HIPPO 1 Semi/Final
Projected A–Z wordlist
Grammatical key
adj adjective int interrogative
adv adverb n noun
conj conjunction poss possessive
det determiner prep preposition
dis discourse marker pron pronoun
excl exclamation v verb
A
a.m. (for time) agree v anyone pron as adv
across prep air n anything pron as ... as adv
act v airport n anywhere adv astronaut n
actor n alone adj appear v at the moment adv
actually adv already adv April n August n
adventure n also adv arrive v autumn (US fall) n
after adv + conj amazing adj + excl art n away adv
ago adv ambulance n artist n
B
backpack (UK rucksack) n belt n borrow v business n
bandage n Betty n bracelet n businessman/woman n
bank n bicycle n break v butter n
beetle n bin n bridge n butterfly n
before adv + conj biscuit (US cookie) n broken adj by myself adv
begin v bit n brush n + v by yourself adv
believe v bored adj burn v
C
calendar n cereal n collect v corner n
camel n channel n college n costume n
camp v chat v comb n + v could (for possibility) v
card n cheap adj competition n creature n
cartoon n chemist(’s) n concert n crown n
castle n chess n conversation n cushion n
cave n chopsticks n cooker n cut v
century n club n cookie (UK biscuit) n cycle v
D
dark adj decide v designer n drum n
date (as in time) n deep adj diary n during prep
David n delicious adj dictionary n
dear (as in Dear Harry) adj desert n dinosaur n
December n design n + v disappear v
E
each det + pron Emma n enter (a competition) v excited adj
eagle n empty adj entrance n exit n
early adj + adv end v envelope n expensive adj
Earth n engine n environment n explain v
east n engineer n ever adv explore v
elbow n enormous adj everywhere adv extinct adj
else adv enough adj + pron excellent adj + excl
F
factory n file (as in open and close flashlight (UK torch) n friendly adj
fall (UK autumn) n a file) n flour n frightening adj
fall over v find out v fog n front adj + n
far adj + adv finger n foggy adj full adj
fast adj + adv finish v follow v fur n
February n fire n for prep of time furry adj
feel v fire engine (US fire truck) n forget v future n
festival n fire fighter n fork n
fetch v fire station n Frank n
a few det flag n fridge n
G
gate n glass adj go out v guess n + v
geography n glove n gold adj + n gym n
George n glue n + v golf n
get to v go away excl group n
H
half adj + n heavy adj Holly n how long adv + int
happen v Helen n honey n hurry v
hard adj + adv high adj hope v husband n
Harry n hill n horrible adj
hate v history n hotel n
hear v hole n hour n
I
if conj in a minute excl instrument n invitation n
if you want excl information n interested adj
important adj insect n interesting adj
improve v instead adv invent v
J
jam n join (a club) v July n
January n journalist n June n
job n journey n just adv
K
Katy n kilometre king n
keep v (US kilometer) n knee n
key n kind adj knife n
L
land v leave v lift v lovely adj
language n left (as in direction) adj + n light adj + n low adj
large adj let v a little adv + det lucky adj
late adj + adv letter (as in mail) n London n
later adv lie (as in lie down) v look after v
lazy adj lift (ride) n look like v
M
magazine n may v Michael n missing adj
make sure v meal n midday n mix v
manager n mechanic n middle n + adj money n
March n medicine n midnight n month n
married adj meet v might v motorway n
match (football) n meeting n million n much adv + det + pron
maths (US math) n member n mind v museum n
May n metal adj + n minute n
N
necklace n newspaper n noisy adj November n
nest n next adj + adv no-one pron nowhere adv
news n no problem excl north n
O
ocean n of course adv olives n other det + pron
October n office n once adv oven n
octopus n Oliver n online adj over adv + prep
P
p.m. (for time) pizza n pop music n programme
pajamas (UK pyjamas) n planet n popular adj (US program) n
passenger n plastic adj + n post v project n
past n + prep platform n post office n pull v
path n pleased adj postcard n push v
pepper n pocket n prefer v puzzle n
perhaps adv police officer n prepare v pyjamas (US pajamas) n
photographer n police station n prize n pyramid n
piece n pond n problem n
pilot n poor adj
Q
quarter n queen n quite adv quiz n
R
race n + v repair v right adj rocket n
racing (car; bike) adj repeat v right (as in direction) n rucksack (US backpack) n
railway n restaurant n ring n
ready adj rich adj Robert n
remember v Richard n rock music n
S
salt n scissors n sell v should v
same adj score n September n silver adj + n
Sarah n screen n several adj since prep
save v search n + v shampoo n singer n
science n secret n shelf n ski n + v
skyscraper n sore adj stamp n subject n
sledge n + v sound n + v stay v such det
smell n + v south n step n suddenly adv
snack n space n still adv sugar n
snowball n spaceship n stone n suitcase n
snowboard n speak v storm n summer n
snowboarding n special adj straight on adv sunglasses n
snowman n spend v strange adj sure adj
so adv + conj spoon n strawberry n surname n
soap n spot n stream n surprise n
soft adj spotted adj stripe n swan n
somewhere adv spring n striped adj swing n + v
soon adv stadium n student n
Sophia n stage (theatre) n study v
T
take (as in time e.g. it theatre (US theater) n tomorrow adv + n tune n
takes 20 minutes) v thousand n tonight adv + n turn v
taste n + v through prep torch (US flashlight) n turn off v
taxi n tidy adj + v tortoise n turn on v
team n time n touch v twice adv
telephone n timetable n tour n tyre (US tire) n
tent n toe n traffic n
thank v together adv trainers n
U
umbrella n uniform n untidy adj use v
unfriendly adj university n until prep usually adv
unhappy adj unkind adj unusual adj
V
view n violin n visit v volleyball n
W
waiter n whisper v William n without prep
warm adj whistle v win n wonderful adj
way n wife n wing n wood n
west n wifi n winner n wool n
wheel n wild adj winter n worried adj
while conj will v wish n + v
X
x-ray n
Y
yet adv yoghurt n you’re welcome excl
Z
zero n
Numbers
Candidates will be expected to understand and write numbers 101–1,000 and ordinals 21st–31st.
Names
Candidates will be expected to recognise and write the following names:
Betty George Katy Robert
David Harry Michael Sarah
Emma Helen Oliver Sophia
Frank Holly Richard William
