Word Group Categories
The following words are words which your child should be familiar with by the end of the course!
To start and if possible, focus on learning the:
Days of the Week,
Months of the Year
Cardinal Numbers (numbers 1-20).
To do so, try Gapped Dictations as shown in the image below.
Practice learning the numbers and nouns through activities similar to the one shown in the images below. Worksheets with similar activities to the ones below will be sent to you as lessons move on.
Gapped Dictation
Numbers 1 - 20 Activity
Noun Recognition Activity
GROUP
SETS OF WORDS
Nouns
Letters
a-z
Days of the week - The student must know how to write the Days of the Week
day, week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Months of the year - The student must know how to write the Months of the Year
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Cardinal numbers - The student must know how to write the Cardinal Numbers
one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty
The students must be able to read and know the meaning of the following words:
Clothes
dress, shirt, T-shirt, trousers, skirt, boots, socks, shoes, trainers, hat, watch
Food, meals and drink
cake, ice-cream, biscuits, pizza, hamburger, hot-dog, omelette, steak, fish, salad, breakfast, lunch, dinner, milk, juice
Birds
penguin, parrot, duck
School
pen, pencil, rubber, ruler, book, desk, computer, blackboard, classroom, bag
Transport
helicopter, boat, bus, bicycle, car, train, aeroplane
Animals
monkey, lion, bear, elephant, crocodile, cat, dog, snake, tiger, zebra, rabbit, mouse
Household
television, video, chair, table, house, cassette-player, bed, bath, clock, picture, vase, photo, radio, door, mat, window, floor, cupboard
Kitchen
glass, plate, bowl, cup, knife, fork
Vegetables
potato, tomato, carrot
Fruit
pear, peach, apple, banana, orange, lemon
Fish
dolphin, octopus, shark, whale, starfish, fish
Garden
flower, tree, grass
Sport
football, tennis, swimming, basketball, volleyball
Places
park, garden, home, school, shop, house, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, living room
Parts of the body
hair, eyes, mouth, nose, face, arms, legs, foot/feet, head, hands
Exams
letters, words, sentence, question, answer, story
Family members
mother, father, brother, sister, baby, girl, boy, children
Adjectives
Size
tall, short, big, small
Feelings
happy, sad, favourite, best
Colours
black, blue, green, yellow, white, orange, red, grey, brown, pink, purple
Age
old, young, new
Verbs
watch, play, listen, cook, wear, go, read, write, eat, drink, sit, stand, have, has, is, are, am
PERSONAL PRONOUNS
I, you, he, she, it, we, they
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
my, your, his, her, our, their, its
PREPOSITIONS
in, under, behind, on, near, in front of, at