STARTERS WORDLISTS PICTURE BOOK

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: Starter

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

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

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?

Let’s talk!

ʺͶ Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake?

ʺͶ Look at the goats Which goat has yellow eyes? What colour are yours?

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

At the zoo

giraffe snake crocodile

elephant spider dog

tail animal mouse / mice

tiger frog

sheep monkey lizard goat duck

chicken bird cow

horse

About Cambridge

English: Starters

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

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

Dan _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Jill

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Sam _ _ _ _ _ _

Anna _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Kim

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Sue & Tom _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Ben _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Lucy & Tony

_ _

_ _ _ _ _ _

Bill _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

May _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Pat & Ann

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ’ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Nick _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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

At home

3

Let’s talk!

ʺͶ What’s your name?

ʺͶ Here are lots of children playing Are they happy or sad?

ʺͶ Who’s waving at you?

face

nose mouth

face

nose mouth

At the zoo

6

mouse / mice

tiger frog

sheep

monkey

lizard

goat duck

chicken

bird cow

horse

Let’s talk!

ʺͶ Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake?

ʺͶ Look at the goats Which goat has yellow eyes? What colour are yours?

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

7

hippo

giraffe snake crocodile

At the clothes shop

handbag

Let’s talk!

ʺͶ Wow! How many hats do you see?

ʺͶ What’s your favourite colour?

ʺͶ What clothes do you like to wear?

yellow shirt

orange dress

red T-shirt

green jeans

My friend’s birthday

10

Miss Park

robot monster

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?

rice peas

supper

meat potato

Let’s talk!

ʺͶ Is the door open or closed?

ʺͶ Do these people like eating?

ʺͶ What do you eat for breakfast?

ʺͶ What’s your favourite food?

17

13

burger cake

lunch

candy/

sweet(s)

carrot chips/

fries

chocolate

lemonade

ice cream

chicken watermelon

dinner drink

juice

At home

14

doll

bath mirror

bookcase

chair table

window picture

kitchen

clock box

radio cupboard

Let’s talk!

ʺͶ Can you show me the white flowers?

ʺͶ Where are the children watching television?

ʺͶ Where do you sleep at night?

ʺͶ Do you live in a house or a flat?

15

cat

garden

flower wall

hall

phone door

lamp

sofa painting

mat

television/

TV armchair

living room room

At school

16

alphabet

floor page

letter

class board

pencil

pen

eraser/rubber ruler

test

basketball

Let’s talk!

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?

ʺͶ Do you like to spell?

17

close open

mouse

At the beach

18

guitar

jump piano

Let’s talk!

ʺͶ What colour is the boy’s camera?

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?

19

badminton tennis

sport

sand

sea swim

kite

shell sun

throw

a ball catch a ball

evening

Let’s talk!

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

boat bus

stop go helicopter

motorbike

ride a bike

fly a plane

drive a car lorry/truck

end good angry double long pardon

nice small well

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

U W E L L A M T K Y G

N Z L B N Q W E P Y R

G D U C D H T L Q T Y

K O N L V A R P B R W

D S O E G L O M R I F

D S E A X L H O F D G

E C I N A B S C P V O

N N O D R A P X E V O

L U F I T U A E B Q D

Which number?

23

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

_ w _ _ _ g _ _

s _ _ _ _ _ n _ h _ _ _

o n e

_ _ v _ _ t _ _ _ _ w _ _ _ y _ _ x _ l _ _ _ n

n _ _ _ _ _ u _ _ _ e _ _ e _ _ h _ _ t _ _ _

f _ f _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ n _ w _ _ _ e _ _ _ h _ _ _ _

f _ _ r _ _ n _ t _ _ _ _ _ v _

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18 19

20

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answer n + v apartment n

(UK flat)

apple n arm n armchair 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

catch (e.g a

ball) v chair n chicken n

child/children n chips n (US

n noun poss possessive prep preposition

pron pronoun

v verb

25

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

D

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

E

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

F

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

G

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

H

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

26

kitchen n kite n

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

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

no adv + det nose n not adv

now adv number n

open adj + v

or conj orange adj + n our poss adj

ours pron

P

27

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

pencil n

person/people

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

Q

question n

R

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

S

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

T

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

28

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

Z

zoo n

Letters & numbers

Candidates will be expected to understand and write the letters of the alphabet and

May Nick Pat Sam Sue

Tom Tony

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Dan – At the beach

Jill – At the zoo

Sam – At home

Anna – At school

Kim – At the zoo

Sue & Tom – At the clothes shop

Ben – At the zoo

Lucy & Tony – My street

Bill – My street

May – My favourite food

Pat & Ann – My friend’s birthday

Nick – At school

Page 22

Can you find the words?

Page 23Which number?

Did you get all the answers? Well done!

Page 24Where is Monkey?

E J I E H E R S N

U W E L L A M T K Y G

N Z L B N Q W E P Y R

G D U C D H T L Q T Y

K O N L V A R P B R W

D S O E G L O M R I F

D S E A X L H O F D G

E C I N A B S C P V O

N N O D R A P X E V O

L U F I T U A E B Q D

56

78

910

11

1213

14

151617181920

My notes

31

Thank you for reading this book

32

Use your favourite colours to colour in the Young Learners

‘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.

Let’s talk!

ʺͶ Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake?

ʺͶ Look at the goats Which goat has yellow eyes? What colour are yours?

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

tail

animal mouse / mice

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