I’ve been learning English for two months. Although I had learned English in my student days, I forgot all of it after working for a few years. Now, I want to learn it again. In my learning time, I think of remembering vocabulary is the biggest problem for me. Neither the programmer nor the pronounce is hard for me. But when I reading an English book or an English webpage, I find that I don’t know the words about 20% in the article. That let reading be an ordeal for me. I need to keep checking the dictionary and that let my reading speed very slowly.
I know learning vocabulary is a long work, but I can learn more basic vocabularies to quickly improve my reading level at beginning. The following are some frequently used vocabularies.
Nouns
Animal
Singular
Plural
dog
dogs
cat
cats
fish
fish
bird
birds
pig
pigs
mouse
mouses
horse
horses
wing
wings
animal
animals
Traffic
Singular
Plural
train
trains
plane
planes
car
cars
truck
trucks
bicycle
bicycles
bus
buses
boat
boats
ship
ships
tire
tires
gasoline
engine
engines
ticket
tickets
transportation
map
maps
Place
Singular
Plural
city
cities
house
houses
apartment
apartments
street/road
streets/roads
airport
airports
train station
train stations
bridge
bridges
hotel
hotels
restaurant
restaurants
farm
farms
court
courts
school
schools
office
offices
room
rooms
town
towns
university
universities
club
clubs
bar
bars
park
parks
camp
camps
store
stores
shop
shops
mall
malls
theater
theaters
library
libraries
hospital
hospitals
church
churches
market
markets
building
buildings
bank
banks
location
locations
Country
Country
Person
China
Chinese
Japan
Japanese
Korea
Korean
India
Indian
Thailand
Thai
UK/Britain/England/English
Englishman
USA
American
Canada
Canadian
France
French
Germany
German
Spain
Spanish
Italy
Italian
Portugal
Portuguese
Netherland
Dutch
Greece
Greek
Russia
Russian
Arab
Arabic
Egypt
Egyptian
Turkey
Turkish
Brazil
Brazilian
Australian
Australian
Cloth
Singular
Plural
hat
hats
dress
dresses
suit
suits
shirt
shirts
T-shirt
T-shirts
pants
shoes
pocket
pockets
coat
coats
stain
stains
clothing
Color
-
-
red
green
blue
yellow
brown
pink
orange
black
white
grey / gray
colour / color
Person
Singular
Plural
son
sons
daughter
daughters
mother
mothers
father
fathers
parent
parents
baby
babies
man
men
woman
women
brother
brothers
sister
sisters
family
families
grandfather
grandfathers
grandmother
grandmothers
husband
husbands
wife
wives
king
kings
queen
queens
president
presidents
neighbor
neighbors
boy
boys
girl
girls
child
children
adult
adults
human
humans
friend
friends
victim
victims
player
players
fan
fans
crowd
crowds
person
people
Body
Singular
Plural
head
heads
neck
necks
face
faces
beard
beards
hair
eye
eyes
mouth
mouths
lip
lips
nose
noses
tooth
teeth
ear
ears
tongue
tongues
back
backs
toe
toes
finger
fingers
foot
feet
hand
hands
leg
legs
arm
arms
shoulder
shoulders
heart
hearts
blood
brain
brains
knee
knees
sweat
disease
diseases
bone
bones
voice
voices
skin
body
bodies
pain
injury
injuries
Work
Singular
Plural
teacher
teachers
student
students
lawyer
lawyers
doctor
doctors
patient
patients
waiter
waiters
secretary
secretaries
priest
priests
police
polices
army
armies
soldier
soldiers
artist
artists
author
authors
manager
managers
reporter
reporters
actor
actors
job
jobs
Social
-
-
-
religion
heaven
hell
death
medicine
money
dollar
bill
marriage
wedding
team
race(种族)
sex
gender
murder
prison
technology
energy
war
peace
attack
election
magazine
newspaper
poison
gun
sport
exercise
ball
game
price
contract
drug
sign
science
god
race(运动)
Art & Entertainment
Singular
Plural
band
bands
song
songs
instrument
instruments
music
movie
movies
art
Food & Drink
-
-
-
egg
cheese
bread
soup
cake
chicken
pork
beef
apple
banana
orange
lemon
corn
rice
oil
seed
knife
spoon
fork
plate
cup
breakfast
lunch
dinner
sugar
salt
bottle
food
coffee
tea
wine
beer
juice
water
milk
beverage
Furniture & Electrical
-
-
-
-
table
chair
bed
dream
window
door
bedroom
kitchen
bathroom
pencil
pen
photograph
soap
book
page
key
paint
letter
note
wall
paper
floor
ceiling
roof
pool
lock
telephone
garden
yard
needle
bag
box
gift
card
ring
tool
clock
lamp
fan
cell phone
network
computer
software
application/app
image
video
laptop
screen
camera
television
radio
hole
Nature
-
-
-
sea
ocean
river
mountain
rain
snow
tree
sun
moon
world
Earth
forest
sky
plant
wind
soil / earth
flower
valley
root
lake
star
grass
leaf
air
sand
beach
wave
fire
ice
island
hill
heat
nature
light
sound
Material
-
-
glass
metal
plastic
wood
stone
diamond
clay
dust
gold
copper
silver
material
Unit
-
-
meter
centimeter
kilogram
inch
foot
pound
half
