Basic Word List
Master the spellings of the words in the following list. They are some of the most often used words in English.
A
ability
absent
accept
accident
across
address
advertise
advice
after
again
against
all right
almost
a lot
also
always
although
among
angry
animal
another
answer
anxious
apply
approve
argue
around
attempt
attention
awful
awkward
B
back
balance
bargain
beautiful
because
become
been
before
begin
being
believe
between
bottom
brake
breathe
building
business
C
came
careful
cereal
certain
change
cheap
chief
children
church
cigarette
clothing
collect
color
comfortable
company
condition
conversation
D
daily
danger
daughter
death
deposit
describe
different
direction
distance
does
doubt
dozen
during
E
each
early
earth
easy
education
either
English
enough
entrance
everything
examine
exercise
expect
F
family
flower
foreign
friend
from
G
garden
general
grocery
guess
guest
H
handkerchief
happy
heard
heavy
himself
holiday
house
however
hundred
hungry
I
instead
intelligence
interest
interfere
K
kindergarten
kitchen
knowledge
L
labor
language
laugh
learn
length
lesson
letter
listen
loneliness
M
making
marry
match
matter
measure
medicine
middle
might
million
minute
mistake
money
morning
mountain
much
N
needle
neither
newspaper
noise
none
nothing
number
O
ocean
offer
often
omit
only
operate
opportunity
original
ought
P
pain
paper
peace
pencil
people
perfect
period
person
place
possible
potato
president
pretty
promise
psychology
public
Q
quick
quiet
quite
R
raise
ready
really
reason
receive
recognize
remember
repeat
restaurant
ridiculous
right
S
said
same
sandwich
sentence
several
should
since
sleep
smoke
something
soul
state
straight
street
strong
student
studying
suffer
summer
sweet
T
teach
telephone
than
there
thing
thought
thousand
through
ticket
tired
today
together
tomorrow
tonight
tongue
touch
travel
truly
U
under
understand
until
upon
usual
V
value
vegetable
view
visitor
voice
W
warning
weather
whole
window
without
would
writing
written
Y
year
yesterday
your
List reprinted with permission of McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., from Reading and Study Skills,
5th Edition by John Langan
