VOCABULARY LIST
Key English Test (KET)
Updated January 2008 KET Vocabulary List © UCLES 2008
Abbreviations
Abbreviations used in the Vocabulary List are:
abbrev adj adv
Am Eng art
Br Eng conj det exclam int n phr v pl prep prep phr pron sing v
abbreviation or acronym adjective adverb
American English article
British English conjunction determiner exclamation interjection noun
phrasal verb plural
preposition
prepositional phrase pronoun singular verb
Summary of Points to be noted
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The list does not include every word that may appear on a KET paper. The list covers receptive and productive vocabulary. It is updated every year.
angry (adj) 生气的；愤怒的；狂暴的；（伤口等）发炎的 animal (n) 动物
another (det & pron) 另一个；又一个 answer (n & v) 回答 a, an (art) [ei] [æn] 一
any (det and pron) 任何；任何一个；若干 able (adj) ['eibl] 能干的；有能力的；能
anybody (pron) 任何人 • be able to 会；能够
anyone (pron) 任何人；任何一个 about (prep) [ə'baut] 关于；大约
anything (pron) 任何事 • What about a cold drink?
anyway (adv) 无论如何，不管怎样；总之 • I have about £3.
anywhere (adv) 在任何地方；无论何处 • a book about animals
apartment (n) 公寓；房间 above (prep) [ə'bʌv] 超过；在……上面；在……之上
apple (n) 苹果；家伙 act (v) [ækt] 扮演;装作;行动
accident (n) ['æksɪdənt] 事故；意外；[法] 意外事件；机遇 appointment (n) [ə'pɒɪntm(ə)nt] 任命
• an appointment with the doctor across (prep) [ə'krɒs] 穿过；横穿
area (n) 区域，地区；面积；范围 • The bank’s across the road.
arm (n) 手臂；武器；袖子；装备 • He walked across the bridge.
(a)round (adv & prep) activity (n) [æk'tɪvɪtɪ] 活动；行动；活跃
• to travel around (adv) 到处；大约；在附近 actor (n) ['æktə] 男演员；行动者；作用物
• to sit around the table (prep) 四处；在…周围 actually (adv) ['æktjʊəlɪ; -tʃʊ-]实际上；事实上
arrive (v) 到达；成功；达成；出生 add (v) [æd] 加；增加
art (n) 艺术；美术；艺术品 address (n) [ə'dres] 地址；演讲；致辞；说话的技巧
artist (n) 艺术家；美术家（尤指画家）；大师 adult (adj & n) ['ædʌlt; ə'dʌlt] 成年的;成年人
advanced (adj [æd'vɑːnst]先进的；高级的；晚期的；年老的 as (prep)
• as good as 和…几乎一样;实际上等于 • as soon as possible 尽快 adventure (n) [əd'ventʃə] 冒险；冒险精神；投机活动
advertisement (n) [əd'vɜːtɪzm(ə)nt; -tɪs-] 广告，宣传 • the same as 与…一致 aeroplane (n) ['eərəpleɪn] 飞机（等于airplane） ask (v) 问，询问；要求
assistant (n) 助手，助理，助教 afraid (adj) [ə'freɪd] 害怕的；恐怕；担心的
as well (adv) 也；同样地；还不如 after (prep) ['ɑːftə] 在……之后
as well as (prep) 也；和…一样；不但…而且 afternoon (n) [ɑːftə'nuːn] 午后，下午
at (prep) afterwards (adv) ['æftɚwɚdz] 后来；然后
at all (adv) （否定句）根本；究竟 again (adv) [ə'gen; ə'geɪn] 又，此外；再一次
against (prep) [ə'genst; ə'geɪnst] 反对，违反；靠；倚；防备 • It doesn’t matter at all.
aunt (n) 阿姨；姑妈；伯母；舅妈 • We watched England play against France.
autumn (n) 秋天；成熟期；渐衰期，凋落期 age (n) [eɪdʒ] 年龄；时代；寿命，使用年限；阶段
away (adv)离去;离开;在远处 • I don’t know his age.
• He’s gone away. ago (adv) [ə'gəʊ] 以前，以往
agree (v) [ə'griː] 同意；赞成；承认；意见一致 • It’s two miles away.
