Vocabulary List

Pearson Test of English

Young Learners

DLC1
AUGUST 2020
VERSION 1.0
Contents
Page

1. Vocabulary List Firstwords (Level 1) 3

2. Vocabulary List Springboard (Level 2) 6

3. Vocabulary List Quickmarch (Level 3) 9

4. Vocabulary List Breakthrough (Level 4) 12

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Vocabulary List Firstwords (Level 1)
The following tables include the vocabulary typically tested at Firstwords (Level 1).

A B C D E F G H

a about baby café dad each face game hair

above back cake daddy ear fade garden ham
across badminton calendar day easy family get hamster
after bag call desk eat fantastic giraffe hand
again ball camera diary egg fast girl happy
all banana can different elephant father girlfriend hat
alphabet baseball cannot dining else favourite give have
already an baseball cap car room end find glass he
and basketball careful dinner English finish glasses head
animal bath carefully dirty enjoy first go headphones
answer bathroom carrot disco eraser fish good hear
apple be case do example floor goodbye helicopter
arm beach cat dog expensive flower granddad hello
armchair beautiful catch doll extra fly grandfather her
ask bed chair door eye following grandma here
asleep at bedroom cheese double food grandmother herself
aunt beef chicken draw foot great hi
automatic behind child drawing football green him
bell chip dress for grey himself
below chocolate drink french fries guitar hippo
between cinema driver friend hippopotamus
big class duck friendly his
bike classmate frog hit
bird classroom hobby
birthday clean hockey
black clear home
blue clock homework
board close horse
boat clothes hot dog
body coke hour
book color house
bookcase colored
boring come
box computer
boxer correct
boy country
bread course
break cousin
breakfast cow
brother crayon
brown crocodile
bubble cross
burger cupboard
bus
but
buy
bye

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 I J K L M N O P

ice cream in jacket kick lamp magazine name of page

interesting jeans kid large man new oh paint
into juice kind last many next ok paper
it jump kitchen later mark night old pardon
its just kite laugh mat nightie on park
know learn match no open part
leave maths nose or party
left me not orange pause
leg meat now other pea
lemon medium number our pen
lemonade meet ours pencil
less member out phone
lesson middle outside photo
let milk over piano
letter minute pick
level mirror picture
library Miss pineapple
life missing pink
like mobile plane
line money play
list monkey player
listen month playground
little more please
live morning pocket
living mother point
room motorbike pool
long mouse potato
look mouth pound
lot Mr present
loud Mrs pretty
love much purple
lunch mum push
museum put
music
must
my

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 Q R S T U V W Y

question radio sad table ugly vegetable wait year

read same tennis uncle very walk yellow
red sausage talk under video wall yes
remember say teacher understand visit want you
repeat school team us visitor watch young
restaurant sea teddy use volleyball water your
rice sentence television usually way
ride she tell we
right sheep tennis wear
room shirt test well
run shoe than what
shop thank when
short that where
shorts the which
show their white
shower them window
side then with
sign there woman
sing these word
sister they wow
sit this write
skirt those
sleep through
slight tick
small ticket
smile tiger
snake time
so tired
soccer to
sock today
sofa together
some tomato
something tomorrow
somewhere too
song tooth
sorry tortoise
sound town
speak toy
spell train
spider trainers
sport tree
stair trousers
stand try
start T-shirt
stay turn
still twice
stop
story
street
subject
sun
sunglasses
sure
sweatshirt
sweet
swim
swimmer
swimming
swing
Vocabulary List Springboard (Level 2)
The following tables include the vocabulary typically tested at Springboard Level 2.

