty shor double

complet t long

e young hers pardo

old n

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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___
20
__v_

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 Where is
Monkey?

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

1 between

2 3

4 5

6 7

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Starters
A–Z Word
ListGrammatical
key excl exclamation
int interrogative
pron
pronoun
adj adjective
adv adverb n noun v verb
conj conjunction poss
det determiner possessive
prep
dis discourse marker preposition

A
a det alphabet answer n
about n +v
prep add an det apartment
v and conj n (UK flat)
afternoon angry apple n
n again adj arm n
adv Alex animal n armchair at prep of
n alien n Ann n n ask v place
B Anna n
baby n beach n bird n box n
badminton bean n birthday n boy n
n bag n beautiful black adj bread
ball n adj bed n blue adj n
balloon n bedroom n board n breakfast
banana n behind boat n n brother
baseball n prep Ben body n n brown
basketball n book n adj
n bath n between bookcase burger n
bathroom prep n bus n
n be v big bookshop but conj
adj n bounce bye (-
C bike v bye) excl
cake n sweet(s)
n Bill catch (e.g. child/children
camera )n car n a ball) v n chips n (US
n can v carrot n chair n fries)
candy n cat n chicken n chocolate n
(UK

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 choose v close v come v cow n
class n closed adj complete v crocodile n
classroom n clothes n computer n cross n + v
clean adj + v coconut n correct adj cupboard n
clock n colour n + v cousin n

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

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

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

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

H
hair n he pron him pron home n +
adv
hall n head n hippo n horse n
hand n helicopter n his poss adj + house n
handbag n hello excl pron how int
happy adj her poss adj + hit v how many
int
hat n pron hobby n how old int
have v here adv hockey n
have got v hers pron hold v
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I
I pron in prep of in front of its poss adj
ice cream place prep + pron
n + time it pron
J
jacket Jill n jump
n juice v
jeans n n
K
keyboard kick kitchen know
n v n v
(computer) Kim kite n
L n
lamp n letter n (as living room a lot adv +
learn v in alphabet) n pron
leg n like prep lizard a lot of det
lemon + v lime n n long lots adv +
n line n adj pron lots of
lemonade listen look v det love v
n lesson n v live look at Lucy n
let’s v v v lunch n
M lorry n
make v me pron monkey
(US n mouth
man/men me too monster
truck) n n Mr
n mango dis meat morning n title
n many n milk n mother n Mrs
det mat n mine motorbike n title
May (as in pron mouse/mice mum(
girl’s name) mirror n n mouse my) n
n Miss title (computer) music
n n
N my
name n nice no adv + poss
now
new adj adj det adj
adv
next to Nick n nose n number
prep night n not adv n
O
of prep old adj open adj + v ours
oh dis on prep of or conj pron
oh dear place one orange adj
excl det + pron + n our
OK adj + onion n poss adj
P dis
page paint n + painting pardon
n v n int

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 park n pencil n pick up v playground
n
part n person/people picture n please dis
Pat n n pineapple n point v
pea n phone n + v pink adj potato n
pear n photo n plane n purple adj
pen n piano n play v put v

Q
question n

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

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

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

V
very adv

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

X
(No words at this level)

Y
year n yes young adj yours
yellow adv your poss pron
adj you adj
Z pron
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 Dan May Tom
Ann Grace Nick Tony
Anna Jill Pat
Ben Kim Sam
Bill Lucy Sue

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 Answe
rs
Page 4 Page 23
Where are the Young Which number?
Learners?
Did you get all the answers? Well
Alex – At home done! tw o

Grace – My street 1 eight 11

sixteen
Dan – At the 12
2 thr ee
beach Jill – At o ne

the zoo Sam – At 3 se v enteen 13

t w ent y
home Anna – At 4 14
six
school Kim – At ele v e n
the zoo 5 nine 15
f our teen
Sue & Tom – At the clothes 6 16
t en
shop Ben – At the zoo thir teen
7 17
Lucy & Tony – My fif teen
se v e n
street Bill – My street 8 18
t w elv
May – My favourite e
food
eighteen
9 19
Pat & Ann – My friend’s f our

birthday Nick – At school nineteen

Page 22
20
fiv e

Can you find the Page 24

words? Where is
D E N Monkey?
Y
L WO WU ZN DG OK S L
S C N 1.between
D
O E E L U N O E U I O
2. next to
N J L B C L E A N F D
3. in
G I I V
L N D R G X A
T 4. in front of
L E A Q H A L L B A
5. on
L M W T R O H S U
P A
H E T E 6. behind
A L P M O C X
E
M K P Q B R F P E B 7. under
R
S Y Y T R I D V V
S N G Q
A R Y W F G O O
D

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My
notes

3
1
 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 chicken
snake

Let’s talk!
crocodile
tail

zoo
cow
horse
· O h dear! W he r e ’ s the ye llo w s na ke ?

bird dog · Lo ok a t the goats. W h i c h go at

tiger has yellow eye s? W h a t co lour

frog sheep giraffe are yo ur s ?

animal · O K , have yo u got a favourite
a nim al? W h i c h a nim al don’ t
goat
mouse / mice spider
yo u like?
duck mo nkey

6 lizard hippo elephant 7

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