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ContentsAbout this book .................................................................................... 2
About Pre A1 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 wordlist for Pre A1 Starters ................................................25–30
Answers ................................................................................................ 31
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About this bookYou can use this colourful picture book to help children when they are just starting to learn English.
The book uses many of the words from the Pre A1 Starters wordlist. You will find the words in:
• the colourful pictures
• the ‘Let’s talk!’ sections
• the activity pages.
The full Pre A1 Starters wordlist is at the end of this book on page 25.
Talk about the picturesIf you are a parent or a teacher, find time to sit with your 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.
Find words in the picturesThere 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?
Let’s talk!• Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake?
• Look at the goats. Which goat has yellow eyes? What colour are yours?
• OK, have you got a favourite animal? Which animal don’t you like?
At the zoo
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About Pre A1 StartersPre A1 Starters, A1 Movers and A2 Flyers is a series of fun, motivating English language exams for children in primary and lower secondary education. The exams are an excellent way for children to gain confidence and improve their English.
There are three levels of exam:• Pre A1 Starters• A1 Movers• A2 Flyers
Pre A1 Starters is for children who are just starting to learn English.
For more information about Pre A1 Starters, A1 Movers and A2 Flyers and for preparation materials, please visit: cambridgeenglish.org/starters cambridgeenglish.org/movers cambridgeenglish.org/flyers
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Grace
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Dan
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Jill
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Sam
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Anna
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Kim
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Sue & Tom
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Ben
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Lucy & Hugo
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Bill
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May
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Pat & Alice
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Nick
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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 31.
At home
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Let’s talk!• What’s your name?
• Here are lots of children playing. Are they happy or sad?
• Who’s waving at you?
My body
leg
hair
body
head
ear
eyeface
nosemouthsmile
arm
hand
foot
feet
Let’s talk!• Oh dear! Where’s the yellow snake?
• Look at the goats. Which goat has yellow eyes? What colour are yours?
• OK, have you got a favourite animal? Which animal don’t you like?
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giraffe
snake crocodile
elephant
spider
dog
tail
animal
At the clothes shop
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purple glasses
brown bag
black hat clothes
blue jacket
white skirt
shoe
sockpink handbag
Let’s talk!• Wow! How many hats do you see?
• What’s your favourite colour?
• What clothes do you like to wear?
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watch
angry man
grey/gray trousers
yellow shirt
orange dress
red T-shirt
green jeans
My friend’s birthday
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Miss Park
robot
monster
person
men
manpeople woman
baby
children
child
boy girl
women give a toyballoon
alien
Let’s talk!• Is the alien very ugly or really beautiful?
• Whose birthday is it? How old is he?
• What do you do on your birthday?
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dad/father
grandfather/grandpa
grandmother/grandma
family
cousin
Mr Park Mrs Park
sister brother
mum/mother
My favourite food
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apple
banana grapes
fish
beansegg
milk
tomatoonion
ricepeas
coconut breakfast
dinner
meatpotato
sausage
orangelemon
lime mango
pearpineapple
water
fruit
bread
Let’s talk!• Is the door open or closed?
• Do these people like eating?
• What do you eat for breakfast?
• What’s your favourite food?
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burger
cake
lunch
candy/sweet(s)
carrotchips/ fries
chocolate
lemonade
ice cream
chicken
watermelon
drink
juice
At home
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doll
bath
mirror
bookcase
chair
table
window
picture
kitchen
clock
box
radiocupboard
dining room
apartment/flat
house/homebedroom
bed
bathroom
Let’s talk!• Can you show me the white flowers?
• Where are the children watching television?
• Where do you sleep at night?
• Do you live in a house or a flat?
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cat
garden
flowerwall
hall
phonedoor
lamp
sofa
painting
rug
television/TV
armchair
living room
room
At school
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alphabet
floor
page
letter
class
board
pencil
pen
eraser/rubber
ruler
draw/do a drawing
teacher
classroom
football/soccer
hockey
line
part
book
basketball
Let’s talk!• Look at the woman in the blue skirt. Is she standing up and writing a sentence?
