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Trang 1an det and conj angry adj animal n Anna n
answer n + v apartment n
(UK flat)
apple n arm n armchair n
bedroom n bee n behind prep Ben n between prep big adj
bike n
Bill n bird n birthday n black adj blue adj board n board game n boat n
body n book n bookcase n bookshop n boots n
bounce v box n boy n bread n breakfast n brother n brown adj burger n bus n but conj bye excl
C
cake n
camera n
sweet(s)) car n carrot n
n noun poss possessive prep preposition
pron pronoun
v verb
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color)
come v complete v computer n cool adj Cool! excl
correct adj count v cousin n cow n crayon n crocodile n cross n + v cupboard n
do v dog n doll n
donkey n don’t worry excl door n
double adj draw v
drawing n dress n drink n + v drive v duck n
enjoy v eraser n (UK
rubber)
Eva n
evening n example n eye n
apartment)
floor n flower n
fly v food n foot/feet n football n (US
soccer)
for prep friend n
fries n (UK
chips)
frog n from prep fruit n fun adj + n funny adj
grandfather n grandma n grandmother n grandpa n grape n gray adj (UK
grey)
great adj + excl green adj grey adj (US
happy adj hat n
have v have got v
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hobby n hockey n hold v home n + adv Hooray! excl horse n
house n how int how many int how old int Hugo n
I
I pron
ice cream n
in prep of place + time in front of prep it pron its poss adj + pron
J
jacket n
jeans n
jellyfish n Jill n
juice n jump v
kitchen n kite n
kiwi n know v
living room n lizard n long adj look v look at v lorry n (US
truck)
a lot adv + pron
a lot of det lots adv + pron lots of det love v Lucy n lunch n
Miss title monkey n monster n morning n mother n motorbike n mouse/mice n mouse n
(computer) mouth n
Mr title Mrs title mum n music n
Nick n night n
no adv + det nose n
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open adj + v
or conj orange adj + n our poss adj
phone n + v photo n
piano n pick up v picture n pie n pineapple n pink adj plane n play v
playground n please dis point v polar bear n poster n potato n purple adj put v
correct)
right dis robot n room n rubber n (US
eraser)
rug n ruler n run v
store)
short adj shorts n show v silly adj sing v sister n sit v skateboard n skateboarding n skirt n
sleep v small adj smile n + v
snake n
so dis soccer n (UK
football)
sock n sofa n some det song n sorry adj + int spell v
spider n sport n stand v start v stop v store n (UK
shop)
story n street n Sue n sun n supper n sweet(s) n (US
candy)
swim v
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throw v tick n + v tiger n
to prep today adv + n Tom n
tomato n too adv toy n train n tree n trousers n
truck n (UK
lorry)
try n + v T-shirt n TV/television n
where int which int white adj who int whose int window n
with prep
woman/women
n word n would like v wow! excl write v
young adj your poss adj
yours pron
Z
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Candidates will be expected to understand and write the letters of the alphabet and
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app n around prep asleep adj
at prep of time aunt n
both det + pron bottle n
bottom adj + n bowl n
brave adj break n brilliant adj brilliant! excl bring v
build v building n bus station n bus stop n busy adj buy v
cheese n cinema n circle n circus n city n
n noun poss possessive prep preposition
pron pronoun
v verb
Trang 8comic book n cook n + v cough n could v (as in
past of can for ability)
country n countryside n cry v
cup n curly adj
down adv + prep downstairs adv + n
dream n + v dress up v drive n
driver n drop v dry adj + v DVD n
exciting adj excuse me dis
movie) film (US movie)
star n
fine adj + excl first adj + adv fish v
fix v floor n (e.g
ground, 1st, etc.)
