Academy Stars YLE Mapping

YLE Movers Vocabulary

Key: Part of Speech:
Where Level and Unit numbers are shown, vocabulary is adj – adjective int – interrogative
taught as part of core unit vocabulary (Blue). adv – adverb n – noun
Where All or L# (Level Number) is shown, vocabulary is conj – conjunction poss – possessive
recycled, not part of core unit vocabulary and/or taught
throughout the course (Green). det – determiner prep – preposition
Where there is no level reference given, vocabulary on the dis – discourse marker pron – pronoun
YLE does not appear in Academy Stars. excl – exclamation v – verb
2018 YLE Words Topic Academy Stars Level
A    
above (prep) Places & directions L4:U1; L5; L6
address (n) The home L4; L6
afraid (adj)   L5; L6
after (prep) Time L2; L3:U1; L5; L6
age (n)   L0; L2; L5; L6
all (adj + adv + det + pron)   L2; L5; L6
all right (adj + adv)   L4–L6 
along (prep)   L3–L6
always (adv) Time L2–L6
another (det + pron)   L2; L3; L4:U6; L5; L6
any (det + pron)   L2–L6
app (n) IT L5:U9; L4; L6
around (prep)   See round
asleep (adj)   L2:U9; L3
at (prep of time)   ALL
aunt (n) Family & friends L3:U3; L5
awake (adj)    
B    
back (adj + adv + n)   L2:U6; L3–L6
bad (adj) L1; L2 L3:U6; L4–L6
badly (adv)   L5; L6
balcony (n) The home  
band (music) (n) Sports & leisure L5; L6
basement (n) The home L3:U2; L4
bat (n) (animal) Animals  
be called (v)   L4–L6 
beard (n) The body and the face L4:U10; L5

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2018 YLE Words Topic Academy Stars Level
because (conj)   L2–L6
before (prep) Time L3:U1; L4–L6
below (prep) Places & directions L2; L3; L4:U1; L5; L6
best (adj + adv)   L2; L3:U6; L4–L6
better (adj + adv)   L2; L3:U6; L4–L6
blanket (n) The home L3 
blonde (adj) The body and the face L1:U7 (blonde hair)
boring (adj)   L1; L2:U10; L5; L6
both (det + pron)   L4:U6; L3; L5; L6
bottle (n) Food & drink L3:U4; L5
bottom (adj + n)   L4; L5; L6:U1
bowl (n) Food & drink L3:U8; L5
brave (adj)   L4–L6
break (n) School L3:U1 (break time)
brilliant (adj + excl)   L1–L6
bring (v)   L2–L6
build (v)   L4; L5:U2; L6
building (n) Places & directions L2:U4; L3; L5; L6
bus station (n) Places & directions L5
bus stop (n) Places & directions L3:U3; L4; L5
busy (adj)   L2; L4–L6
buy (v)   L4:U6 (buy a present); L5; L6
by (prep)   L2–L6
C    
café (n) Places & directions L3:U3; L4; L6
cage (n) Animals L2:U10
call (v)   L1; L3–L6
car park (n) Places & directions  
careful (adj)   L1; L3:U3; L4–L6
carefully (adj)   L4–L6
carry (v) L3:U5; L4–L6
catch (e.g. a bus) (v) L1:U5 (catch); L4:U6 (catch a bus); L5; L6
CD (n) Sports & leisure L4 
centre (US center) (n) Places & directions L4; L6
change (v)   L2; L4; L5; L6
Charlie (n) Names L3
cheese (n) Food & drink L3:U4; L5
cinema (n) Places & directions L3:U3; L5; L6
circle (n) Places & directions ALL
circus (n) Places & directions L1:U6; L6

