2000 Wordlist Curtin

8/10/2019 2000 Wordlist Curtin

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The first 2000 words of the English Language

Stage 1

Week 1

a det

able adjabout adv

about prep

back adv

back n

bad adj

bank n

call v

can modal

car n

carry v

day n

death n

decide v

decision n

each det

early adj

early adv

economic adjface n

fact n

fall v

family n

game n

general adj

get v

girl n

half det

hand n

happen v

have v

I pron

idea n

if conj

important adj

in adv

in prep

job n

just adv

keep v

kind n

language n

large adj

last adj

late adj

main adj

major adj

make v

man n

name n

national adj

need n

need v

offer v

office n

often adv

old adj

paper n

part n

party n

patient n

public adj

put v

question n

quite adv

range n

rate n

rather adv

reach v

same det

say v

school n

see v

table n

take v

talk v

team n

under prep

understand v

until conj

up adv

value n

very adv

view n

voice n

walk v

want v

war n

water n

way n

we pron

week n

well adv

what det

when adv

when conj

year n

yes interjection

yet adv

you pron

your det


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Stage 1

Week 2

across prep

act n

action n

activity n

be v

because conj

become v

before conj

case n

centre n

century n

certain adj

department n

describe v

develop v

development n

education n

effect n

else adv

end n

far adj

far adv

father n

feel v

give v

go v

good adj

government n

he pron

head n

health n

hear v

include v

including prep

increase v

industry n

information n

interest n

international adj

into prep

know v

later adv

law n

lead v

learn v

least adv

leave v

less adv

management n

many det

market n

matter n

never adv

new adj

next adv

next det

on adv

on prep

once adv

one pron

particular adj

particularly adv

pay v

people n

percent n

perhaps adv

period n

person n

read v

real adj

really adv

reason n

seem v

sell v

send v

sense n

service n

set v

several det

tell v

term n

than conj

that conj

that det

the det

their det

them pron

upon prep

us pron

use n

use v

where adv

where conj

whether conj

which det

while conj

who pron

why adv

will modal

yeah interjection

young adj


3/20


Stage 1

Week 3

actually adv

add v

after conj

after prep

before prep

begin v

behind prep

believe v

change n

change v

child n

church n

die v

different adj

difficult adj

do v

enough adv

even adv

event n

ever adv

few n

figure n

find v

follow v

food n

great adj

ground n

group n

help v

her det

her pron

here adv

involve v

issue n

it pron

its det

let v

letter n

level n

lie v

life n

like prep

like v

likely adj

line n

little adj

little det

live v

may modal

may modal

me pron

mean v

night n

no adv

no det

no interjection

only adj

only adv

open v

or conj

place n

plan n

play v

point n

police n

policy n

political adj

position n

police n

policy n

political adj

position n

shall modal

she pron

should modal

show v

side n

since conj

sit v

small adj

so adv

themselves pron

then adv

there adv

there pron

therefore adv

these det

they pron

thing n

win v

with prep

within prep

without prep

woman n

word n

work n

work v

think v

this det

those det

though conj


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Stage 1

Week 3

again adv

against prep

age n

agree v

all adv

all det

allow v

almost adv

between prep

big adj

bit n

body n

book n

both adv

both det

city n

class n

clear adj

come v

committee n

community n

company n

condition n

door n

down adv

draw v

during prep

every det

evidence n

example n

expect v

foot n

for prep

force n

form n

high adj

him pron

himself pron

his det

hold v

home n

hope v

hour n

house n

itself pron

local adj

long adj

long adv

look v

meet v

member n

might modal

mind n

minister n

not adv

nothing pron

now adv

order n

other adj

other n

our det

possible adj

power n

practice n

price n

probably adv

problem n

process n

produce v

report v

require v

research n

result n

so conj

social adj

society n

some det

something pron

soon adv

sort n

speak v

time n

to infinitive-marker

to prep

today adv

together adv

too adv

towards prep

try v

world n

would modal

write v

special adj

spend v

staff n

stand v

start v

state n

still adv

stop v

student n


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Stage 1

Week 4

already adv

also adv

