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VOCABULARY LIST
Key English Test (KET)
Key English Test for Schools (KETfS)
Updated June 2009
KET Vocabulary List
© UCLES 2009
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 includes
vocabulary from the Council of Europe’s Waystage (1990) specification and other vocabulary which
has been shown by corpus evidence to be high-frequency.
The list covers vocabulary appropriate to this level of English 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 list is updated on an annual basis by the addition and
removal of words, using a corpus-based approach. Suggested additions to the wordlist are collated
and the frequency of these words is obtained by reference to established corpora (electronic
databases). The corpora in question represent receptive and productive language in general
contexts. The main corpora used for the validation of the KET Vocabulary List are:

the Cambridge Learner Corpus (CLC) which includes over 20 million words of written learner
English;

the British National Corpus (BNC) which includes 100 million words of written and spoken native
speaker data.
Organisation of the List

Word sets
Some categories of words a learner at this level might be expected to know are not included in the
alphabetical list but are listed separately. Words formed with common affixes, some compounds and
words from some common word sets, e.g. days of the week are described below and in Appendix 1.
Although some ‘grammar words’ (pronouns, modals, 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 e.g. the use of
bank
is followed by ‘I changed my
money in a bank’ i.e. is limited to the idea of a financial institution: candidates are not expected to
know other meanings, such as ‘a river bank’.

Prefixes and Suffixes
A list of possible prefixes and suffixes is provided in Appendix 2, and these may be combined with
the vocabulary items in the list as appropriate. Words with an affix which is not included in the
appendix are listed separately in the alphabetical list.

Compound Words
Compound words are not included in the list where both individual words are present and the
meaning of the compound is literal and transparent, e.g.
coursebook
,
school children
,
shopping
centre
.

Multi-word Verbs
All multi-word (or phrasal) verbs that a KET or KET for Schools candidate might be expected to
know are included in the list. These verbs include ‘literal’ verbs (i.e. where the meaning is
transparent) e.g.
sit down
,
go out
and ‘non-literal’ verbs e.g.
look after
,
get up
.

Topic Lists
In Appendix 3 words have been grouped together under common KET and/or KET for Schools
themes, such as ‘House and Home’, ‘Work and Jobs’ and ‘Food and Drink’.
Unsuitable Topics
Cambridge ESOL examinations must not contain anything that might offend or upset candidates,
potentially affect their performance or distract them during the examination. A number of ‘sensitive’
topics are considered unsuitable for use in KET and KET for Schools, for example, war and politics,
and vocabulary relating to these is not included in the KET Vocabulary List.
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, work, hobbies, likes and
dislikes.
Abbreviations
Abbreviations used in the Vocabulary List are:
abbrev
abbreviation or acronym
adj
adjective
adv
adverb
Am Eng
American English
art
article
Br Eng
British English
conj
conjunction
det
determiner
exclam
exclamation
int
interjection
n
noun
phr v
phrasal verb
pl
plural
prep phr
prepositional phrase
pron
pronoun
sing
singular
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.
prep
preposition
A
angry
(adj)
animal
(n)
another
(det & pron)
answer
(n & v)
any
(det and pron)
anybody
(pron)
anyone
(pron)
anything
(pron)
anyway
(adv)
anywhere
(adv)
apartment
(n)
apple
(n)
appointment
(n)

an appointment with the doctor
area
(n)
arm
(n)
(a)round
(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
(prep)

as good as

as soon as possible

the same as
ask
(v)
assistant
(n)
as well
(adv)
as well as
(prep phr)
at
(prep)
at / @
(n)

My email address is david@cambridgeesol.org
at all
(adv)

It doesn’t matter at all.
aunt
(n)
autumn
(n)
away
(adv)

He’s gone away.

It’s two miles away.
a, an
(art)
able
(adj)

be able to
about
(adv & prep)

What about a cold drink?

I have about £3
.
(adv)

a book about animals
(prep)
above
(prep)
act
(v)
accident
(n)
across
(prep)

The bank’s across the road.

He walked across the bridge.
activity
(n)
actor
(n)
actually
(adv)
add
(v)
address
(n)
adult
(adj & n)
advanced
(adj)
adventure
(n)
advertisement
(n)
aeroplane
(n)
afraid
(adj)
after
(adv & prep)
afternoon
(n)
afterwards
(adv)
again
(adv)
against
(prep)

We watched England play against France.
age
(n)

I don’t know his age.
ago
(adv)
agree
(v)

Yes, I agree with you.

Don’t you agree, Sam?
air
(n)

to travel by air
airport
(n)
all
(det & pron)
all right/alright
(adv)
almost
(adv)
alone
(adj & adv)
already
(adv)
also
(adv)
always
(adv)
a.m.
(adv)
amazing
(adj)
ambulance
(n)
among
(prep)
and
(conj)
B
baby
(n)
back
(n, adv & adj)
bad
(adj)
bag
(n)
ball
(n)
banana
(n)
band
(n)
bank
(n)

I changed my money in the bank.
barbecue
(n)
baseball
(n)
basketball
(n)
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)

footballboots
bored
(adj)
boring
(adj)
born
(adj)

I was born in Manchester.
borrow
(v)

She borrowed a book from the library.
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)
brilliant
(adj)

I thought the film was brilliant!
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’scalledJohn.
camel
(n)
camera
(n)
camp
(n & v)
campsite
(n)
can
(n & v)
canal
(n)
car
(n)
card
(n)
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