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2018 YLE Words Topic Academy Stars Level
city (n) The world around us L2–L6
city/town centre (n) Places & directions L5
Clare (n) Names L1; L3; L5
clever (adj)   L5:U4; L3–L6
climb (v)   L1:U5; L2–L6
cloud (n) Weather L2:U5; L5
cloudy (adj) Weather L2
clown (n) Work  
coat (n) Clothes L2–L5
coffee (n) Food & drink L5; L6
cold (adj + n) Health L1:U4; L2–L6
Come on! (excl)   L4; L5
comic (n) Sports & leisure L3:U2 (read a comic) 
comic book (n) Sports & leisure
cook (n + v) Work L2:U2; L3; L5; L6
cough (n) Health L4:U5
could (as in past of can for   L4–L6
ability) (v)
country (n) The world around us L1–L6
countryside (n) The world around us L4:U1; L5
cry (v) Health  
cup (v) Food & drink L3:U4; L6
curly (adj) The body and the face L4:U10
D    
Daisy (n) Names L3 (Aunt Daisy-level character)
dance (n + v) Sports & leisure L1; L3:U5; L4–L6;
dangerous (adj)   L4:U4; L5; L6
daughter (n) Family & friends L3:U5; L5; L6
dentist (n) Health L4:U4; L5
difference (n)    L4
different (adj)   L1–L6
difficult (adj)   L1–L6
doctor (n) Health L3–L6
dolphin (n) Animals L3:U1; L4; L6
down (adv + prep)   ALL
downstairs (adj + v) The home L2; L3; L5
dream (n + v)   L1; L6
dress up (v)   L3:U5
drive (n) Sports & leisure L4; L5
driver (n) Transport L2; L4; L5

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2018 YLE Words Topic Academy Stars Level
drop (v)   L3; L5
dry (adj + v)   L3 (adj); L5 (adj); L6 (adj)
DVD (n) Sports & leisure  L6
E    
earache (n) Health L4:U5
easy (adj)   L2–L6
e-book (n) IT L4
elevator (UK lift) (n)   See lift
email (n + v) Sports & leisure L1–L6
every (det) Time L2–L6
everyone (pron)   L1–L6
everything (pron)   L3; L5; L6
exciting (adj)   L4:U4; L5; L6
excuse me (dis)   L3; L4
F    
fair (adj) The body and the face L4:U10
fall (v) Health L2; L5; L6
famous (adj)   L4–L6
farm (n) Places & directions L0; L2; L3; L5; L6
farmer (n) Work L2–L6
fat (adj) The body and the face L1;L2; L3:U6; L5
feed (v)   L3; L5; L6
field (n) The world around us L4:U6; L6
film (US movie) (n) Sports & leisure L2; L3:U2 (watch a film); L5; L6
film star (US movie star) (n) Work  
fine (adj + excl) Health L1; L2
first (adj + adv)   L2; L3:U1; L4–L6
fish (v) Sports & leisure  
fix (v)   L3
floor (e.g. ground, 1st, etc.) The home L2:U7; L3–L6
(n)
fly (n) Animals  
forest (n) The world around us L1; L2:U1; L4:U1; L5; L6
Fred (n) Names L3; L4
Friday (n) The days of the week (Time) L2:U2; L3–L6
frightened (adj) Feelings L5; L6
funfair (n) Places & directions  
G    
get dressed (v)    
get off (v)   L5

