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Everyday Vocabulary for the KET Exam

Everyday vocabulary is the foundation of all A2 Key skills. The Cambridge A2 vocabulary list includes approximately 1,200 words in topic groups. Gaps in core vocabulary directly cause incorrect reading, listening, writing, and speaking answers.

Locale-specific study guides

Pass-rate data, regulatory context, and study tips for Everyday Vocabulary all change by candidate locale. Pick your context:

Common failure modes

These are the patterns that cause most candidates to lose marks on this topic. Recognising them in advance is half the work.

!Confusing similar-looking words: receipt/recipe, kitchen/chicken, cost/coast
!Not knowing prepositions for location: next to, opposite, between, behind, in front of
!Limited food vocabulary — food topics appear in nearly every A2 Key paper

Study tips

1Learn vocabulary in topic groups, not in isolation: practice all food words together, all transport words together.
2Use the Cambridge A2 Key Wordlist (downloadable free from Cambridge Assessment website) as your master list.
3Practice prepositions of place with real objects in your home — point and say where things are.

Sample KET Everyday Vocabulary questions

These sample items mirror the format and difficulty of real KET questions. Practice with thousands more on the free Koydo question bank.

1
The post office is _____ the bank and the café.
- Anext to
- Bopposite
- CbetweenCorrect
- Dbehind
Why this answer?
"Between" is used for a location in the middle of two specific things. "Next to" means adjacent (one side only); "opposite" means facing across; "behind" means at the back of.

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