Combined thematic vocabulary lists

Starters, Movers and Flyers

Combined thematic vocabulary list
N.B. For a comprehensive vocabulary list, see the alphabetic combined list on p42.

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Animals animal goat bat puppy butterfly
bird hippo bear rabbit camel
cat horse cage shark dinosaur
chicken lizard dolphin whale extinct
cow monkey fly fur
crocodile mouse/mice jungle insect
dog sheep (s + pl) kangaroo octopus
duck snake kitten swan
elephant spider lion wing
fish (s + pl) tail panda
frog tiger parrot
giraffe zoo pet

The body arm hand back moustache

& face body head beard neck
ear leg blond(e) shoulder
eye mouth bottom stomach
face nose curly straight
foot/feet smile fair thin
hair fat tooth/teeth

Clothes bag shirt coat belt striped

clothes shoe scarf glove tights
dress skirt sweater pocket umbrella
glasses sock ring uniform
handbag trousers shorts
hat T-shirt spot
jacket watch spotted
jeans wear stripe

Colours black orange gold

blue pink silver
brown purple spot
colour red spotted
green white stripe
grey (US gray) yellow striped

Family & baby grandmother aunt husband

friends boy grandpa daughter married
brother live granddaughter surname
child/children man/men grandparent wife
cousin mother grandson
dad(dy) mum(my) grown-up
family old parent
father person/people son
friend sister uncle
girl woman/women
grandfather young
grandma

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Food & apple juice bottle biscuit spoon
drink banana lemon bowl (US cookie) sugar
bean lemonade cheese butter sweet(s)
bread lime coffee candy (US candy)
breakfast lunch cup (UK sweet(s)) taste
burger mango glass chocolate
cake meat hungry chopsticks
carrot milk pasta cookie
chicken onion picnic (UK biscuit)
chips (US fries) orange salad flour
coconut pea sandwich fork
dinner pear soup jam
drink pineapple tea knife
eat potato thirsty meal
egg rice vegetable pepper
fish sausage piece
food supper pizza
fries (UK chips) tomato plate
fruit water salt
grape watermelon smell
ice cream snack

Health cold hurt chemist (’s)

cough matter (what’s cut
cry the matter?) dentist
doctor nurse fall
earache stomach-ache fall over
fine temperature ill
headache tired medicine
hospital toothache

The home apartment (UK flat) hall address brush

armchair house balcony comb
bath kitchen basement cooker
bathroom lamp blanket diary
bed living room CD player envelope
bedroom mat downstairs fridge
bookcase mirror dream key
box painting DVD player letter
camera phone elevator (UK lift) shelf
chair picture fan soap
clock radio floor (e.g. ground, 1st, etc.) stamp
computer room home swing
cupboard sleep lift (UK elevator) telephone
desk sofa shower toilet
dining room table stair(s)
doll television/TV toothbrush
door toy towel
flat (US tree upstairs
apartment) wall wash
flower watch
garden window

Materials card plastic

glass silver
gold wood
metal wool
paper

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Names Alex May Daisy Mary Betty Michael
Ann Nick Fred Paul David Richard
Anna Pat Jack Peter Emma Robert
Ben Sam Jane Sally Harry Sarah
Bill Sue Jim Vicky Helen William
Jill Tom John Katy
Kim Tony
Lucy

Numbers 1–20 21–100 1st–20th 101–1,000 21st–31st

Places & behind above sports centre airport kilometre(s)

directions between bank square bookshop (US kilometer(s))
here below straight bridge left
in bus station supermarket bus stop London
in front of café swimming pool castle museum
next to cinema chemist(’s) north
on farm circus over
park hospital club police station
playground library college post office
shop (US store) map corner restaurant
store (UK shop) market east right
street near end south
there opposite factory station
under place fire station straight on
zoo road front theatre
get to university
hotel way
west

School alphabet look homework art

answer number mistake bin
ask open text club
board page college
book part competition
bookcase pen dictionary
class pencil exam
classroom picture flag
close playground geography
colour question glue
computer read group
correct right (as in correct) history
cross rubber (US eraser) language
cupboard ruler maths (US math)
desk school rucksack
door sentence science
draw sit (down) scissors
English spell shelf
eraser (UK rubber) stand (up) student
example story study
floor teacher subject
find tell teach
know test university
learn tick
lesson understand
letter (as in wall
alphabet) window
line word
listen write

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Sports & badminton listen bat sports centre drum tent
leisure ball paint(ing) cinema swim (n) diary torch
baseball photo CD swimming pool flashlight (US flashlight)
basketball piano CD player towel (UK torch) umbrella
beach picture comic/comic video golf volleyball
bike play book walk (n) hotel
boat radio dance magazine
book read drive (n) meet
bounce ride (v) DVD player
camera run DVD player programme
catch sing email (US program)
doll soccer film (US movie) pyramid
draw(ing) (UK football) fish race
drive (v) song go shopping rucksack
enjoy sport holiday score
favourite story hop ski (n + v)
fishing swim (v) kick (n) sledge
fly table tennis movie (UK film) snowball
football take a music snowman
(US soccer) photo/picture party suitcase
game television/TV present swing
guitar tennis ride (n) tape recorder
hit text sail team
hobby throw skate
hockey toy skip
jump walk (v)
kick (v) watch
kite

