A2 Vocabulary List

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH

A2 VOCABULARY LIST

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Abbreviations used in the Vocabulary List are: abbrev abbreviation or acronym

mv - modal verb

adj - adjective

n - noun

adv - adverb

phr v - phrasal verb

av - auxiliary verb

pl - plural

Am Eng - American English

prep - preposition

Br Eng - British English

prep phr - prepositional phrase

conj - conjunction

pron - pronoun

det - determiner

sing - singular

exclam - exclamation 

v - verb

Contents

A to Z Vocabulary

Letter A

Letter B

Letter C

Letter D

Letter E

Letter F

Letter G

Letter H

Letter I

Letter J-Letter K-Letter L

Letter M-Letter N

Letter O-Letter P

Letter Q-Letter R-Letter S-Letter T

Letters U,V,W,Y,Z

Cardinal numbers

Ordinal numbers

Days of the week

Months of the year

Seasons of the year

Countries, languages and nationalities

Continents

Health, Medicine and Exercise

Appendix 1

Word sets

In addition to the words in the alphabetical list, CEPT candidates

are expected to know:

Cardinal numbers- one, two, three, etc. to one thousand

Ordinal numbers- first, second, third, fourth, etc. to thirty-first

Days of the week- Monday, Tuesday, etc.

Months of the year- January, February, etc.

Seasons of the year- spring, summer, autumn, winter

Countries, languages and nationalities

English-speaking countries and others, for example Brazil/Brazilian, Canada/Canadian,

China/Chinese, France/French, Ireland/Irish, India/Indian, Italy/Italian, Spain/Spanish, etc.

Continents

Africa, Australia, North America, South America, Asia, Antarctica, Europe

Appendix 2

Topic Lists

Appliances - CLICK HERE TO SEE DEFINITIONS AND SAMPLE SENTENCES

camera DVD (player) laptop telephone CD (player) electric lights television / TV

cell phone electricity mobile (phone) video clock fridge MP3 player washing machine

computer gas PC cooker heating phone digital camera lamp radio

Clothes and Accessories - CLICK HERE TO SEE DEFINITIONS AND SAMPLE SENTENCES

bag fashion raincoat tights bathing suit glasses ring trainers belt glove scarf trousers

blouse handbag shirt try on (v) boot hat shoes T-shirt bracelet jacket shorts umbrella

cap jeans skirt uniform chain jewellery / jewelry suit wallet clothes jumper sunglasses watch

coat kit sweater wear (v) costume (swimming)

dress

earring

necklace

pocket

purse

swimming costume

swimsuit

tie

Colours - CLICK HERE TO SEE DEFINITIONS AND SAMPLE SENTENCES

black golden orange red

blue green pale white

brown grey pink yellow

dark light purple

Communication and Technology

address 

digital 

laptop (computer) 

screen

at / @ 

digital camera 

mobile (phone) 

software

by post 

dot 

mouse 

talk

call (v)

camera

download (n & v)

DVD (player)

MP3 player

net

telephone

text (n & v)

CD (player)

cell phone

email (n & v)

envelope

online

PC

video

web

chat 

file 

photograph 

web page

click (v) 

information 

photography 

website

computer 

internet 

phone

conversation 

keyboard 

printer

Documents and Texts

ad / advertisement 

diary 

magazine 

passport

article 

diploma 

menu 

postcard

bill 

email 

message 

project

book

card

form

letter

newspaper

note

text (n & v)

textbook

comic 

licence 

notebook 

ticket

Education

advanced course lesson ruler

beginner desk level school

biology dictionary library science

blackboard

board

diploma

eraser

mark

maths/mathematics

student

studies

book

bookshelf

chemistry

class

classmate

classroom

clever

coach

college

exam(ination)

geography

history

homework

information

instructions

know

language

learn

note

physics

practice (n)

practise (v)

project

pupil

read

remember

rubber

study (v)

subject

teach

teacher

term

test (n)

university

Entertainment and Media

act draw magazine practise (v)

actor drawing MP3 player programme

adventure

advertisement

disco

drum

museum

music

project

radio

art

article

DVD (player)

exhibition

musician

news

read (v)

rock (concert)

board game festival newspaper screen (n)

book film (n & v) opera show (n)

card fun paint (v) sing

cartoon go out painter singer

CD (player) group photograph song

chess guitar photographer television / TV

cinema hip hop photography theatre

classical (music) instrument piano ticket

competition keyboard picture video (game)

concert laugh play (n) watch (v)

dance (n & v) listen to pop (music)

dancer look at practice (n)

