Starters-word-list-picture-book

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 At the zoo chicken snake crocodile Let’s talk! the Cambridge English: Starters Word horse elephant List. You will find the words in: cow tail ʺͶ Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake? ʺͶ the colour pictures bird ʺͶ the ‘Let’s talk!’ sections frog dog ʺͶ Look at the goats. Which goat ʺͶ the activity pages. monkey has yellow eyes? What colour tiger lizard giraffe are yours? The full Cambridge English: Starters Word sheep List is at the end of this book. animal ʺͶ OK, have you got a favourite animal? Which animal don’t mouse / mice goat 6 spider you like? duck 7 hippo 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

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. Grace Dan 3Alex Which picture? __ __ ___ ______ _____ _A_t _ho_m_ _e Jill Sam Anna __ ____ __ ___ __ ___ ______ Kim Sue & Tom Ben __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ ___ _______ ___ ____ Lucy & Tony Bill May __ __ __ ______ ______ _________ ____ Pat & Ann Nick _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ’_ ________ __ ______ 4

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

At the zoo chicken horse frog cow bird tiger sheep mouse / mice goat 6 duck monkey lizard

snake crocodile Let’s talk! tail elephant ʺͶ Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake? dog ʺͶ Look at the goats. Which goat giraffe has yellow eyes? What colour are yours? animal ʺͶ OK, have you got a favourite hippo animal? Which animal don’t spider you like? 7

At the clothes shop black hat clothes white skirt blue jacket shoe purple glasses 8 brown bag pink sock handbag

watch grey/gray trousers angry man yellow Let’s talk! shirt ʺͶ Wow! How many hats do you see? red T-shirt orange ʺͶ What’s your favourite colour? dress ʺͶ What clothes do you like to wear? green jeans 9

My friend’s birthday Miss Park person people woman boy robot man baby girl monster alien child 10 balloon men women children give a toy

dad/daddy/father mum/mummy/mother Mr Park Mrs Park family grandmother/ cousin Let’s talk! sister brother grandma grandfather/ ʺͶ Is the alien very ugly or really grandpa beautiful? ʺͶ Whose birthday is it? How old is he? ʺͶ What do you do on your birthday? 11

My favourite food potato meat banana grapes lime mango supper apple orange lemon pineapple fish peas pear water fruit rice sausage egg beans onion tomato 12 bread coconut milk breakfast

candy/ chocolate 17 sweet(s) Let’s talk! watermelon ʺͶ Is the door open or closed? cake chicken ʺͶ Do these people like eating? juice ʺͶ What do you eat for breakfast? ʺͶ What’s your favourite food? lemonade drink 13 lunch burger dinner chips/ ice carrot fries cream

At home bathroom dining room window picture box mirror clock cupboard bath chair radio table doll kitchen bed bookcase apartment/ flat 14 bedroom house/home

hall garden Let’s talk! wall ʺͶ Can you show me the white flowers? door flower ʺͶ Where are the children watching phone television? ʺͶ Where do you sleep at night? painting television/ ʺͶ Do you live in a house or a flat? sofa TV 15 room armchair cat lamp mat living room

At school part teacher alphabet line letter draw/do a drawing board floor class classroom test page hockey football/ basketball soccer ruler pen 16 pencil eraser/rubber

book mouse Let’s talk! computer close ʺͶ Look at the woman in the blue skirt. keyboard open Is she standing up and writing a sentence? desk ʺͶ Do you enjoy reading books and music tick listening to stories? cross ʺͶ Do you like to spell? 17

At the beach piano kick guitar a ball hit paint a ball paint(ing) jump baseball walk sing a song camera table tennis fishing take a photo 18

throw catch kite a ball a ball sport Let’s talk! tennis badminton ʺͶ What colour is the boy’s camera? sand ʺͶ Do you see the boy with the yellow swim sea sun shell and blue shorts? What did his mum give to him? ʺͶ There are a lot of games here. Which game do you like? 19

