What are 1000 English words you need to know
Verb - king of English language. Even the shortest sentence always contains a verb. Conversely, a verb can be used to make a sentence in one word, for example “ Stop!” (“Stop!”).
Verbs are sometimes called "action words". This is partly true. Many verbs convey the idea of action, "doing" something - for example, " run” (to run), “ fight” (fight), “ do" (do), " work" (work).
But some verbs have the meaning not of action, but of existence, not of “doing”, but of “being”. These are verbs like " be" (to be), " exist" (exist), " seem” (seem), “ belong” (to belong).
The subject is attached to the verb as a predicate. So, in the sentence Mary speaks English” (“Mary speaks English”) Mary- subject, and verb speaks- predicate.
Thus, we can say that verbs are words that explain what the subject is doing ( does) or what/what is ( is) and describe:
- action (" John plays football- "John plays football");
- condition (" Ashley seems kind"Ashley seems kind."
Verbs in English have one feature. Most words of other parts of speech - , etc. - do not change (although nouns have singular and plural). But almost all verbs change in grammatical forms. For example, the verb " to work” (“work”) five forms:
- to work, work, works, worked, working
Note, however, that this is not much compared to languages in which one verb can have 30 or more forms (for example, Hungarian) - if you started learning verbs in , you can breathe a sigh of relief.
100 main verbs in English
Below is a list of the top 100 English verbs. it will be useful to learn these most popular verbs of the English language first of all. The verbs in the table are given in descending order of frequency of use:
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Basic verb form |
verb in past tense |
Past participle |
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have (to have) |
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do (do) |
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say (to speak) |
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get (receive) |
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make (do) |
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know (to know) |
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think (think) |
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take (take) |
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see (see) |
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come (come) |
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want (want) |
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use (use) |
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find (find) |
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give (give) |
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tell (to tell) |
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work (work) |
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call (to call; call) |
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try (try) |
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ask (ask; ask) |
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need (need) |
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feel (feel) |
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become (become) |
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leave (leave) |
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put (put; put) |
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mean (mean) |
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keep (keep) |
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let (allow) |
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begin (begin) |
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seem (seem) |
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help (help) |
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show (show) |
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hear (hear) |
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play (play) |
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run (run) |
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move (move) |
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believe (believe) |
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bring (bring) |
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happen (happen) |
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write (write) |
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sit (to sit) |
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stand (stand) |
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lose (lose) |
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pay (pay) |
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meet (meet) |
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include (include) |
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continue (continue) |
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set (set) |
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learn (teach) |
learned / learned |
learned / learned |
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change (change) |
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lead (lead) |
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understand (understand) |
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watch (watch) |
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follow (follow) |
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stop (stop) |
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create (create) |
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speak (to speak) |
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spend (spend) |
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grow (grow) |
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open (open) |
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win (win) |
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teach (teach) |
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offer (offer) |
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remember (remember) |
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appear (appear) |
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buy (buy) |
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serve (serve) |
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die (to die) |
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send (send) |
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build (build) |
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stay (stay) |
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fall (fall) |
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cut (cut) |
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reach (reach) |
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kill (kill) |
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raise (raise) |
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pass (pass) |
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sell (sell) |
Basic English (basic English) is already worth falling in love with, if only for the fact that it is enough to learn only 850 words to study it. Oddly enough, this amount is quite enough to communicate easily and naturally with a resident of any English-speaking country. Of course, if you need English for the profession of a translator or reading Wilkie Collins in the original, then welcome to the philological faculty or very serious courses. However, if your goal is simply to own international language, then welcome to this article!
For greater simplicity, 850 words are divided into main groups:
1) objects and phenomena (600 words, of which 400 are general, and 200 are designations of objects);
2) action or movement (100 words);
3) an expression of quality (150 words, of which 100 are common and 50 have an opposite meaning).
Particularly pleasing is the fact that out of 850 basic words, 514 have only one syllable! This is not a conservationalist or something worse. Already rubbing your hands in anticipation of the Basic dictionary? Please.
1. OBJECTS AND PHENOMENA
If we act according to the “from simple to complex” method, then the minimum vocabulary can be learned from picture words. There are 200 of them. You can stick stickers all over the apartment (if the household does not go crazy by taking an apple with a piece of paper “apple” from the refrigerator). Or cut out pictures from books. Or download images on the Internet and print them with captions (by the way, you can scroll through them in queues or traffic jams). And here is a ready-made list with pictures on Wikipedia.
1.1. 200 picture words:
It is most convenient and fastest to divide these basic words into 6 groups according to their meaning: body parts, food, animals, transport, objects, etc. If you study at least 2 groups every day, then in three days you can master the basic vocabulary. The main thing is not to lose your knowledge and consolidate it in practice. For this, any acquaintance who agrees to become an evil examiner or pretends to be a dunno who is interested in everything is suitable.
