Basic English 850 Words

850 Words

Basic English

Basic English Alphabetical List

a

able

about

account

acid

across

act

addition

adjustment

advertisement

after

again

against

agreement

air

all

almost

among

amount

amusement

and

angle

angry

animal

answer

ant

any

apparatus

apple

approval

arch

argument

arm

army

art

as

at

attack

attempt

attention

attraction

authority

automatic

awake

baby

back

bad

bag

balance

ball

band

base

basin

basket

bath

be

beautiful

because

bed

bee

before

behaviour

belief

bell

bent

berry

between

bird

birth

bit

bite

bitter

black

blade

blood

blow

blue

board

boat

body

boiling

bone

book

boot

bottle

box

boy

brain

brake

branch

brass

bread

breath

brick

bridge

bright

broken

brother

brown

brush

bucket

building

bulb

burn

burst

business

but

butter

button

by

cake

camera

canvas

card

care

carriage

cart

cat

cause

certain

chain

chalk

chance

change

cheap

cheese

chemical

chest

chief

chin

church

circle

clean

clear

clock

cloth

cloud

coal

coat

cold

collar

colour

comb

come

comfort

committee

common

company

comparison

competition

complete

complex

condition

connection

conscious

control

cook

copper

copy

cord

cork

cotton

cough

country

cover

cow

crack

credit

crime

cruel

crush

cry

cup

current

curtain

curve

cushion

cut

damage

danger

dark

daughter

day

dead

dear

death

debt

decision

deep

degree

delicate

dependent

design

desire

destruction

detail

development

different

digestion

direction

dirty

discovery

discussion

disease

disgust

distance

distribution

division

do

dog

door

doubt

down

drain

drawer

dress

drink

driving

drop

dry

dust

ear

early

earth

east

edge

education

effect

egg

elastic

electric

end

engine

enough

equal

error

even

event

ever

every

example

exchange

existence

expansion

experience

expert

eye

face

fact

fall

false

family

far

farm

fat

father

fear

feather

feeble

feeling

female

fertile

fiction

field

fight

finger

fire

first

fish

fixed

flag

flame

flat

flight

floor

flower

fly

fold

food

foolish

foot

for

force

fork

form

forward

fowl

frame

free

frequent

friend

from

front

fruit

full

future

garden

general

get

girl

give

glass

glove

go

goat

gold

good

government

grain

grass

great

green

grey

grip

group

growth

guide

gun

hair

hammer

hand

hanging

happy

harbour

hard

harmony

hat

hate

have

he

head

healthy

hearing

heart

heat

help

here

high

history

hole

hollow

hook

hope

horn

horse

hospital

hour

house

how

humour

I

ice

idea

if

ill

important

impulse

in

increase

industry

ink

insect

instrument

insurance

interest

invention

iron

island

jelly

jewel

join

journey

judge

jump

keep

kettle

key

kick

kind

kiss

knee

knife

knot

knowledge

land

language

last

late

laugh

law

lead

leaf

learning

leather

left

leg

let

letter

level

library

lift

light

like

limit

line

linen

lip

liquid

list

little

living

lock

long

look

loose

loss

loud

love

low

machine

make

male

man

manager

map

 