• Yes, I agree with you. • Don’t you agree, Sam?
air (n) [eə] 空气，大气；天空；样子；曲调
• to travel by air
baby (n) 婴儿，婴孩；孩子气的人 airport (n) ['eəpɔːt] 机场；航空站
back (n, adv & adj) 后面 all (det & pron) [ɔːl] 全部
bad (adj) all right/alright (adv) 好；顺利；正确的
bag (n) almost (adv) 差不多，几乎
ball (n) alone (adj & adv) 独自的；单独的；孤独的
banana (n) already (adv) 已经，早已；先前
band (n) also (adv) 也；而且；同样
bank (n) always (adv) 永远，一直；总是；常常
• I changed my money in the bank. a.m. (adv) 上午，午前（ante meridiem）
barbecue (n) ambulance (n) ['æmbjʊl(ə)ns] 救护车；战时流动医院
baseball (n) among (prep) [ə'mʌŋ] 在…中间；在…之中
basketball (n)and (conj) 和，与；就；而且；但是；然后
A
B
bath (n)
bathroom (n) be (v) beach (n) bear (n)
beautiful (adj) because (conj) become (v) bed (n)
bedroom (n)
before (adv & prep) begin (v) beginner (n)
behind (adv & prep) believe (v) belong (v) below (prep) belt (n)
between (prep) bicycle (n) big (adj) bike (n) bill (n)
• Can I have my bill, please? bird (n) birthday (n) biscuit (n) bit (n)
• Just a small bit of cake, please. black (adj) blanket (n) blond(e) (adj) blouse (n) blue (adj) board (n)
• The teacher’s writing on the
(black/white)board.
boat (n) body (n) boil (v)
book (n & v) bookshelf (n) bookshop (n) boot (n)
• football boots boring (adj) born (adj)
• I was born in Manchester. boss (n)
both (pron & det) bottle (n) bottom (n)
• at the bottom of the stairs bowl (n)
box (n) boy (n)
brake (n & v) bread (n) break (n & v)
• a break for lunch (n)
• Someone’s broken the window.(v) breakfast (n) bridge (n) bring (v) brother (n) brown (adj) build (v) building (n) burger (n) burn (v)
• He has burnt his hand. bus (n)
business (n) businessman (n) businesswoman (n) bus station (n) bus stop (n) busy (adj) but (conj) butter (n) buy (v) by (prep)
C
cafe/café (n) cake (n) call (v)
• I’ll call (phone) again later this afternoon. • He’s called John. camel
camera (n) camp (n & v) campsite (n) can (n & v) canal (n) car (n) card (n)
• birthday card • credit card career (n) careful (adj)
• Be careful! carpet (n) carrot (n) carry (v) cartoon
cash (n & v)
• I’d like to cash this cheque. cassette (n)
cassette player (n) cassette recorder (n) castle (n) cat (n) catch (v) cathedral (n) CD (n) cent (n) centre (n) centimetre (n) century (n) certain (adj)
• I’m certain (+ that clause) certainly (not) (adv) chair (n)
change (v & n) channel (n) chat (n)
chatroom (n) cheap (adj) check (v)
cheers! (exclam) cheese (n) chemist (n) cheque (n) chicken (n) child (n) chips (n pl)
• egg and chips chocolate (n) choose (v) church (n) cinema (n) circus city (n) class (n)
• a language class • a first-class ticket class member (n) classical
classmate (n) classroom (n) clean (adj & v) clear (adj)
• It’s not clear to me. clever (adj) click (v) climb (v) clock (n) close (v) closed (adj)
close to (prep) clothes (n pl) cloud (n) cloudy (adj) clown club (n)
• to join a club coach (n)
• a coach trip coat (n) coffee (n) cold (adj & n) colleague (n) collect
collecting/to collect (v) college (n) colour (n) comb (n) come (v)
comfortable (adj) company (n)
• What’s the name of your company? competition (n) computer (n) concert (n)
congratulations! (exclam) conversation (n) cook (n & v) cooker (n) corner (n)
• the corner of the street correct (adj) cost (n & v) could (v) country (n) countryside (n) course (n)
