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The 200 Most Common Words in English

It is said that 80% of all English sentences can be formed using just the most common 200 words. You do NOT need many words to speak English well. You must learn to USE words well!

Do you know all of the words below? Can you use them? Then you are more than half way home!

  • 1 the
  • 2 be
  • 3 of
  • 4 and
  • 5 a
  • 6 to
  • 7 in
  • 8 he
  • 9 have
  • 10 it
  • 11 that
  • 12 for
  • 13 they
  • 14 I
  • 15 with
  • 16 as
  • 17 not
  • 18 on
  • 19 she
  • 20 at
  • 21 by
  • 22 this
  • 23 we
  • 24 you
  • 25 do
  • 26 but
  • 27 from
  • 28 or
  • 29 which
  • 30 one
  • 31 would
  • 32 all
  • 33 will
  • 34 there
  • 35 say
  • 36 who
  • 37 make
  • 38 when
  • 39 can
  • 40 more
  • 41 if
  • 42 no
  • 43 man
  • 44 out
  • 45 other
  • 46 so
  • 47 what
  • 48 time
  • 49 up
  • 50 go
  • 51 about
  • 52 than
  • 53 into
  • 54 could
  • 55 state
  • 56 only
  • 57 new
  • 58 year
  • 59 some
  • 60 take
  • 61 come
  • 62 these
  • 63 know
  • 64 see
  • 65 use
  • 66 get
  • 67 like
  • 68 then
  • 69 first
  • 70 any
  • 71 work
  • 72 now
  • 73 may
  • 74 such
  • 75 give
  • 76 over
  • 77 think
  • 78 most
  • 79 even
  • 80 find
  • 81 day
  • 82 also
  • 83 after
  • 84 way
  • 85 many
  • 86 must
  • 87 look
  • 88 before
  • 89 great
  • 90 back
  • 91 through
  • 92 long
  • 93 where
  • 94 much
  • 95 should
  • 96 well
  • 97 people
  • 98 down
  • 99 own
  • 100 just
  • 101 because
  • 102 good
  • 103 each
  • 104 those
  • 105 feel
  • 106 seem
  • 107 how
  • 108 high
  • 109 too
  • 110 place
  • 111 little
  • 112 world
  • 113 very
  • 114 still
  • 115 nation
  • 116 hand
  • 117 old
  • 118 life
  • 119 tell
  • 120 write
  • 121 become
  • 122 here
  • 123 show
  • 124 house
  • 125 both
  • 126 between
  • 127 need
  • 128 mean
  • 129 call
  • 130 develop
  • 131 under
  • 132 last
  • 133 right
  • 134 move
  • 135 thing
  • 136 general
  • 137 school
  • 138 never
  • 139 same
  • 140 another
  • 141 begin
  • 142 while
  • 143 number
  • 144 part
  • 145 turn
  • 146 real
  • 147 leave
  • 148 might
  • 149 want
  • 150 point
  • 151 form
  • 152 off
  • 153 child
  • 154 few
  • 155 small
  • 156 since
  • 157 against
  • 158 ask
  • 159 late
  • 160 home
  • 161 interest
  • 162 large
  • 163 person
  • 164 end
  • 165 open
  • 166 public
  • 167 follow
  • 168 during
  • 169 present
  • 170 without
  • 171 again
  • 172 hold
  • 173 govern
  • 174 around
  • 175 possible
  • 176 head
  • 177 consider
  • 178 word
  • 179 program
  • 180 problem
  • 181 however
  • 182 lead
  • 183 system
  • 184 set
  • 185 order
  • 186 eye
  • 187 plan
  • 188 run
  • 189 keep
  • 190 face
  • 191 fact
  • 192 group
  • 193 play
  • 194 stand
  • 195 increase
  • 196 early
  • 197 course
  • 198 change
  • 199 help
  • 200 line

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