Essential English Wordlist Level 1

English Word Part of Translation English definition Example sentence

speech
action films n
activity n
actor n
actress n
address n
advert n
Africa n
after prep
(in the) afternoon n
airport n
alive adj
alone adv
always adv
American adj
the Americas n
animals n
another adj
apartment n
April n
Arabic n / adj
Argentina n
Argentinian n / adj
arrive v
art gallery n
artist n
Asia n
ask v
ask (sb) to v
aspirin n
athletics n
August n
Australia n
Australian n / adj
avenue n
bacon n
bad adj
bag n
bank n
beer n
before prep
big adj
bike n
biography n
(white)board n
(healthy) body n
book n
bored adj
boring adj
Brazil n
Brazilian n / adj
Britain n
British n / adj
brother n
bus station n
businessman n
businesswoman n
busy adj
buy alcohol v
buy cigarettes v
café n
calories n
can v
can't v
capital (city) n
cartoons n
castle n
cat n
CD-ROM n
celebrity n
chair n
change into (a superhero) phr
charity n
chatting (online) phr
chef n
child n
children n
China n
Chinese n / adj
chocolate n
cinema n
city n
city centre n
civil servant n
class n
classical (music) adj / n
close (your book) phr
(sports) club n
coffee n
coins n
cold adj
come from (Britain) phr
comedies n
comedy n
company n
computer n
concert n
cook (a meal) phr
cookbook n
country (music) adj / n
couple n
credit card n
cycling n
dance v
dancer n
dancing n
daughter n
day n
dead adj
December n
dentist n
desks n
diary n
dictionary n
diet n
different (to) adj
divorced adj
do exercise phr
do homework phr
do sit-ups phr
do weight training phr
do yoga phr
doctor n
dog n
door n
drama films n
drink v
drink n
drinking n
drive (a car / a moped) phr
driving n
early adv
eat (meat) phr
eating n
eggs n
Egypt n
Egyptian n / adj
eight n
(at) eight fifteen phr
(at) eight forty-five phr
(at) eight o'clock phr
(at) eight thirty phr
eighteen n
eighth adj
eighty n
electric guitar n
eleven n
eleventh adj
e-mail address n
engineer n
English n / adj
Europe n
(in the) evening n
event n
every (day / week / month / year) phr
everybody n
every other (day) phr
exactly adv
excellent adj
exciting adj
exercise n
extraordinary adj
fabulous adj
famous adj
fan n
fantastic adj
fast adj
father n
father-in-law n
favourite adj
fax n
February n
festival n
fifteen n
fifth adj
fifty n
fifty-five n
film n
film star n
finish v
finish school / work phr
first adj
five n
five hundred and fifty-five thousand n
flat n
fly v
food n
football n
footballer n
forty n
four n
fourteen n
fourth adj
France n
French n / adj
(on) Friday phr
(on) Friday morning phr
funny adj
German n / adj
Germany n
get home phr
get up phr
glasses n
go for a run / walk phr
go on a diet phr
go out with friends phr
go shopping phr
go to a nightclub phr
go to a restaurant phr
go to bed phr
go to the beach phr
go to the cinema phr
go to work phr
goldfish n
good adj
grandfather n
grandmother n
grandparents n
gym n
hairbrush n
(at) half past eight phr
happy adj
hardly ever adv
hate v
have v
have a barbecue phr
have a party phr
have a shower phr
have a snack phr
have breakfast phr
have dinner phr
have lunch phr
heavy metal (music) adj / n
her n / adj
him n
Hindi n
his adj
hometown n
horrible adj
hot adj
hotel n
hour n
housewife n
a hundred n
a hundred and fifty-five n
a hundred and five n
hungry adj
husband n
ice n
identity card n
ill adj
important adj
India n
Indian n / adj
intelligent adj
interesting adj
it n
Italian n / adj
Italy n
January n
Japan n
Japanese n / adj
jazz (music) adj / n
jeans n
journalist n
July n
jump v
June n
keys n
kilometre n
kiss n
language school n
languages n
laptop n
late adj / adv
lawyer n
leader n
