> ## Knowledge Base Index > Fetch the complete knowledge base index at: https://help.readable.com/sitemap.xml > Use this file to discover available pages before exploring further. > Pure-Markdown content can be obtained by appending a '.md' suffix to the content URLs listed in the sitemap (without the trailing slash). # Ogden Basic English Words List The Ogden Basic English Word List is a valuable asset to those teaching or learning English. The 850 Ogden words are intended to be a starting point for anyone learning English. The list is as follows: * a * able * about * account * acid * acros * across * act * addition * adjustment * advertisement * after * again * against * agreement * air * all * almost * am * among * amount * amusement * an * and * angle * angry * animal * answer * ant * any * apparatu * apparatus * apple * approval * are * argument * arm * army * art * as * at * attack * attempt * attention * attraction * authority * automatic * awake * away * baby * back * bad * bag * balance * ball * band * base * basin * basket * bath * be * beautiful * because * bed * bee * been * before * behavior * being * belief * bell * bent * berry * best * better * between * bird * birth * bit * bite * bitter * black * blade * blood * blow * blue * board * boat * body * boiling * bone * book * boot * bottle * box * boy * brain * brake * branch * bras * brass * bread * breath * brick * bridge * bright * broken * brother * brown * brush * bucket * building * bulb * burn * burst * busines * business * but * butter * button * by * cake * came * camera * canva * canvas * card * care * carriage * cart * cat * cause * certain * chain * chalk * chance * change * cheap * cheese * chemical * chest * chief * chin * church * circle * clean * clear * clock * cloth * cloud * coal * coat * cold * collar * color * comb * come * comfort * coming * committee * common * company * comparison * competition * complete * complex * condition * connection * conscious * control * cook * copper * copy * cord * cork * cotton * cough * country * cover * cow * crack * credit * crime * cruel * crush * cry * cup * current * curtain * curve * cushion * cut * damage * danger * dark * daughter * day * dead * dear * death * debt * decision * deep * degree * delicate * dependent * design * desire * destruction * detail * development * did * different * digestion * direction * dirty * discovery * discussion * disease * disgust * distance * distribution * division * do * doe * does * dog * doing * done * door * doubt * down * drain * drawer * dres * dress * drink * driving * drop * dry * dust * ear * early * earth * east * economic * economics * edge * education * effect * egg * elastic * electric * end * engine * enough * equal * error * even * event * ever * every * example * exchange * existence * expansion * experience * expert * eye * face * fact * fall * false * family * far * farm * farther * farthest * fat * father * fear * feather * feeble * feeling * female * fertile * fiction * field * fight * finger * fire * first * fish * fixed * flag * flame * flat * flight * floor * flower * fly * fold * food * foolish * foot * for * force * fork * form * forward * fowl * frame * free * frequent * friend * from * front * fruit * full * further * furthest * future * garden * gat * gave * general * get * getting * girl * give * given * giving * glas * glass * glove * go * goat * goe * goes * going * gold * gone * good * got * gotten * government * grain * gras * grass * great * green * grey/gray * grip * group * growth * guide * gun * had * hair * hammer * hand * hanging * happy * harbor * hard * harmony * has * hat * hate * hath * have * having * he * head * healthy * hearing * heart * heat * help * her * here * hers * hi * high * him * his * history * hole * hollow * hook * hope * horn * horse * hospital * hour * house * how * humor * ice * idea * if * ill * important * impulse * in * increase * industry * ink * inner * insect * instrument * insurance * interest * international * invention * iron * is * island * it * its * itself * keep * keeping * kept * kettle * key * kick * kind * kis * kiss * knee * knife * knot * knowledge * land * language * last * late * laugh * law * lead * leaf * learning * least * leather * left * leg * less * let * letter * level * library * lift * light * like * limit * line * linen * lip * liquid * list * little * living * lock * long * look * loose * los * loss * loud * love * low * machine * made * make * making * male * man * manager * map * mark * market * married * mas * mass * match * material * may * me * meal * measure * meat * mechanic * mechanics * medical * meeting * memory * metal * middle * might * military * milk * mind * mine * minute * mist * mixed * money * monkey * month * moon * more * morning * most * mother * motion * mountain * mouth * move * much * muscle * music * my * nail * name * narrow * nation * natural * near * nearer * nearest * necessary * neck * need * needle * nerve * net * never * new * news * night * no * noise * normal * north * nose * not * note * now * number * nut * observation * of * off * offer * office * oil * old * on * one * only * open * operation * opinion * opposite * or * orange * order * organization * ornament * other * our * ours * out * outer * oven * over * owner * page * pain * paint * paper * parallel * parcel * part * past * paste * payment * peace * pen * pencil * person * physical * picture * pig * pin * pipe * place * plane * plant * plate * play * please * pleasure * plough/plow * pocket * point * poison * polish * political * poor * porter * position * possible * pot * potato * powder * power * present * price * print * prison * private * probable * proces * process * produce * profit * property * prose * protest * public * pull * pump * punishment * purpose * push * put * rail * rain * range * rat * rate * ray * reaction * reading * ready * reason * receipt * record * red * regret * regular * relation * religion * representative * request * respect * responsible * rest * reward * rhythm * rice * right * ring * river * road * rod * roll * roof * room * root * rough * round * rub * rule * run * sad * safe * said * sail * salt * same * sand * saw * say * saying * scale * school * science * scissor * scissors * screw * sea * seat * second * secret * secretary * see * seed * seeing * seem * seen * selection * self * send * sending * sense * sent * separate * seriou * serious * servant * sex * shade * shake * shame * sharp * she * sheep * shelf * ship * shirt * shock * shoe * short * shut * side * sign * silk * silver * simple * sister * size * skin * skirt * sky * sleep * slip * slope * slow * small * smash * smell * smile * smoke * smooth * snake * sneeze * snow * so * soap * society * sock * soft * solid * some * son * song * sort * sound * soup * south * space * spade * special * sponge * spoon * spring * square * stage * stamp * star * start * statement * station * steam * steel * stem * step * stick * sticky * stiff * still * stitch * stocking * stomach * stone * stop * store * story * straight * strange * street * stretch * strong * structure * substance * such * sudden * sugar * suggestion * summer * sun * support * surprise * sweet * swim * system * table * tail * take * taken * taking * talk * tall * taste * tax * teaching * tendency * test * than * that * the * their * them * then * theory * there * these * they * thi * thick * thin * thing * this * those * though * thought * thread * throat * through * thumb * thunder * ticket * tight * till * time * tin * tired * to * toe * together * tomorrow * tongue * took * tooth * top * touch * town * trade * train * transport * tray * tree * trick * trouble * trouser * trousers * true * turn * twist * umbrella * under * unit * up * us * value * verse * very * vessel * view * violent * waiting * walk * wall * war * warm * was * wash * waste * watch * water * wave * wax * way * we * weather * week * weight * well * went * were * west * wet * what * wheel * when * where * which * while * whip * whistle * white * who * whom * whose * why * wide * will * wind * window * wine * wing * winter * wire * wise * with * woman * wood * wool * word * work * worm * worse * worst * would * wound * writing * wrong * year * yellow * yes * yesterday * you * young * your * yours