Time afternoon after The days a.m. summer

birthday always of the week: ago time
clock before Sunday autumn tomorrow
day every Monday century tonight
end never Tuesday Christmas winter
evening sometimes Wednesday date year
morning week Thursday early
The months
night weekend Friday future of the year:
today yesterday Saturday half January
watch hour February
late March
later April
midday May
midnight June
minute July
month August
o’clock September
p.m. October
past November
quarter December
spring

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Toys ball kite
baseball lorry (US truck)
basketball monster
bike plane
boat robot
car soccer (UK
doll football)
football (US toy
soccer) train
game truck (UK lorry)
helicopter

Transport bike lorry (US truck) bus station airport

boat motorbike drive (n) ambulance
bus plane driver bicycle
car ride (v) ride (n) fire engine
drive (v) run ticket rocket
fly swim station
go train taxi
helicopter truck (UK lorry) traffic

Weather sun cloud sunny fog

cloudy weather foggy
rain wind ice
rainbow windy sky
snow storm

Work teacher clown actor mechanic

doctor airport meeting
driver ambulance news
farmer artist newspaper
hospital astronaut office
nurse business painter
pirate businessman/ photographer
work woman pilot
circus police station
cook policeman/
dentist woman
engineer queen
factory rocket
fire engine secretary
fireman/woman singer
footballer taxi
job waiter
journalist

The world beach city mountain air future

around us sand country(side) plant bridge hill
sea field river castle planet
shell forest road cave pyramid
street grass rock desert sky
sun ground star environment space
tree island town fire wood
water jungle village
lake waterfall
leaf/leaves world
moon

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Nouns afternoon clock address Fred actor dictionary
Alex clothes age Friday air dinosaur
alphabet coconut aunt granddaughter airport drum
animal colour back grandparent ambulance east
Ann computer balcony grandson April Emma
Anna cousin bank grass art engineer
answer cow basement ground artist envelope
apartment crocodile bat grown-up astronaut environment
(UK flat) cross bear headache August exam
apple cupboard beard holiday autumn factory
arm dad(dy) blanket home belt February
armchair day bottle homework Betty fire
baby desk bottom hospital bicycle fire engine
badminton dining room bowl idea bin fire station
bag dinner bus station inside biscuit fireman/woman
ball dog café island (US cookie) flag
banana doll cage Jack bookshop flashlight
baseball door CD Jane bridge (UK torch)
basketball drawing CD player Jim brush flour
bath dress cheese John bus stop fog
bathroom drink cinema jungle business footballer
beach duck city kangaroo businessman/ fork
bean ear cloud kick woman fridge
bed egg clown kind butter front
bedroom elephant coat kitten butterfly fun
Ben end coffee lake camel fur
bike English cold laugh candy future
Bill eraser comic/comic leaf/leaves (UK sweet(s)) geography
bird (UK rubber) book library card glove
birthday evening cough lift castle glue
board example country(side) (US elevator) cave gold
boat eye cup lion century golf
body face daughter map chemist(’s) group
book family difference market chocolate guess
bookcase father doctor Mary chopsticks half
box fish (s + pl) dolphin matter Christmas Harry
boy flat downstairs mistake circus Helen
bread (US apartment) dream Monday club hill
breakfast floor drive moon college history
brother flower driver mountain comb hotel
burger food DVD moustache competition hour
bus foot/feet earache movie (UK film) conversation husband
cake football elevator (UK lift) music cook ice
camera (US soccer) email neck cooker insect
car friend fan nurse cookie jam
carrot fries (UK chips) farm outside (UK biscuit) January
cat frog farmer panda corner job
chair fruit field parent date journalist
chicken game film (US movie) parrot David July
child/children garden floor (e.g. ground, party December June
chips (US fries) giraffe 1st etc.) pasta dentist Katy
class girl fly Paul desert key
classroom glasses forest pet diary

