MOCCU, FRC &

SAN INSTITUTE

U.S. Peace Corps

English Language Collaboration

A Basic English Key Words List

400 General Nouns

“Listening”The Cinderella Skill

First seek to Understand,

then to be Understood ~S. Covey

1. Construct A Sentence1. Account2. Act3. Addition4. Adjustment5. Advertisement6. Agreement7. Air8. Amount9. amusement10.animal

11. Answer12. Apparatus13. Approval14. Argument15. Art16. Attack17. Attempt18. Attention19. Attraction20. authority

19. Attraction20. Authority21. Back22. Balance23. Base24. Behavior25. Belief26. Birth27. Bit28. Bite29. Blood30. blow

2. Construct A Sentence31. Body32. Brass33. Bread34. Breath35. Brother36. Building37. Burn38. Burst39. Business40. butter

41. Canvas42. Care43. Cause44. Chalk45. Chance46. Change47. Cloth48. Coal49. Color50. comfort

51. Committee52. Company53. Comparison54. Competition55. Condition56. Connection57. Control58. Cook59. Copper60. copy

3. Construct A Sentence61. Cork62. Copy63. Cough64. Country65. Cover66. Crack67. Credit68. Crime69. Crush70. cry

71. Current72. curve73. damage74. Danger75. Daughter76. Day77. Death78. Debt79. Decision80. degree

81. Design82. Desire83. Destruction84. Detail85.

Development86. Digestion87. Direction88. Discovery89. Discussion90. disease

4. Construct A Sentence91. Disgust92. Distance93. Distribution94. division95. Doubt96. Drink97. Driving98. Dust99. earth100. edge

101. Education102. Effect103. End104. Error105. Event106. Example107. Exchange108. Existence109. Expansion110.experience

111. Expert112. Fact113. Fall114. Family115. Father116. Fear117. Feeling118. Fiction119. Field120. fight

5. Construct A Sentence121. Fire122. Flame123. Flight124. Flower125. Fold126. Food127. Force128. Form129. Friend130. front

101. Education102. Effect103. End104. Error105. Event106. Example107. Exchange108. Existence109. Expansion110.experience

131. Fruit132. Glass133. Gold134.

Government135. Grain136. Grass137. Grip138. Group139. Growth140. guide

6. Construct A Sentence141. Harbor142. Harmony143. Hate144. Hearing145. Heat146. Help147. History148. Hole149. Hope150. hour

151. Humor152. Ice153. Idea154. Impulse155. Increase156. Industry157. Ink158. Insect159.Instrumen

t160. insurance

161. Interest162. Invention163. Iron164. Jelly165. Join166. Journey167. Judge168. Jump169. Kick170. kiss

7. Construct A Sentence171. Knowledge172. Land173. Language174. Laugh175. Low176. Lead177. Learning178. Leather179. Letter180. level

181. Lift182. Light183. Limit184. Linen185. Liquid186. List187. Look188. Loss189. Love190.

machine

191. Man192. Manager193. Mark194. Market195. Mass196. Meal197. Measure198. Meat199. Meeting200. memory

8. Construct A Sentence201. Metal202. Middle203. Milk204. Mind205. Mine206. Minute207. Mist208. Money209. Month210. morning

211. Mother212. Motion213.

Mountain214. Move215. Music216. Name217. Nation218. Need219. News220. night

221. Noise222. Note223. Number224.

Observation225. Offer226. Oil227. Operation228. Opinion229. Order230.

organization

9. Construct A Sentence231. Ornament232. Owner233. Page234. Pain235. Paint236. Paper237. Part238. Paste239. Payment240. peace

241. Person242. Place243. Plant244. Play245. Pleasure246. Point247. Poison248. Polish249. Porter250. position

251. Powder252. Power253. Price254. Print255. Process256. Produce257. Profit258. Property259. Prose260. protest

10. Construct A Sentence261. Pull262. Punishment263. Purpose264. Push265. Quality266. Question267. Rain268. Range269. Rate270. ray

271. Reaction272. Reading273. Reason274. Record275. Regret276. Relation277. Religion278.Representa

tive279. Request280. respect

281. Rest282. Reward283. Rhythm284. Rice285. River286. Road287. Roll288. Room289. Rub290. rule

11. Construct A Sentence291. Run292. Salt293. Sand294. Scale295. Science296. Sea297. Seat298. Secretary299. Selection300. self

301. Sense302. Servant303. Sex304. Shade305. Shake306. Shame307. Shock308. Side309. Sign310. silk

311. Silver312. Sister313. Size314. Sky315. Sleep316. Slip317. Slope318. Smash319. Smell320. smile

12. Construct A Sentence321. Smoke322. Sneeze323. Snow324. Soap325. Society326. Son327. Song328. Sort329. Sound330. soup

331. Space332. Stage333. Start334.

Statement335. Steam336. Steel337. Step338. Stitch339. Stone340. stop

341. Story342. Stretch343. Structure344.

Substance345. Sugar346.Suggestio

n347. Summer348. Support349. Surprise350. swim

13. Construct A Sentence351. System352. Talk353. Taste354. Tax355. Teaching356. Tendency357. Test358. Theory359. Thing360. thought

361. Thunder362. Time363. Tin364. Top365. Touch366. Trade367.

Transport368. Trick369. Trouble370. turn

371. Twist372. Unit373. Use374. Value375. Verse376.

Vessel377. View378. Voice379. Walk380. war

14. Construct A Sentence381. Wash382. Waste383. Water384. Wave385. Wax386. Way387. Weather388. Week389. Weight390. wind

391. Wine392. Winter393. Woman394. Wood395. Wool396. Word397. Work398. Wound399. Writing400. year