although conj

always adv

among prep

an det

and conj

another det

any det

anything pron

appear v

area n

around adv

around prep

as adv

as conj

as prep

ask v

at prep

authority n

available adj

away adv

boy n

bring v

build v

building n

business n

but conj

buy v

by prep

consider v

continue v

control n

cost n

could modal

council n

country n

course n

court n

create v

experience n

eye n

friend n

from prep

full adj

how adv

however adv

lose v

lot n

low adj

minute n

moment n

money n

month n

more adv

more det

morning n

most adv

most det

mother n

move v

much adv

much det

must modal

my det

number n

of prep

off adv

off prep

out adv

over adv

over prep

own det

product n

programme n

provide v

return v

right adj

right adv

right n

road n

role n

room n

run v

section n

study n

subject n

such det

suggest v

support n

sure adj

system n

turn v

type n

ability n

above adv

above prep

accept v

access n

according to prep

account n


6/20


Stage 1

Week 5

achieve v

act v

addition n

admit v

baby n

base v

basic adj

basis n

campaign n

capital n

care n

catch v

dark adj

data n

date n

daughter n

easy adj

eat v

economy n

effort n

face v

factor n

fail v

feature n

garden n

general n

generally adv

glass n

hair n

happy adj

hard adj

hard adv

identify v

image n

improve v

income n

introduce v

investment n

item n

join v

kill v

king n

knowledge n

labour adj

labour n

land n

leader n

left adj

machine n

maintain v

majority n

manage v

natural adj

nature n

near prep

nearly adv

obtain v

obviously adv

occur v

officer n

page n

parent n

pass v

pattern n

pull v

pupil n

purpose n

quality n

raise v

ready adj

recent adj

recently adv

sale n

save v

scheme n

science n

sea n

season n

seat n

task n

tax n

teach v

teacher n

technique n

technology n

tend v

test n

union n

unit n

university n

unless conj

variety n

various adj

version n

village n

wait v

wall n

watch v

wear v

yesterday adv

yourself pron


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Stage 1

Week 6

advantage n

advice n

affair n

affect v

bear v

bed n

behaviour n

benefit n

cause v

cell n

central adj

certainly adv

chance n

chapter n

character n

charge n

dead adj

deal n

deal v

defence n

degree n

demand n

depend v

design n

either adv

either det

election n

element n

feeling n

few det

field n

fight v

goal n

good n

grow v

growth n

heart n

heavy adj

help n

herself pron

increase n

indeed adv

indicate v

individual adj

leg n

legal adj

less det

library n

manager n

material n

maybe adv

means n

necessary adj

news n

nice adj

nor conj

oil n

okay adv

once conj

open adj

per prep

performance n

personal adj

pick v

quickly adv

record n

record v

red adj

reduce v

refer v

reflect v

refuse v

secretary n

sector n

security n

seek v

thank v

theory n

though adv

thought n

up prep

used modal

useful adj

user n

visit v

well interjection

whatever det

white adj

whole adj

whole n

whom pron

whose det

series n

serious adj

serve v

set n

share n

share v

shop n

short adj

show n


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Stage 1

Week 7

ago adv

agreement n

air n

along prep

amount n

analysis n

animal n

announce v

better adv

beyond prep

bill n

black adj

choice n

choose v

circumstance n

claim n

claim v

clearly adv

client n

close adj

design v

despite prep

detail n

determine v

difference n

difficulty n

direction n

director n

encourage v

end v

energy n

enjoy v

fill v

film n

final adj

finally adv

history n

hit v

home adv

horse n

individual n

industrial adj

instance n

instead adv

light n

list n

listen v

look n

measure n

meeting n

memory n

mention v

method n

mile n

normal adj

note n

operate v

operation n

opportunity n

organisation n

picture n

piece n

place v

plan v

plant n

player n

please adv

point v

poor adj

popular adj

population n

pound n

region n

relate v

relation n

relationship n

remove v

replace v

represent v

resource n

sign n

significant adj

similar adj

simple adj

simply adv

since prep

single adj

site n

throughout prep

throw v

thus adv

title n

to adv

top adj

top n

total adj

usually adv

wide adj

wife n

window n

wish v


9/20


Stage 1

Week 8

answer n

answer v

anyone pron

anyway adv

application n

apply v

approach n

appropriate adj

blood n

board n

box n

