Friday, 13 December 2013

Important Vocabulary

It's important to remember that you cannot learn lots of new words. You need to learn the most common words and be able to spell them correctly.
Here is a quiz of the 100 most common words in English: http://quizicon.com/100-Most-Common-English-Words-Quiz.html How many can you guess?

There are different lists of the most common words, but they are all very similar. They say that half of all written English uses the same 100 words. The top 300 words are used in 65% of all written English. Here are some word lists:

http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/common-words-100.htm
http://www.duboislc.net/EducationWatch/First100Words.html
http://www.world-english.org/english500.htm

Try and learn these common words and spell them correctly. They are the most important words to learn.