My street tree park run train afternoon evening morning 20 shop/store day bookshop

fly a plane bus Let’s talk! boat ʺͶ Can you point to the car under drive a car the bridge? lorry/truck stop ʺͶ What’s in front of the fruit shop? go ʺͶ What colour bag does the boy see? helicopter motorbike ride a 21 bike

Some games Can you find the words? YOUNGKDD E NL L WW Z D O S S C N U O E E L UNO E I O F N J L B C L EAND I G I L ND V G XA R T L E AQH A L L B AU L HMWT R O H S P A A E T E L PMO C X E MR K P QB R F P E B S S YYT R I DVVQ A N G R YWF G OO D Don’t worry if you don’t find them. The answers are on page 30! 3clean beautiful end nice new good small sorry big angry well short double again hers long old pardon dirty complete young 22

Which number? 11 12 Can you show which number goes with which and write in the letters? 13 14 _w_ 15 16 1 __g__ 17 18 s_____n 19 20 2 _h___ 23 one 3 __v__t___ _w___y 4 __x _l___n 5 n___ __u___e_ 6 _e_ _h__t___ 7 f_f____ 8 ____n _w___e 9 ___h____ f__r __n_t___ __v_

Where is Monkey? Choose from: behind in on in front of next to between under 1 between 23 45 6 7 24

Starters A–Z Word List Grammatical key excl exclamation pron pronoun int interrogative v verb adj adjective n noun adv adverb poss possessive conj conjunction prep preposition det determiner dis discourse marker A alphabet n answer n + v at prep of place an det apartment n a det and conj (UK flat) box n about prep angry adj apple n boy n add v animal n arm n bread n afternoon n Ann n armchair n breakfast n again adv Anna n ask v brother n Alex n brown adj alien n beach n bird n burger n bean n birthday n bus n B beautiful adj black adj but conj bed n blue adj bye (-bye) excl baby n bedroom n board n badminton n behind prep boat n child/children n bag n Ben n body n chips n (US ball n between prep book n fries) balloon n big adj bookcase n chocolate n banana n bike n bookshop n baseball n Bill n bounce v basketball n bath n sweet(s)) catch (e.g. a bathroom n car n ball) v be v carrot n chair n cat n chicken n C cake n camera n can v candy n (UK 25

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 dinner n don’t worry excl dress n dirty adj door n drink n + v dad(dy) n do v double adj drive v Dan n dog n draw v duck n day n doll n drawing n desk n dining room n elephant n enjoy v evening n end n eraser n (UK example n E English adj + n rubber) eye n ear n fishing n food n fries n (UK eat v flat n (US foot/feet n chips) egg n apartment) football n (US frog n floor n soccer) from prep F flower n for prep fruit n fly v friend n funny adj face n family n glasses n grandfather n grey) father n go v grandma n great adj + excl favourite adj goat n grandmother n green adj find v good adj grandpa n grey adj (US fish (s + pl) n goodbye excl grape n gray) Grace n gray adj (UK guitar n G he pron him pron home n + adv game n head n hippo n horse n garden n helicopter n his poss adj + house n get v hello excl pron how int giraffe n her poss adj + hit v how many int girl n pron hobby n how old int give v here adv hockey n hers pron hold v H hair n hall n hand n handbag n happy adj hat n have v have got v 26

I in prep of place in front of prep its poss adj + + time it pron pron I pron ice cream n Jill n jump v know v juice n J kitchen n a lot adv + pron kick v kite n a lot of det jacket n Kim n lots adv + pron jeans n living room n lots of det letter n (as in lizard n love v K alphabet) long adj Lucy n like prep + v look v lunch n keyboard n lime n look at v (computer) line n lorry n (US mouth n listen v truck) Mr title L live v Mrs title monkey n mum(my) n lamp n me pron monster n music n learn v me too dis morning n my poss adj leg n meat n mother n lemon n milk n motorbike n now adv lemonade n mine pron mouse/mice n number n lesson n mirror n mouse let’s v Miss title (computer) n ours pron M nice adj no adv + det pardon int Nick n nose n make v night n not adv man/men n mango n old adj open adj + v many det on prep of place or conj mat n one det + pron orange adj + n May (as in onion n our poss adj girl’s name) n paint n + v painting n N name n new adj next to prep O of prep oh dis oh dear excl OK adj + dis P page n 27