• a university course • a main course • of course (not) cousin (n) cow (n) cream (n) credit card (n) cross (v)
• Don’t cross the road here! crossing (n)
• Use the crossing to cross the street. crossroads (n) crowd (n) crowded (adj) cry (v)
• The baby’s crying. cup (n)
cupboard (n) curtains (n) customer (n) cut (v) cycle (v)
D
dad(dy) (n)
daily (adj & adv) dance (n & v) dancing danger (n)
dangerous (adj) dark (adj) date (n)
•What’s the date today? daughter (n) day (n) dead (adj) dear (adj)
• Dear Anne, decide (v) degree (n)
• The temperature’s 30 degrees today. delay (n & v)
• There will be a delay of two hours. (n) • The flight is delayed. (v) dentist (n)
department (n) describe (v) desk (n) diary (n)
dictionary (n) die (v)
difference (n) different (adj) difficult (adj) digital
dining room (n) dinner (n) dinosaur diploma (n) dirty (adj) disco (n) discount (n) dish (n)
• Chicken and chips is my favourite dish. do (v) doctor (n) dog (n) dollar (n) dolphin (n)
door (n) double (adj)
• a double room down (adv & prep) downstairs (adv) dragon draw (v) drawing (n) dream (n & v) dress (n & v) drink (n & v) drive (v)
driving licence (n) drum (n) dry (adj & v) during (prep) DVD (n)
DVD player (n)
E
each (det & pron) ear (n)
early (adj & adv) earn (v)
east (n, adj & adv) easy (adj) eat (v) egg (n)
electric (adj) electricity (n) elephant (n) else (pron)
• Anything else? email (n & v) empty (adj & v) end (v & n) engine (n) engineer (n) enjoy (v)
enough (det & pron) entrance (n) envelope (n) Euro (n) even (adv) evening (n) ever (adv) every (det)
everybody (pron) everyone (pron) everything (pron) everywhere (adv) examination/exam (n)
example (n)
• Look at the example first. • for example excellent (adj) except (prep) exercise (n) exercise (v) excited
exciting (adj excuse (v)
• Excuse me! exhibition (n)
• art exhibition exit (n)
expensive (adj) explain (v) extra (det)
F
face (n) factory (n) fan (n) fail (v) fair (adj)
• She has fair hair. fall (v) family (n) famous (adj) far (adv)
• How far is the next garage? farm (n) fashion
fast (adj & adv) fast food fat (adj) father (n)
favourite (adj) feel (v)
• to feel well few (det) field (n) fill (v)
fill in (phr v)
• to fill in a form film (n) find (v) fine (adj)
• That’s fine!
•I’m fine, thank you. •The weather is fine.
finish (v) fire (n)
first (det, adv & adj)
• First… then… (det) • John came first. (adv) • first name (adj) fish (n & v)
fit (adj)
flat (n) flight (n) floor (n)
• The bedrooms are on the first floor. • Don’t leave your clothes on the floor. flower (n) fly (n & v) fog (n) foggy (adj) follow (v) food (n) foot (n)
• my right foot football (n) for (prep) foreign (adj) forest (n) forget (v) fork (n)
• knife and fork form (n)
• Fill in this form. free (adj) fresh (adj)
• fresh fruit fridge (n) fried (adj) friend (n) friendly (adj) from (prep) front (n)
• in the front of the train • Stand in front of me. fruit (n) fry (v)
full (of) (adj) fun (n) funny (adj) furniture (n)
G
game (n)
garage (n)
garden (n)
gas (n)
• a gas cooker
gate (n) get (v)
get fit (v)
get off (phr v)
• to get off the bus
get on (phr v)
• to get on the bus
get up (phr v) • to get up in the morning
girl (n)
give (v)
glad (adj)
glass (n & adj)
glasses (n pl)
go (v)
go out (v)
• Are you going out this evening?