fly n forest n Fred n Friday n frightened adj funfair n
go shopping v
goal n
granddaughter
n grandparent n grandson n
grass n ground n grow v grown-up n
hospital n hot adj
how adv how much adv + int
how often adv + int
huge adj hundred n hungry adj hurt v
I
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inside adv + n
internet n into prep
elevator)
Lily n lion n little adj look for v
lose v loud adj loudly adv
Monday n moon n more adv + det + pron
most adv + det + pron
mountain n moustache n move v movie n (UK
noise n noodles n nothing pron
only adv
opposite prep out adv out of prep
outside adv + n + prep
plate n player n pool n pop star n practice n practise v present n
pretty adj puppy n put on v
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round adj + adv + prep
shopping
centre n (US center) shoulder n shout v shower n sick adj skate n + v skip v sky n slow adj
slowly adv snail n snow n + v someone pron something pron sometimes adv son n
soup n sports centre n
(US center)
square adj + n stair(s) n star n station n
stomach n stomach-ache n straight adj strong adj Sunday n sunny adj supermarket n surprised adj sweater n sweet adj swim n
swimming pool
n swimsuit n
tired adj tooth/teeth n toothache n toothbrush n toothpaste n top adj + n towel n town n
town/city
centre n
(US center)
tractor n travel v treasure n trip n Tuesday n
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world n worse adj + adv worst adj + adv would v
Letters & numbers
Candidates will be expected to understand and write numbers 21–100 and ordinals
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as adv
as as adv astronaut n
at the moment
adv
August n autumn n (US
cookie)
bit n
bored adj borrow v bracelet n brave adj break v bridge n broken adj brush n + v
burn v business n
businessman/
woman n butter n butterfly n
cereal n channel n chat v cheap adj
chemist(’s) n chess n chopsticks n club n
n noun poss possessive prep preposition
pron pronoun
v verb
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possibility)
creature n
crown n cushion n cut v cycle v
desert n design n + v designer n diary n dictionary n
dinosaur n
disappear v
drum n during prep
enter (a
competition) v entrance n envelope n environment n ever adv everywhere adv
excellent adj + excl
excited adj exit n expensive adj explain v explore v extinct adj
F
factory n
fall (UK autumn) n
fall over v
far adj + adv
fast adj + adv
fire truck)
fire fighter n
fire station n flag n
flashlight n (UK
torch)
flour n fog n foggy adj follow v for prep of time forget v
fork n Frank n fridge n friendly adj frightening adj front adj + n full adj fur n furry adj future n
Go away! excl
go out v gold adj + n golf n group n
guess n + v gym n
heavy adj Helen n high adj
hill n history n hole n
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honey n
hope v
horrible adj hotel n hour n
How long adv + int
instrument n interested adj interesting adj invent v
July n June n just adv
in direction)
let v letter n (as in
mail)
lie v (as in lie
down)
lift v lift n (ride) light adj + n
a little adv + det London n
look after v look like v lovely adj low adj lucky adj
Michael n midday n middle n+ adj midnight n might v million n mind v minute n missing adj
mix v money n month n motorway n much adv + det + pron
No problem!
excl noisy adj no-one pron
north n November n nowhere adv
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once adv online adj
other det + pron
poor adj pop music n popular adj post v post office n postcard n prefer v prepare v prize n problem n
programme n
(US program)
project n pull v push v
Richard n right n (as
in direction)
ring n Robert n
rock music n rocket n rucksack n (US
so adv + conj soap n soft adj somewhere adv soon adv
Sophia n sore adj sound n + v south n space n spaceship n speak v special adj spend v
spoon n spot n spotted adj spring n stadium n stage n
(theatre)
stamp n stay v step n still adv stone n storm n straight on adv
Trang 16sugar n suitcase n summer n sunglasses n sure adj
surname n surprise n swan n swing n +
theater)
thousand n through prep tidy adj + v time n timetable n
toe n together adv tomorrow adv + n tonight adv + n torch n (US
flashlight)
tortoise n touch v
tour n traffic n trainers n tune n turn v turn off v turn on v tyre n (US tire)
untidy adj until prep unusual adj
use v usually adv
William n win n wing n winner n winter n wish n + v
without prep wonderful adj wood n wool n worried adj
Z
zero n
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Letters & numbers
Candidates will be expected to understand and write numbers 101–1,000 and ordinals
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Key English Test (KET)
Key English Test for Schools (KETfS)
KET Vocabulary List
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Introduction to the KET Vocabulary List
The KET Vocabulary List gives teachers a guide to the vocabulary needed when preparing students for the KET and KET for Schools examinations
Background to the list