break v

close v

club n

colour n

commission n

common adj

compare v

competition n

computer n

discover v

discuss v

discussion n

disease n

division n

doctor n

dog n

doubt n

ensure v

enter v

environment n

especially adv

financial adj

fine adj

finish v

fire n

firm n

floor n

fly v

following adj

hospital n

hotel n

human adj

husband n

institution n

intend v

loss n

love n

love v

military adj

miss v

model n

modern adj

original adj

other pron

outside prep

prepare v

present adj

present v

president n

press n

pressure n

prevent v

previous adj

prime adj

principle n

private adj

procedure n

respect n

response n

responsibility n

rest n

situation n

size n

skill n

smile v

someone pron

sometimes adv

son n

sorry adj

sound n

source n

space n

specific adj

stage n

standard n

state v

statement n

station n

stay v

step n

stone n

story n

street n

town n

trade n

train v

training n

wonder v

worker n

wrong adj


10/20


Stage 1

Week 9

argue v

argument n

arm n

army n

arrive v

art n

aspect n

association n

assume v

attempt n

attention n

attitude n

avoid v

award n

aware adj

brother n

concern n

concerned adj

conference n

contain v

contract n

control v

cos conj

cost v

couple n

cover v

culture n

cup n

current adj

customer n

cut v

drive v

drop v

due adj

duty n

establish v

evening n

everyone pron

everything pron

exactly adv

exist v

explain v

express v

force v

foreign adj

forget v

form v

former det

forward adv

free adj

front n

function n

fund n

further adv

future n

movement n

music n

myself pron

production n

professional adj

profit n

project n

property n

proposal n

prove v

provision n

publish v

reveal v

rise v

risk n

round adv

round prep

royal adj

rule n

reveal v

rise v

risk n

round adv

round prep

royal adj

rule n

surface n

treat v

treatment n

tree n

true adj


11/20


Stage 2

Week 1

accident n

active adj

actual adj

additional adj

background n

bag n

balance n

ball n

cabinet n

call n

candidate n

card n

damage n

danger n

debate n

debt n

earth n

easily adv

edge n

effective adj

facility n

failure n

fair adj

fairly adv gain v

gas n

generation n

gentleman n

half n

hall n

hang v

hardly adv

ignore v

imagine v

immediately adv

impact n

island n

issue v

joint adj

judge n

key adj

key n

kitchen n

lack n

lady n

largely adv

late adv

latter det

mainly adv

male adj

manner n

mark v

nation n

network n

nevertheless adv

newspaper n

object n

objective n

observe v

obvious adj

package n

pain n

painting n

pair n

protection n

public n

push v

quarter n

race n

radio n

railway n

reaction n

safe adj

safety n

sample n

scale n

scene n

second n

senior adj

sentence n

separate adj

session n

talk n

target n

tea n

technical adj

turn n

telephone n

television n

terms n

test v

understanding n

until prep

usual adj

vary v

vehicle n

very adj

victim n

wage n

warm adj

warn v

weekend n


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Stage 2

Week 2

administration n

adopt v

adult n

afternoon n

agency n

agent n

ahead adv

aid n

band n

bar n

base n

battle n

career n

carefully adv

cash n

category n

deep adj

define v

demand v

deny v

emerge v

employ v

employee n

employer n

famous adj

farm n

farmer n

fear n

grant v

green adj

highly adv

his pron

hole n

holiday n

hope n

hot adj

importance n

impossible adj

improvement n

increasingly adv

independent adj

influence n

injury n

inside prep

laugh v

launch v

lay v

lead n

league n

legislation n

length n

lift v

marriage n

marry v

master n

match n

no-one pron

none pron

normally adv

north n

occasion n

offer n

official n

opinion n

parliament n

partner n

past adj

past n

reader n

realise v

reality n

recognise v

reference n

reform n

regard v

regional adj

settle v

sex n

sexual adj

shake v

shape n

sheet n

ship n

shoot v

shoulder n

sight n

sign v

sir n

sister n

text n

threat n

threaten v

through adv

video n

visit n

visitor n

volume n

vote n

weight n

western adj

will n

wind n


13/20


Stage 2

Week 3

aim n

aim v

alone adj

along adv

annual adj

apart adv

apparently adv

appeal n

beat v

beautiful adj

beginning n

belief n

cause n

chair n

chairman ncharge v

check v

civil adj

clear v

close adv

clothes n

coffee n

cold adj

colleague n

collect v

description n

dinner n

direct adj

directly adv

employment n