• Do you enjoy reading books and listening to stories?
• Do you like to spell?
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close
open
computerbook
desk
musictick
cross
keyboard
mouse
At the beach
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guitar
jump
piano
baseball
hit a ball
table tennis camera
take a photo
walk sing a song
paint
paint(ing)
fishing
kick a ball
Let’s talk!• What colour is the boy’s camera?
• Do you see the boy with the yellow and blue shorts? What did his mum give to him?
• There are a lot of games here. Which game do you like?
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badmintontennis
sport
sand
seaswim
kite
shellsun
throw a ball
catch a ball
Let’s talk!• Can you point to the car in front of the bus?
• What’s in front of the fruit shop?
• What colour bag does the boy see?
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boatbus
stopgohelicopter
motorbikeride a bike
fly a plane
drive a car
lorry/truck
Some gamesCan you find the words?
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clean
sorry
again
dirty
complete
young
beautiful
new
big
short
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end
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Aa detabout prepadd vafternoon nagain advAlex nAlice n
alien nalphabet nan detand conjangry adjanimal nAnn/Anna n
answer n + vapartment (UK flat) napple narm narmchair nask v at prep of place
Bbaby nbadminton nbag nball nballoon nbanana nbaseball nbaseball cap nbasketball nbat (as sports equipment) nbath nbathroom n
be vbeach nbean nbear nbeautiful adjbed nbedroom nbee nbehind prepBen nbetween prepbig adjbike n
Bill nbird nbirthday nblack adjblue adjboard nboard game nboat nbody nbook nbookcase nbookshop nboots n
bounce vbox nboy nbread nbreakfast nbrother nbrown adjburger nbus nbut conjbye excl
Ccake ncamera ncan v
candy (UK sweet(s)) ncar n
carrot ncat ncatch (e.g. a
ball) vchair nchicken n
Pre Starters A–Z wordlist
Grammatical keyadj adjectiveadv adverbconj conjunctiondet determinerdis discourse marker
excl exclamation int interrogativen nounposs possessiveprep preposition
pron pronounv verb
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child/children nchips (US fries) nchocolate nchoose v clap vclass nclassmate n
classroom nclean adj + vclock nclose vclosed adj clothes ncoconut n
colour (US color) n + vcome v complete vcomputer ncool adj + exclcorrect adj
count vcousin n cow ncrayon ncrocodile ncross n + vcupboard n
Ddad nDan nday ndesk ndining room n
dinner n dirty adjdo vdog ndoll n
donkey ndon’t worry excldoor ndouble adjdraw v
drawing ndress ndrink n + vdrive vduck n
Eear neat vegg n
elephant nend nEnglish adj + n
enjoy veraser (UK rubber) nEva n
evening n example neye n
Fface nfamily nfantastic adj + exclfather nfavourite (US favorite) adj
find vfish (s + pl) nfishing nflat (US apartment) nfloor nflower n
fly vfood nfoot/feet nfootball (US soccer) nfor prepfriend n
fries (UK chips) n frog nfrom prep fruit n fun adj + nfunny adj
Ggame ngarden nget v giraffe ngirl ngive v glasses n
go vgo to bed vgo to sleep vgoat ngood adjgoodbye exclGrace n
grandfather ngrandma ngrandmother ngrandpa ngrape ngray (UK grey) adj
great adj + exclgreen adjgrey (US gray) adjguitar n
Hhair nhall nhand n
handbag nhappy adjhat n
have vhave got vhe pron
head nhelicopter nhello excl
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her poss adj + pronhere advhers pronhi exclhim pron
hippo nhis poss adj + pronhit vhobby nhockey n
hold vhome n + advhooray exclhorse nhouse n
how int how many inthow old intHugo n
II pronice cream n
in prep of place + time
in front of prepit pron
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Jjacket n jeans n
jellyfish nJill n
juice njump v
Kkeyboard (computer) nkick v
kid nKim n
kitchen nkite n
kiwi nknow v
Llamp nlearn vleg nlemon nlemonade nlesson nlet’s v
letter (as in alphabet) nlike prep + vlime nline nlisten vlive v