The KET Vocabulary List was originally developed by Cambridge ESOL in consultation with external consultants to guide item writers who produce materials for the KET examination It drew on vocabulary from the Council of Europe’s Waystage (1990) specification and other vocabulary which corpus evidence shows is high frequency
The list covers vocabulary appropriate to the A2 level on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and includes receptive vocabulary (words that the candidate is expected to understand but which is not the focus of a question) and productive vocabulary (words that the candidate needs to know in order to answer a question)
The list does not provide an exhaustive list of all words which appear on the KET and KET for Schools question papers and candidates should not confine their study of vocabulary to the list alone
How the list is updated
The vocabulary of English changes over time, with words being added and other words falling into disuse In order to maintain its currency, the KET Vocabulary List is updated on
an annual basis, with the decision to add or remove words being informed by reference to
the Cambridge Learner Corpus and English Vocabulary Profile
The Cambridge Learner Corpus is a collection of over 44 million words of English, based
upon evidence of language use by learners from all over the world and from which the
English Vocabulary Profile has developed The English Vocabulary Profile shows the
most common words and phrases that learners of English need to know in British or American English The meaning of each word or phrase in the wordlists has been assigned
a level between A1 and B2 on the CEFR
A preview version of the English Vocabulary Profile can be accessed by visiting the
website: http://www.englishprofile.org
Organisation of the list
• Word sets
Some categories of words that a learner at this level might be expected to know, e.g days
of the week, are not included in the alphabetical list but are listed in Appendix 1 Although
‘grammar words’ (pronouns, modal verbs, etc.) are included, the Language Specifications section of the KET and KET for Schools Handbooks (available from www.cambridgeesol.org) should be consulted for a more complete listing
• Exemplification
Example phrases and sentences showing how words might be used are given only where
words with different meanings need to be constrained For example, bank is followed by ‘I
changed my money in a bank’ – this shows that bank is limited to the idea of a financial institution: candidates are not expected to know other meanings, such as ‘a river bank’
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Personal vocabulary
The content of the KET Vocabulary List is general in nature and is unlikely to cover completely the productive vocabulary that may be required by candidates Candidates should know the specific lexis they will need to describe themselves and their lives, for example hobbies, likes and dislikes
Abbreviations
Abbreviations used in the KET Vocabulary List are:
abbrev abbreviation or acronym mv modal verb
Am Eng American English prep preposition
Br Eng British English prep phr prepositional phrase
exclam exclamation v verb
Summary of points to be noted
• The list does not include every word that may appear on a KET or KET for Schools paper
• The list covers receptive and productive vocabulary
• The list is updated every year
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Contents
A 5
B 6
C 7
D 9
E 10
F 11
G 12
H 11
I 12
J 12
K 12
L 13
M 14
N 15
O 15
P 16
Q 17
R 17
S 18
T 20
U 21
V 21
W 21
Y 21
Z 21
Appendix 1 21
Cardinal numbers 21
Ordinal numbers 21
Days of the week 21
Months of the year 21
Seasons of the year 21
Countries, languages and nationalities 21
Continents 21
Health, Medicine and Exercise 25
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A
a/an (det)
able (adj)
• be able to
about (adv & prep)
• What about a cold drink?
• I have about £3 (adv)
• a book about animals (prep)
above (adv & prep)
accident (n)
across (adv & prep)
• The bank’s across the road
• He walked across the bridge
• Yes, I agree with you
• Don’t you agree, Sam?
air (n)
• to travel by air airport (n)
alarm clock (n) album (n) all (adv, det & pron) all right/alright (adj, adv & exclam) almost (adv)
alone (adj & adv) along (prep) already (adv) alright (adj, adv & exclam) also (adv)
always (adv) a.m (adv) amazing (adj) ambulance (n) among (prep)
an (det) and (conj) angry (adj) animal (n) another (det & pron) answer (n & v) any (det & pron) anybody (pron) anymore (adv) anyone (pron) anything (pron) anyway (adv) anywhere (adv) apartment (n) apartment building (n)
apple (n) appointment (n)
• an appointment with the doctor
area (n) arm (n) armchair (n) around (adv & prep)
• to travel around (adv)
• to sit around the table (prep) arrive (v)
art (n) article (n)
• an article about skiing artist (n)
as (conj & prep)
• as good as
• as soon as possible
• the same as ask (v)
aunt (n) autumn (n) available (adj) away (adv)
• He’s gone away
• It’s two kilometres away awful (adj)
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belong (v) below (adv & prep) belt (n)
beside (prep) best (adj & adv) better (adj & adv) between (prep) bicycle (n) big (adj) bike (n) bill (n)
• Can I have my bill, please?