enable v

engine n

enough det

entirely adv

entry n

environmental adj

equally adv

file n

finger n

fish n

fit v

housing n

huge adj

insist v

insurance n

interested adj

interesting adj

light adj

limit v

link n

link v

meal n

meaning n

measure v

media n

notice v

nuclear adj

opposition n

option n

order v

ordinary adj

past prep

path n

payment n

peace n

perform v

phone n

physical adj

planning n

regular adj

regulation n

relatively adv

release v

relevant adj

relief n

religious adj

repeat v

skin n

sleep v

slightly adv

slowly adv

smile n

soft adj

software n

solution n

south n

speaker n

species n

speech n

tomorrow adv

tonight adv

touch v

track n

somebody pron

somewhere adv

song n

sound v

speed n

wine n

winter n

wood n

working adj


14/20


Stage 2

Week 4

appearance n

appoint v

approach v

arise v

arrange v

arrangement n

article n

artist n

assessment n

below adv

best adv

bind v

bird n

blue adj

collection n

college n

comment n

commercial adj

commit v

commitment n

communication n

complete adj

complete v

completely adv

complex adj

concentrate v

concept n

concern v

distance n

distribution n

district n

document n

domestic adj

down prep

equipment n

essential adj

estate n

eventually adv

examine v

excellent adj

except conj

exchange n

executive n

exercise n

exhibition n

existence n

existing adj

flower n

for conj

forest n

formal adj

freedom n

internal adj

introduction n

investigation n

lip n

little adv

living adj

loan n

medical adj

merely adv

message n

mind v

organization n

otherwise adv

owner n

play n

plus prep

politics n

positive adj

possibility n

possibly adv

post n

potential adj

powerful adj

practical adj

prefer v

presence n

present n

press v

reply v

requirement n

respond v

responsible adj

result v

return n

review n

rich adj

spirit n

sport n

standard adj

star n

star v

start n

status n

stick v

stock n

tradition n

traditional adj

traffic n

train n

writer n


15/20


Stage 2

Week 4

associate v

attack n

attack v

attempt v

attend v

attract v

audience n

author n

award v

boat n

branch n

broad adj

budget n

bus n

conclusion n

confidence n

confirm v

conflict n

connection n

consequence n

considerable adj

consideration n

consumer n

contact n

content n

context n

contrast n

contribution n

conversation n

copy n

corner n

county n

credit n

crime n

cross v

cry v

cultural adj

currently adv

drink n

drink v

driver n

drug n

experience v

explanation n

expression n

extend v

extent n

extra adj

extremely adv

fresh adj

front adj

fully adv

future adj

mouth n

move n

museum n

previously adv

primary adj

prison n

progress n

promise v

proper adj

proportion n

protect v

ring v

rise n

river n

rock n

route n

run n

straight adv

strange adj

strategy n

strength n

strike v

studio n

study v

stuff n

sun n

supply n

supply v

survey n

survive v

trial n

trouble n

trust n

truth n

transport n

travel v

works n

worry v

worth prep

absence n

absolutely adv

academic adj

accompany v

account v

achievement n

bedroom n

before adv

belong v


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Stage 2

Week 5

acid n

acquire v

address n

address v

below prep

beneath prep

beside prep

birth n

block n

bloody adj

capable adj

capacity n

care v

careful adj

damage v

dangerous adj

date v

decade n

ear n

earn v

east n

editor n

factory n

faith n

fall n

familiar adj

gate n

gather v

generate v

god n

hand v

handle v

hate v

head v

illustrate v

immediate adj

implication n

imply v

journey n

judge v

jump v

justice n

kid n

knee n

last v

lawyer n

leadership n

leading adj

leaf n

lean v

magazine n

male n

map n

mark n

name v

narrow adj

necessarily adv

neck n

observation n

odd adj

offence n

official adj

paint v

panel n

park n

partly adv

quick adj

quiet adj

rain n

rapidly adv

rare adj

reading n

realize v

reasonable adj

satisfy v

scientific adj

scientist n

score v

screen n

search n

search v

secondary adj

secure v

select v

selection n

tall adj

tape n

teaching n

tear n

unable adj

under adv

undertake v

unemployment n

variation n

vast adj

via prep

victory n

walk n

wash v

wave n

weak adj


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Stage 2

Week 6

advance n

advise v

afford v

afraid adj

blow v

bone n

border n

bottle n

cat n

chain n

challenge n

channel n