A B C D E F G

a about baby bus busy cabbage cooker dad each face gallery
above back but butter café cage cool daddy ear fade game
across bad butterfly cake corn dance early fair garden
actor badminton buy calculator corner dangerous easy false get
actress bag by calendar correct dark eat family giraffe
address ball bye call cost daughter egg famous girl
adult after banana camera count day elbow fantastic girlfriend
afternoon baseball can cannot country dear elephant farm give
again baseball cap car course decide else farmer glad
all basketball card cousin delicious email fast glass
alphabet bath careful cow dentist end fat glasses
already bathroom be carefully crayon describe English father glove
always an beach carrot crazy desk enjoy favorite go
and angry bean bear cartoon crisp diary entrance feather goat
animal beard case crocodile different envelope field good
another beautiful cassette cross difficult eraser film goodbye
answer bed castle cat cup dining room evening find goose
any bedroom catch cupboard dinner every fine gorilla
anybody beef centimeter curly direction everybody finger granddad
anything before centre curtain dirty everyone finish grandfather
apple arm begin cereal chair cushion disappointed everything first grandma
armchair behind change cut dish exam fish grandmother
art bell below cheek disco examination fishing granny
artist belt cheerful do example flavour grass
as ask best cheese doctor excellent floor great
asleep between chest dog excuse flower green
at aunt bicycle chicken doll expensive fly grey
automatic big child door extra fog grow
autumn bike chin double eye foggy guitar
bin chip down following
bird chocolate draw food
birthday cinema drawing foot
biscuit circle dress football
black circus city drink for
blank clap drive forehead
blonde class driver forest
blouse classmate dry forget
blue board classroom duck fork
boat body clean DVD fox
book cleaner french fries
bookcase clear clever friend
boot clock close friendly
boring clothes frog
both cloud from
bottle cloudy club fruit
bottom coat full
bowl coffee fun
box boxer coke funny
boy bread cold
break color
breakfast colored
brilliant comb
bring come
brother computer
brown conversation
brush cook
bubble
bucket
burger
 H I J K L M N O P Q

hair I jacket kangaroo lake magazine nail of page queen

half ice jam kick lamp make man name off paint question
ham ice cream jeans kid land many map near office pair quickly
hamburger idea job juice kilometer large mark neck often panda quiet
hamster ill jump kind last marry mat need oh ok pants quite
hand important jumper king late match neighbour old on paper
handsome in jungle kitchen later maths nephew once pardon
happy inside just kite laugh maybe me never new onion parent
hat interestin knee lazy meat newspaper only park
hate g internet knife leader medicine next open parrot
have into know learn medium nice opposite part
he it leave meet niece or orange party
head its left leg member night other our past
headphones lemon metre nightdress ours out pasta
hear lemonade middle milk nightie outside pause
helicopter less lesson milkshake no over pea pen
hello let mine nobody own pencil
help her letter minute noise pencil case
here level mirror Miss noodle penguin
hers library missing nose not pepper
herself life mobile note person
hi high light money nothing pet
him like line monkey now phone
himself lion list monster number photo
hippo listen month nut photograph
hippopotamus little moon more photography
his live morning piano
history living room mother pick picnic
hit long motorbike picture
hobby look lot mountain piece
hockey loud mouse pillow pilot
holiday love moustache pineapple
home lovely mouth pink pizza
homework low move place plan
honey luck Mr Mrs plane
hooray lucky Ms plastic
horse lunch much plate play
hospital hot mum player
hot dog mummy playground
hour museum please
house mushroom pocket point
how music must policeman
hungry my policewoman
hurt policy
husband pool poor
postcard
poster
potato
pound
present
pretty
prince
princess
problem
pupil
puppet
purple
push put
pyjamas
 R S T U V W Y Z

rabbit sad salad stair table triangle ugly vegetable wait year zoo
radio salt same stamp table tennis trip umbrella very walk yellow
railway sand stand tail trousers uncle under video wall yes
rain sandwich start take true understand village want yesterday
rainbow sauce station talk try untidy visit warm you
rather sausage stay stick tall T-shirt up us visitor wash young
read say scared still task tummy use volleyball watch your
ready scarf stomach taste turn usual water yours
real school stone taxi twice usually wavy
really red scientist stop tea twin way
remember sea storm teach we
repeat seal story teacher weak
restaurant see straight team teddy wear
rhino sell strawberry teenage wedding
rhinoceros sentence street telephone week
rice shark she striped television welcome
rich ride sheep strong tell well
right shirt shoe study temperature wet
river shop subject tennis terrible whale
road short suddenly test than what
robot shorts summer sun thank wheel
rocket shoulder sunglasses that the when
room shout sunny theatre where
round show supper sure their which
rubbish shower surprise theirs white
ruler run shut side sweater them who
sign sweatshirt then whose
silly sweet swim there why
sing swimmer these wife
sister swimming they wild
sit skirt swing thick will
sleep thief thin wind
slight thing window
slipper think windy
slowly thirsty wing
small this winter
smell those with
smile through without
snack throw wolf
snake thumb woman
snow so tick word
soap ticket work
soccer tidy tiger world
sock time wow
sofa tin wrist
some tired to write
somebody toast wrong
someone today
something toe
sometimes together
somewhere tomato
son tomorrow
song tonight too
soon tooth
sorry toothpaste
sound top
space torch
speak tortoise
spell total
spend touch
spider towel
spoon town toy
sport train
spotted trainers
spring travel
square tree
stadium

