1000 Word List

Level A   Level B   Level C   Level D   Level E   Level F   Level G

A PDF version of this list is available to print (pages 3-4 of the handout for this workshop).

Level A

  • List 1
    1. am
    2. an
    3. at
  • List 2
    1. I
    2. if
    3. in
    4. it
  • List 3
    1. on
    2. not
    3. got

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Level B

  • List 4
    1. and
    2. can
    3. plan
    4. hand
    5. stand
    6. man
    7. than
    8. that
    9. last
    10. as
    11. ask
    12. had
    13. has
    14. was
    15. a
  • List 5
    1. let
    2. get
    3. yes
    4. red
    5. led
    6. men
    7. end
    8. went
    9. then
    10. them
    11. best
    12. felt
    13. help
    14. next
    15. kept
  • List 6
    1. is
    2. his
    3. him
    4. big
    5. did
    6. win
    7. sit
    8. quit
    9. wish
    10. with
    11. list
    12. this
    13. the
    14. they
    15. are
  • List 7
    1. hot
    2. lot
    3. dog
    4. cost
    5. stop
    6. drop
    7. us
    8. up
    9. but
    10. cut
    11. run
    12. just
    13. must
    14. much
    15. such
  • List 8
    1. back
    2. black
    3. check
    4. sick
    5. clock
    6. luck
    7. quick
    8. off
    9. class
    10. pass
    11. less
    12. miss
    13. you
    14. your
    15. our
  • List 9
    1. all
    2. call
    3. small
    4. well
    5. tell
    6. fill
    7. will
    8. still
    9. full
    10. have
    11. gave
    12. give
    13. live
    14. five
    15. move
  • List 10
    1. go
    2. no
    3. so
    4. do
    5. to
    6. be
    7. he
    8. me
    9. we
    10. she
    11. by
    12. my
    13. try
    14. cry
    15. fly
  • List 11
    1. came
    2. same
    3. name
    4. game
    5. ate
    6. state
    7. age
    8. page
    9. take
    10. make
    11. made
    12. grade
    13. sale
    14. face
    15. place
  • List 12
    1. time
    2. nine
    3. line
    4. shine
    5. nice
    6. price
    7. life
    8. quite
    9. like
    10. mile
    11. smile
    12. fire
    13. wide
    14. side
    15. size
  • List 13
    1. day
    2. may
    3. pay
    4. lay
    5. way
    6. away
    7. gray
    8. play
    9. stay
    10. say
    11. said
    12. were
    13. here
    14. there
    15. these
  • List 14
    1. home
    2. hope
    3. note
    4. chose
    5. close
    6. those
    7. broke
    8. love
    9. above
    10. some
    11. come
    12. one
    13. done
    14. gone
    15. use

Level C

  • List 15
    1. free
    2. three
    3. see
    4. seem
    5. seen
    6. green
    7. deep
    8. sleep
    9. keep
    10. street
    11. meet
    12. week
    13. feel
    14. need
    15. been
  • List 16
    1. car
    2. far
    3. dark
    4. hard
    5. arm
    6. warm
    7. war
    8. art
    9. part
    10. start
    11. large
    12. talk
    13. walk
    14. want
    15. her
  • List 17
    1. or
    2. for
    3. north
    4. short
    5. horse
    6. house
    7. out
    8. about
    9. around
    10. found
    11. ground
    12. south
    13. hour
    14. oh
    15. of
  • List 18
    1. took
    2. look
    3. book
    4. stood
    5. foot
    6. good
    7. goodbye
    8. hello
    9. even
    10. evening
    11. morning
    12. blue
    13. true
    14. boy
    15. their
  • List 19
    1. asked
    2. called
    3. looked
    4. played
    5. stayed
    6. filled
    7. doing
    8. going
    9. playing
    10. trying
    11. crying
    12. being
    13. feeling
    14. goes
    15. does
  • List 20
    1. old
    2. cold
    3. told
    4. both
    5. most
    6. find
    7. mind
    8. kind
    9. child
    10. second
    11. month
    12. among
    13. front
    14. from
    15. other
  • List 21
    1. once
    2. four
    3. two
    4. six
    5. seven
    6. any
    7. many
    8. never
    9. ever
    10. every
    11. very
    12. would
    13. could
    14. should
    15. shall
  • List 22
    1. its
    2. it's
    3. that's
    4. let's
    5. I'll
    6. I'm
    7. they're
    8. you're
    9. can't
    10. don't
    11. didn't
    12. doesn't
    13. aren't
    14. weren't
    15. haven't
  • List 23
    1. who
    2. who's
    3. whose
    4. lose
    5. why
    6. what
    7. when
    8. where
    9. which
    10. whether
    11. white
    12. while
    13. awhile
    14. whole
    15. more
  • List 24
    1. act
    2. fact
    3. saw
    4. draw
    5. work
    6. word
    7. world
    8. only
    9. open
    10. over
    11. under
    12. after
    13. become
    14. became
    15. welcome
  • List 25
    1. itself
    2. himself
    3. themselves
    4. into
    5. upon
    6. forget
    7. maybe
    8. cannot
    9. today
    10. inside
    11. outside
    12. without
    13. understand
    14. another
    15. put