leave v
lifestyle n
lighter n
lipstick n
liquid n
listen to (music) phr
a little adv
live v
long adj
look at (the book) phr
lose weight phr
a lot adv
lovely adj
magazine n
main (attractions) adj
make a reservation phr
make dinner phr
man n
March n
married adj
match (the word and picture) phr
May n
me n
memory stick n
Mexican n / adj
Mexico n
milk n
a million n
(healthy) mind n
mineral water n
minute n
mobile n
model n
modern adj
(on) Monday phr
month n
monument n
more adj
(in the) morning phr
mother n
mother-in-law n
motorbike n
museum n
musicals n
my adj
name n
need v
never adv
news n
newspaper n
(at) night phr
nightclub n
nine n
nineteen n
ninety n
ninth adj
notebook n
noticeboard n
November n
now adv
occupation n
Oceania n
October n
office n
often adv
OK adv
Olympic medal n
(on) Christmas Day / Independence Day / New Year's Eve phr
once (a year) phr
one n
open (your book) phr
opera n
orange juice n
ordinary adj
palace n
parents n
park n
partner n
party n
pen n
pencil n
people n
perfect adj
person n
personal (life) adj
pet n
phone v
(home / work) phone number n
phone n
photo n
Physics n
picture n
platform n
play a ball game phr
play a musical instrument phr
play cards phr
police officer n
pop (music) adj / n
population n
Portuguese n / adj
post office n
prefer … to … v
president n
pub n
(at) quarter past eight phr
(at) quarter to nine phr
Queen n
quiz n
racing car n
radio n
read (the text) phr
read a newspaper phr
reality show n
receptionist n
recreational adj
regularly adv
relax v
request n
restaurant n
retired adj
return (ticket) n
(film) review n
road n
rock (music) adj / n
romantic adj
rubber n
rule n
run (up walls) phr
Russian n / adj
(on) Saturday phr
sausages n
say (the words) phr
science fiction films n
scientist n
sea n
second n
second adj
secretary n
September n
seven n
seventeen n
seventh adj
seventy n
sheets of paper n
shirt n
shop n
shopping centre n
silent adj
similar (to) adj
sing v
singer n
singing n
single adj
single (ticket) n
sister n
six n
sixteen n
sixth adj
sixty n
sleeping n
small adj
soap opera n
social (life) adj
soft drinks n
sometimes adv
son n
South Africa n
South African n / adj
Spain n
Spanish n / adj
spend time online phr
spider n
sports n
start school / work phr
station n
stay at home phr
street n
strong adj
student n
study v
studying n
successful adj
sugar n
suggestion n
suit n
(on) Sunday phr
supermarket n
support (a team) phr
table n
taking photos n
teacher n
ten n
ten million n
ten thousand n
tennis n
tenth adj
terrible adj
theatre n
their adj
them n
third adj
thirsty adj
thirteen n
thirteenth adj
thirtieth adj
thirty n
this (week / weekend / year) adj
a thousand n
three n
three times (a year) adv
thrillers n
(on) Thursday phr
ticket n
tired adj
tissues n
today phr
tomorrow (morning / afternoon / evening) phr
tonight phr
tourist attraction n
Tourist Information Centre n
town n
travel agent's n
travelling (by plane) n
(on) Tuesday phr
TV guide n
TV presenter n
TV programme n
twelfth adj
twelve n
twentieth adj
twenty n
twenty-first adj
twice (a year) phr
twin brother/sister n
two n
typical adj
unemployed adj
university n
Urdu n
us n
the USA n
usually adv
very adv
village n
volleyball n
waiter n
waitress n
wallet n
walls n
watch n
watch a DVD phr
watch TV phr
way n
wear v
weather n
website n
(on) Wednesday phr
week n
(at the) weekend phr
(not) well adv
westerns n
wife n
window n
wine n
winner n
woman n
wonderful adj
work (12 hours a week) phr
work as (a photographer) phr
working n
write (the word) phr
writer n
year n
yesterday (morning / afternoon / evening) phr
you n
your adj