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Nouns goat name Peter video kilometre(s) Richard
continued grandfather Nick picnic village (US kilometer(s)) ring
grandma night pirate walk knife Robert
grandmother nose place wash language rocket
grandpa number plant waterfall letter (as in mail) rucksack
grape onion present weather light salt
guitar orange puppy Wednesday London Sarah
hair page rabbit week magazine science
hall paint rain weekend March scissors
hand painting rainbow whale married score
handbag park ride wind maths (US math) secret
hat part river work May (as in month) secretary
head Pat road world meal September
helicopter pea rock yesterday mechanic shelf
hippo pear sail medicine shorts
hobby pen salad meeting silver
hockey pencil Sally metal singer
horse person/people sandwich Michael ski
house phone Saturday midday sky
ice cream photo scarf midnight sledge
jacket piano shark minute smell
jeans picture shopping money snack
Jill pineapple shoulder month snowball
juice plane shower museum snowman
Kim playground skate news soap
kitchen potato snow newspaper sound
kite question son north south
lamp radio soup November space
leg rice sports centre October spoon
lemon robot square octopus spot
lemonade room stair(s) office spring
lesson rubber star painter stamp
letter (as in (US eraser) stomach paper station
alphabet) ruler stomach-ache past storm
lime Sam Sunday pepper stripe
line sand supermarket photographer student
living room sausage sweater piece subject
lizard school swim pilot sugar
lorry (US truck) sea swimming pool pizza suitcase
Lucy sentence tea planet summer
lunch sheep (s + pl) temperature plastic surname
man/men shell text plate swan
mango shirt thing player sweet(s)
mat shoe Thursday pocket (US candy)
May (as in shop (US store) ticket police station swing
girl’s name) sister tooth/teeth policeman/ tape recorder
meat skirt toothache woman taste
milk smile toothbrush post office taxi
mirror snake top postcard team
monkey soccer towel problem telephone
monster (US football) town programme tent
morning sock treasure (US program) theatre
mother sofa Tuesday pyramid tights
motorbike song uncle quarter time
mouse/mice spider upstairs queen toilet
mouth sport vegetable race tomorrow
mum(my) store (UK shop) Vicky restaurant tonight

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Nouns story Tony torch winter
continued street toy (US flashlight) wish
Sue train traffic wood
sun tree umbrella wool
supper trousers uniform year
table truck (US lorry) university zero
table tennis try volleyball
tail T-shirt waiter
teacher wall way
television/TV watch west
tennis water wife
test watermelon William
tick window wing
tiger woman/women
today word
Tom zoo
tomato

Adjectives angry pink afraid round bored kind

beautiful purple all slow brave late
big red all right square broken left (as in direction)
black right (as in correct) awake straight cheap light
blue sad back strong dangerous little
brown short bad sunny dark lovely
clean small best surprised dear low
closed sorry better tall dry married
correct their blonde terrible early metal
dirty ugly boring thin empty missing
double white bottom thirsty enough next
English yellow busy tired excellent noisy
favourite young careful top excited paper
funny your clever weak expensive plastic
good cloudy well extinct poor
gray (UK grey) cold wet far ready
great curly windy fast rich
green different worse foggy right (as in
grey (US gray) difficult worst friendly direction)
happy easy wrong front same
her exciting full silver
his famous fun single
its four glass soft
long fat gold spotted
my fine half strange
new hot hard striped
nice hungry heavy sure
old last high tidy
OK loud horrible unfriendly
open naughty ill unhappy
orange quick important untidy
our quiet interesting warm

Determiners a/an some all more each

a lot of that another most a few
lots of the any a little
many these both much
no this every other
one those

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Adverbs again all right off after next
here always often ago nowhere
a lot back on already of course
lots badly only also once
no best out anywhere over
not better outside away perhaps
now carefully quickly before so
there down quietly early somewhere
today downstairs round else soon
too how slowly ever still
very how much sometimes everywhere straight on
yes how often then far suddenly
inside up fast together
last upstairs hard tomorrow
loudly well just tonight
more when late twice
most worse later usually
near worst a little yet
never yesterday much

Prepositions about next to above off across without

at of after on (prep of time) during
behind on before opposite for (prep of time)
between to below out of into
for under by outside over
from with down round past
in in (prep of time) than since
in front of inside up through
like near until

Conjunctions and or because when after if

but than before so

Pronouns he ours all anyone

her she any anything
hers that another each
him theirs both enough
his them more everyone
I these most everything
it they nothing much
its this something no-one
a lot those which other
lots us who someone
me we where
mine you
one yours

Verbs – be fly bring must be going to go out

irregular catch (e.g. a ball) get buy put on begin grow
can give catch (e.g. a bus) take break hear
choose go get (un)dressed take off cut leave
come have get up think fall let
do have got go shopping wake up fall over lie (as in lie down)
draw hit have (got) to feel meet
drink hold hide feel like send
drive know hurt find out sell
eat learn lose forget should
find let’s mean get (off/on/to) smell

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Verbs – make spell smell like
irregular put stand (up) speak
continued read swim spend
ride take a photo/ steal
run picture swing
say tell take (as in time)
see throw teach
sing understand win
sit (down) wear
sleep write

Verbs – add play (with) call skate agree prefer

regular answer point carry skip arrive pull
ask show climb snow ask for push
bounce smile cook text believe race
clean start cry video brush remember
close stop dance wait burn score
colour talk dream wash camp ski
complete test drop work comb sledge
cross tick email decide sound
enjoy try film end sound like
jump walk fish explain stay
kick want help fetch study
learn watch hop finish taste
like wave invite follow taste like
listen (to) laugh glue thank
live look for guess tidy
look move happen turn
look (at) need hate turn (off/on)
love plant look after use
open rain look (like) visit
paint sail mind whisper
phone shop mix whistle
pick up shout post wish

Modals can/cannot/ would like could (as in past of shall could (for might
can’t can for ability) would possibility) should
must may will

Question how where how much

words how many which how often
how old who when
what whose why

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