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Vocabulary List Quickmarch (Level 3)
The following tables include the vocabulary typically tested at Quickmarch (Level 3).

A B C D E F G

a about baby bread cabbage coat dad each face gallery

above back break café coffee daddy ear factory game
ache bad breakfast cafeteria coke dance early fade garden
across badminton bridge cage cold dangerous earth fair general
actor bag brilliant cake college dark east fall geography
actress ball bring calculator colour date easy false get
address balloon brother calendar coloured daughter eat family ghost
adult banana brown call comb day egg famous giraffe
afraid after bank brush camera come dear elbow fan girl
afternoon baseball bubble camp comfortable decide elephant fantastic girlfriend
again baseball cap bucket can competition delicious else far give
against basketball bat burger candle computer dentist email farm glad
ago agree bath burn cannot conversation describe empty farmer glass
air bathroom bus cap cook desk end fashion glasses
airline be business car cooker diary engineer fast glove
airport beach busy card cool dictionary English fat glue
all along bean bear but careful copy difference enjoy father go
alphabet beard butter carefully corn different enough favourite goat
already beautiful butterfly carpet corner difficult entrance feather gold
alright also become buy carrot correct dining room envelope feed good
always because by carry cost dinner eraser feel goodbye
ambulance bed bye cartoon cough direction evening few goose
an bedroom case count dirty every field gorilla
and angry beef cassette country disappointed everybody fill granddad
animal before castle course dish everyone film granddaughter
another begin cat cousin disco everything finally grandfather
answer beginning catch cow do everywhere find grandma
any behind ceiling crayon doctor exam fine grandmother
anybody believe bell centimeter crazy dog examination finger grandparent
anyone below belt center criminal doll example finish grandson
anything best century crisp door excellent fire granny
anyway better cereal crocodile double excuse first grass
anywhere between chair cross down exhibition fish great
apartment bicycle change cry draw expensive fishing greedy
apple big chatter cup drawing explain flat green
arm bike cheap cupboard dress extra flavour grey
armchair bin cheek curly drink eye floor grow
around bird cheerful curtain drive eyebrow flower guide
arrive art birthday cheese cushion driver eyelash flute guitar
artist biscuit bit chemist cut drum fly
as ask black chest dry fog
asleep blank chicken duck foggy
at aunt blanket child during follow
automatic blonde chin DVD following
autumn blouse chip food
awake blue chocolate foot
board choose football
boat church footballer
body cinema for
book circle forehead
bookcase circus forest
boot bored city forget
boring clap fork
borrow class forward
both bottle classmate fox
bottom classroom free
bounce clean french fries
bowl cleaner friend
box clear friendly
boxer clever frightening
boy climb frog
clock from
close fruit
clothes frustration
cloud full
cloudy fun
clown funny
club future
 H I J K L M N O P

