The best way to improve your English and to build your vocabulary is to learn as many new words as possible. If you aren’t sure where to start, why not at the beginning? Working your way through the alphabet is the best way to grow your vocabulary, gaining confidence along the way. In this blog, we’ll help you get started by introducing you to words that start with the letter A.

Positive Words
That Start With the Letter A

The words you use have a big impact on how you feel and how you make people around you  feel. When using positive words, meaning words that are kind, helpful, and encouraging, you build a positive mindset and a good attitude, which are likely to rub off onto others, too. 

Thinking positively can improve your mood, boost your immune system, and benefit your overall self-esteem. People who use positive language are often more confident, motivated, and successful when it comes to achieving their goals.

Adding more positive words to your vocabulary is a great way to learn, while improving your mindset at the same time. Think about your family and friends; what positive words would you use to describe them? What positive words would they use to describe you? As you continue to learn new words and grow your vocabulary, practice using positive words throughout your day. You will be surprised at not only how happy it will make you feel, but how happy everyone around you will feel, too!

Here are some examples of positive words that start with the letter A:

Abundant

Accessible

Accomplish

Achievement

Admire

Adorable

Adventurous

Affable

Affectionate

Amazing

Ambitious

Amuse

Appreciate

Artistic

Awesome

Simple Words
That Start With the Letter A

Words are made up of both letters and syllables. A letter is a single character, like A or B, and a syllable is a single sound, like the word “arch”. Words can contain many letters and syllables, but they can also be very short and simple. Learning simple words is just as important to building your vocabulary as learning longer, more complex words.

Here are some examples of simple words that start with the letter A:

Ace

Act

Add

Age

Aim

Air

All

Ant

Any

Ape

Arc

Arm

Art

Ask

Ate

Awe

Axe

Names of Animals
That Start With the Letter A

One way to make your language-learning journey even more fun is to learn the names of different animals. Try making all of your favorite animal noises as you learn their names and how to spell them!

Here are some examples of names of animals that start with the letter A:

Aardvark

Alpaca

Akita

Anaconda

Angelfish

Ant

Anteater

Antelope

Ape

Arctic Fox

Armadillo

Axolotl

Words That End
With the Letter A 

Once you’ve learned as many words as you can that start with the letter A, challenge yourself to learn words that end with the letter A. Not only is this a great way to learn even more new words, but it will come in handy when playing Last Letter First. To play the game, one player enters a word and the next player’s word must begin with the last letter of the previous player’s word. While the game is simple, the possibilities are endless. The more words you know that start with the letter A and end with the letter A, the better!

Here are some examples of words that end with the letter A:

Agenda

Aroma

Banana

Camera

Comma

Data

Delta

Era

Iguana

Opera

Pasta

Spa

Tea

Tuna

Yoga

In Summary

The first step to growing your vocabulary and improving your English is by learning words that begin with the first letter of the alphabet. And what better way to apply your knowledge than by playing word games like Last Letter First?

Last Letter First is family-friendly, can be played independently or in up to a group of ten people. Most importantly, it helps build vocabulary and improve spelling. Put your skills to the test using all of the A words that you’ve learned so far!

Download Last Letter First today or play it directly in your web browser