Starters A–Z

Word List
Grammatical key
adj adjective excl exclamation pron pronoun
adv adverb int interrogative v verb
conj conjunction n noun
det determiner poss possessive
dis discourse marker prep preposition

A
a det alphabet n answer n + v
about prep an det apartment n
add v and conj (UK flat)
afternoon n angry adj apple n
again adv animal n arm n
Alex n Ann n armchair n
alien n Anna n ask v at prep of place

B
baby n beach n bird n box n
badminton n bean n birthday n boy n
bag n beautiful adj black adj bread n
ball n bed n blue adj breakfast n
balloon n bedroom n board n brother n
banana n behind prep boat n brown adj
baseball n Ben n body n burger n
basketball n between prep book n bus n
bath n big adj bookcase n but conj
bathroom n bike n bookshop n bye (-bye) excl
be v Bill n bounce v

C
cake n candy n (UK cat n chicken n
camera n sweet(s)) catch (e.g. a child/children n
can v car n ball) v chips n (US
carrot n chair n fries)
 chocolate n clock n colour n + v cousin n
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

D
dad(dy) n dinner n don’t worry excl dress n
Dan n dirty adj door n drink n + v
day n do v double adj drive v
desk n dog n draw v duck n
dining room n doll n drawing n

E
ear n elephant n enjoy v evening n
eat v end n eraser n (UK example n
egg n English adj + n rubber) eye n

F
face n fishing n food n fries n (UK
family n flat n (US foot/feet n chips)
father n apartment) football n (US frog n
favourite adj floor n soccer) from prep
find v flower n for prep fruit n
fish (s + pl) n fly v friend n funny adj

G
game n glasses n grandfather n great adj + excl
garden n go v grandma n green adj
get v goat n grandmother n grey adj (US
giraffe n good adj grandpa n gray)
girl n goodbye excl grape n guitar n
give v Grace n gray adj (UK
grey)

H
hair n have got v here adv hobby n
hall n he pron hers pron hockey n
hand n head n him pron hold v
handbag n helicopter n hippo n home n + adv
happy adj hello excl his poss adj + horse n
hat n her poss adj + pron house n
have v pron hit v how int
 how many int how old int

I
I pron in prep of place in front of prep its poss adj +
ice cream n + time it pron pron

J
jacket n Jill n jump v
jeans n juice n

K
keyboard n kick v kitchen n know v
(computer) Kim n kite n

L
lamp n letter n (as in living room n a lot adv + pron
learn v alphabet) lizard n a lot of det
leg n like prep + v long adj lots adv + pron
lemon n lime n look v lots of det
lemonade n line n look at v love v
lesson n listen v lorry n (US Lucy n
let’s v live v truck) lunch n

M
make v me pron monkey n mouth n
man/men n me too dis monster n Mr title
mango n meat n morning n Mrs title
many det milk n mother n mum(my) n
mat n mine pron motorbike n music n
May (as in girl’s mirror n mouse/mice n my poss adj
name) n Miss title mouse n
(computer)

N
name n nice adj no adv + det now adv
new adj Nick n nose n number n
next to prep night n not adv

O
of prep old adj open adj + v ours pron
oh dis on prep of place or conj
oh dear excl one det + pron orange adj + n
OK adj + dis onion n our poss adj
P
page n pea n photo n play v
paint n + v pear n piano n playground n
painting n pen n pick up v please dis
pardon int pencil n picture n point v
park n person/people pineapple n potato n
part n n pink adj purple adj
Pat n phone n + v plane n put v

Q
question n

R
radio n rice n right dis rubber n (US
read v ride v robot n eraser)
really adv right adj (as in room n ruler n
red adj correct) run v

S
sad adj shell n smile n + v stand v
Sam n shirt n snake n start v
sand n shoe n so dis stop v
sausage n shop n (US soccer n (UK store n (UK
say v store) football) shop)
school n short adj sock n story n
sea n show v sofa n street n
see v sing v some det Sue n
See you! excl sister n song n sun n
sentence n sit v sorry adj + int supper n
she pron skirt n spell v sweet(s) n (US
sheep (s + pl) n sleep v spider n candy)
small adj sport n swim v

T
table n tennis n then dis to prep
table tennis n test n + v there adv today adv + n
tail n thank you dis these det + pron Tom n
take a photo/ thanks dis they pron tomato n
picture v that det + pron this det + pron Tony n
talk v the det those det + pron too adv
teacher n their poss adj throw v toy n
television/TV n theirs pron tick n + v train n
tell v them pron tiger n tree n
 trousers n truck n (UK try n + v TV/television n
lorry) T-shirt n

U
ugly adj under prep understand v us pron

V
very adv

W
walk v wave v where int with prep
wall n we pron which int woman/women
want v wear v white adj n
watch n + v well dis who int word n
water n well done dis whose int would like v
watermelon n what int window n wow! excl
write v

X
(No words at this level)

Y
year n yes adv young adj yours pron
yellow adj you pron your poss 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

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