English Vocabulary

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English Pronouns List
  • English Pronouns List Alphabetical list of English pronouns with definitions and translations. Quiz


  • English Adjectives List
  • English Adjectives Most commonly used Adjectives in the English Language. 730+ words.


  • English Prepositions List
  • List of Common Prepositions 80+ words.
    Preposition is a word that relates a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence.


  • English Conjunctions List
  • List of Common Conjunctions 50 words.
    Conjunctions are words used as joiners. They connect other words or groups of words.


  • English Verbs Lists
    Alphabetical listing of 2209 verbs divided into two lists
  • Verbs list 1 (A - L)
  • Verbs list 2 (M - Z)


  • English Adverbs Lists
    Alphabetical listing of 3732 adverbs divided into three lists.
  • English adverbs list 1 (A - H)
  • Adverbs list 2 (I - Q)
  • Adverbs list 3 (R - Z)


  • English Irregular Verbs
    English Irregular verbs are mostly unpredictable, it is hard to derive them on the fly as you talk. There are some patterns among them ( spring-sprang, drink-drank,...), ( blow-blew, know-knew,...) but it is still hard to use those patterns as rules. The only way to know them is to have memorized them one by one.
  • Common Irregular Verbs   85 verbs. Quiz
  • Irregular Verbs List 2   83 verbs. Quiz


  • 100 Words You Should Know
  • Words Every High School Graduate Should Know must-have for every grad, perfect for building vocabulary, quizzing friends and family source Quiz


  • Most Common English Words
    1000 most commonly used words in the English language. Broken down in three groups of 300, 300 and 400. The frequency of use is true for the groups but within the groups words are sorted alphabetically.
  • Common words List 1 first 300 words. Quiz
  • Words List 2 from 301 to 600. Quiz
  • Words List 3 from 601 to 1000. Quiz


  • Most commonly Misspelled words in the English Language.
    Any list of most commonly Misspelled English words would be arbitrary to some degree. This one is compiled from many similar internet sources.
  • Misspelled English words List 500+ words. Quiz


  • Challenging or advanced (or smart) English Words
    A few new words for your English Vocabulary.
  • Advanced words List 200+ words. Quiz


  • English Irregular Nouns
    Most of English nouns are regular and predictable in the spelling of the plural form. However, there are more than several nouns which are irregular in their spelling. Those you have to memorize.
  • English Irregular Nouns List   103 nouns. Quiz