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2018 YLE Words Topic Academy Stars Level
get on (v)    
get undressed (v)    
get up (v)    
glass (n) Food & drink L5; L6
go shopping (v) Sports & leisure  L3; L4
goal (n) Sports & leisure  L4; L6
granddaughter (n) Family & friends L3:U5
grandparent (n) Family & friends L3:U3 
grandson (n) Family & friends L3:U5; L5
grass (n) The world around us L5
ground (n) The world around us L2; L6
grow (v)   L2:U8; L5; L6
grown up (v) Family & friends  
H    
have (got) to (v)   L3–L6 (have to)
headache (n) Health L4:U5
helmet (n) Clothes L2:U6; L3:U9; L4; L5
help (v)   L1–L6
hide (v)   L1; L3; L4:U6; L5
holiday (n) Sports & leisure L2–L6
homework (n) School L3:U1; L4–L6
hop (v) Sports & leisure L1
hospital (n) Health L3:U3; L4–L6
hot (adj)   L0:U2; L1:U4; L2–L6
how (adv)   ALL
how much (adv + int)   L3–L6
how often (adv + int)   L3–L5
huge (adj)   L2; L4; L6
hundred (n)   L2:U1; L4:U2 (count to a hundred)
hungry (adj) Food & drink L1:U4; L2–L6
hurt (v) Health L4–L6
I    
ice (n) Weather L2; L4–L6
ice skates (n) Sports & leisure L3
ice skating (n) Sports & leisure L2
idea (n)   L1–L6
ill (adj) Health L2; L5; L6
inside (adv + n)   L2; L3; L4:U1; L5; L6
internet (n) The home L4–L6
into (prep) L2; L3; L4:U2; L5; L6

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2018 YLE Words Topic Academy Stars Level
invite (v)   L6
island (n)   L2; L3; L4:U1; L5; L6
J    
Jack (n) Names L2–L6
Jane (n) Names L2; L5; L6
Jim (n) Names L1; L5; L6
Julia (n) Names L2; L4; L6
jungle (n) Animals L2:U10; L3–L6
K    
kangaroo (n) Animals L2:U1; L6
kick (n) Sports & leisure L1:U5; L3; L6
kind (n)   L3; L5; L6
kitten (n) Animals L1:U4; L6
L    
lake (n) The world around us L4:U1; L5; L6
laptop (n) IT L4:U7; L5; L6
last (adj + adv)   L2–L6
laugh (n + v)   L3:U1; L4–L6
leaf/leaves (n) The world around us L2:U7; L4:U6; L5; L6
library (n) Places & directions L1; L3:U3; L5; L6
lift (US elevator) (n) The home L3:U2
Lily (n) Names L1; L5; L6
lion (n) Animals L1:Welcome; L3; L5; L6
little (adj)   L1–L6
look for (v) L3–L6
lose (v)   L5:U9; L2; L6
loud (adj)   L2; L3:U3; L5 L6
loudly (adv)   L4; L5
M    
machine (n)   L4:U7; L5; L6
map (n) Places & directions L2–L6
market (n) Places & directions L2:U8; L5
Mary (n) Names L3; L4
matter (n) Health L4
mean (v)   L3–L6
message (n) The home L3–L6
milkshake (n) Food & drink  
mistake (n) School L5
model (n) Toys L5
Monday (n) The days of the week (Time) L2:U2; L3; L5; L6

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2018 YLE Words Topic Academy Stars Level
moon (n) The world around us L3–L6
more (adv + det + pron)   L2–L6
most (adv + det + pron)   L1; L3–L6
mountain (n) The world around us L2:U5; L3–L6
moustache (n) The body and the face L4:U10
move (v)   L1; L3–L6
movie (UK film) (n)   See film 
must (v)   L4–L6
N    
naughty (adj)   L3:U3
near (adv + prep) Places & directions L4:U3; L3; L5; L6
neck (n) The body and the face L4; L5
need (v)   L1–L6
net (n) Sports & leisure  
never (adv) Time L3–L6
noise (n)   L2–L6
noodles (n)   L6
nothing (pron)   L5–L6
nurse (n) Work L4:U4
O    
o’clock (adv)   L2–L6
off (adv + prep)   L3–L6
often (adv)   L3–L6
on (adv + prep of time)   ALL
only (adv)   L2–L6
opposite (prep) Places & directions L2; L3; L4:U3; L5; L6
out (adv)   ALL
out of (prep)   L2; L3; L4:U2; L5; L6
outside (adv + n + prep)   L2; L3; L4:U1; L5; L6
P    
pair (n)   L5; L6
pancake (n) Food & drink  
panda (n) Animals L1:Welcome; L2:U1; L5
parent (n) Family & friends L3:U3
parrot (n) Animals L2:U10; L3
party (n) Sports & leisure L2; L3; L5; L6
pasta (n) Food & drink L3:U4; L4–L6
Paul (n) Names L1; L3; L5; L6
penguin (n) Animals L3; L6
Peter (n) Names L4 (level character); L5; L6