golf (n)
gold (n & adj) good (adj)
goodbye (exclam)
gram(me) (n)
grandchild (n)
grand(d)ad (n) granddaughter (n)
grandfather (n)
grandma (n)
grandmother (n)
grandpa (n)
grandparent (n)
grandson (n)
grape (n)
grass (n)
great (adj)
green (adj)
grey (adj)
grill (v)
grilled (adj) group (n)
grow (v)
grow up (phr v)
guest (n)
guest-house (n)
guide (n)
guidebook (n)
guitar (n)
H
hair (n)
hairdresser (n) hairdryer (n) half (n & pron) hall (n)
hallo/hello! (exclam) hand (n) happen (v) happy (adj)
hard (adj & adv)
• hard wood (adj)
• the homework was hard (adj) • to work hard (adv) hat (n) hate (v) have (v) have got (v) have to (v) he (pron) head (n)
• My head hurts. healthy (adj) hear (v) heart (n) heating (n)
• Can you turn the heating on? heavy (adj)
• a heavy blanket • How heavy is it? helicopter (n) help (v)
her (det & pron) herself (pron) here (adv) hers (pron) high (adj) hill (n)
him (pron) himself (pron) hip hop
his (det & pron) hit (v) hobby (n) hockey (n) holiday(s) (n) home (n & adv) homework (n) hope (v) horse (n) hospital (n) hot (adj) hotel (n) hour (n) house (n)
how (adv) hungry (adj) hurry (v) hurt (v)
husband (n)
I
I (pron) ice (n)
ice cream (n) ice skating idea (n) if (conj) ill (adj)
immediately (adv) important (adj) impossible (adj) improve (v) in (adv & prep) include (v) indoor (adj) indoors (adv) information (n) in front of (prep) insect (n)
inside (adv & prep) instead (adv) instead of (prep) instructions (n pl) instrument (n) insurance (n)
• car insurance interested (adj) interesting (adj) international (adj) internet (n) into (prep) invite (v) island (n) it (pron) its (det) itself (pron)
J
jacket (n) jam (n)
• fruit jam jeans (n pl) job (n) join (v)
journalist (n) journey (n) juice (n) jump (v) just (adv)
•I’ve just seen Tom. •Just a moment.
K
keep (v)
• May I keep this? • Keep right! key (n) keyboard
• Instrument and computer kilo(gram[me]) (n) kilometre (n) kind (adj & n)
• That’s very kind of you.
• What kind of book do you want? king (n) kitchen (n) kite
knife (n) know (v)
L
lake (n) lamp (n) language (n)
laptop (computer) (n) large (adj)
last (adj & adv) late (adj & adv)
• The train is going to be late. later (adv)
• I’ll see you later. laugh (v) learn (v)
leather (n & adj) leave (v)
• The train leaves at 10 o’clock. • I left my bag in the cinema. • There isn’t any milk left. left (n, adj & adv)
• Go to the left. • left hand leg (n) lemon (n) lemonade (n)
less (det, pron & adv) lesson (n) let (v) letter (n) level (n)
• language level library (n) licence (n)
• driving licence lie down (phr v) life (n) lift (n)
• Take the lift to the third floor. light (n & adj)
like (v, prep & adv)
• I’d like a drink. (v)
• It’s like an orange but bigger. (prep) • What’s the weather like? (adv) line (n)
• draw a line • the next line lion (n) listen (v) litre (n)
little (adj & det) live (v)
living room (n) long (adj) look (v)
• You look happy. • Don’t look now! look after (phr v) look at (phr v) look for (phr v) look out (phr v)
• Look out – it’s going to fall! lorry (n) lose (v)
• We lost the game. • I’ve lost my passport. lot (det)
• a lot of homework. lots (det) loud (adj) love (n & v) lovely (adj) low (adj) luck (n) lucky (adj) luggage (n) lunch (n)
M
machine (n) magazine (n) make (v) make up man (n) manager (n) many (det) map (n) market (n) married (adj) match (n)
• football match matter (v)
• It doesn’t matter. maybe me (pron) meal (n) mean (v) meat (n)
mechanic (n) medicine (n) meet (v) meeting (n) member (n)
• a member of a club menu (n) message (n) metre (n) middle (n)
• in the middle midnight (n) mile (n) milk (n) million (n) mind (v)
• Do you mind if I close the window? • I don’t mind if… • Mind your head! mine (pron)
mineral water (n) minute (n) mirror (n) Miss (n) miss (v) mistake (n)
mobile (phone) (n) modern (adj) moment (n)
• Just a moment. money (n) monkey (n)
month (n)
monthly (adj & adv) moon (n)
more (det, pron & adv) morning (n)
most (det, pron & adv) mother (n) motorbike (n) motorway (n) mountain (n) mouse (n) mouth (n) move (v) Mr (n) Mrs (n) Ms (n)
much (det, pron & adv) mum(my) (n) museum (n) music (n) must (v) my (det)
myself (pron)
N
name (n) national (adj) nationality (n) nature
near (adv & prep) nearly (adv) neck (n) need (v)
neighbour (n) never (adv) new (adj) news (n)
newsagent (n) newspaper (n) next (adj & adv) next to (prep) nice (adj) night (n)
no (det & exclam) nobody (pron) no one (pron) noisy (adj) noon (n)
no one (pron) none (pron)
normal (adj
north (n, adj & adv) nose (n) not (adv) note (n & v) nothing (pron) now (adv)
nowhere (adv) number (n) nurse (n)
O
occupation (n) o'clock (adv) of (prep)
of course (not) off (adv) office (n) often (adv) oil (n)
• car oil
• cooking oil
OK/O.K./okay (exclam) old (adj) omelette (n) on (prep & adv) once (adv)
• only once
one (pron, det & num) onion (n) online
only (adv & adj)
• I only wanted to help. • the only one open (adj & v) opera (n)
opposite (prep) or (conj)
orange (adj & n) order (n) other (det) our (det) ours (pron)
ourselves (pron) out (adv) outdoor (adj) outdoors (adv)
outside (prep & adv) over (prep & adv)
• over 60 people (prep)
• to travel all over the world (adv) own (adj)
• They cook their own meals.
