A1 Movers Vocabulary: School

    Cambridge A1 Movers adds 5 new school words. With the 40 from earlier levels, your child needs 45 for the exam.

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    School

    New at A1 Movers: 5 words

    • breaknoun
    • homeworknoun
    • mistakenoun
    • teach
      teachverb
    • websitenoun
    Meanings and example sentences (5 words)
    break
    (noun)
    To damage or destroy something.
    I didn't mean to break my toy car.
    homework
    (noun)
    School work you do at home.
    I do my homework after school.
    mistake
    (noun)
    Something you do wrong.
    I made a mistake on my homework.
    teach
    (verb)
    To help someone learn.
    My teacher can teach me English.
    website
    (noun)
    It is a place to find information on the internet.
    I look at the school website every day.

    Also needed from earlier levels: 40 words

    The A1 Movers exam can use these school words too.

    From Pre-A1 Starters (40 words)
    • alphabetnoun
    • answer
      answernoun, verb
    • ask
      askverb
    • boardnoun
    • classnoun
    • classroomnoun
    • close
      closeverb
    • adjective
    • crayonnoun
    • cross
      crossnoun, verb
    • adjective, noun
    • erasernoun
    • examplenoun
    • find
      findverb
    • keyboardnoun
    • learn
      learnverb
    • lessonnoun
    • linenoun
    • look
      lookverb
    • mousenoun
    • numbernoun
    • open
      adjective, verb
    • pagenoun
    • paintingnoun
    • partnoun
    • pennoun
    • pencilnoun
    • posternoun
    • questionnoun
    • rulernoun
    • schoolnoun
    • sentencenoun
    • sit
      sitverb
    • spell
      spellverb
    • stand
      standverb
    • teachernoun
    • tell
      tellverb
    • tick
      ticknoun, verb
    • understand
      understandverb
    • write
      writeverb
    School words at Pre-A1 StartersSchool words at A2 FlyersFull A1 Movers wordlist

    Questions parents ask

    How many school words are in the A1 Movers wordlist?

    A1 Movers introduces 5 new school words, including break, homework, mistake. Together with the earlier levels, your child needs 45 school words in total for the A1 Movers exam.

    Does my child also need the school words from earlier levels?

    Yes. Cambridge YLE vocabulary is cumulative: the A1 Movers exam can use any word from the earlier levels. That's why this page also lists the 40 school words from earlier levels further down.

    Is this the official Cambridge list?

    This page is aligned with the official Cambridge English A1 Movers vocabulary list, with kid-friendly definitions, example sentences and audio added by FlyersEnglish. FlyersEnglish is not affiliated with or endorsed by Cambridge; the official PDF wordlists are available at cambridgeenglish.org.

    FlyersEnglish is not affiliated with or endorsed by Cambridge. This page is aligned with the official Cambridge English wordlists; the official PDFs are available at cambridgeenglish.org.

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