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Level D

  • List 26
    1. along
    2. long
    3. length
    4. strong
    5. strength
    6. spring
    7. bring
    8. thing
    9. think
    10. thank you
    11. year
    12. near
    13. hear
    14. dear
    15. clear
  • List 27
    1. weak
    2. speak
    3. each
    4. reach
    5. teach
    6. teacher
    7. eat
    8. cheat
    9. easy
    10. east
    11. least
    12. please
    13. leave
    14. real
    15. really
  • List 28
    1. sea
    2. season
    3. reason
    4. lead
    5. leader
    6. clean
    7. team
    8. mean
    9. meant
    10. read
    11. ready
    12. case
    13. care
    14. scare
    15. animal
  • List 29
    1. now
    2. how
    3. however
    4. down
    5. brown
    6. town
    7. allow
    8. power
    9. dirty
    10. bird
    11. girl
    12. third
    13. first
    14. begin
    15. began
  • List 30
    1. too
    2. loose
    3. food
    4. moon
    5. soon
    6. room
    7. smooth
    8. school
    9. afternoon
    10. choose
    11. eye
    12. body
    13. copy
    14. wear
    15. bear
  • List 31
    1. own
    2. know
    3. known
    4. show
    5. shown
    6. blow
    7. slow
    8. grow
    9. throw
    10. low
    11. below
    12. follow
    13. yellow
    14. window
    15. tomorrow
  • List 32
    1. wait
    2. waiting
    3. rain
    4. plain
    5. main
    6. paid
    7. laid
    8. fail
    9. again
    10. against
    11. afraid
    12. air
    13. fair
    14. hair
    15. raise
  • List 33
    1. new
    2. knew
    3. few
    4. blew
    5. threw
    6. view
    7. die
    8. died
    9. lie
    10. believe
    11. pie
    12. piece
    13. field
    14. chief
    15. heart
  • List 34
    1. better
    2. matter
    3. gotten
    4. dinner
    5. summer
    6. sudden
    7. happen
    8. happened
    9. suppose
    10. supposed to
    11. bottom
    12. great
    13. break
    14. breakfast
    15. quiet
  • List 35
    1. stepped
    2. slipped
    3. grabbed
    4. planned
    5. planning
    6. dropped
    7. dropping
    8. stopped
    9. stopping
    10. hopping
    11. getting
    12. running
    13. sledding
    14. swimming
    15. beginning
  • List 36
    1. tired
    2. scared
    3. liked
    4. lived
    5. used to
    6. using
    7. shining
    8. dining
    9. taking
    10. making
    11. moving
    12. giving
    13. living
    14. hoping
    15. coming