P
pack (v)
• pack a suitcase page (n) pain (n)
paint (v & n) pair (n)
• a pair of shoes paper (n & adj) pardon (exclam)
• Pardon? parent (n) park (n & v) parrot part (n)
• the best part of the day party (n) pass (v)
• You pass the station on the left. • to pass a driving test passenger (n) passport (n) past (prep) pasta (n) path (n) pay (v)
pay for (phr v) pen (n)
pence (n pl) pencil (n) pen-friend (n) penny (n) people (n pl) pepper (n) per (prep) perhaps (adv) person (n) pet (n) petrol (n)
petrol station (n) pharmacy (n) phone (v & n) photo(graph) (n) photography (n) piano (n) picnic (n) picture (n) piece (n) pillow (n) pilot (n) pink (adj)
pity (n)
• What a pity! pizza (n) place (n) plan (n & v) plane (n)
• The plane was late. plant (n)
plastic (n & adj) plate (n) platform (n)
• Your train leaves from Platform 8. play (v & n)
• to play football (v) • to play the guitar (v) • a play at the theatre (n) playground pleasant (adj) please (v) p.m. (adv) pocket (n) point (v) police (n) police car (n) police officer (n) police station (n) pool (n)
• swimming pool poor (adj) pop (n & adj)
• pop music popular (adj) possible (adj) post (v & n)
• to post a letter
• What’s in the post today? postcard (n) post office (n) poster (n) potato (n) pound (£) (n) practice (n)
• football practice practise (v)
• You must practise if you want to play well. prefer (v) present (n)
• a birthday present pretty (adj) price (n) prize (n) problem (n) programme (n)
• TV programme
project (n)
• a school project
pull (v)
pupil (n)
purple (n) purse (n)
push (v)
put (v)
put on (phr v)
Q
quarter (n)
• a quarter of an hour queen (n) question (n) quick (adj) quiet (adj) quite (adv)
• Are you quite sure? • quite old quiz
R
race (n & v)
• a running race
• She raced her brother to the bus stop. radio (n) railway (n) rain (n & v) raincoat (n) rap
rather (adv)
• rather old read (v) ready (adj)
• When will it be ready? real (adj) really (adv) receptionist (n) red (adj) reggae
remember (v) rent (v) repair (v) rest (n & v)
• to have a rest
• ‘Try to rest’, the doctor said. restaurant (n) return (n & v)
• my return from holiday (n) • He returned home late. (v)
• She returned her library books. (v) rice (n) rich (adj) ride (n) ride (v)
right (n, adj & adv)
• He swam to the right. (n) • your right hand (adj)
• That’s the right answer. (adj) • Turn right here. (adv) river (n) road (n)
roast (v & adj) rock (n)
• rock concert roof (n) room (n)
• a double room round (adj) roundabout (n) ruin(s) (n)
•Let’s visit the castle ruins today.run (v)
S
sad (adj) safe (adj) salad (n) sale (n)
• for sale salt (n)
same (adj & pron)
• at the same time (adj)
• Your watch is the same as mine. (pron) sandwich (n) save (v)
• to save money • to save time say (v) school (n) screen (n) scooter sea (n) seat (n)
second (n & det) secretary (n) see (v) sell (v) send (v) sentence (n)
several (det) shall (v)
shampoo (v & n) she (pron) sheet (n)
• a bed sheet shelf (n) ship (n) shirt (n) shoe (n) shop (n & v)
shop assistant (n) short (adj)
• a short time shorts (n pl) should (v) shout (v) show (v & n)
• Show me your photos. • a film show shower (n) shut (v) sick (adj) side (n)
• this side of the room silver (n & adj) since (prep) sincerely (adv)
• Yours sincerely sing (v) single (adj) sister (n) sit (v)
sit down (phr v) sitting room (n) size (n) skate (v)
skateboard (n) ski (v) skirt (n) sky (n) sleep (v) slice (n) slow (adj) small (adj) smoke (v) snack (n) snow (n & v) so (conj & adv)
• So, I think it’s right. (conj)
• He ate too much, so he felt ill. (conj)
• He wanted to go but he didn’t say so. (adv) soap (n) sock (n)
sofa (n) soft (adj)
some (det & pron) somebody (pron) someone (pron) something (pron) sometimes (adv) somewhere (adv) son (n) song (n) soon (adv) sorry (adj)
• I’m sorry I’m late.
