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
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.

At the zoo

chicken

snake

mouse / mice

ʺͶ Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake?
ʺͶ Look at the goats. Which goat
has yellow eyes? What colour
are yours?

dog
giraffe

sheep

6

Let’s talk!

horse

bird

tiger

crocodile

tail

cow

frog

animal
goat
duck

spider

monkey
lizard

hippo

ʺͶ 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.

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

7


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.

3Alex
Which picture?

_At_ _home
___
Jill
__ ___
___
Kim
__ ___
___

Lucy & Tony
__
______

4

Grace

Dan

__
______

__ ___
_____

Sam

Anna

__ ____

__
______

Sue & Tom
__ ___
_______
____
Bill
__
______

Ben
__ ___
___

May

__
_________
____

Pat & Ann

Nick

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ’_
________

__
______


My body
Let’s talk!

hair

head
arm

ʺͶ What’s your name?

leg
hand

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

body

face

ʺͶ Who’s waving at you?

eye

foot
feet

ear
mouth

smile

nose

5


At the zoo

chicken
cow

frog

horse

bird

tiger
sheep
mouse / mice

6

goat
duck

monkey
lizard


snake

crocodile

Let’s talk!

tail

ʺͶ Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake?
ʺͶ Look at the goats. Which goat
has yellow eyes? What colour
are yours?

dog
giraffe

animal
spider
hippo

elephant

ʺͶ 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!
ʺͶ Wow! How many hats do you see?
ʺͶ What’s your favourite colour?

red T-shirt
green
jeans

ʺͶ What clothes do you like to wear?

orange
dress

9

My friend’s birthday
man

alien

people

Miss
Park
person

woman
robot
baby

monster

boy

girl

child

10

balloon

men

women

children

give a toy


dad/daddy/father mum/mummy/mother
Mr Park

Mrs Park

family

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?

cousin
sister

brother

grandmother/
grandma

grandfather/
grandpa

11


My favourite food
banana
apple

lime

grapes

lemon

orange

potato

supper

mango
pineapple

pear
water
rice

12

bread

onion
coconut

fish

sausage egg
beans

peas
fruit

meat

tomato
milk

breakfast


17
candy/
sweet(s)
watermelon
cake

chicken

chocolate

Let’s talk!

juice

ʺͶ Is the door open or closed?

lemonade

ʺͶ Do these people like eating?

drink

ʺͶ What do you eat for breakfast?

dinner

burger
lunch

chips/
fries

ice
cream

ʺͶ What’s your favourite food?

carrot

13

At home
box

14

dining room
window
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!
ʺͶ Can you show me the white flowers?

painting
sofa

television/
TV

ʺͶ Where do you sleep at night?

room
armchair
cat

ʺͶ Where are the children watching
television?

ʺͶ Do you live in a house or a flat?

lamp

mat
living room

15


At school

part

draw/do a
drawing

board
test

16

pencil

pen
eraser/rubber

alphabet

line

letter

page
football/
soccer

ruler

teacher

floor
classroom

class
hockey

basketball


book
computer

mouse

Let’s talk!

keyboard
desk

close
open

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?

tick
music

ʺͶ Do you like to spell?

cross

17


At the beach
hit
a ball

piano

paint
paint(ing)
baseball

guitar

jump

walk

sing a song

table tennis

18

kick
a ball

camera
fishing

take a photo


throw
a ball

catch
a ball

kite

Let’s talk!

sport

ʺͶ What colour is the boy’s camera?

badminton

tennis

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?

sand
swim

sea

sun

shell

19


My street

tree
park

run

train
morning

20

bookshop

shop/store

afternoon

day

evening


fly a plane
bus

Let’s talk!

boat
drive a car
lorry/truck
helicopter

motorbike

ride a
bike

stop
go

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


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

K D D

E

L

N

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

V G X A

R

T

L

E

A Q H

A

L
A

L

E

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

I

D V V Q

A N G

R

Y W F

G O O D

S

R

L

P

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

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22

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

_w_
__g__
s_____n

2
3
4
5
6

_h___
one
__v__t___
_w___y
__x

_l___n
n___
__u___e_
_e_

7

_h__t___

8

____n

9

f_f____

_w___e
___h____
f__r
__n_t___
__v_

11
12
13
14
15
16
17

18
19
20
23