living room nlizard nlong adjlook vlook at vlorry (US truck) na lot adv + pron
a lot of det lots adv + pronlots of detlove vLucy nlunch n
Mmake vman/men nmango nmany detMark nmat nMatt nMay (as in girl’s
name) nme pronme too dismeat nmeatballs nmilk nmine pronmirror n
Miss titlemonkey nmonster nmorning n mother nmotorbike nmouse/mice nmouse
(computer) nmouth nMr titleMrs titlemum n music nmy poss adj
Nname nnew adjnext to prepnice adj
Nick nnight nno adv + detnose n
not advnow adv number n
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Oof prepoh disoh dear exclOK adj + dis
old adjon prep of placeone det + prononion n
open adj + vor conjorange adj + nour poss adj
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Ppage npaint n + vpainting npaper adj + npardon intpark n part nPat n
pea npear npen npencil nperson/people n pet nphone n + vphoto n
piano npick up vpicture npie npineapple npink adjplane nplay v
playground n please dispoint vpolar bear nposter npotato npurple adjput v
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Rradio nread vreally advred adj
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S sad adjSam nsand n sausage nsay vscary adj school nsea nsee vsee you exclsentence nshe pronsheep (s + pl) nshell n
ship nshirt nshoe nshop (US store) n short adjshorts nshow vsilly adj sing vsister nsit vskateboard nskateboarding nskirt n
sleep vsmall adjsmile n + vsnake nso dissoccer (UK football) nsock nsofa nsome detsong nsorry adj + intspell vspider n
sport nstand vstart vstop vstore (UK shop) nstory nstreet nSue nsun nsweet(s) (US candy) nswim v
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Ttable ntable tennis ntablet ntail ntake a photo/picture vtalk vteacher nteddy (bear) ntelevision/TV ntell v
tennis ntennis racket nthank you disthanks disthat det + pronthe dettheir poss adjtheirs pronthem pronthen disthere adv
these det + pronthey pronthing nthis det + pronthose det + pronthrow vtick n + vtiger nto preptoday adv + n Tom n
tomato ntoo adv toy ntrain ntree ntrousers ntruck (UK lorry) ntry n + vT-shirt nTV/television n
Uugly adj under prep understand v us pron
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Wwalk vwall nwant vwatch n + vwater nwatermelon n
wave v we pronwear vwell diswell done diswhat int
where intwhich intwhite adjwho intwhose intwindow n
with prepwoman/women nword nwould like vwow exclwrite v
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Yyear nyellow adj
yes advyou pron
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Zzebra n zoo n
Letters & numbersCandidates will be expected to understand and write the letters of the alphabet and numbers 1–20.
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NamesCandidates will be expected to recognise and write the following names:
Alex AliceAnn/AnnaBen BillDan
EvaGraceHugoJillKimLucy
MarkMattMay (as in girl’s name)NickPat
SamSueTom
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AnswersPage 4
Where are the young learners?
Alex – At home
Grace – My street
Dan – At the beach
Jill – At the zoo
Sam – At home
Anna – At school
Kim – At the zoo
Sue & Tom – At the clothes shop
Ben – At the zoo
Lucy & Hugo – My street
Bill – My street
May – My favourite food
Pat & Alice – My friend’s birthday
Nick – At school
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Can you find the words?
Page 23
Which number?
Did you get all the answers? Well done!
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Where is Monkey?
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Teachers and parents can use this colourful 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 Pre A1 Starters wordlist picture book includes many of the words children might see in their Pre A1 Starters exam.
All details are correct at the time of going to print in September 2018.
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