• Sorry, I don’t understand that. sound (v)
• That sounds nice. soup (n)
south (n, adj & adv) space (n) speak (v) special (adj) spell (v) spend (v) spoon (n) sport (n)
sports centre (n) spring (n)
• I hate winter but I love spring. square (n & adj) stadium (n) staff (n) stage (n) stairs (n pl) stamp (n)
• Put a stamp on the envelope. stand (v)
• She was standing at the bus stop. star (n) star (v) start (v) station (n) stay (v) steak (n) steal (v)
• Someone’s stolen my bag! still (adv) stomach (n) stop (n & v) store (n) storm (n) story (n) straight (adj) straight on (adv) strange (adj)
• That’s a strange story! street (n) strong (adj) student (n) studies (n pl) study (v) subject (n)
• What’s your favourite subject at school? • the subject of a talk success such (det)
suddenly (adv) sugar (n) suit (n)
• He was wearing a grey suit. suitcase (n) summer (n) sun (n) sunny (adj)
supermarket (n) supper (n) suppose (v)
• I suppose so. • I suppose you’re right. sure (adj)
• I’m (not) sure. surfing
surname (n) surprise (n) surprised (adj) sweater (n) sweet (n & adj) swim (v)
T
table (n)
table-tennis (n) take (v)
• I’ll take it to your room. • It takes three hours. take off (phr v)
• She took off her shoes. talk (n & v) tall (adj) taxi (n) tea (n) teach (v) team (n) teenager (n)
telephone (n & v) television (n) tell (v)
temperature (n)
• The temperature was below zero. tennis (n) tent (n) term
terrible (adj) test (n) text (v) text book text message
than (prep & conj) thank (v) the (det) theatre (n) their (det) theirs (pron) them (pron)
themselves (pron) then (adv) there (adv)
these (det & pron) they (pron) thin (adj) thing (n) think (v) thirsty (adj)
this (det & pron) those (det & pron) through (prep) throw (v)
thunderstorm (n) ticket (n) tidy (adj & v) tidy up (v) tiger
tights (n pl) till (prep) time (n) tired (adj) to (prep)
today (n & adv) together (adv) toilet (n) tomato (n)
tomorrow (n & adv) tonight (n & adv) too (adv) tooth (n)
toothbrush (n) top (n)
• the top of the page total (adj & n) tour (n & v) tour guide (n) tourist (n)
tourist information centre (n) towel (n) town (n) toy (n) traffic (n)
traffic lights (n pl) train (n)
trainers (n pl) tram (n) travel (v)
travel agent (n) tree (n) trip (n) trouble (n) trousers (n pl) try (v)
try on (phr v) T-shirt (n) turn (v)
turn off (phr v)
• Turn the gas off. turn on (phr v)
• Turn the heating on. twice (adv) type (n) tyre (n)
U
umbrella (n) uncle (n) under (prep)
underground (n & adj) understand (v) uniform (n) university (n) until (prep)
up (prep & adv) upstairs (adv) us (pron) use (v) useful (adj) usual (adj)
V
variety (n) vegetable (n) very (adv) video (n)
video recorder (n) village (n)
violin visit (v) visitor (n) volleyball (n)
W
wait (v) waiter (n) waitress (n) wake up (phr v) walk (v) wall (n) wallet (n) want (v) warm (adj) wash (v)
wash up (phr v) watch (n & v) water (n) way (n)
• Do it this way. • one-way street
• Is this the quickest way home? we (pron) wear (v) weather (n) website (n) wedding week (n) weekday (n) weekend (n)
weekly (adj & adv) welcome (v)
• Welcome to London! well (adv & adj) west (n, adj & adv) wet (adj) whale (n)
what (det & pron) wheel (n) when (adv) where (adv) which (det) while (conj) white (adj) who (pron) whole (adj & n)
• the whole world (adj) • the whole of July (n) whose (pron) why (adv) wife (n)
wild
will ('ll) (v) win (v) wind (n) window (n) windsurfing windy (adj) winter (n) wishes (n pl)
• Best wishes with (prep) without (prep) woman (n) wonderful (adj) wood (n) wool (n) word (n) work (n & v) world (n) worry (v) would (v) write (v)
write down (phr v) wrong (adj)
Y
year (n) yellow (adj) yes (exclam)
yesterday (n & adv) yet (adv)
• Has he arrived yet? you (pron) young (adj) your (det) yours (pron) yourself (pron)
Z
zero (n) zoo (n)
Appendix 1 Word sets