biology (n) bird (n) birth (n) birthday (n) biscuit (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng:
cookie) bit (n)
• Just a small bit of cake, please
black (adj & n) blackboard (n) blanket (n) block (n)
• Shall we walk round the block?
blond(e) (adj) blood (n) blouse (n)
blue (adj & n) board (n)
• The teacher’s writing on the (black/white)board
board game (n) boat (n) body (n) boil (v) boiled (adj) book (n & v) bookcase (n) bookshelf (n) bookshop (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng: bookstore)
bookstore (n) (Am Eng) (Br Eng: bookshop)
boot (n)
• a pair of boots bored (adj)
boring (adj) born (v)
• I was born in Manchester borrow (v)
• She borrowed a book from the library
boss (n) both (pron & det) bother (v) bottle (n) bottom (n)
• at the bottom of the stairs bowl (n)
box (n) boy (n) boyfriend (n) brain (n)
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brave (adj)
bread (n)
break (n & v)
• a break for lunch (n)
• Someone’s broken the
bus station (n) bus stop (n) busy (adj) but (conj) butter (n) buy (v)
by (prep) bye (exclam)
• He’s called John
• I’m waiting for a call from
• Be careful!
carefully (adv) car park (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng:
parking lot) carpet (n) carrot (n) carry (v) cartoon (n) case (n) cash (n & v) castle (n)
cat (n) catch (v) cathedral (n)
CD (n)
CD player (n) ceiling (n) cell phone (n)
cent (n) centre/center (n) centimetre/centimeter (cm) (n) century (n)
cereal (n) certainly (not) (adv) chain (n)
chair (n) change (v & n) channel (n) chat (n) chatroom (n) cheap (adj) check (v) cheese (n) chef (n) chemist (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng: drugstore)
chemistry (n) cheque (n) chess (n) chicken (n)
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coffee (n) cola (n) cold (adj & n) colleague (n) collect (v) college (n) colour (n & v) comb (n) come (v) comfortable (adj) comic (n)
company (n)
• What’s the name of your company?
competition (n) complete (v) computer (n) concert (n) congratulations! (exclam) contact (n & v)
conversation (n) cook (n & v) cooker (n) cookie (n) (Am Eng) (Br Eng:
biscuit) cooking (n) cool (adj & exclam)
• That’s a cool bike! (adj) copy (v)
corner (n)
• the corner of the street correct (adj)
cost (n & v) costume (n)
• I forgot my swimming costume
could (mv) country (n) countryside (n) course (n)
• a university course
• a main course
• of course (not) cousin (n)
cover (v) cow (n) crazy (adj) cream (adj & n) credit card (n) cricket (n) cross (n & v)
• Don’t cross the road here! (v) crossing (n)
• Use the crossing to cross the street
crowd (n) crowded (adj) cry (v)
• The baby’s crying
cup (n) cupboard (n) curry (n) curtain (n) customer (n) cut (v) cycle (v) cycling (n)
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• Chicken and chips is my favourite dish
do (av & v) doctor (n) document (n) dog (n) doll (n) dollar (n) dolphin (n)
door (n) dot (n)
• dot com double (adj)
• a double room down (adv & prep) download (n & v)
• I downloaded the songs from the internet (v)
downstairs (adv)
Dr (n) draw (v) drawer (n) drawing (n) dream (n & v) dress (n & v) dressed (adj) drink (n & v) drive (v) driver (n) driving licence (n) drugstore (n) (Am Eng) (Br Eng: chemist)
drum (n) dry (adj & v) duck (n) during (prep) DVD (n) DVD player (n)