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2018 YLE Words Topic Academy Stars Level
picnic (n) Food & drink L3; L4; L6
pirate (n) Work L1; L3
place (n) Places & directions L1–L6
plant (n + v) The world around us L2:U7 (v); L3–L6
plate (n) Food & drink L3:U4; L4; L6
player (n) Sports & leisure L3:U3; L6
pool (n) Sports & leisure L3:U3; L2; L4; L6
pop star (n) Work  
practice (n) Sports & leisure L3; L5
practise (v)   L3; L5; L6
present (n) Sports & leisure L1:U2; L3; L5; L6
pretty (adj)   L2; L3; L6
puppy (n) Animals  
put on (v)   L3; L6
Q    
quick (adj)   L3:U7; L5
quickly (adv)   L3:U3; L4–L6
quiet (adj)   L4–L6
quietly (adv)   L5
R    
rabbit (n) Animals L0:U8; L3–L6
rain (n + v) Weather L2:U5; L3–L6
rainbow (n) Weather L1; L4; L5
ride (n) Sports & leisure L2:U10; L3–L6
river (n) The world around us L2; L3; L4:U1; L5; L6
road (n) Places & directions L2–L6
rock (n) The world around us L2:U10; L3–L6
roller skates (n) Sports & leisure  
roller skating (n) Sports & leisure  
roof (n) The home L3:U2
round (adj + adv + prep) L2; L4:U2; L6
S    
safe (adj)   L5; L6
sail (n + v) Sports & leisure L2; L3; L6
salad (n) Food & drink L3; L6
Sally (n) Names L1–L4 L6
sandwich (n) Food & drink L3:U4; L6
Saturday (n) The days of the week (Time) L2:U2; L3–L6
sauce (n) Food & drink  
scarf (n) Clothes L2:U5; L3

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2018 YLE Words Topic Academy Stars Level
score (v) Sports & leisure L3
seat (n) The home L5; L6
second (adj + adv)   L3; L5; L6
send (v)   L5; L6
shall (v)   L5; L6
shape (n)   L3; L5; L6
shark (n) Animals L3
shop (v)    
shopping (n)   L3; L5
shopping centre (US Places & directions L3:U3; L5
center) (n)
shoulder (n) The body and the face L5
shout (v)   L2:U6; L5
shower (n) The home L2:U9; L3; L5
sick (adj) Health L5
skate (n + v) Sports & leisure L2:U5; L5
skip (v) Sports & leisure  
sky (n) Weather L3; L5; L6
slow (adj)   L2; L3; L5
slowly (adv)   L3:U7; L6
snail (n) Animals L3; L6
snow (n + v) Weather L2:U5; L3–L6
someone (pron)   L3; L6
something (pron)   L1- L3; L6
sometimes (adv) Times L3; L5; L6
son (n) Family & friends L3:U5; L5; L6
soup (n) Food & drink L3:U4 L5; L6
sports centre (US center) (n) Places & directions L3
square (adj + n) Places & directions L3 (adj); L4:U3 (n); L5–L6 (n)
stair(s) (n) The home L2:U6
star (n) The world around us ALL
station (n) Places & directions L3:U3 (train station)
stomach (n) The body and the face L6
stomach-ache (n) Health L4:U5
straight (adj) The body and the face L4:U10
strong (adj)   L3; L5; L6
Sunday (n) The days of the week (Time) L2:U2; L3; L5; L6
sunny (adj) Weather L2; L3; L5; L6
supermarket (n) Places & directions L3:U3; L5; L6
surprised (adj)   L3; L5; L6

