About the Cambridge YLE Wordlists
This page provides the complete vocabulary list for Cambridge Young Learners English (YLE), covering three exam levels: Pre A1 Starters, A1 Movers, and A2 Flyers. Every word includes its phonetic transcription, part of speech, and British English audio recordings (both woman and man voices).
All 1,431 words below are sourced from the official 2025 Cambridge YLE vocabulary PDF. You can download the original document for reference by clicking the button below.
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sorry
Starters
/ˈsɑri/
adj + int
spell
Starters
/spel/
v
spider
Starters
/ˈspaɪdə/
n
sport
Starters
/spɔrt/
n
stand
Starters
/stænd/
v
start
Starters
/stɑrt/
v
stop
Starters
/stɒp/
v
store
Starters
/stɔː/
n
(UK shop)
story
Starters
/ˈstɔri/
n
street
Starters
/strit/
n
Sue
Starters
/su/
n
sun
Starters
/sʌn/
n
sweets
Starters
/swits/
n
sweet(s) (US candy)
swim
Starters
/swɪm/
v
table
Starters
/ˈteɪbəl/
n
table tennis
Starters
/ˈteɪbəl ˈtenɪs/
n
tablet
Starters
/ˈtæblət/
n
tail
Starters
/teɪl/
n
take a photo
Starters
/teɪk ə ˈfəʊtəʊ/
v
take a picture
talk
Starters
/tɔk/
v
teacher
Starters
/ˈtiːtʃə/
n
teddy
Starters
/ˈtedi/
n
(bear)
television
Starters
/ˈteləvɪʒən/
n
TV
tell
Starters
/tel/
v
tennis
Starters
/ˈtenɪs/
n
tennis racket
Starters
/ˈtenɪs ˈrækɪt/
n
thank you
Starters
/θæŋk ju/
dis
thanks
Starters
/θæŋks/
dis
that
Starters
/ðət/
det + pron
the
Starters
/ðə/
det
their
Starters
/ðeə/
poss adj
theirs
Starters
/ðerz/
pron
them
Starters
/ðem/
pron
then
Starters
/ðen/
dis
there
Starters
/ðeə/
adv
these
Starters
/ðiz/
det + pron
they
Starters
/ðeɪ/
pron
thing
Starters
/θɪŋ/
n
this
Starters
/ðɪs/
det + pron
those
Starters
/ðəʊz/
det + pron
throw
Starters
/θrəʊ/
v
tick
Starters
/tɪk/
n + v
tiger
Starters
/ˈtaɪgə/
n
to
Starters
/tɪ/
prep
today
Starters
/təˈdeɪ/
adv + n
Tom
Starters
/tɑm/
n
tomato
Starters
/təˈmɑtəʊ/
n
too
Starters
/tu/
adv
toy
Starters
/tɔɪ/
n
train
Starters
/treɪn/
n
tree
Starters
/tri/
n
trousers
Starters
/ˈtraʊzərz/
n
truck
Starters
/trək/
n
(UK lorry)
try
Starters
/traɪ/
n + v
T-shirt
Starters
/ˈtisərt/
n
TV
Starters
/teləˈvɪʒən/
n
television
ugly
Starters
/ˈəgli/
adj
under
Starters
/ˈʌndə/
prep
understand
Starters
/əndərˈstænd/
v
us
Starters
/ˈjuˈes/
pron
very
Starters
/ˈveri/
adv
walk
Starters
/wɔk/
v
wall
Starters
/wɔl/
n
want
Starters
/wɔnt/
v
watch
Starters
/wɔʧ/
n + v
water
Starters
/ˈwɔtə/
n
watermelon
Starters
/ˈwɔtərmelən/
n
wave
Starters
/weɪv/
v
we
Starters
/wi/
pron
wear
Starters
/weə/
v
well
Starters
/wel/
dis
well done
Starters
/wel dən/
dis
what
Starters
/wət/
int
where
Starters
/weə/
int
which
Starters
/wɪʧ/
int
white
Starters
/waɪt/
adj
who
Starters
/hu/
int
whose
Starters
/huz/
int
window
Starters
/ˈwɪndəʊ/
n
with
Starters
/wɪθ/
prep
woman
Starters
/ˈwʊmən/
n
women
word
Starters
/wərd/
n
would like
Starters
/wʊd laɪk/
v
wow
Starters
/waʊ/
excl
write
Starters
/raɪt/
v
year
Starters
/jɪə/
n
yellow
Starters
/ˈjeləʊ/
adj
yes
Starters
/jes/
adv
you
Starters
/ju/
pron
young
Starters
/jəŋ/
adj
your
Starters
/jʊə/
poss adj
yours
Starters
/jʊrz/
pron
zebra
Starters
/ˈzibrə/
n
zoo
Starters
/zu/
n
Anna
Starters
/ˈænə/
n
Ann
children
Starters
/ˈʧɪldrən/
n
child
feet
Starters
/fit/
n
foot
men
Starters
/men/
n
man
mice
Starters
/maɪs/
n
mouse
people
Starters
/ˈpipəl/
n