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About this book ................2

Starters
About Cambridge English: ...... .. .. .... .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-ZWord List for Cambridge English: Starters .....25-29
Answers. .....,..30

My notes .....31
 About fthns book
You can use this colourful picture book
to help children when they are just
starting to learn English.

The book has many of the words from

the Cambridge English: Starters Word
List. You will find the words in:
. the colour pictures
. the 'Let's talk!' sections
. the activity pages.

The full Cambridge English: Starters Word

List is at the end of this book.

r Talk about the pictures

lf you are a parent or a teacher, find time to sit with the 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.

r Find words in the pictures

There are lots of words to find in the pictures.
Can the children find them all?

See if the children want to test your English tool

What can they ask you to find in the pictures?

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Emg[ lsh= Starters
Cambridge English:Young Learners, also known as Young Learners English (YLE), is a series
of fun, motivating English language tests for children fromT to 12 years old. The tests are
an excellent way for children to gain confidence and improve their Engllsh.

There are three levels of test:

. Cambridge English: Starters
. Cambridge English: Movers
. Cambridge English: Flyers.

Cambridge English: Starters is for chrldren

who are just startrng to learn Engllsh

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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 30.

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Don't worry if you don't find them. The answers are on page 30!

{o"un ! beautiful ! end ! nice

! sorry ! new ! good ! small

! again O big ! angry ! well

! dirty ! short ! double

! complete ! hers ! long

! young ! old ! pardon

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

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

B
baby n beach n bird n box n
badminton n bean n birthday n boy n
bag n beautiful ody 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 cony
bathroom n bike n bookshop n bye (-bye) excl
bev Bill n bounce y

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

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 choose y close v come v cow n
class n closed adj complete v crocodile n
classroom n clothes n computer n cross n + y
clean adj+ v coconut n correct adj cupboard n
clock n colour n + v cousin n

E
dad(dy) n dinner n don't worry excl dress n
Dan n dirty adj door n drink n + v
day n dov double adj drive v
desk n dog n draw v duck n
dining room n dolln drawing n

E
ear n elephant n enJoy v evenrnS n
eat v end n eraser n (UK example n
egg n English adj+ 2 rubber) eye n

F
face n fishing n food n fries n (UK
family n flat n (US foot/eet n chips)
father n apartment) footballn (US frog n
favourite ad7 floor n soccer) lrom prep
find v flower n for prep fruit n
fish (s + pl) n fly v friend n lunny adj
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game n glasses n grandfather n grey)

garden n gov grandma n great adj + sv61
get v goat n grandmother n green adj
giraffe n good adj grandpa n grey adj (US
girl n goodbye excl Srape n gray)
give v Grace n eray adj(UK guitar n

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hair n he pron him pron home n + adv
hall n head n hippo n horse n
hand n helicopter n his poss adi + house n
handbag n hello excl pron how int
happy adj her poss adi + hit v how many int
hat n pr0n hobby n how old int
have y here adv hockey n
have got v hers pron hold v

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 I pron in prep of place in front of prep its poss ad7 +
ice cream n + time it pron pron

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jacket n Jilln Jump y
jeans n juice n

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

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

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make y me pron monkey n mouth n
man/men n me too dis monster n Mr title
manSo 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 mirror n mouse/mice n my poss adj
girl's name) n Miss title mouse
(computer) n

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

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of prep old adj open adj + v outs pron
oh dis on prep of place or conj
oh dear exc/ one det + pron orange adj+ y1

OK adj + dis onion n our poss adj

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page n paint n + v painting n pardon int
 park n pencil n pick up v playground n
part n person/people picture n please dis
Pat n n pineapple n point v
pea n phone n + v pink adj potato n
pear n photo n plane n purple adj
pen n piano n play v put v

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radio n nce 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

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sad adj shirt n snake n start y
Sam n shoe n so dis stop v
sand n shop n (US soccer n (UK store n (UK
sausage n store) football) shop)
say v short ad1 sock n story n
school n show y sofa n street n
sea n sing v some det Sue n
see v sister n sonS n sun n
See you! excl sit v sorry adj+ in1 supper n
sentence n skirt n spell v sweet(s) n (US
she pron sleep v spider n candy)
sheep (5 + pl) n small adj sport n swim v
shell n smile n + v stand v

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

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very adv

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walk v we pron white adi word n
wall n wear y who int would like v
want v well dis whose int wow! exc/
watch n + y well done dis window n write v
water n what int with prep
watermelon n where int woman/
WAVC Y which int women n

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

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zoo n

Letters & numbers

Candidates will be expected to understand and write the letters of the alphabet and
numbers 1-20.

Nanres
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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Where are the Young Learners? Which number?
Alex - At home Did you get all the answers? Well done!

Grace - My street two

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Dan - At the beach
sixteen
Jill - At the zoo three l2
Sam - At home one
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Anna - At school
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Kim - At the zoo stx I4
Sue & Tom - At the clothes shop eleven
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Ben - At the zoo
fourteen
Lucy & Tony - My street ten t6
Blll - My street thirteen
fifteen
May - My favourite food
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Pat & Ann - My frlend's birthday twelve
Nick - At school eighteen
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Can you find the words? Page24
Where is Monkey?
1. between
2. next to
3. in

4. in front of
5. on

6. behind
7. under

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