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
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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 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
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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?
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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: 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.
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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. The answers are on page 30.
3Alex Which picture?
_At_ _home ___ Jill __ ___ ___ Kim __ ___ ___
Lucy & Tony __ ______
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Grace
Dan
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__ ___ _____
Sam
Anna
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Sue & Tom __ ___ _______ ____ Bill __ ______
Ben __ ___ ___
May __ _________ ____
Pat & Ann
Nick
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ’_ ________
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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
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At the zoo
chicken cow
frog
horse bird
tiger sheep mouse / mice
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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?
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At the clothes shop black hat purple glasses
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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
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My friend’s birthday man
alien
people
Miss Park person
woman robot baby
monster
boy
girl
child
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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
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My favourite food banana apple
lime
grapes
lemon
orange
potato
supper
mango pineapple
pear water rice
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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
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At home box
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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
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At school
part
draw/do a drawing
board test
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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
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At the beach hit a ball
piano
paint paint(ing) baseball
guitar jump
walk
sing a song
table tennis
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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
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My street
tree park
run
train morning
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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?
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Some games Can you find the words? Y O U N G
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Don’t worry if you don’t find them. The answers are on page 30!
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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?
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_w_ __g__ s_____n
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_h___ one __v__t___ _w___y __x _l___n n___ __u___e_ _e_
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Where is Monkey? Choose from: in front of between
next to under
behind on
in
1 between 2
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Starters A–Z Word List Grammatical key adj adv conj det dis
A a det about prep add v afternoon n again adv Alex n alien n
alphabet n an det and conj angry adj animal n Ann n Anna n
answer n + v apartment n (UK flat) apple n arm n armchair n ask v
baby n badminton n bag n ball n balloon n banana n baseball n basketball n bath n bathroom n be v
beach n bean n beautiful adj bed 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
cake n camera n can v candy n (UK
sweet(s)) car n carrot n cat n
catch (e.g. a ball) v chair n chicken n
child/children n chips n (US fries) chocolate n
at prep of place
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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I I pron ice cream n
in prep of place + time
in front of prep it pron
its poss adj + pron
jacket n jeans n
Jill n juice n
jump v
keyboard n (computer)
kick v Kim n
kitchen n kite n
know v
lamp n learn v leg n lemon n lemonade n lesson n let’s v
letter n (as in alphabet) like prep + v lime n line n listen v live v
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
make v man/men n mango n many det mat n May (as in girl’s name) n
me pron me too dis meat n milk n mine pron mirror n Miss title
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 my poss adj
name n new adj next to prep
nice adj Nick n night n
no adv + det nose n not adv
now adv number n
of prep oh dis oh dear excl OK adj + dis
old adj on prep of place one det + pron onion n
open adj + v or conj orange adj + n our poss adj
ours pron
page n
paint n + v
painting n
pardon int
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pencil n person/people n 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
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
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
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
park n part n Pat n pea n pear n pen n
Q question n
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U ugly adj
under prep
understand v
us pron
we pron wear v well dis well done dis what int where int which int
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
V very adv
W walk v wall n want v watch n + v water n watermelon n wave v
X (No words at this level)
Y year n yellow adj
yes adv you pron
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 Ann Anna Ben Bill
Dan Grace Jill Kim Lucy
May Nick Pat Sam Sue
Tom Tony
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Answers Page 4
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Where are the Young Learners?
Which number?
Alex – At home
Did you get all the answers? Well done!
Grace – My street
two
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Dan – At the beach
eight sixteen
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Jill – At the zoo Sam – At home
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Anna – At school Kim – At the zoo
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Sue & Tom – At the clothes shop
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Ben – At the zoo
three one seventeen twenty six eleven nine fourteen
Lucy & Tony – My street
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Bill – My street
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thirteen
8
seven
Pat & Ann – My friend’s birthday Nick – At school
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eighteen
10
nineteen
May – My favourite food
ten
fifteen
twelve
four
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Can you find the words?
Where is Monkey? Y O U N G L W W Z
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My notes
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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 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
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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
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