hair I jacket kangaroo ladder magazine nail of page popular

half ice jam keep lady magic name off paint post
hall ice cream jeans key lake make near office pair postcard
ham idea job kick lamp man neck often palace poster
hamburger if journalist kid land many need oh pan potato
hamster ill journey kilogramme large map neighbour ok panda pound
hand important juice kilometer last mark nephew old pants prefer
handsome in jump kind late market nervous on paper present
happen information jumper king later married never once pardon pretty
happy hard insect jungle kitchen laugh marry new one parent prince
hat inside just kite laughter mat news onion park princess
hate instruction knee lazy match newspaper only parrot problem
have interesting knife leader mathematics next open part programme
he internet knock leaf maths nice opposite partner project
head interview know learn may niece or party pull
headphones into leave maybe night orange past pupil
hear island left me nightdress other pasta puppet
height it leg meal nightie our pause purple
helicopter its lemon meat no ours pea push
hello lemonade mechanic nobody ourselves pen put
help lend medicine noise out pencil pyjamas
hen her less medium noodle outside pencil case pyramid
here lesson meet no-one oven penguin
hers let melon north over pepper
herself letter member nose own perhaps
hi high level metre not person
hill him library midday note pet
himself lie middle nothing phone
hint life midnight now photo
hippo light milk nowhere photograph
his like milkshake number photographer
history line mind nurse photography
hit lion mine nut piano
hobby list minute pick
hockey listen mirror picnic
holiday little Miss picture
home live missing pie
homework living mistake piece
honey room mobile pig
hooray long money pillow
hope look monkey pilot
horrible lorry monster pineapple
horse lose month pink
hospital hot lost moon pizza
hot dog lot more place
hotel hour loud morning plan
house love most plane
how lovely mother planning
hungry low motorbike plant
hurt luck mountain plastic
husband lucky mouse plate
lunch moustache play
mouth player
move playground
Mr pleading
Mrs please
Ms pocket
much point
mug policeman
mum policewoman
mummy policy
museum pond
mushroom pool
music poor
must
my
myself
mystery
 Q R S T U V W Y Z

quarter rabbit sad somebody table trainers ugly vegetable wait year zoo
queen race safe someone table tennis transport umbrella very waiter yellow
question radio sail something tail travel tree uncle under vet wake yes
quick railway salad sometimes take triangle understand video walk yesterday
quickly rain salt somewhere talk trip uniform village wall yet
quiet rainbow same son tall trousers untidy until visit want you
quite rather sand song task true up us visitor warm young
read sandwich soon taste try use volleyball wash your
ready sauce sorry taxi T-shirt usual watch yours
real sausage sound tea tummy usually water yourself
really red say soup teach tunnel wavy
remember scared south teacher turn way we
repeat scarf space team twice weak
restaurant school speak teddy twin wear
rhino science special teenage weather
rhinoceros scientist spell telephone wedding
rice scissors spend television week
rich ride sea spider tell weekend
right seal spoon temperature weight
ring season sport tennis welcome
river seat spotted tent well west
road second spring terrible wet whale
robot secret square test what
rock secretary stadium than wheel
rocket see stair thank when
room sell stamp that where
round send stand the which
row sentence star theatre while
rubbish shampoo start their whistle
rug ruler shark station theirs white who
run she stay them whose
sheep steal themselves why
shelf step then wife
shell stick there wild
shirt still these will
shoe stomach they win
shop stone thick wind
shopping stop thief window
short storm thin windy
shorts story thing wing
shoulder straight think winner
shout strange thirsty winter
show strawberry this wish
shower street those with
shut striped through without
shy strong throw wolf
sick student thumb woman
side study thunder wonderful
sign subject tick wood
silly suddenly ticket woods
silver sugar tidy wool word
sing suitcase tiger work world
single summer tights wow wrist
sister sun time write
sit sunglasses tin wrong
skate sunny tired
ski supermarket to
skirt supper toast
sky sure today
sleep surname toe
slight surprise together
slipper sweater toilet
slow sweatshirt tomato
slowly sweet tomorrow
small swim tonight
smell swimmer too
smile swimming tooth
smoke swing toothpaste
snack top
snake topic
snow torch
so tortoise
soap total
soccer touch
sock tour
sofa towel
soft town
some toy
train
Vocabulary List Breakthrough (Level 4)
The following tables include the vocabulary typically tested at Breakthrough (Level 4).