In addition to the words in the alphabetical list, KET 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.
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, North America, South America, Asia, Antarctica, Europe
Affixes The words in the alphabetical list may be extended by the use of these affixes: -er with verbs and nouns to make nouns, eg driver, farmer, footballer, shopper, teacher, etc. -ing with verbs to make nouns (activities), eg fishing, parking, reading, sailing, shopping, etc. -ly with adjectives to form adverbs, eg carefully, quickly, slowly, usually, etc. un- with adjectives and adverbs to make negative forms, eg uncertain, unhappy, unhappily,
uninteresting, etc. School subjects
geography, history, mathematics, science, etc.
Appendix 2
Appendix 3 Topic Lists
Natural World and Weather
air beach cloud cloudy
grass grow hill hot
sea sky
snow (n & v) south
water weather west wet
cold ice country island countryside lake east moon field mountain fire north flower outdoor fog plant
foggy rain (n & v) forest
river
Colours
light/dark brown black
green blue
grey
Buildings and Places We Live and Work
airport corner apartment crossing bank
crossroads
bookshop department store building disco bus station entrance café
exhibition campsite exit canal factory castle farm cathedral flat
centre guesthouse church hospital cinema hotel club house city library college
lift
Travel and Transport
(aero)plane far airport
flight ambulance fly
boat garage brake helicopter bridge journey bus
leave bus station
left
space spring star storm summer sun sunny
thunderstorm tree warm
orange pink purple
market museum newsagent office park
petrol station police station post office railway station restaurant river road
roundabout ruin school shop
sports centre
passport petrol
petrol station pilot plane platform police car problem
wind windy winter wood wool world
red white yellow
square stadium station street
supermarket swimming pool theatre
tourist information centre town
travel agent underground university village zoo
suitcase taxi ticket
tour (n & v) tour guide tourist
tourist information centre traffic
bus stop canal car coach country crossing crossroads delay (n & v) delayed (adj) drive driver
driving licence engine engineer
Food and Drink
apple banana barbecue chips biscuit bit of cake boil bottle
lights lorry luggage machine map
mechanic mile mirror miss
motorway move oil
park (v) passenger
chocolate coffee
cook (n & v) cooker cream cup cut dinner
railway repair (v) return (n & v) ride right road
roundabout sailing seat ship station stop
straight on street
hungry ice
ice cream jam juice kitchen knife lemon
traffic lights tram travel
travel agent trip (n) tyre
underground (n) visit visitor way (n) wheel window
piece of cake pizza plate potato rice
roast (v & adj) salad salt
bowl dish box drink bread eat break (n) egg breakfast food burger fork burn fish butter fridge cafe fried cake fruit carrot fry can (n) glass cheers! grape cheese grill (v) chicken
grilled
Time
afternoon evening a.m./p.m. holidays appointment hour
autumn January - December birthday meeting century midnight clock minute daily moment
date Monday - Sunday day month diary
monthly
Communication, Culture and Entertainment
advertisement cinema art click (v) band competition book concert
call (v) conversation camera dance (n & v) card disco cassette draw CD
drawing
lemonade lunch
main course meal meat menu milk
mineral water oil
omelette onion orange pasta pepper picnic
morning night noon o’clock second spring summer time today tomorrow tonight
drum DVD
exhibition email (n & v) film fun game go out group
sandwich slice snack soup steak sugar
sweet (n & adj) tea thirsty tomato vegetable waiter waitress wash up
weekend weekly winter year
yesterday
guidebook guitar
information internet journalist laugh listen to look at magazine
mobile (phone) mouse museum music news