Level E

  • List 37
    1. nobody
    2. nothing
    3. anyway
    4. anybody
    5. everyone
    6. everything
    7. everywhere
    8. somebody
    9. something
    10. somewhere
    11. sometimes
    12. catch
    13. watch
    14. stretch
    15. little
  • List 38
    1. cover
    2. later
    3. center
    4. corner
    5. water
    6. winter
    7. wonder
    8. wonderful
    9. careful
    10. awful
    11. until
    12. yesterday
    13. type
    14. road
    15. board
  • List 39
    1. weather
    2. measure
    3. heavy
    4. head
    5. bread
    6. dead
    7. death
    8. instead
    9. pleasant
    10. search
    11. heard
    12. early
    13. earth
    14. learn
    15. learned
  • List 40
    1. fight
    2. light
    3. might
    4. night
    5. right
    6. tight
    7. high
    8. Mr.
    9. Ms.
    10. (your city)
    11. (your state)
    12. America
    13. American
    14. United States
    15. buy
  • List 41
    1. bought
    2. brought
    3. thought
    4. though
    5. through
    6. enough
    7. tough
    8. touch
    9. young
    10. group
    11. before
    12. because
    13. between
    14. private
    15. friend
  • List 42
    1. write
    2. writer
    3. writing
    4. handwriting
    5. wrote
    6. wrong
    7. wreck
    8. written
    9. laugh
    10. laughed
    11. laughter
    12. caught
    13. taught
    14. course
    15. fourth
  • List 43
    1. Sunday
    2. Monday
    3. Tuesday
    4. Wednesday
    5. Thursday
    6. Friday
    7. Saturday
    8. hurt
    9. turn
    10. return
    11. during
    12. purpose
    13. further
    14. sure
    15. sugar
  • List 44
    1. circle
    2. single
    3. middle
    4. people
    5. chocolate
    6. favorite
    7. trouble
    8. terrible
    9. remember
    10. important
    11. surprise
    12. surprised
    13. program
    14. problem
    15. promise
  • List 45
    1. busy
    2. city
    3. story
    4. enemy
    5. hungry
    6. country
    7. lucky
    8. study
    9. sorry
    10. carry
    11. hurry
    12. happy
    13. pretty
    14. family
    15. beauty
  • List 46
    1. always
    2. almost
    3. already
    4. although
    5. alone
    6. lonely
    7. across
    8. unless
    9. recess
    10. address
    11. lesson
    12. carrying
    13. hurrying
    14. studying
    15. student
  • List 47
    1. cries
    2. countries
    3. families
    4. stories
    5. tried
    6. hurried
    7. carried
    8. studied
    9. prettier
    10. earlier
    11. easiest
    12. luckily
    13. happiness
    14. business
    15. beautiful

Level F

  • List 48
    1. noise
    2. noisy
    3. point
    4. voice
    5. poison
    6. prison
    7. person
    8. period
    9. perhaps
    10. perfect
    11. else
    12. idea
    13. office
    14. notice
    15. practice
  • List 49
    1. mountain
    2. captain
    3. certain
    4. certainly
    5. entertain
    6. eleven
    7. twelve
    8. twenty-one
    9. forty
    10. nineteen
    11. ninety
    12. hundred
    13. thousand
    14. million
    15. clothes
  • List 50
    1. sister
    2. mother
    3. brother
    4. father
    5. grandfather
    6. grandma
    7. daughter
    8. son
    9. parents
    10. uncle
    11. aunt
    12. cousin
    13. niece
    14. nephew
    15. relative
  • List 51
    1. stairs
    2. prairie
    3. duty
    4. rules
    5. minute
    6. secret
    7. secretary
    8. hospital
    9. enjoy
    10. destroy
    11. together
    12. forest
    13. northern
    14. modern
    15. pattern
  • List 52
    1. January
    2. February
    3. March
    4. April
    5. May
    6. June
    7. July
    8. August
    9. September
    10. October
    11. November
    12. December
    13. library
    14. a lot
    15. all right
  • List 53
    1. sentence
    2. often
    3. fasten
    4. listen
    5. listened
    6. doubt
    7. climb
    8. climbed
    9. climbing
    10. answer
    11. half
    12. blood
    13. poor
    14. central
    15. medicine
  • List 54
    1. ridge
    2. bridge
    3. edge
    4. knowledge
    5. able
    6. table
    7. simple
    8. article
    9. possible
    10. impossible
    11. ache
    12. stomach
    13. character
    14. tragedy
    15. force
  • List 55
    1. woman
    2. women
    3. children
    4. final
    5. finally
    6. social
    7. special
    8. especially
    9. since
    10. sincerely
    11. barely
    12. safety
    13. statement
    14. argue
    15. arctic
  • List 56
    1. several
    2. toward
    3. probably
    4. language
    5. guess
    6. guard
    7. guilty
    8. built
    9. build
    10. building
    11. island
    12. sign
    13. key
    14. money
    15. etc.
  • List 57
    1. tie
    2. tying
    3. author
    4. motor
    5. doctor
    6. argument
    7. truly
    8. interest
    9. interesting
    10. skiing
    11. passed
    12. straight
    13. absent
    14. gym
    15. bicycle
  • List 58
    1. sense
    2. pocket
    3. ticket
    4. nickel
    5. figure
    6. picture
    7. speech
    8. regular
    9. dollar
    10. calendar
    11. question
    12. direction
    13. action
    14. addition
    15. attention

