Starters

Combined thematic vocabulary list

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

The body & face

Body head face back

arm leg foot/feet beard
ear mouth hair blond(e)
eye stomach moustache bottom
nose straight neck curly
smile thin shoulder fair
hand tooth/teeth fat

Clothes

clothes shoe jacket wear

dress skirt jeans shirt
glasses sock bag T-shirt
handbag trousers watch hat
sweater scarf coat

Colours

blue orange grey (US gray) green

brown pink black red
colour purple white yellow
Family & Friends

baby grandmother girl cousin

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

Food & Drink

apple chips (US fries) juice bottle

banana coconut lemon bowl
bean dinner lemonade cheese
bread drink lime coffee
breakfast eat lunch cup
burger egg mango glass
cake fish meat hungry
carrot food milk pasta
chicken fries (UK chips) onion picnic
supper fruit orange salad
rice ice cream grape sandwich
pea pineapple tomato soup
pear potato water tea
sausage watermelon thirsty
vegetable

Health

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

Names

Alex May Jill Bill

Ann Nick Kim Sue
Anna Pat Tom Lucy
Ben Sam Tony Daisy
Peter John Jane Fred
Sally Mary Jim Jack
Vicky Paul

Numbers
1–20 - 100

Places & Directions

behind on street in
between park there in front of
here playground under shop (US store)
road above next to zoo
sports centre bank café map
square below cinema market
straight bus station farm near
supermarket swimming pool hospital opposite
library place

School
alphabet cross playground part
answer cupboard question pen
ask desk read pencil
board door right (as in picture
book draw correct) write
bookcase English rubber (US eraser) number
class eraser (UK rubber) ruler open
classroom example school page
close floor sentence window
colour find sit (down) word
computer know spell test
correct learn stand (up) tick
alphabet) lesson story understand
line letter (as in teacher wall
listen look tell homework
text mistake
Sports & leisure

badminton catch listen kite

ball doll paint(ing) throw
baseball draw(ing) photo toy
basketball drive (v) piano walk (v)
beach enjoy picture watch
bike favourite play take a
boat fishing radio photo/picture
book fly read television/TV
bounce football(US ride (v) tennis
camera soccer) run sport
hobby game sing story
hockey guitar soccer swim (v)
jump hit (UK football) text
kick (v) table tennis song bat
present cinema dance go shopping
ride (n) CD drive (n) holiday
sail CD player DVD hop
skate comic/comic book DVD player kick (n)
skip fish email movie (UK film)
party film (US movie) music

Time

afternoon day night The days

birthday end today of the week:
week evening watch Sunday
weekend morning every Monday
yesterday clock never Tuesday
after sometimes Wednesday
always before Thursday
Friday
Saturday

Toys

ball car kite game

baseball doll lorry (US truck) helicopter
basketball football (US monster train
bike soccer) plane truck (UK lorry)
boat toy robot soccer (UK
football)
Transport

bike lorry (US truck) go drive (v)

boat motorbike helicopter fly
bus plane train run
car ride (v) truck (UK lorry) swim
ride (n) driver bus station
ticket drive (n)

Weather
sun weather snow cloudy
cloud wind sunny rain
windy rainbow

Work
teacher nurse farmer doctor
clown pirate hospital driver
work

The world around us

beach street shell water
sand sun tree sea
city mountain waterfall town
country(side) plant world village
field river lake ground
forest road leaf/leaves island
grass rock moon jungle
star

Adjectives
beautiful correct great angry
big dirty happy nice
clean double long your
closed English new my
right (as in favourite OK her
correct) funny open his
short good orange its
small sad ugly our
sorry young old their
boring afraid fat clever
bottom all fine cloudy
busy all right hot cold
careful awake hungry curly
round back last different
slow bad loud difficult
 square best naughty easy
straight better quick exciting
strong blonde quiet famous
sunny terrible four
surprised weak thin worse
tall well thirsty worst
wet tired wrong
windy top

Determiners
a/an lots of no all
a lot of many those another
this these one any
some that both
the every

Adverbs
again lots there all right
here no today always
a lot not too back
near very off badly
never yes often best
worse now on better
worst sometimes only carefully
yesterday then out down
slowly up outside downstairs
more upstairs quickly how
most well quietly how much
when round how often
loudly last inside

Prepositions
about from of above
at in on after
behind in front of to before
between next to for below
out of under outside by
outside with round down
round like than in (prep of time)
than off up inside
up on (prep of time) opposite

Conjunctions
 and but or Because
when

Pronouns
he it mine these
her its one they
hers a lot ours this
him lots she those
his me that us
I you theirs we
yours nothing them all
who something more any
which most another
both

Verbs –irregular
be drive fly have got
catch (a ball) eat get hit
can find give hold
choose draw go know
come drink have learn
do read say let’s
make ride see sing
put run tell sit (down)
spell take a photo/ throw sleep
stand (up) picture understand write
swim wear must bring
get up have (got) to put on buy
go shopping hide take catch (e.g. a bus)
lose hurt take off get (un)dressed
mean think wake up

Verbs – regular
answer cross look play (with)
add enjoy look (at) point
ask jump love show
bounce kick open smile
clean learn paint start
close like phone stop
colour listen (to) pick up talk
complete live want test
walk try watch tick
wave call skate laugh
email carry skip look for
 film climb snow move
fish cook text need
help cry video plant
hop dance wait rain
invite dream wash sail
shout drop work shop

Modals
can/cannot/ can’t would like could

Question words
how many would like must when
how old would like how much who
what could (as in past where why
would of can for ability) how often whose
how which

English Vietnamese
animal Con vật
 Bird Chim
cat Mèo
chicken Gà
cow Bò
zoo Sở thú
crocodile Cá sấu
dog Chó
shark Cá mập
whale Cá voi
goat Dê
hippo Hà mã
horse Ngựa
lizard Thằn lằn
monkey Khỉ
mouse Chuột
duck Vịt
sheep Cừu
parrot Vẹt
pet Thú cưng
elephant Voi
fish Cá
frog ếch
giraffe hươu cao cổ
snake rắn
spider nhện
tiger hổ
tail đuôi
puppy chó con
rabbit thỏ
bat rơi
bear gấu
cage chuồng, lồng
dolphin cá heo
fly bay/ con ruồi
jungle rừng
kangaroo chuột túi
kitten mèo con
lion sư tử
panda gấu trúc