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The document provides a list of common English words organized alphabetically from A to Z. It includes the part of speech for each word. Names and numbers from 1 to 20 are also included that students are expected to recognize. The document serves as a word bank for beginning English language learners.

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YLE Starters Word List

The document provides a list of common English words organized alphabetically from A to Z. It includes the part of speech for each word. Names and numbers from 1 to 20 are also included that students are expected to recognize. The document serves as a word bank for beginning English language learners.

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Starters AZ

Word List
Grammatical key
adj
adv
conj
det
dis

adjective
adverb
conjunction
determiner
discourse marker

excl
int
n
poss
prep

exclamation
interrogative
noun
possessive
preposition

pron pronoun
v
verb

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)

at prep of place

chocolate n
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

dont 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

I pron
ice cream n

in prep of place
+ time

in front of prep
it 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
lets 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

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 girls


name) n

mirror n

mouse/mice n

my poss adj

Miss title

mouse n
(computer)

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

its poss adj +


pron

Q
R

pea n
pear n
pen n
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

page n
paint n + v
painting n
pardon int
park n
part n
Pat n

question n

U
V
W

X
Y

trousers n

truck n (UK
lorry)

try n + v
T-shirt n

TV/television n

ugly adj

under prep

understand v

us pron

wave v
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

very adv

walk v
wall n
want v
watch n + v
water n
watermelon n

(No words at this level)

year n
yellow adj

yes adv
you pron

zoo n

Letters & numbers


Candidates will be expected to understand and write the letters of the alphabet and
numbers 120.

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

www.cambridgeenglish.org/younglearners

UCLES 2013 | CE/2052a/3Y10

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