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2018 YLE Words Topic Academy Stars Level
sweet (adj) Food & drink L2; L3; L5; L6
swim (n) Sports & leisure L1:U5; L2; L3; L5; L6
swimming pool (n) Places & directions L3; L6
swimsuit (n) Clothes L6
T    
take (v)   L1; L2:U3 (take a photo); L3–L6
take off (i.e. get undressed)   L3; L6
(v)
tall (adj)   L1:U1; L2–L6
tea (n) Food & drink L3:U4; L5
teach (v) School L2; L4–L6
temperature (n) Health L3; L4:U5; L6
terrible (adj)   L3–L6
text (n + v) School/Sports & leisure L1–L6
than (conj + prep)   L1–L6
then (adv) L0–L2; L3:U1; L4–L6
thin (adj) The body and the face L3:U6; L5; L6
think (v)   L1; L2; L3:U7; L4–L6
third (adj + adv)   L3:U10; L3–L6
thirsty (adj) Food & drink L1:U4; L2; L6
Thursday (n) The days of the week (Time) L2:U2; L3–L6
ticket (n) Transport L3; L5
tired (adj) Health L2; L3; L4:U3; L5; L6
tooth/teeth (n) The body and the face L0:U6; L2; L3; L5
toothache (n) Health L4:U5
toothbrush (n) The home  
toothpaste (n) The home L6
top (adj + n)   L3:U2; L2–L6
towel (n) The home L2:U9
town (n) The world around us L2; L3; L4:U1; L5; L6
town/city centre (US center) Places & directions L3; L5
(n)
tractor (n) Transport L2:U8
travel (n) L3:U5; L5; L6
treasure (n)   L4
trip (n) Transport L4
Tuesday (n) The days of the week (Time) L2:U2; L3–L5
U    
uncle (n) Family & friends L0:U7; L3:U3; L4
up (adv + prep)   L0:Welcome (stand up); L2–L6
upstairs (adv + n) The home  L2

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2018 YLE Words Topic Academy Stars Level
V    
vegetable (n) Food & drink L2:U8; L5; L6
Vicky (n) Names L3; L4
video (n + v) Sports & leisure L1–L6
village (n) The world around us L3; L4:U1; L5; L6
W    
wait (v)   L2–L6
wake (up) (v)   L6
walk (n) Sports & leisure L1-U5; L2–L6
wash (n + v) The home L2:U9; L3:U2; L5
water (v)   L1:U6; L2–L6
waterfall (n) The world around us L4:U1; L6
wave (n) World L3
weak (adj)   L6:U5
weather (n) Weather L1–L6
website (n) School L3–L6
Wednesday (n) The days of the week (Time) L2:U2; L3–L5
week (n) Time L2–L6
weekend (n) Time L2–L6
well (adj + adv)   L1–L6
wet (adj)   L1:U8; L2; L5; L6
whale (n) Animals L3:U6; L6
when (adv + conj + int)   ALL
where (pron)   L1–L6
which (pron)   L1–L6
who (pron)   L1–L6
why (int)   L1–L6
wind (n) Weather L2; L3; L5; L6
windy (adj) Weather L1:U3; L2; L3; L5; L6
work (n + v) Work ALL
world (n) The world around us L4:U6; L3; L5; L6
worse (adj + adv)   L3; L4; L6
worst (adj + adv)   L3:U6; L5
would (v)   L2–L6
wrong (adj)   L1–L6
X No words at this level  
Y    
yesterday (adv + n) Time L2–L6
Z    
Zoe (n) Names  
Letters and Numbers    
21–100; ordinals 1st–20th Numbers L2:U1 (20-100); L3:U10