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 rice n right dis rubber n (US ride v robot n eraser) question n right adj (as in room n ruler n correct) run v R snake n shirt n so dis start v radio n shoe n soccer n (UK stop v read v shop n (US football) store n (UK really adv store) sock n shop) red adj short adj sofa n story n show v some det street n S sing v song n Sue n sister n sorry adj + int sun n sad adj sit v spell v supper n Sam n skirt n spider n sweet(s) n (US sand n sleep v sport n candy) sausage n small adj stand v swim v say v smile n + v school n this det + pron toy n sea n thank you dis those det + pron train n see v thanks dis throw v tree n See you! excl that det + pron tick n + v trousers n sentence n the det tiger n truck n (UK she pron their poss adj to prep lorry) sheep (s + pl) n theirs pron today adv + n try n + v shell n them pron Tom n T-shirt n then dis tomato n TV/television n T there adv Tony n these det + pron too adv table n they pron table tennis n tail n take a photo/ picture v talk v teacher n television/TV n tell v tennis n test n + v 28

U under prep understand v us pron ugly adj V very adv W we pron white adj word n wear v who int would like v walk v well dis whose int wow! excl wall n well done dis window n write v want v what int with prep watch n + v where int woman/ water n which int women n watermelon n wave v X (No words at this level) Y yes adv young adj yours pron you pron your poss adj year n yellow adj 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 Dan May Tom Ann Grace Nick Tony Anna Jill Pat Ben Kim Sam Bill Lucy Sue 29

Answers Page 4 Page 23 Where are the Young Learners? Alex – At home Which number? Grace – My street Dan – At the beach Did you get all the answers? Well done! Jill – At the zoo Sam – At home two Anna – At school Kim – At the zoo 1 eight 11 Sue & Tom – At the clothes shop Ben – At the zoo sixteen Lucy & Tony – My street Bill – My street 2 three 12 May – My favourite food Pat & Ann – My friend’s birthday one Nick – At school 3 seventeen 13 Page 22 Can you find the words? twenty YOUNGKDD E NL 4 s i x 14 L WW Z D O S S C N U O E E L UNO E I O F eleven N J L B C L EAND I G I L ND V G XA R T 5 nine 15 L E AQHA L L B AU L HMWT R O H S P A fourteen A E T E L PMO C X E MR K P QB R F P E B 6 t e n 16 S S YYT R I DVVQ A N G R YWF G OO D 7 thirteen 17 fifteen 8 seven 18 twelve 9 eighteen 19 four 10 n i n e t e e n 20 five Page 24 Where is Monkey? 1. between 2. next to 3. in 4. in front of 5. on 6. behind 7. under 30

My notes 31

Thank you for reading this book Use your favourite colours to colour in the Young Learners. 32



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 crocodile Let’s talk! horse elephant cow tail ʺͶ Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake? bird frog dog ʺͶ Look at the goats. Which goat monkey has yellow eyes? What colour tiger lizard giraffe are yours? sheep animal ʺͶ OK, have you got a favourite animal? Which animal don’t mouse / mice goat 6 spider you like? duck 7 hippo University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (Cambridge ESOL) develops and produces Cambridge English exams – the most valuable range of English qualifications in the world. Nearly 4 million people take our exams each year in 130 countries. Globally, over 12,500 universities, employers, government ministries and other organisations accept our qualifications. Contact us University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations 1 Hills Road Cambridge CB1 2EU United Kingdom Tel: +44 1223 553997 Email: [email protected] www.CambridgeESOL.org/YoungLearners EMC | 7792 | 2Y07 © UCLES 2012 *9626628948*