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It drew on vocabulary from the Council of Europe’s Waystage (1990)  \nspecification and other vocabulary which corpus evidence shows is high frequency.  \nThe list covers vocabulary appropriate to the A2 level on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and includes receptive vocabulary (words that the candidate is expected to understand but which are not the focus of a question) and productive vocabulary (words that the candidate needs to know in order to answer a question) .  \nThe list does not provide an exhaustive list of all words which appear on the Key and Key for Schools question papers and candidates should not confine their study of vocabulary to the list alone.  \nHow the list is updated  \nThe vocabulary of English changes over time, with words being added and other words falling into disuse. In order to maintain its currency, the Key Vocabulary List is updated on a regular basis, with the decision to add or remove words being informed by reference to the Cambridge Learner Corpus and English Vocabulary Profile.  \nThe Cambridge Learner Corpus is a collection of over 44 million words of English, based upon evidence of language use by learners from all over the world and from which the English Vocabulary Profile has developed. The English Vocabulary Profile shows the most common words and phrases that learners of English need to know in British or American English. The meaning of each word or phrase in the wordlists has been assigned a level between A1 and B2 on the CEFR.  \nA preview version of the English Vocabulary Profile can be accessed by visiting the website: [http://www.englishprofi](http://www.englishprofi)[le.org](le.org)  \nOrganisation of the list  \n• Word sets  \nSome categories of words that a learner at this level might be expected to know, e.g. days of the week, are now included in the alphabetical list and in Appendix 1 (2025 update) . Although ‘grammar words’ (pronouns, modal verbs, etc.) are included, the Language Specifications section of the Key and Key for Schools Handbooks (available from [www.cambridgeenglish.org](www.cambridgeenglish.org)) should be consulted for a more complete listing.  \n• Exemplification  \nExample phrases and sentences showing how words might be used are given only where words with different meanings need to be constrained. For example, bank is followed by ‘I changed my money in a bank’ – this shows that bank is limited to the idea of a financial institution: candidates are not expected to know other meanings, such as ‘a river bank’.  \n© UCLES 2025 Page 2 of 31 A2 Key and Key for Schools  \n• Multi-word verbs  \nAll multi-word (or phrasal) verbs that a Key or Key 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.  \n• Topic lists  \nIn Appendix 2, words have been grouped together under common Key and/or Key for Schools themes, such as ‘Food and Drink’, ‘House and Home’ and ‘Sport’. All the words in the Topic Lists headings now appear on the wordlist (2025 update) .  \nUnsuitable topics  \nCambridge Assessment English examinations must not contain anything that might offend or upset candidates, potentially affect their performance or distract them during the examination. 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