A B C D

a astronaut baby bookcase cabbage climb customer dad during

about at back boot café clock cut daddy DVD
above athlete bad bored cafeteria close cycle daily
abroad atlas badminton boring cage cake clothes dance
accident attack bag born calculator cloud dangerous
ache attraction bake borrow calendar cloudy dark
across attractive balcony both call clown date
action aunt ball bottle camera club daughter
actor author balloon bottom camp coach day
actress autograph banana bounce can coast dead
add automatic band bowl candle coat deaf
address autumn bank box cannot coffee dear
adult avenue bar boxer cap coin decide
advertisement awake baseball boy capital coke deep
advice away baseball brave captain cold definitely
afraid awful cap bread car collect delicious
after basement break card college delighted
afternoon basketball breakfast careful color dentist
again bat breathe carefully colored depend
against bath bridge carpet comb describe
age bathroom bright carrot come description
ago be brilliant carry comfortable desert
agree beach bring cartoon competition desk
air bean brother case complain detail
airline bear brown cassette computer detective
airport beard brush castle concert diamond
album beat bubble cat confident diary
alien beautiful bucket catch contact dice
all because build cave contain dictionary
allow become burger CD continent die
almost bed burn ceiling control difference
along bedroom bus celebrate conversation different
alphabet beef business centimeter cook difficult
already before busy center cooker dig
alright begin but century cool dining room
also beginning butter cereal copy dinner
altogether behind butterfly chair corn dinosaur
always believe button chance corner direct
ambulance bell buy change correct direction
an below by character corridor dirty
and angry belt bye chatter cost disagree
animal beside cheap cottage disappear
anniversary best cheek cotton disappointed
another better cheerful cough disaster
answer between cheese count discover
any bicycle chef country disco
anybody big chemist couple dish
anyone bike chest course disk
anything bin chicken cousin dive
anyway bird child cover do
anywhere birthday chin chip cow doctor
apartment biscuit chocolate crayon dog
appear bit choose crazy doll
apple bite church cream door
area black cinema creature doorbell
argue blank circle criminal dot
arm blanket circus crisp double
armchair blind city crocodile down
around blonde clap cross draw
arrive blouse class crowd drawing
art blow classmate cruel dream
article blue classroom cry dress
artist board clean cup drink
as boat cleaner cupboard drive
ask body clear curly driver
asleep boil clever curtain drum
assistant bone cushion dry
book duck
 E F G H I J K L

each face full gallery hair I jacket kangaroo ladder

ear factory fun game half ice jam keep lady
early fade funny gang hall ice cream jaw key lake
earn fair fur gap ham idea jealous kick lamp
earth fall furniture garage hamburger if jeans kid land
east false future garden hamster ill jewellery kill large
easy family gate hand imagine job kilogramme last
eat famous general handsome important join kilometer late
egg fan generally happen impossible joke kind later
either fantastic gentle happy in journalist king laugh
elbow far geography hard information journey kitchen laughter
elephant farm get hardly insect inside juice kite lazy
else farmer ghost harvest instead jump knee lead
email fashion giant hat instruction jumper knife leader
empty fast gift hate interesting jungle knock leaf
end fat father giraffe have international just know learn
endangered fault girl he internet least
enemy favourite girlfriend head interview leave
engineer feather give headphones interviewer left
English feed glad healthy into leg
enjoy feel glass hear invitation lemon
enormous female glasses height invite lemonade
enough festival glove helicopter island lend
enter fever glue hello it less
enthusiastic few go helmet its lesson
entrance fiction goat help let
envelope field gold hen letter
environment file good her level
equipment fill goodbye here library
eraser film goose hers lie
especially finally gorilla herself life
even find grand hi lift
evening fine granddad hide light
ever finger granddaughter high lightning
every finish grandfather hill like
everybody fire grandma him line
everyone first grandmother himself lion
everything fish grandparent hint lip
everywhere fishing grandson hippo list
exam fit granny hippopotamus listen
examination fix grass his little
example flame great history live
excellent flat greedy hit living
excited flavour green hobby room
exciting floor greeting hockey local
excuse flower grey hole lodge
exercise flu ground holiday log
exhibition flute grow home lonely
exit fly guard homework long
expensive fog guest honest look
experiment foggy guide honey lorry
explain fold guitar hooray lose
explore follow gym hope lost
extinct following horrible lot
extra food horror loud
eye foot horse love
eyebrow football hospital lovely
eyelash footballer hot low
for hot dog luck
force hotel lucky
forehead hour lunch
forest house
forget how
fork huge
forward hungry
fox hurt
freckles husband
free
french fries
fridge
friend
friendly
frightened
frightening
frog
from fruit
frustration
 M N O P Q R S