mark

market

married

mass

match

material

may

meal

measure

meat

medical

meeting

memory

metal

middle

military

milk

mind

mine

minute

mist

mixed

money

monkey

month

moon

morning

mother

motion

mountain

mouth

move

much

muscle

music

nail

name

narrow

nation

natural

near

necessary

neck

need

needle

nerve

net

new

news

night

no

noise

normal

north

nose

not

note

now

number

nut

observation

of

off

offer

office

oil

old

on

only

open

operation

opinion

opposite

or

orange

order

organization

ornament

other

out

oven

over

owner

page

pain

paint

paper

parallel

parcel

part

past

paste

payment

peace

pen

pencil

person

physical

picture

pig

pin

pipe

place

plane

plant

plate

play

please

pleasure

plough

pocket

point

poison

polish

political

poor

porter

position

possible

pot

potato

powder

power

present

price

print

prison

private

probable

process

produce

profit

property

prose

protest

public

pull

pump

punishment

purpose

push

put

quality

question

quick

quiet

quite

rail

rain

range

rat

rate

ray

reaction

reading

ready

reason

receipt

record

red

regret

regular

relation

religion

representative

request

respect

responsible

rest

reward

rhythm

rice

right

ring

river

road

rod

roll

roof

room

root

rough

round

rub

rule

run

sad

safe

sail

salt

same

sand

say

scale

school

science

scissors

screw

sea

seat

second

secret

secretary

see

seed

seem

selection

self

send

sense

separate

serious

servant

sex

shade

shake

shame

sharp

sheep

shelf

ship

shirt

shock

shoe

short

shut

side

sign

silk

silver

simple

sister

size

skin

skirt

sky

sleep

slip

slope

slow

small

smash

smell

smile

smoke

smooth

snake

sneeze

snow

so

soap

society

sock

soft

solid

some

son

song

sort

sound

soup

south

space

spade

special

sponge

spoon

spring

square

stage

stamp

star

start

statement

station

steam

steel

stem

step

stick

sticky

stiff

still

stitch

stocking

stomach

stone

stop

store

story

straight

strange

street

stretch

strong

structure

substance

such

sudden

sugar

suggestion

summer

sun

support

surprise

sweet

swim

system

table

tail

take

talk

tall

taste

tax

teaching

tendency

test

than

that

the

then

theory

there

thick

thin

thing

this

though

thought

thread

throat

through

thumb

thunder

ticket

tight

till

time

tin

tired

to

toe

together

tomorrow

tongue

tooth

top

touch

town

trade

train

transport

tray

tree

trick

trouble

trousers

true

turn

twist

umbrella

under

unit

up

use

value

verse

very

vessel

view

violent

voice

waiting

walk

wall

war

warm

wash

waste

watch

water

wave

wax

way

weather

week

weight

well

west

wet

wheel

when

where

while

whip

whistle

white

who

why

wide

will

wind

window

wine

wing

winter

wire

wise

with

woman

wood

wool

word

work

worm

wound

writing

wrong

year

yellow

yes

yesterday

you

young

 

Basic English Ordered List

OPERATIONS – 100 words

come, get, give, go, keep, let, make, put, seem, take, be, do, have, say, see, send, may, will,

about, across, after, against, among, at, before, between, by, down, from, in, off, on, over, through, to, under, up, with, as, for, of, till, than, a, the, all, any, every, little, much, no, other, some, such, that, this, I , he, you, who, and, because, but, or, if, though, while, how, when, where, why, again, ever, far, forward, here, near, now, out, still, then, there, together, well, almost, enough, even, not, only, quite, so, very, tomorrow, yesterday, north, south, east, west, please, yes.

THINGS – 400 General words

account, act, addition, adjustment, advertisement, agreement, air, amount, amusement, animal, answer, apparatus, approval, argument, art, attack, attempt, attention, attraction, authority, back, balance, base, behavior, belief, birth, bit, bite, blood, blow, body, brass, bread, breath, brother, building, burn, burst, business, butter, canvas, care, cause, chalk, chance, change, cloth, coal, color, comfort, committee, company, comparison, competition, condition, connection, control, cook, copper, copy, cork, cotton, cough, country, cover, crack, credit, crime, crush, cry ,current, curve, damage, danger, daughter, day, death, debt, decision, degree, design, desire, destruction, detail, development, digestion, direction, discovery, discussion, disease, disgust, distance, distribution, division, doubt, drink, driving, dust, earth, edge, education, effect, end, error, event, example, exchange, existence, expansion, experience, expert, fact, fall, family, father, fear, feeling, fiction, field, fight, fire, flame, flight, flower, fold, food, force, form, friend, front, fruit, glass, gold, government, grain, grass, grip, group, growth, guide, harbor, harmony, hate, hearing, heat, help, history, hole, hope, hour, humor ice, idea, impulse, increase, industry, ink, insect, instrument, insurance, interest, invention, iron, jelly, join, journey, judge, jump, kick, kiss, knowledge, land, language, laugh, law, lead, learning, leather, letter, level, lift, light, limit, linen, liquid, list, look, loss, love, machine, man, manager, mark, market, mass, meal, measure, meat, meeting, memory, metal, middle, milk, mind, mine, minute, mist, money, month, morning ,mother, motion, mountain, move, music, name, nation, need, news, night, noise, note, number, observation, offer, oil, operation, opinion, order, organization, ornament, owner, page, pain, paint, paper, part, paste, payment, peace, person, place, plant, play, pleasure, point, poison, polish, porter, position, powder, power, price, print, process, produce, profit, property, prose, protest, pull, punishment, purpose, push, quality, question, rain, range, rate, ray, reaction, reading, reason, record, regret, relation, religion, representative, request, respect, rest, reward, rhythm, rice, river, road, roll, room, rub, rule, run, salt, sand, scale, science, sea seat, secretary, selection, self, sense, servant, sex, shade, shake, shame, shock, side, sign, silk, silver, sister, size, sky, sleep, slip, slope, smash, smell, smile, smoke, sneeze, snow, soap, society, son, song, sort, sound, soup, space stage start statement, steam, steel, step, stitch, stone, stop, story, stretch, structure substance sugar, suggestion, summer, support, surprise, swim, system, talk, taste, tax, teaching, tendency, test, theory, thing, thought, thunder, time, tin, top, touch, trade, transport, trick, trouble, turn, twist, unit, use, value, verse, vessel, view, voice, walk, war, wash, waste, water, wave, wax, way, weather, week, weight, wind, wine, winter, woman, wood, wool, word, work, wound, writing, year.

