This document lists common English words in no particular order. It contains pronouns, prepositions, verbs, adjectives and other parts of speech that frequently appear in written and spoken English.

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2. the

3. and

4. a

5. to

6. said

7. in

8. he

9. I

10. of

11. it

12. was

13. you

14. they

15. on

16. she

17. is

18. for

19. at

20. his

21. but

22. that

23. with

24. all

25. we

26. can

27. are

28. up

29. had

30. my

31. her

32. what

33. there

34. out

35. this

36. have

37. went

38. be

39. like

40. some

41. so

42. not

43. then

44. were

45. go

46. little

47. as

48. no

49. mum

50. one

51. them

52. do

53. me

54. down

55. dad

56. big

57. when

58. It’s

59. see

60. looked

61. very

62. look

63. don’t

64. come

65. will

66. into

67. back

68. from

69. children

70. him

71. Mr

72. get

73. just

74. now

75. came

76. oh

77. about

78. got

79. their

80. people

81. your

82. put

83. could

84. house

85. old

86. too

87. by

88. day

89. made

90. time

91. I’m

92. if

93. help

94. Mrs

95. called

96. here

97. off

98. asked

99. saw

100. make

101. an