U:
umbrella - umbrella
1.2. 400 common words:
To make it easier to learn this string, let's not reinvent the wheel. You can, of course, suffer and divide all the words into semantic groups, but there will be so many of them that some will contain only one or two terms. It's easier to learn alphabetically. For each letter - about a dozen words. If you bend over a piece of paper for 10 minutes at least three times a day, you can learn at least 3 letters a day. The maximum depends on your goals and desires.
| page - page pain - pain, hurt paint - paint, draw, paint paper - paper part - part, separate, separate paste - stick, paste payment - payment peace - peace person - person place - place, place, take place, place plant - plant, plant, plant, sow |
play - play pleasure - pleasure point - point, point, indicate poison - poison, poison polish - to polish porter - doorman, porter position - place, position powder - powder power - strength, power price - price print - print |
process - process, process produce - product, produce profit - profit, make a profit property - properties prose - prose protest - object, protest pull - tension, pull punishment - punishment purpose - intend, goal push - push, push |
| quality - quality, quality | question - question |
| salt - salt, salt sand - sand scale - measure, scale science - science sea - sea seat - seat, seat, place secretary - secretary selection - selection self - himself sense - feeling, meaning, meaning, feel servant - servant sex - sex, gender shade - shade, shadow, hatch shake - shake, shake, tremble, shake shame - shame, shame shock - shock, shake side - side, adjoin sign - sign, sign, sign silk - silk silver - silver |
sister - sister size - size sky - sky sleep - sleep slip - slip, blank, slip, slide slope - slope, slope smash - hit, break smell - smell, smell smile - smile, smile smoke - smoke, smoke sneeze - sneeze, to sneeze snow - snow soap - soap, soap society - society son - son song - song sort - view, sort sound - sound soup - soup space - space, space |
stage - stage, stage, organize start - start statement - statement steam - steam, bathe, move steel - steel step - step, step stitch - stitch, stitch stone - stone stop - stop, stop story - history stretch - segments, stretch, stretch structure - structure substance - substance, essence sugar - sugar suggestion - suggestion, suggestion summer - summer support - support, support surprise - surprise swim - swimming, swim system - system |
Y:
year - year
2. ACTION AND MOVEMENT (100 words)
This list miraculously included words that, it would seem, do not fit the concept of “action” at all: pronouns, polite phrases. Well, what did you want? Try asking someone to make a move without "please let him go northeast for the star".
You can learn alphabetically. And it can be divided into parts of speech: verbs, pronouns, prepositions, etc. Prepositions are easy to remember if you use a diagram. Draw a square on a sheet of paper in the very center and indicate the movement with dots or arrows. For example, the preposition in is translated as "in" - put a dot in the square and sign it in. And, for example, out is translated as "from" - put an arrow from the square.
| come - come, arrive get - get, force give - to give go - walk, go keep - continue, keep, leave, prevent let - allow make - do / do, force put - put seem - seem, appear take - take / take be - to be do - to do have - to have, to eat, to know say - to speak see - see send - send may - be able will - to be wanting about - about across - through after - after against - against among - among at - in before - before between - between by - to, in accordance with, for, on down - down from - from in - in off - away from on - on over - by through - through |
to - to, before, in under - under up - up with - with as - since, as for - for of - from, oh, from till - until, until than - than a - any, one, each, some the all - everything, all any - anyone, nobody every - every no - no, no other - other some - some, a little such - such, thus that - what this - this, this i - i he - he you - you, you who - who and - and because - because but - but or - or if - if though - although while - while how - how when - when where - where, where, from where |
why - why again - again ever - ever, never far - farthest forward - send, forward here - here, here near - near, about now - now, now out - outside, outside still - still then - then there - there, there together - together well - well, much almost - almost enough - enough even - still, even little - small much - a lot not - not only - only quite - quite so - so very - very tomorrow - tomorrow yesterday - yesterday north - north south - south east - east west - west please - please yes - yes |
3. EXPRESSION OF QUALITY (150 WORDS)
3.1. General (100 words)
This is probably the most enjoyable part of the vocabulary. Without adjectives, the language would be too bland and formal. You can learn alphabetically. Or you can find images of objects or photographs of people and write what you think about them on the back. Feel free to express yourself. The more adjectives you use from the list, the faster you will learn.
| important - important |
3.2. Opposites (50 words)
The easiest way to learn words quickly is to find antonyms. You already said everything about different people on photos? Change your gaze and use adjectives that are opposite in meaning. Or simply write down first the designation of quality from paragraph 3.1., And through a hyphen - the opposite in meaning from paragraph 3.2.
That's all. Congratulations! You have a basic vocabulary. And it will be quite enough for communication. It remains only to learn how to put these most necessary words into sentences. Welcome to Grammar!
