Speak English Fluently Using The 3000 Most Frequently Used Words in English
Learn how to improve your English vocabulary, listening, and speaking at the same time using the 3000 most commonly used words in English.
Why the 3000 most frequently used English words?
When it comes to learning English, vocabulary is probably the most important thing. Without words, you cannot read, hear, speak, or write. However, have you ever asked yourself:
“How many words do I need to learn to become fluent in English?”
Let's take a look at the dictionary, you will find that there are about 470,000 different words in English. If you learn 20 words a day, it will take you...60 years to learn them all!
OMG!
Fortunately, you don't have to learn them all to become fluent in English. Americans use around 2500 – 3000 of the most common words in their daily lives. If you know these 3000 most common words, you can understand at least 95% of all conversations, e-mails, newspapers, and books.
Sounds great! But what is the most effective way to learn these words?
Focus on example sentences when learning vocabulary. Here's why?
When it comes to learning English vocabulary, the most important thing you need to focus on are example sentences because they help you to improve all your English skills - including vocabulary, listening, speaking, and writing.
- Vocabulary: Example sentences help you understand the meaning of the word correctly, and remember it deeply. Why? Because you see the word in context.
- Speaking/Writing: You will learn how to use a word in sentences — how to connect it with other words to produce correct English sentences. For each sentence you hear or read, you will be able to re-use it (or part of it) to produce your own correct sentence.
- Grammar: You learn English grammar naturally. You don’t have to think about grammar rules to produce a sentence. Phrases and sentences just appear naturally in your mind and they are all correct. You “feel" grammar, just like a native English speaker.
If you want to speak English fluently, learn with your ears, not with your eyes
Learning English can be broken down into two parts: input and output. Input consists of reading and listening while output consists of writing and speaking. The more input you get, the more output you can produce. It's that simple.
Here's the little secret you probably don't know yet:
- If you want to write English well, focus on reading. The more you read, the better you write.
- If you want to speak English well, focus on listening. Listening is THE KEY to speaking excellent English.
Therefore, you should listen to (and repeat) example sentences if you want to improve your speaking (and listening). It means that every example sentence should go with the audio.
Repetition is the secret to English fluency
If you want to quickly achieve fluency level - to speak English easily, fluently and automatically, you'll need to do one more thing:
Learn deeply through lots of repetition.
It means that you will need to listen to every example sentence many, many times, until you MASTER it. Don't listen just one time or a few times. It's not enough. You will forget it very soon.
You may know how to use a word to make a correct sentence, but here's the thing: Can you use it quickly, easily, and automatically?
If the answer is no, you need to repeat more. You must listen to that example sentence again and again.
Don't ignore this simple secret. This is how you will achieve automatically fast speaking.
FREE English Lessons - 3000 Most Frequently Used Words in English
In the following section, you will find around 3000 free lessons for the 3000 most commonly used words in English. Each lesson consists of the definition (meaning) of the word, the audio pronunciation, and many example sentences with high-quality audio.
Listen to (and repeat) each lesson many times - and watch how fast your English speaking improves!
Enjoy the lessons!
P/S: Check out the Resources page for our recommended courses and lessons.