characteristic n

cheap adj

chemical n

chief adj

declare v

deep adv

defendant n

definition n

educational adj

effectively adv

egg n

elderly adj

fashion n

fast adj

fast adv

favour n

fear v

gold n

grant n

grey adj

growing adj

heat n

hell n

hence adv

hide v

high adv

hill n

impose v

impression n

incident n

increased adj

liability n

liberal adj

limit n

limited adj

market v

married adj

mass n

match v

matter v

meanwhile adv

mechanism n

membership n

negotiation n

neighbour n

neither adv

nobody pron

onto prep

organise v

origin n

ought modal

passage n

pay n

pension n

perfect adj

permanent adj

provided conj

pub n

publication n

question v

recall v

recognition n

recognize v

recommend v

separate v

sequence n

seriously adv

servant n

settlement n

severe adj

shoe n

temperature n

terrible adj

thanks n

theatre n

theme n

thin adj

ticket n

tiny adj

tone n

tool n

unfortunately adv

united adj

unlikely adj

upper adj

weapon n

weather n

welcome v

welfare n


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Stage 2

Week 7

afterwards adv

aircraft n

alone adv

alright adv

bottom n

brain n

breath n

bridge n

circle n

citizen n

clean adj

climb v

closely adv

coal n

code n

combination n

deliver v

democratic adj

demonstrate v

deputy n

elsewhere adv

emphasis n

empty adj

enemy n

engineering n

enterprise n

entire adj

fee n

female adj

finance n

finding n

first adj

guest n

guide n

gun n

historical adj

household n

human n

hurt v

index n

influence v

inform v

initial adj

initiative n

literature n

location n

lord n

lovely adj

lunch n

mental adj

metal n

middle n

milk n

mine n

nod v

noise n

northern adj

nose n

ourselves pron

outcome n

output n

persuade v

phase n

photograph n

plastic n

plate n

pleasure n

plenty pron

pocket n

pool n

recover v

reduction n

reject v

relative adj

release n

religion n

rely v

remind v

representation n

shot n

shout v

shut v

signal n

significance n

silence n

sing v

sky n

tooth n

total n

totally adv

touch n

tour n

transfer n

transfer v

urban adj

used adj

whereas conj

while n

whilst conj

widely adv

west n


19/20


Stage 2

Week 8

alternative adj

alternative n

amongst prep

ancient adj

anybody pron

apparent adj

appeal v

appointment n

approve v

brief adj

bright adj

combine v

comment v

comparison n

component n

concentration n

conclude v

conduct v

congress n

connect v

conservative adj

consist v

constant adj

derive v

desire n

desk n

destroy v

detailed adj

device n

direct v

disappear v

discipline n

display n

display v

entitle v

equal adj

error n

escape v

establishment n

estimate v

everybody pron

examination n

exercise v

fix v

flat n

flight n

flow n

focus v

inside adv

institute n

instruction n

instrument n

intention n

ministry n

mistake n

module n

motion n

note v

notice n

outside adv

overall adj

own v

potential n

pretty adv

priority n

prisoner n

program n

representative n

request n

rest v

restaurant n

retain v

revenue n

revolution n

slip v

slow adj

soil n

soldier n

solicitor n

somewhat adv

southern adj

spot n

spread v

spring n

steal v

step v

store n

strike n

strongly adv

substantial adj

succeed v

sufficient adj

treaty n

trend n

trip n

violence n

vision n

wild adj

wing n

winner n

withdraw v


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assembly n

assess v

asset n

assumption n

atmosphere n

attach v

attractive adj

average adj

aye interjection

burn v

busy adj

construction n

contact v

contribute v

convention n

corporate adj

correct adj

count v

cover n

creation n

criminal adj

crisis n

criterion n

critical adj

criticism n

crowd n

curriculum n

cut n

distinction n

divide v

double adj

drawing n

dream n

dress n

dress v

drive n

dry adj

expectation n

expenditure n

expense n

expensive adj

experiment n

expert n

explore v

external adj

football n

foundation n

frequently adv

fruit n

fuel n

funny adj

interpretation n

interview n

investigate v

invite v

iron n

motor n

mountain n

murder n

notion n

nurse n

promote v

properly adv

propose v

prospect n

ride v

ring n

roll v

roof n

row n

rural adj

suggestion n

suitable adj

sum n

surely adv

surprise n

surround v

switch v

troop n

twice adv

typical adj

vital adj

vote v

wonderful adj

writing n

yard n

youth n

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