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Level 3 Academy Stars Vocabulary additional to Level 4 Academy Stars Vocabulary additional to
CYLE 2018 List CYLE 2018 List
Unit 1 – computer studies, English, science, music, maths, Unit 1 – volcano, hill, horse-riding, mountain biking, skateboarding,
social studies, PE, art, computer room, music room  surfing 
Unit 2 – make the bed, read a comic, tidy up, play chess, dust, Unit 2 – across, through, onto, over, apologise, decide, find (found),
clean, sweep the floor, play computer games, cereal, once a forget (forgot), look like, swap, do up your coat, tie your shoes,
month, three times a (day), twice a (week)  whistle a tune, 
Unit 3 – bank, patient, cousin  Unit 3 – cyclist, light, basket, gears, pump, lock, bell, wheel, brakes,
Unit 4 – tea, biscuit, cup, backpack, leopard, lizard, tent, torch, safety vest, bridge, path, square, go past, go straight on, on the
mushrooms, olives, peppers, spinach, tune  left, on the right, turn left, turn right 
Unit 5 – husband, flute, violin, wife, drum, trumpet, son, love, study, Unit 4 – chef, plumber, businessman/businesswoman, police
cowboy, kindergarten, princess  officer, plumber, lawyer, artist, engineer, creative, delicious,
Unit 6 – jellyfish, octopus, eel, seahorse, starfish, crab, hard, thin, interesting, caterpillar, crab, mosquito, peacock 
tiny  Unit 5 – cut, broken arm, flu, sore throat, active, exercise, healthy,
Unit 7 – come-came, go-went, have-had, make-made, read-read, medicine, rest, bakery, bakery, butcher’s, chemist’s, fishmonger’s
say-said, see-saw, stand-stood, though, wear-wore, angrily, greengrocer’s 
happily, eat-ate, drink-drank  Unit 6 – campfire, stream, branch, nest, write an essay 
Unit 8 – museum, history, fire, tool, sculpture, necklace, knife, coin, Unit 7 – keyboard, charger, earphones, screen, microphone,
musical instrument, bone, ceramic, fireplace, pot, stone, wood, speaker, printer, mouse, games console, download, ink, invention,
butterfly, gorilla, meerkat, show  material, hers, his, mine, ours, yours, theirs 
Unit 9 – swimming cap, tracksuit, goggles, trainers, bat, glove, Unit 8 – spine, petal, fins, scales, stem, soil, feathers, roots, fur,
flip-flops, competition, match, medal, team, uniform, winner, wings, air, ladybird, land, sparrow, squirrel, electric, gadget,
energy, meat, muscles  scientist, smartphone 
Unit 10 – January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, Unit 9 – dishwasher, washing machine, tap, bucket, watering can,
September, October, November, December, bell, card, clothes, fill, empty, waste, save, turn on/off, cool, freeze, freshwater, heat,
fireworks, lantern, procession, Arabic, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish melt, salt water, dissolve, float, heavy, light, sink 
Unit 10 – jewellery, bracelet, earrings, diamond ring, dark hair,
detective, no one, steal (stole), thief, attic, dust the furniture, tidy up