THINGS – 200 Picturable words

angle, ant, apple, arch, arm, army, baby, bag, ball, band, basin, basket, bath, bed, bee, bell, berry, bird, blade, board, boat, bone, book, boot, bottle, box, boy, brain, brake, branch, brick, bridge, brush, bucket, bulb, button, cake, camera, card, cart, carriage, cat, chain, cheese, chest, chin, church, circle, clock, cloud, coat, collar, comb, cord, cow, cup, curtain, cushion, dog, door, drain, drawer, dress, drop, ear, egg, engine, eye, face, farm, feather, finger, fish, flag, floor, fly, foot, fork, fowl, frame garden, girl, glove, goat, gun, hair, hammer, hand, hat, head, heart, hook, horn, horse, hospital, house, island, jewel, kettle, key, knee, knife, knot, leaf, leg, library, line, lip, lock, map, match, monkey, moon, mouth, muscle, nail, neck, needle, nerve, net, nose, nut, office, orange, oven, parcel, pen, pencil, picture, pig, pin, pipe, plane, plate, plough/plow, pocket, pot, potato, prison, pump, rail, rat, receipt, ring, rod, roof, root, sail, school, scissors, screw, seed, sheep, shelf, ship, shirt, shoe, skin, skirt, snake, sock, spade, sponge, spoon, spring, square, stamp, star, station, stem, stick, stocking, stomach, store, street, sun, table, tail, thread, throat, thumb, ticket, toe, tongue, tooth, town, train, tray, tree, trousers, umbrella, wall, watch, wheel, whip, whistle, window, wing, wire, worm.

QUALITIES – 100 General

able, acid, angry, automatic, beautiful, black, boiling, bright, broken, brown, cheap, chemical, chief, clean, clear, common, complex, conscious, cut, deep, dependent, early, elastic, electric, equal, fat, fertile, first, fixed, flat, free, frequent, full, general, good, great, grey/gray, hanging, happy, hard, healthy, high, hollow, important, kind, like, living, long, male, married, material, medical, military, natural, necessary, new, normal, open, parallel, past, physical, political, poor, possible, present, private, probable, quick, quiet, ready, red, regular, responsible, right, round, same, second, separate, serious, sharp, smooth, sticky, stiff, straight, strong, sudden, sweet, tall, thick, tight, tired, true, violent, waiting, warm, wet, wide, wise, yellow, young.

QUALITIES – 50 Opposites

awake, bad, bent, bitter, blue, certain, cold, complete, cruel, dark, dead, dear, delicate, different, dirty, dry, false, feeble, female, foolish, future, green, ill, last, late, left, loose, loud, low, mixed, narrow, old, opposite, public, rough, sad, safe, secret, short, shut, simple, slow, small, soft, solid, special, strange, thin, white, wrong.

Ogden’s rules of grammar for Basic English

Plurals are formed with a trailing "S". The normal exceptions of standard English also apply, notably "ES" and "IES".

There are four derivatives for the 300 nouns: -"ER" and -"ING", and two adjectives, -"ING" and -"ED".

Adverbs use -"LY" from qualifiers.

Degree is expressed with "MORE" and "MOST". Be prepared to find -"ER" and -"EST" in common usage.

Negative adjectives are formed with "UN"-

Questions are formed by inversion and by "DO".

Operators and pronouns conjugate in full.

Compound words may be combined from two nouns (milkman) or a noun and a directive (sundown).

Measurement, numerals, currency, calendar, and international terms are in English form.

Technical expressions required and customary for the immediate task are included in the locally used form.

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