Basic English Key Words List 4

Here is a list of 850 words that was developed by Charles K. Ogden, and released in 1930 with the book: Basic English: A General Introduction with Rules and Grammar. For more information about this list you can visit Odgen's Basic English page. This list is an excellent starting point for building up a vocabulary which allows you to converse fluently in English.

While this list is helpful for a strong beginning, more advanced vocabulary building will help you quickly improve your English.  These vocabulary books will further help you build your vocabulary, especially at advanced levels.

Nouns 1 - 200

1. angle
2. ant
3. apple
4. arch
5. arm
6. army
7. baby
8. bag
9. ball
10. band
11. basin
12. basket
13. bath
14. bed
15. bee
16. bell
17. berry
18. bird
19. blade
20. board
21. boat
22. bone
23. book
24. boot
25. bottle
26. box
27. boy
28. brain
29. brake
30. branch
31. brick
32. bridge
33. brush
34. bucket
35. bulb
36. button
37. cake
38. camera
39. card
40. carriage
41. cart
42. cat
43. chain
44. cheese
45. chess
46. chin
47. church
48. circle
49. clock
50. cloud

51. coat
52. collar
53. comb
54. cord
55. cow
56. cup
57. curtain
58. cushion
59. dog
60. door
61. drain
62. drawer
63. dress
64. drop
65. ear
66. egg
67. engine
68. eye
69. face
70. farm
71. feather
72. finger
73. fish
74. flag
75. floor
76. fly
77. foot
78. fork
79. fowl
80. frame
81. garden
82. girl
83. glove
84. goat
85. gun
86. hair
87. hammer
88. hand
89. hat
90. head
91. heart
92. hook
93. horn
94. horse
95. hospital
96. house
97. island
98. jewel
99. kettle
100. key

101. knee
102. knife
103. knot
104. leaf
105. leg
106. library
107. line
108. lip
109. lock
110. map
111. match
112. monkey
113. moon
114. mouth
115. muscle
116. nail
117. neck
118. needle
119. nerve
120. net
121. nose
122. nut
123. office
124. orange
125. oven
126. parcel
127. pen
128. pencil
129. picture
130. pig
131. pin
132. pipe
133. plane
134. plate
135. plough
136. pocket
137. pot
138. potato
139. prison
140. pump
141. rail
142. rat
143. receipt
144. ring
145. rod
146. roof
147. root
148. sail
149. school
150. scissors

151. screw
152. seed
153. sheep
154. shelf
155. ship
156. shirt
157. shoe
158. skin
159. skirt
160. snake
161. sock
162. spade
163. sponge
164. spoon
165. spring
166. square
167. stamp
168. star
169. station
170. stem
171. stick
172. stocking
173. stomach
174. store
175. street
176. sun
177. table
178. tail
179. thread
180. throat
181. thumb
182. ticket
183. toe
184. tongue
185. tooth
186. town
187. train
188. tray
189. tree
190. trousers
191. umbrella
192. wall
193. watch
194. wheel
195. whip
196. whistle
197. window
198. wing
199. wire
200. worm

Basics (Verbs, Articles, Pronouns, Prepositions)