newspaper opera paint (v) painter party
Jobs and Work
actor artist boss break business businessman businesswoman chemist cleaner colleague company computer customer dentist desk diary
Body and Health
accident ambulance appointment arm baby back body break (v)
photo(graph) photographer photography piano picture play (n) pop (music) practice practise present (n)
diploma doctor driver earn
email (n & v) engineer factory farm farmer footballer guest guide
hairdresser instructions job
journalist
burn
check (v) chemist
clean (adj & v) comb (n) cut danger dangerous
prize
programme project radio read
rock (concert) show (n) sing singer song
king letter manager mechanic meeting message nurse
occupation office painter pharmacy photographer pilot
police officer queen
receptionist
dead dentist die doctor ear face fall (v) feel (v)
talk (n) telephone television theatre ticket watch (v) website writer
secretary
shop assistant shopper singer staff student teacher
tennis player tour guide travel agent uniform waiter waitress work worker
foot hair hand head hear (v) heart hospital hurt (v)
ill
insurance leg
lie down medicine
Appliances and Services
camera cassette
player/recorder CD clock computer
Measurements
centimetre day degree gram(me) half
Documents and Texts
bill book card diploma email
Shopping and Money
assistant bill
bookshop buy (v)
cash (n & v) cent
change (n & v) cheap
neck nose nurse pain
pharmacy
cooker DVD electric electricity fridge gas
hour
kilo(gram) kilometre litre metre
form
insurance letter licence magazine
cheque close (v) closed (adj) cost (n & v) customer
department store dollar Euro
problem rest (n & v) sick sleep soap
hairdryer heating lamp lights
mobile (phone) radio
mile minute moment quarter second
menu message newspaper note passport
expensive for sale
open (v & adj) pay (for) pence penny pound price
stomach tired tooth
toothbrush well (adj)
tape recorder (tele)phone television TV video
video recorder
temperature week year
postcard project ticket
shop
shop assistant shopper shopping spend
supermarket try on
Studies
beginner board book
bookshelf class(room) clever college course desk
dictionary diploma
Family and Friends
boy brother child
colleague cousin dad(dy) daughter family father
Sport and Leisure
ball
baseball basketball beach bicycle bike boat book
exam(ination) Geography History homework information instructions know language learn lesson level
friend friendly girl
grandchild granddaughter grandfather grandmother grandparent grandson
camera camp campsite catch (v) climb club
competition fishing
library
Mathematics practice practise project pupil read
remember school Science student
group guest husband love (n & v) married Miss mother Mr Mrs
football footballer game golf hobby hockey holidays luck
studies study (v) subject teach teacher test (n) university
Ms
mum(my) neighbour parent pen-friend sister surname teenager wife
magazine member park (n) party picnic play (v) player pool
practice practise prize
race (n & v) rest (n & v) ride riding run (v)
The Home
address bath
bathroom bed
bedroom blanket bookshelf bowl box chair clock
Clothes and Accessories
bag belt blouse boot clothes coat
dress (n & v) glasses
sailing sea ski skiing sport(s)
sports centre stadium swim
cup
cupboard desk
dining room door
downstairs flat floor furniture garage garden
hat jacket jeans pocket purse raincoat shirt shoe
swimming table-tennis team tennis
tennis player tent
throw (v) ticket
gate hall home house key kitchen lamp lights live (v) living room pillow
shorts skirt suit sweater tights trainers trousers try on (v)
tired trainers volleyball walk (v) watch (v) win (v) winner
plate roof room
safe (adj) shelf shower sitting room sofa stay (v) toilet towel
T-shirt umbrella uniform wallet wear (v)
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