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Words starting with "A"
about
ability
above
able
abandon
abandoned
abroad
absence
absent
absolute
absolutely
absorb
abuse
academic
accent
accept
acceptable
access
accident
accidental
accidentally
accommodation
accompany
according to
account
accurate
accurately
accuse
achieve
achievement
acknowledge
acquire
across
act
action
active
actively
activity
actor; actress
actual
actually
adapt
addition
additional
address
adequate
adequately
adjust
admire
admit
adopt
adult
advance
advanced
advantage
adventure
advertise
advertisement
advertising
advice
advise
affair
affection
afford
afraid
after
afternoon
afterwards
again
against
age
agency
aggressive
ago
agree
agreement
ahead
aim
airport
alarm
alarming
alcohol
alcoholic
alive
all right
allow
ally
almost
alone
along
aloud
alphabet
alphabetical
alphabetically
already
alternative
although
altogether
always
amaze
amazing
ambition
ambulance
among(amongst)
amount
amuse
amusing
analyse, analyze
analysis
ancient
anger
angle
angrily
angry
animal
ankle
anniversary
announce
annoy
annoyed
annoying
annual
annually
another
answer
anticipate
anxiety
anxious
anxiously
any
anyone anybody
anything
anyway
anywhere
apart
apartment
apologize
apparent
apparently
appeal
appear
appearance
apple
application
apply
appoint
appointment
appreciate
approach
appropriate
approval
approve
approving
approximate
approximately
april
area
argue
argument
arise
arm
armed
army
around
arrange
arrangement
arrest
arrival
arrive
arrow
art
article
artificial
artist
artistic
ashamed
aside
ask
asleep
aspect
assist
assistance
assistant
associate
association
assume
assure
atmosphere
attach
attached
attack
attempt
attend
attention
attitude
attorney
attract
attraction
attractive
audience
august
aunt
authority
automatic
automatically
available
average
avoid
awake
award
aware
away
awful
awfully
awkward
awkwardly
Words starting with "B"
Words starting with "C"
cabinet
cable
cake
calculate
call
calm
calmly
camera
camp
can
cancel
cancer
candidate
candy
capable
capacity
capital
captain
capture
car
card
cardboard
career
careful
carefully
careless
carelessly
carpet
carry
case
cash
castle
catch
cause
ceiling
celebrate
celebration
cellphone
cent
center
century
ceremony
certainly
certificate
chain
chair
chairman, chairwoman
challenge
chance
change
channel
chapter
character
characteristic
charge
charity
chase
chat
cheap
cheat
check
cheek
cheerful
cheerfully
chemical
chemist
chemistry
chest
chew
chicken
chief
child
chin
chocolate
choice
choose
church
cigarette
cinema
circle
circumstance
citizen
city
civil
claim
clap
class
classic
classroom
clean
clear
clearly
clerk
clever
client
climate
climb
climbing
clock
close
closely
closet
clothes
clothing
cloud
coach
coat
coffee
coin
cold
collapse
colleague
collect
collection
college
color
combination
combine
come
comedy
comfort
comfortable
command
comment
commission
commit
commitment
committee
common
commonly
communicate
communication
community
company
compare
comparison
compete
competition
competitive
complain
complaint
complete
completely
complex
complicate
complicated
computer
concentrate
concentration
concern
concerned
concert
conclude
conclusion
concrete
condition
conduct
conference
confidence
confident
confine
confirm
conflict
confront
confuse
confused
confusing
confusion
congratulations
congress
connect
connection
consequence
conservative
consider
considerable
considerably
consideration
consist of
constant
constantly
construct
construction
consult
consumer
contact
contain
content
contest
context
continent
continue
continuous
continuously
contract
contrast
contribute
contribution
control
convenient
convention
conventional
conversation
convert
convince
cook
cooker
cookie
cooking
cool
cope (+with)
core
corner
correct
cost
cottage
cough
could
count
counter
country
countryside
couple
courage
course
court
cousin
cover
cow
crack
crash
crazy
cream
create
creature
credit
crime
crisis
critical
criticism
criticize
crop
cross
crowd
crowded
crown
crucial
cruel
crush
cry
cultural
culture
cup
cupboard
cure
curious
curl
curly
current
currently
curtain
curve
custom
customer
cut
cycle
Words starting with "D"
Words starting with "E"
Words starting with "F"
Words starting with "G"