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YLE Movers Grammar
Key:
Where Level and Unit numbers are shown, grammar is taught as part of OR in addition to core unit
grammar (Blue).
Where ALL or L# (Level Number) is shown, grammar is not taught, but appears and is recycled in a Level or
throughout the course only (Green).
Where there is no level reference given, grammar on the YLE does not appear in Academy Stars.
2018 YLE Grammar Example(s) from YLE Academy Stars Level Example(s) from Academy Stars
Indirect objects Give it to the teacher! L3–L6 We have to take it to the museum.
(L3)
Comparative Your house is bigger L3:U6; L4:U4 The starfish is slower than the
and superlative than mine. seahorse.
adjectives Anna is my best   My dad is the tallest.
  friend
Verbs (Positive, negative, question, imperative and short answer forms including contractions)
Past simple We went to the park L2:U9, U10; L3:U5, U7; He had a cake.
regular and yesterday. L4:U1
irregular forms Her father cooked   Yesterday he played the drums.
  lunch on Friday.
  Did you go to the   Did you go to kindergarten? Yes,
  cinema? Yes, I did. I did.
We didn’t see the   He didn’t have a cake.
pirate at the party.
Verb + infinitive I want to go home. L4:U2 He wanted to climb the
  mountain.
He started to laugh.    
Verb + ing I went riding on L4:U1 I love skateboarding.
Saturday.
Infinitive of She went to town to L4:U5 Let’s go to the bakery to buy
purpose buy a toothbrush. some bread.
Want/ask He wants the L1–L6 Ask your friend to guess. (L1)
someone to do teacher to tell a story.
something
Must – for He must do his L4:U3 You must look.
obligation homework.
  You mustn’t give the You mustn’t listen to music.
  rabbit cheese.
Must I get up now? L4 What must I do?
Have (got) to/  I’ve got to go. L3:U9 Tom has to jump high.
had to Do I have to go to Why do people have to drink
  bed now? milk?
  He had to draw a L4–L6 I had to plan my training  
whale for homework. carefully. (L6)

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2018 YLE Grammar Example(s) from YLE Academy Stars Level
Shall for offers Shall I help you
wash the car, Mum?
Could I could see some
(past form of can) birds in the tree.
Adverbs She never eats meat.
 
  He sang loudly.
My mother talks a lot.
Comparative and My brother reads
superlative adverbs more quickly than
  my sister.
I like ice cream best.
Conjunctions I went home
because I was tired.
Prepositions of time She plays with her
  friends after school.
He plays badminton
on Saturdays.
Question words Why is he talking to
  her?
  When does school
start?  L3:U3
Relative clauses Vicky is the girl who is
  riding a bike.
  That is the DVD which
my friend gave me.
This is the house
where my friend
lives.
What is/was the What was the
weather like? weather like last
weekend?
What’s the matter? What’s the matter,
Daisy? Have you got
a stomach-ache?
How/what about + How about going
n or ing to the cinema
on Wednesday
afternoon?
When clauses When he got home,
(Not with future meaning) he had his dinner.
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L5:U4 Shall I do it now?
L4:U2 Could you whistle a tune when
you were eight?
L3:U2 I always/usually/sometimes/
hardly ever/never…
L3:U7; L4:U6 He went slowly. (L3)
L3:U4 How many mushrooms are there?
There are a lot.
L4–L6 Why can we write books more
quickly now than before?
  How do you learn best? (L4)
L3–L6 Hu Jing Jing likes New Year
because she goes to bed very
late. (L3)
L3–L6 After break time, we’ve got
science.
L2:U10 On Saturday, I visited an art
gallery.
L1:U1; L1:U3; L1:U6; Why do people have to drink
L2:U3; L2:U10; L3:U3; milk? (L3)
L3:U7; L3:U9 Where were you on Saturday? (L3)
When were you there? (L3)
L4:U7 This is the man who invented the
first computer.
A library is a place where you
can find books.
It’s a place where we can play
basketball.
L2:U5 What’s the weather like today?
L4:U10 What’s the matter?
I’m really tired.
L2:U7 What about playing tennis in the
park?
L4:U9 When you heat ice, it melts.
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2018 YLE Grammar Example(s) from YLE Academy Stars Level Example(s) from Academy Stars
Go for a + n Yesterday we went L3–L6 Then they go for a walk next to
for a drive in my the river and watch people in their
brother’s new car. boats. (L3)
Be called + n A baby cat is called a L1–L6 Next to her was an old woman
kitten. called Mrs Blake. (L3)
Be good at + n She’s very good at L3:U1 I’m good at English.
basketball.
I think/I know I think he’s very nice. L4:U4; L1–L6 I think this bedroom is boring. (L1)
      I know your dad goes to work
every day. (L4)

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