396158 yle starters word list picture book 2018

Starters
Word List

Picture Book
for exams from 2018



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.........................25–30
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
the Cambridge English: Starters Word
List. You will find the words in:
• the colourful pictures
• the ‘Let’s talk!’ sections
• the activity pages.

At the zoo

chicken

snake
tail

cow

frog

dog

sheep
mouse / mice

6

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

giraffe

animal
duck

Let’s talk!
• Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake?

bird

tiger

crocodile

horse

goat

monkey
lizard

spider
hippo

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

elephant

The full Cambridge English: 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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7


About Cambridge
English: Starters
Cambridge English: Young Learners 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.

There are three levels of test:
• Cambridge English: Starters
• Cambridge English: Movers
• Cambridge English: Flyers.
Cambridge English: Starters is for children who are just starting to

learn English.
For more information about Cambridge English: Young Learners
and for Cambridge English preparation materials, please visit:
www.cambridgeenglish.org/younglearners

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
Which picture?

_At_ _home
___
Jill
__ ___
___
Kim
__ ___
___

Lucy & Hugo
__
______

4

Grace

Dan

__
______

__ ___
_____

Sam

Anna

__ ____

__
______

Sue & Tom
__ ___
_______
____
Bill
__
______

Ben

__ ___
___
May
__
_________
____

Pat & Alice

Nick

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ’_
________

__
______


My body

Let’s talk!

hair

head
arm

• What’s your name?

leg

hand

body
eye

foot
feet

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

face

• Who’s waving at you?

ear
mouth

smile

nose

5


At the zoo

chicken
cow

frog

horse
bird

tiger
sheep
mouse / mice

6

duck

goat

monkey
lizard


snake
tail

Let’s talk!

crocodile

• Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake?

dog

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

giraffe

animal

spider
hippo

elephant

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

7


At the clothes shop
black hat
purple
glasses

8

white skirt

clothes

blue jacket

brown bag

pink
handbag

shoe
sock


watch

grey/gray
trousers
yellow
shirt

angry
man

Let’s talk!
• Wow! How many hats do you see?
• What’s your favourite colour?

red T-shirt
green
jeans

• What clothes do you like to wear?

orange
dress

9


My friend’s birthday
man
alien

10

people

woman

person

robot

baby

monster

Miss
Park

boy

girl

child
balloon

men

women

children

give a toy


mum/mummy/mother

dad/daddy/father
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

sister

brother

grandmother/
grandma

grandfather/
grandpa

11


My favourite food
banana
apple

grapes

lemon

orange

lime

pear

12

fruit

pineapple
water

bread

onion
coconut

meat

dinner

mango

rice
peas

potato

fish

sausage egg
beans

tomato
milk

breakfast

17
candy/
sweet(s)

watermelon
cake

chicken

chocolate

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
lunch

chips/
fries

Let’s talk!

ice
cream

carrot

13


At home
box

14

window

dining room

picture

mirror

chair

clock
cupboard
radio
kitchen

bathroom

bath
bed

bedroom

doll
bookcase

table

apartment/
flat
house/home


hall

garden
wall
flower
door
phone

Let’s talk!
• Can you show me the white flowers?

painting

sofa

room

television/
TV

armchair
cat

• Where are the children watching
television?
• Where do you sleep at night?
• Do you live in a house or a flat?

lamp

rug
living room

15


At school
draw/do a
drawing

book

page

part

16

pencil

pen
eraser/rubber

alphabet

line

letter

board
football/
soccer

ruler

teacher

floor
classroom

class
hockey

basketball


computer

book

mouse

Let’s talk!

keyboard
desk

close
open

music

tick

• Look at the woman in the blue skirt.
Is she standing up and writing a
sentence?
• Do you enjoy reading books and
listening to stories?
• Do you like to spell?

cross

17


At the beach

hit
a ball

piano

paint

paint(ing)
baseball

walk

guitar

sing a song

table tennis

18

kick
a ball

camera
fishing

take a photo

jump


throw
a ball

catch
a ball

kite

Let’s talk!

sport

• What colour is the boy’s camera?

badminton

tennis

• Do you see the boy with the yellow
and blue shorts? What did his mum
give to him?
• There are a lot of games here. Which
game do you like?

sand
swim

sea

sun

shell

19


My street

tree
park

run

train
morning

20

bookshop

shop/store

afternoon

day

evening


fly a plane
bus

boat
drive a car

lorry/truck
helicopter

motorbike

ride a
bike

stop
go

Let’s talk!
• Can you point to the car in front
of the bus?
• What’s in front of the fruit shop?
• What colour bag does the boy see?

21

Some games
Can you find the words?
Y O U N G

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

A N D

I

G

I

L

N D

L

E

A Q H

L
A

L

E

V G X A

R

A

L

T

L

B

A U

H M W T

R O H

S

P

A

E

T

E

L

P M O C

X

E

M R

K

P

Q

B

R

F

E

B

S

Y

Y

T

R

I

D V V Q

A N G

R

Y W F

G O O D

S

P

22

K D D

P

clean

beautiful

end

nice

sorry

new

good

small

again

big

angry

well

dirty

short

double

complete

hers

long

young

old

pardon


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

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

_w_
__g__
s_____n
_h___
one
__v__t___
_w___y
__x
_l___n
n___
__u___e_
_e_
_h__t___
f_f____
____n
_w___e

9

___h____

10

__n_t___

f__r
__v_

11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
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