machine mushroom nail object pack policeman quarter rabbit sad

mad musician name occupation packet policewoman queen race safe
magazine must nasty ocean page policy question radio sail
magic my national of off paint pollution quick railway salad
make myself nature office pair pond quickly rain salt
male mystery near often palace pool quiet rainbow same
man nearly oh pan poor quite rather sand
manager neat oil ok panda pop read sandwich
many neck old pants popular ready sauce
map need on paper port real saucer
mark negative once pardon positive really sausage
market neighbour one parent possible receive save
married neither onion park post recipe say
marry nephew online parrot postcard record scared
mat nervous only part poster red scarf
match nest open partner potato region school
mathematics never opinion party pound religion science
maths new opposite pass practise remember scientist
may news or passenger prefer repeat scissors
maybe newspaper orange passport prepare reply sea
me next order past present rescue seal
meal nice other pasta pretty response season
mean niece our ours path prince rest seat
measure night ourselves patient princess restaurant second
meat nightdress out pattern print result secret
mechanic nightie outside pause prison return secretary
medicine nightmare oven pavement problem rhino see
medium no over pea produce rhinoceros sell send
meet nobody own peace programme rice sensible
melon noise pen project rich sentence
member noodle pence protect ride serve
mend no-one pencil public rider service
menu north pencil case pull right set
merry nose penguin pupil ring sew
message not pepper puppet rise shame
metal note perfect purple river shampoo
metre nothing perhaps push road shape
midday notice person put robbery share
middle now personality pyjamas robot shark
midnight nowhere pet pyramid rock sharp
might number phone photo rocket she
mile nurse photograph roll sheep
milk nut photographer roof shelf
milkshake photography room shell
mind piano round shirt
mine pick route shoe
minute picnic row shoot
mirror picture rubbish shop
Miss pie rude shopping
missing piece rug short
mistake pig ruler shorts
mix pill pillow run shoulder
mobile pilot shout
moment pineapple show
money pink shower
monkey pirate shut
monster pizza shy
month place sick
moon plan side
more plane sight
morning planet sign
most planning signature
mother plant silence
motorbike plastic silly
mountain plate silver
mouse platform since
moustache play sing
mouth player singer
move playground single
Mr pleading sink
Mrs please sister
Ms pocket sit
much poem site
mug poet situation
mum point size
mummy poisonous skate
muscle ski
museum skirt
sky
 S T U V W Y Z

sleep summer sun table total ugly valuable wait yawn zip
slice sunglasses table tennis touch umbrella value waiter year zoo
slight sunny tail tour uncle vase wake yellow
slipper supermarket take tourist under vegetable walk yes
slow supper talk towards understand very wall yesterday
slowly sure tall towel uniform vet want yet
small surface tap town toy university video war you
smell surname task tractor untidy view warm young
smile surprise taste traffic until village wash your
smoke surround taxi train up violin waste yours
snack swap tea trainers us visit watch yourself
snake sweater teach transport use visitor water
snow sweatshirt teacher travel usual voice wave
so sweet team treasure usually volcano wavy
soap swim technology tree volleyball way
soccer swimmer teddy triangle we
sock swimming teenage trick weak
sofa swing telephone trip wear
soft television trousers weather
soldier tell true wedding
some temperature trust week
somebody temple try weekend
someone tennis T-shirt weight
something tent tummy welcome
sometimes terrible tunnel well
somewhere test turn west
son than twice wet
song thank twin whale
soon that type what
sore the typical wheel
sorry theater when
sort their where
sound theirs them whether
soup themselves which
south then while
souvenir there whistle
space these white
speak they who
special thick whole
spell thief whose
spend thin why
spider thing wife
spoon think wild
sport thirsty will
spotted this win
spring those wind
square through window
stadium throw windy
stage thumb wing
stair thunder winner
stamp tick winter
stand ticket wish
star tidy with
stare tiger without
start tights wolf
station time woman
statue tin wonderful
stay tiny wood
steal tired woods
step tissue wool
stick still title word
stomach to work
stone toast world
stop today worry
storm toe wow
story together wrap
straight toilet wrist
strange tomato write
strawberry tomorrow wrong
street tongue
striped tonight
strong too
student tool
study tooth
stupid toothpaste
subject top
such topic
suddenly
torch
sugar tortoise
suitable
suitcase
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