Level G

  • List 59
    1. accept
    2. except
    3. excellent
    4. excuse
    5. excite
    6. exciting
    7. excitement
    8. example
    9. exercise
    10. experience
    11. explain
    12. expect
    13. develop
    14. development
    15. government
  • List 60
    1. carefully
    2. complete
    3. completely
    4. extremely
    5. definite
    6. definitely
    7. actual
    8. actually
    9. usual
    10. usually
    11. practical
    12. practically
    13. generally
    14. immediate
    15. immediately
  • List 61
    1. music
    2. misspell
    3. magazine
    4. lightning
    5. opinion
    6. benefit
    7. different
    8. difference
    9. patient
    10. intelligent
    11. independent
    12. independence
    13. reference
    14. existence
    15. convenient
  • List 62
    1. eight
    2. weight
    3. height
    4. neighbor
    5. leisure
    6. either
    7. neither
    8. deceive
    9. receive
    10. receipt
    11. seize
    12. weird
    13. foreign
    14. rhythm
    15. grammar
  • List 63
    1. incident
    2. accident
    3. accidentally
    4. escape
    5. innocent
    6. difficult
    7. guarantee
    8. procedure
    9. responsible
    10. separate
    11. restaurant
    12. similar
    13. particular
    14. poem
    15. disease
  • List 64
    1. affect
    2. effect
    3. suggest
    4. prepare
    5. continue
    6. imagine
    7. concentrate
    8. education
    9. national
    10. describe
    11. description
    12. repeat
    13. repetition
    14. pronunciation
    15. identify
  • List 65
    1. approach
    2. opportunity
    3. necessary
    4. recommend
    5. appear
    6. disappear
    7. disappoint
    8. exaggerate
    9. accommodate
    10. committee
    11. embarrass
    12. opposite
    13. parallel
    14. sandwich
    15. system
  • List 66
    1. college
    2. privilege
    3. achieve
    4. relief
    5. control
    6. commit
    7. occur
    8. occurring
    9. occurred
    10. occurrence
    11. equipped
    12. referred
    13. area
    14. journal
    15. machine
  • List 67
    1. summary
    2. apology
    3. apologize
    4. realize
    5. recognize
    6. criticize
    7. criticism
    8. perform
    9. distance
    10. acquaint
    11. acquaintance
    12. appearance
    13. brilliant
    14. peculiar
    15. familiar
  • List 68
    1. principle
    2. principal
    3. physical
    4. decide
    5. decided
    6. decision
    7. occasion
    8. success
    9. succeed
    10. profession
    11. professor
    12. possess
    13. progress
    14. discuss
    15. discussion
  • List 69
    1. scene
    2. fascinate
    3. discipline
    4. scissors
    5. science
    6. conscience
    7. conscious
    8. nervous
    9. jealous
    10. serious
    11. humorous
    12. continuous
    13. mischievous
    14. delicious
    15. appreciate

    

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