100 Most Common English Words (Pronunciation & Example Sentence)

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And welcome back to English with Lucy.

Big lesson today, big, big lesson.

Let's start today's class with a question.

I want you to guess how many words

do you think there are in the English language?

Don't Google it.

I will tell you the answer, well,

there have been various studies and some of them say

that there are over 170,000 words in the English language.

That's a lot of words, but on average

a native English speaker will know

between 15 and 20,000 words.

This is an insane amount of words.

I can't even count to 20,000, but don't despair.

It has claimed that the top 100 words

in English make up 50% of the language today.

I thought it would be an excellent idea

to help you to perfect those top 100 words in English.

Break this down into the different parts of speech.

I'll show you how to spell the words, how to pronounce them

in both their weak form and their strong form.

I'll also give you an example with the word in use.

It's a hugely important lesson and to make it even better,

I have created a PDF for you to use along with this lesson,

it contains everything we're going to study today.

All of the words

along with their pronunciation and examples.

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Let's get started with the first section of this video.

It's all about nouns.

And noun is a word that refers to a place, a person,

an idea, a thing, a quality or an activity.

Let's take a look at 10

of the most common nouns in the English language.

And most importantly, their pronunciation.

First we have man, man.

The man sat quietly on the chair.

Day, day, it was the last day of summer.

People, people, many people travel abroad

for their holiday.

Time, time, what time will they come to the house today?

Woman, woman.

He saw the woman from across the room.

Life, life, Jack spent his whole life writing his novel.

World, world, the world is a big place.

Go out and see it.

Thing, thing, we've both brought the same thing.

Year, year, this year has been the craziest yet.

Child, child, she was only a child

but she could play the piano better than anyone.

Now let's move on to pronouns.

A pronoun can substitute a noun

or a noun phrase in a sentence.

We can only use a pronoun if the noun or noun phrase

has been referred to previously,

we have 20 to look at today

and they include both strong and weak forms.

He or hi, he or hi, he likes to go out ice skating.

Her or her, her or her,

her shoes were left out in the rain all night.

Him or im, him or im,

can you take him to the station please?

I, I, I am from England.

It, it, it looks as if she's been crying.

Me or mi, me or mi.

Don't give me that look.

My, my, my new phone should arrive today.

Our or our, our, or our, our new home is in the village

not far from here.

She or she, she or she, she is from a posh family.

What do you expect.

Them or them or them or them,

I went with them to see the play.

That or that, that, or that, that picture frame is crooked.

Their, their, their payments are overdue.

These, these, these flowers are beautiful.

They, they, they missed the train.

So they walked home instead.

This, this, this is the road I used to take

to school as a child.

Us or us, us or us.

We always bring a few snacks with us.

We or we, we or we,

we had just started hiking when Jerry hurt his knee.

Who, who, who was that in your office?

You or you.

You or you, you shouldn't do that.

You shouldn't do that.

Your or your, your or your,

your sister came over yesterday looking for you.

Now let's move on to verbs.

Every sentence needs a verb.

And we use them to represent actions, feelings

or states of being.

Come, come, come to my house tonight.

We're making pizza.

Find, find I can't find the remote control.

Give, give, can you give me a minute?

Get, get, I hope I get a raise this month.

Go, go, Sheila, go and speak with your father.

Have or have

Have, or have, I have the forms in my bag.

Know, know, I know this can't be easy to hear.

Listen, listen, listen to his new song.

It's great.

Look, look, they will look at the sculpture for hours.

Make, make, what are you going to make

for the school picnic?

Say say, don't say things that you don't mean.

See, see, I could see she was angry

from her facial expression.

Tell, tell, tell him about it after his birthday.

Think, think, I always think about leaving my job.

Use use, can I use baking powder

instead of baking soda?

Want, want, they want to take a cruise this year.

Now let's move on to auxiliary verbs.

These are incredibly useful in English.

They're also referred to as helping verbs or modal verbs.

They help to form certain verb tenses, voices and moods.

Let's take a look at them.

Be or bi, be or bi,

I'll be swimming tomorrow morning.

Can or can, can or can,

Can you lift the chair up so I can sweep under it?

Could or could, could or could,

I could leave work early to pick up the wine.

Do or da, do or da, do they always come this late?

Shall or shall, shall or shall, I shall ask him tomorrow.

Might, might.

They might stay a little longer.

Must or must, must or must.

You must allow me to take you for dinner.

Should or should, should or should,

I should really be going now.

Would or would, would or would,

I would like a skateboard for Christmas.

Will or will, will or will.

We will write to you as soon as we arrive.

Next we're going to look at some adjectives.

Some very common adjectives.

Adjectives are used to describe nouns

and they provide more detail.

All, all.

Did you put all of the food away?

Any, any, I don't have any patience

for you right now.

Different, different, can you get me a different mug?

Even, even, he wants the painting to be even on the wall.

First, first,

Ben was the first person to call me after my breakup.

Just, just, it wasn't just of him to treat you that way.

Last last, this is my last phone call.

White, white, when I opened my eyes, I saw white walls.

Many, many, we have too many boxes to move.

More, more, please could I have more potatoes?

New, new, her new shoes are black.

One, one, my dog has one blue eye and the other is brown.

Some or some, some or some.

Please could I borrow some money?

Two, two, the two trees in the garden

need to be chopped down.

Now we're moving on to adverbs.

These are words that help you to describe an adjective,

a verb, another adverb or even an entire sentence.

You may have learned that most ad verbs end in LY.

And this is true, but you will be surprised

at some of the most common ones.

Let's take a look.

Also, also, we also live up the hill.

Here, here, I live here too.

How, how, he didn't know how to speak Italian.

No, no, call no later than 7:00 PM.

Not, not, it is not snowing today.

So, so, she was so early for the party.

Then, then, we can't go back to how it was then.

Very, very, Dave was very angry after the meeting.

When, when, when will you be leaving?

Now we have some conjunctions and these are really key.

They allow us to join multiple phrases

and sentences together.

Without conjunctions, reading would be really boring.

Let's get started, and or and.

And or and clean your room and the bathroom.

Because or because, because or because,

I can't come tonight because I have work in the morning.

But or but, but or but,

they don't have a size three but they do have a size four.

If, if, she will cover for me, if I stay late tomorrow.

Or, or, we can get Chinese or Indian food,

it's up to you.

Than or than, than or than.

I'd rather stay at home than go to a nightclub.

Next we have prepositions.

These are really important.

They show you how one part

of sentence is related to another.

About, about, I'll be there in about five minutes.

At or at, at or at.

Turn right at the end of the street.

By, by, my purse is by the dining room chair.

For or for, for or for, is all of that for you?

From or from, from or from, that present is from all of us.

In, in, just put it in the box.

Into or into, into or into.

Put it into the fridge, not the oven.

On, on, the book is on the shelf.

To or to to or to, we're going to the fair today.

With, with don't leave me with him.

Finally have articles.

There are only three in English.

So I bet you can guess which ones I've included.

We have a, or a, a or a, a man came to see you today.

We have an, or an, an or an, is that an orange on the sofa?

And finally, number 100, we have the or the, the or the,

the new table looks wonderful.

Right, there you have it,

100 of the most common words in the English language.

The words that comprise the majority

of open and written English, that was a lot today.

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I will see you soon for another lesson.

Bye, so there are 100 of these.

This is gonna be a long video.

Child, she was only a child

but she could play the.

And we use them to represent actions, feelings or what.

Ooh, okay.

We are just.

(watch chiming)

This is ironic.

My watch has told me to take a mindful moment

by disturbing my work.

Thanks, Apple, bastard.

These sentences are so random.

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