Words starting with "H"
Words starting with "I"
Words starting with "L"
Words starting with "M"
Words starting with "N"
Words starting with "O"
Words starting with "P"
perfect
perfectly
perform
performance
perhaps
period
permanent
permanently
permission
permit
person
personal
personality
personally
persuade
pet
phase
philosophy
photocopy
photograph
photographer
phrase
physical
physically
physics
pick
picture
piece
pile
pill
pilot
pin
pink
pity
place
plain
plan
plane
planet
plant
plastic
plate
play
player
pleasant
pleasantly
please
pleased
pleasure
plenty
plus
pocket
poem
poetry
point
poison
poisonous
pole
police
policy
polish
polite
politely
political
politically
politician
politics
pollution
pool
poor
popular
population
port
position
positive
possess
possession
possibility
possible
post office
pot
potato
potential
pour
powder
power
powerful
practical
practice
praise
prayer
precise
predict
prefer
preference
pregnant
preparation
prepare
presence
present
presentation
preserve
president
press
pressure
pretend
pretty
prevent
previous
previously
price
pride
primarily
primary
prime minister
prince
princess
principle
print
printer
prior
priority
prison
prisoner
private
privately
prize
probable
probably
problem
procedure
proceed
process
produce
producer
product
production
profession
professional
professor
profit
program
progress
project
promise
promote
promotion
prompt
pronounce
pronunciation
proof
proper
properly
property
proportion
proposal
propose
prospect
protect
protection
protest
proud
proudly
prove
provide
pub
public
publication
publicly
publish
publishing
pull
punch
punish
punishment
pupil
purchase
pure
purple
purpose
pursue
push
put
Words starting with "R"
Words starting with "S"
sack
sad
sadly
safe
safely
safety
sail
sailing
sailor
salad
salary
sale
salt
same
sample
sand
satisfaction
satisfied
satisfy
saturday
sauce
save
say
scale
scare
scared
scene
schedule
school
science
scientific
scientist
scissors
score
scratch
scream
screen
screw
sea
seal
search
season
seat
second
secondary
secret
secretary
secretly
section
secure
security
see
seed
seek
seem
select
selection
sell
send
senior
sense
sensible
sensitive
sentence
separate
separated
separately
separation
september
series
serious
seriously
servant
serve
service
session
set
settle
several
severe
severely
sew
sewing
sex
sexual
shade
shadow
shake
shallow
shame
shape
shaped
share
sharp
shave
she
sheep
sheet
shelf
shell
shine
shiny
ship
shirt
shock
shocked
shocking
shoe
shoot
shop
shopping
short
shortly
should
shoulder
shout
show
shower
shut
shy
sick
side
sight
sign
signal
signature
significant
significantly
silence
silent
silly
silver
similar
simple
simply
since
sincere
sincerely
sing
singer
singing
single
sink
Sir
sister
sit
situation
size
skill
skilled
skin
skirt
sky
sleep
sleeve
slice
slight
slightly
slip
slope
slow
slowly
small
smart
smell
smile
smoke
smoking
smooth
smoothly
snake
snow
so
soap
social
society
sock
soft
software
soil
soldier
solid
solution
solve
some
somebody someone
somehow
something
sometimes
somewhat
somewhere
son
song
soon
sore
sorry
sort
soul
sound
soup
sour
source
south
southern
space
spare
speak
speaker
special
specialist
specially
specific
specifically
speech
speed
spell
spend
spice
spicy
spider
spin
spirit
spiritual
spite
split
spoil
spoon
sport
spread
spring
stable
staff
stage
stair
stamp
stand
standard
star
stare
start
state
statement
station
statue
status
stay
steadily
steady
steal
steam
steel
steep
step
stick
sticky
stiff
still
sting
stir
stock
stomach
stone
stop
store
storm
story
stove
straight
strange
strangely
stranger
strategy
stream
street
strength
stress
stressed
stretch
strict
strictly
strike
string
strong
strongly
struggle
student
studio
study
stuff
stupid
style
subject
substantial
substantially
substitute
succeed
success
successful
successfully
such
suck
sudden
suddenly
suffer
suffering
sufficient
sufficiently
sugar
suggest
suggestion
suit
suitable
suitcase
suited
sum
summary
summer
sun
sunday
superior
supermarket
supply
support
suppose
sure
surely
surface
surprise
surprised
surprising
surprisingly
surround
surrounding
survey
survive
suspect
suspicious
swallow
swear
sweat
sweater
sweep
sweet
swim
swimming
switch
swollen
symbol
sympathy
system