Pre A1 Starters A–Z wordlist

Grammatical key

adj adjective int interrogative

adv adverb n noun
conj conjunction poss possessive
det determiner prep preposition
dis discourse marker pron pronoun
excl exclamation v verb

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

B
baby n be v Bill n bounce v
badminton n beach n bird n box n
bag n bean n birthday n boy n
ball n bear n black adj bread n
balloon n beautiful adj blue adj breakfast n
banana n bed n board n brother n
baseball n bedroom n board game n brown adj
baseball cap n bee n boat n burger n
basketball n behind prep body n bus n
bat (as sports equipment) Ben n book n but conj
n between prep bookcase n bye excl
bath n big adj bookshop n
bathroom n bike n boots n

C
cake n child/children n close v count v
camera n chips (US fries) n closed adj cousin n
can v chocolate n clothes n cow n
candy (UK sweet(s)) n choose v coconut n crayon n
car n clap v colour (US color) n + v crocodile n
carrot n class n come v cross n + v
cat n classmate n complete v cupboard n
catch (e.g. a ball) v classroom n computer n
chair n clean adj + v cool adj + excl
chicken n clock n correct adj

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dad n dinner n donkey n drawing n
Dan n dirty adj don’t worry excl dress n
day n do v door n drink n + v
desk n dog n double adj drive v
dining room n doll n draw v duck n

E
ear n elephant n enjoy v evening n
eat v end n eraser (UK rubber) n example n
egg n English adj + n Eva n eye n

F
face n fish (s + pl) n food n frog n
family n fishing n foot/feet n from prep
fantastic adj + excl flat (US apartment) n football (US soccer) n fruit n
father n floor n for prep fun adj + n
favourite (US favorite) adj flower n friend n funny adj
find v fly v fries (UK chips) n

G
game n glasses n goodbye excl grape n
garden n go v Grace n gray (UK grey) adj
get v go to bed v grandfather n great adj + excl
giraffe n go to sleep v grandma n green adj
girl n goat n grandmother n grey (US gray) adj
give v good adj grandpa n guitar n

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

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

J
jacket n jellyfish n juice n
jeans n Jill n jump v

K
keyboard (computer) n kid n kitchen n kiwi n
kick v Kim n kite n know v

L
lamp n lesson n line n long adj
learn v let’s v listen v look v
leg n letter (as in alphabet) n live v look at v
lemon n like prep + v living room n lorry (US truck) n
lemonade n lime n lizard n a lot adv + pron

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 a lot of det lots of det Lucy n
lots adv + pron love v lunch n

M
make v me pron monkey n Mr title
man/men n me too dis monster n Mrs title
mango n meat n morning n mum n
many det meatballs n mother n music n
Mark n milk n motorbike n my poss adj
mat n mine pron mouse/mice n
Matt n mirror n mouse (computer) n
May (as in girl’s name) n Miss title mouth n

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

O
of prep old adj open adj + v ours pron
oh dis on prep of place or conj
oh dear excl one det + pron orange adj + n
OK adj + dis onion n our poss adj

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

Q
question n

R
radio n rice n robot n ruler n
read v ride v room n run v
really adv right dis rubber (US eraser) n
red adj right (as in correct) adj rug n

S
sad adj shell n skateboarding n spell v
Sam n ship n skirt n spider n
sand n shirt n sleep v sport n
sausage n shoe n small adj stand v
say v shop (US store) n smile n + v start v
scary adj short adj snake n stop v
school n shorts n so dis store (UK shop) n
sea n show v soccer (UK football) n story n
see v silly adj sock n street n
see you excl sing v sofa n Sue n
sentence n sister n some det sun n
she pron sit v song n sweet(s) (US candy) n
sheep (s + pl) n skateboard n sorry adj + int swim v

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T
table n tennis racket n they pron too adv
table tennis n thank you dis thing n toy n
tablet n thanks dis this det + pron train n
tail n that det + pron those det + pron tree n
take a photo/picture v the det throw v trousers n
talk v their poss adj tick n + v truck (UK lorry) n
teacher n theirs pron tiger n try n + v
teddy (bear) n them pron to prep T-shirt n
television/TV n then dis today adv + n TV/television n
tell v there adv Tom n
tennis n these det + pron tomato n

U
ugly adj under prep understand v us pron

V
very adv

W
walk v wave v where int with prep
wall n we pron which int woman/women n
want v wear v white adj word n
watch n + v well dis who int would like v
water n well done dis whose int wow excl
watermelon n what int window n write v

X
(No words at this level)

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

Z
zebra n zoo n

Letters & numbers

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

Names
Candidates will be expected to recognise and write the following names: 

Alex Dan Kim Nick

Alice Eva Lucy Pat
Ann/Anna Grace Mark Sam
Ben Hugo Matt Sue
Bill Jill May (as in girl’s name) Tom

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