Family and Friends

aunt girl group mum(my)

boy grandchild guest neighbour

brother grand(d)ad guy parent

child

cousin

granddaughter

grandfather

husband

love (n & v)

pen-friend

sister

dad(dy)

daughter

family

father

friend

friendly

grandma

grandmother

grandpa

grandparent

grandson

granny

married

Miss

mother

Mr

Mrs

Ms

son

surname

teenager

uncle

wife

Food and Drink

apple chocolate ice plate

bake coffee ice cream potato

banana cola jam rice

barbecue cook (n & v) juice roast (v & adj)

biscuit cooker kitchen salad

boil cream knife salt

boiled cup lemon sandwich

bottle curry lemonade sauce

bowl cut (n) lunch sausage

box dessert main course slice (n)

bread dinner meal snack (n)

break (n) dish (n) meat soup

breakfast drink melon steak

burger eat menu sugar

butter egg milk sweet (n & adj)

cafe/café fish mineral water tea

cafeteria food mushroom thirsty

cake fork oil toast

can (n) fridge omelette tomato

candy fried onion vegetable

carrot fruit orange waiter

cereal garlic pasta waitress

cheese glass pear wash up

chef grape pepper yog(h)urt

chicken

chilli

chips

grilled

honey

hungry

picnic

piece of cake

pizza

Health, Medicine and Exercise

accident

ambulance

appointment

arm

cut (v)

danger

dangerous

dead

foot

hair

hand

head

pain

problem

rest (n)

run

baby dentist health sick

back

bandage

die

doctor

hear (v)

heart

soap

stomach

blood Dr hospital stomach ache

body ear hurt (v) swim

brain exercise ill temperature

break (v) eye leg tired

check (v) face lie down tooth

chemist fall (v) medicine toothache

clean (adj & v) feel (v) neck toothbrush

cold (n) finger nose walk

comb (n) fit nurse well (adj)

Hobbies and Leisure

barbecue CD (player) guitar musician

beach club hobby paint (n & v)

bicycle

bike

collect (v)

computer

holidays

join

park

party

book

camera

camp

camping

campsite

dance (n & v)

draw

DVD (player)

festival

go out

magazine

member

MP3 player

museum

music

photograph (n & v)

picnic

quiz

tent

video game

House and Home

address computer garage refrigerator

apartment cooker garden roof

armchair cupboard gas room

bath(tub) curtain gate safe (adj)

bathroom desk hall shelf

bed dining room heating shower

bedroom door home sink

blanket downstairs house sitting room

bookcase

bookshelf

bowl

drawer

DVD (player)

entrance

key

kitchen

lamp

sofa

stay (v)

toilet

box flat (n) light towel

carpet floor live (v)

chair fridge living room

clock furniture pillow

Measurements

centimetre / centimeter hour minute week

day kilo(gram[me])/kg moment year

degree

gram(me)

kilometre/km/kilometer

litre / liter

quarter

second

half metre / meter temperature

Personal Feelings, Opinions and Experiences (adjectives)