circle
square
temperature
date
weight
Articles & Pronouns
Articles
-
-
a
the
this
that
these
those
Pronouns
-
-
-
-
-
I
me
my
mine
myself
we
us
our
ours
ourselves
you
you
your
yours
yourself / yourselves
he
him
his
his
himself
she
her
her
hers
herself
it
it
its
its
itself
they
them
their
theirs
themselves
Infinitive
-
-
-
-
all
some
no
any
many
much
more
less
a few
several
whole
a little
a lot of
both
neither
each
every
other
another
same
different
such
someone
somebody
something
some
a few
a little
more
less
anyone
anybody
anything
any
either
much
many
no-one
nobody
nothing
none
neither
everyone
everybody
everything
each
both
all
one
another
Questions
-
-
what
who
when
where
why
how
whose
how many(how much)
Adjectives
Property
-
-
-
-
big
little
small
heavy
high
low
hot
cold
warm
easy
difficult
cheap
expensive
clean
dirty
beautiful
funny
usual
common
nice
pretty
wonderful
boring
interesting
dangerous
safe
short
tall
long
new
old
calm
clear
dry
fast
slow
finished
free
full
light
open
quiet
ready
strong
Good & Bad
-
-
-
bad
good
terrible
important
urgent
necessary
possible
impossible
right
wrong
true
Man
-
-
-
afraid
alone
angry
certain
cheerful
dead
famous
glad
happy
ill
kind
married
pleased
sorry
stupid
surprised
tired
well
worried
young
Numerals
0-19
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
eleven
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen
.
twenty
thirty
forty
fifty
sixty
seventy
eighty
ninety
.
20 - Infinity
-
-
25
twenty-five
100
one hundred
258
two hundred and fifty-eight
1,000
one thousand
2,000
two thousand
1,111
one thousand one hundred and eleven
1,285
one thousand two hundred and eighty-five
999,999
nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
1,000,000
one million
1,000,000,000
one billion
xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx
xxx billion xxx million xxx thousand xxx
Ordinal
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
first
second
third
fourth
fifth
sixth
seventh
eighth(t)
ninth(e)
eleventh
twelfth
thirteenth
fourteenth
fifteenth
sixteenth
seventeenth
eighteenth
nineteenth
twenty-fifth
Verbs
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
arrive
ask
be
be able to
become
begin
believe
borrow
bring
buy
can
change
check
collect
come
continue
cry
do
drop
eat
fall
feel
find
finish
forget
give
going to
have
have to
hear
help
hold
hope
hurt
keep
know
laugh
learn
leave
lend
let
lie down
like
listen
live
look at
look for
lose
love
make
may
mean
meet
must
need
obtain
open
ought to
pay
play
put
read
remember
say
see
sell
send
should
show
shut
sing
sleep
speak
stand
stay
stop
suggest
take
talk
teach
think
travel
try
understand
use
used to
wait for
walk
want
watch
will
work
worry
would
write
Adverbs
Time
-
-
-
-
now
soon
immediately
quickly
finally
again
once
for a long time
today
generally
sometimes
always
often
before
after
early
late
never
not yet
still
already
then
yesterday
tomorrow
tonight
Space
-
-
-
-
here
there
above
over
below
in front
behind
nearby
a long way away
inside
outside
left
right
somewhere
anywhere
everywhere
nowhere
home
upstairs
downstairs
Count
-
-
a little
about
almost
at least
completely
very
enough
exactly
just
not
too much
more
less
Function
-
-
-
also
especially
gradually
of course
only
otherwise
perhaps
probably
quite
so
too
unfortunately
very much
well
Prepositions
Normal
-
-
of
to
at
for
from
in
on
Time
-
-
after
ago
before
during
since
until
Space
-
-
-
into
out of
outside
towards
away from
behind
in front of
beside
next to
between
above
on top of
below
under
underneath
near to
a long way from
through
Logic
-
-
about
according-to
except
like
against
with
without
by
despite
instead of
Conjunctions
Normal
-
-
and
but
or
as
than
like
Time & Space
-
-
when
while
before
after
since
until
where
Function
-
-
how
why
because
although
if
want
who
whom
whose
which
that
Interjections
Attitudes
-
-
okay(ok)
yes
no
please
sorry
excuse me
thanks
no problem
no way
congratulations
Say Hello
-
-
hello(hi)
goodbye(bye)
good morning
good afternoon
good evening
good night
see you
nice to meet you
All of the above are all of the basic vocabulary you should learn. The most important category is the Verbs and the Prepositions. We can’t only remember the base means of the words. We must deep into it through some dictionaries.
Before we learn more complex vocabularies, we can always use these simple words to replace the complex words.
The Nouns aren’t very important for us. You don’t have to remember many of them at the beginning. Not knowing how to say a thing in English, you can find a dictionary and check it. The more you use more you remember.