able

afraid

alone

amazing

angry

bad

beautiful

better

difficult

excellent

famous

fast

favourite

fine

free

friendly

kind

lovely

lucky

married

modern

nice

noisy

old

soft

sorry

special

strange

strong

sure

sweet

tall

big funny pleasant terrible

bored good poor tired

boring great pretty unhappy

brave happy quick useful

brilliant hard quiet well

busy heavy ready worried

careful high real wrong

clear hungry rich young

clever important right

cool interested slow

different interesting small

Places: Buildings

apartment (building) college hospital school

bank

block

bookshop

department store

disco

elevator

hotel

house

library

shop

sports centre

stadium

bookstore entrance lift supermarket

building exit museum swimming pool

cafe/café factory office theatre

cafeteria flat pharmacy university

castle garage police station

cathedral grocery store post office

cinema guest-house railway station

Places: Countryside

area forest path sky

beach hill railway village

campsite island rainforest wood

farm lake river

field mountain sea

Places: Town and City

airport city centre petrol station station

bridge

bus station

corner

market

playground

road

street

town

bus stop motorway roundabout underground

car park park square zoo

Services

bank doctor petrol station theatre

cafe / café garage post office tourist information

cafeteria hotel restaurant

cinema library sports centre

dentist museum swimming pool

Shopping

ad / advertisement cheque expensive shop

assistant close (v) for sale shop assistant

bill closed open (v & adj) shopper

bookshop

buy (v)

cost (n & v)

credit card

pay (for)

penny

shopping

spend

cash (n & v)

cent

change (n & v)

cheap

customer

department store

dollar

euro

pound

price

receipt

rent

store

supermarket

try on

Sport

ball football riding swimming

badminton football player rugby swimming costume

baseball game run (v) swimming pool

basketball goal sailing swimsuit

bat golf sea table tennis

bathing suit hockey skate (v) team

beach kit skateboard (n) tennis

bicycle luck ski (v) tennis player

bike member skiing throw (v)

boat play (v) snowboard (n) ticket

catch (v)

climb (v)

player

pool (n)

snowboarding

soccer

tired

trainers

club

coach (n)

competition

cricket

cycling

enter (a competition)

fishing

practice (n)

practise (v)

prize

race (n & v)

racket

rest (n & v)

ride (n & v)

sport(s)

sports centre

stadium

surf

surfboard

surfboarding

swim

v / versus

volleyball

walk (v)

watch (v)

win (v)

windsurfing

winner

The Natural World

air fire moon spring

autumn flower mountain star

beach forest north summer

bee grass plant tree

country grow rabbit water

countryside

desert

east

hill

hot

ice

river

sea

sky

west

winter

wood

explorer

field

island

lake

south

space

wool

world

Time

afternoon evening morning tonight

a.m./p.m. half (past) night week

appointment holidays noon weekday

autumn hour o’clock weekend

birthday January - December past weekly

calendar meeting quarter (past/to) winter

century

clock

midnight

minute

second

spring

working hours

year

daily moment summer yesterday

date Monday - Sunday time

day month today

diary monthly tomorrow

Travel and Transport

(aero)/(air)plane explorer park (v) street

airport far passenger suitcase

ambulance flight passport taxi

backpack fly petrol ticket

boat garage petrol station tour (n)

bridge helicopter pilot tour guide

bus journey platform tourist

bus station leave railway tourist information centre

bus stop

car

left

light

repair (v)

return (n & v)

traffic

traffic light

case luggage ride tram

coach machine right travel

country map road trip

delay (n & v) mechanic roundabout tyre

delayed mirror sailing underground (n)

drive miss (v) seat visit

driver motorbike ship visitor

driving/driver’s licence motorway station way (n)

engine move stop wheel

engineer oil straight on window

Weather

cloud hot sun wet

cloudy ice sunny wind

cold rain thunderstorm windy

fog snow warm

foggy storm weather

Work and Jobs

actor diploma journalist secretary

artist doctor king shop assistant

boss Dr letter shopper

break (n)

business

driver

earn

manager

mechanic

singer

staff

businessman

businesswoman

email (n & v)

engineer

meeting

message

student

teacher

chemist explorer musician tennis player

cleaner factory nurse tour guide

coach (n) farm occupation uniform

company farmer office waiter/ waitress

computer footballer painter work

cook (n & v) football player photographer worker

customer guest pilot writer

dentist guide police officer

desk instructions queen

diary job receptionist