Essential Vocabulary Verbs

act

add

answer

appear

ask

allow

arrive

be*

become*

begin*

believe

blow*

bring*

burn*

buy*

call

can

care

carry

catch*

cause

close

come*

consider

continue

cost*

cover

cross

cry

cut*

demand

die

do*

dress

drink*

drive*

drop

eat*

end

fall*

feel*

fight*

fill

find*

fly*

follow

give*

go*

grow*

happen

have*

hear*

help

hold*

hope

increase

keep*

know*

laugh

lay

lead*

learn

leave*

let*

lie

like

live

look

love

make*

mark

marry

matter

may

mean*

measure

meet*

mind

miss

move

must

need

open

own

pay*

play

please

produce

put*

reach

read*

receive

remain

remember

rest

return

ride*

run

say*

see*

serve

set

should

show

sing*

sit*

smile

speak*

stand*

start

stop

supply

suppose

take*

talk

tell*

think*

try

turn (on/off)

use

visit

wait

walk

want

watch

wish

work

write*

afraid

alone

angry

bad

beautiful

best

better

big

blue

busy

cold

dark

different

difficult

early

easy

fair

false

famous

far

fast

fat

foreign

free

full

general

good

great

green

grey

happy

hard

heavy

high

hot

human

important

independent

kind

large

last

late

lazy

least

left

less

light

little

long

low

national

new

next

old

pleasant

poor

possible

present

public

ready

real

red

rich

right

round

same

short

silver

small

strong

such

sure

sweet

true

warm

wet

white

whole

wide

wrong

again

ago

almost

aloud

already

also

always

as

away

back

badly

certainly

down

early

enough

even

ever

far

hard

here

however

just

near

never

now

often

once

perhaps

quite

seldom

simply

so

sometimes

soon

still

then

today

together

tomorrow

too

usually

very

well

where

yesterday

yet

and

because

both … and

but

either … or

if

neither … nor

not only … but also …

or

since

while

about

above

across

after

against

along

among

around

at

before

behind

between

by

during

for

from

in

in front of

into

near

of

off

on

out

out of

over

through

till

to

toward

under

up

upon

with

within

without

(break sth) by accident

according to (the weather forecast)

an advertisement for sth

(to be) afraid of (dogs)

at the age of (six)

(I don't) agree with (you)

(to) apply for (a job)

(to) argue with sb about sth

(to) arrive at (the station) = at a place

(to) arrive in (England) = in a country

(This machine's) out of order

(to) pay (£500) for (a car)

(to) point (a gun) at sb/sth

(to) rely on sb/sth

as a result

(to) sell sth for (£300)

(to) share sth with sb

(Your shirt is) similar to (mine).

(to) speak to sb about sth

(to) spend money on (clothes)

(to) steal sth from sb

a story about sb/sth

(to) be on strike for (more money)

(to) suffer from sth

(to) talk to sb about sth

on television

(to) think about (What are you thinking about?)

(to) think of (What do you think of Van Gogh?)

(to) throw (tomatoes) at sb

a ticket for (a concert)

(to) be tired of sb/sth

(to) get in touch with sb

(to) wait for sb/sth

on the way (to school)

(to) work as (a teacher)

(to) work for (an organization)

(to) worry about sb/sth

to write (a letter) to sb

(to) ask for sth

(to) be aware of (a problem)

(to) believe in (God)

(to) belong to sb

(to) be bored with sb/sth

(to) go by bus, train, car

(Have you got) change for (a pound)?

(I'm) in charge.

on the coast

(I) come from (Scotland)

Compared with (other schools, this one is cheap)

(to) complain about (the food)

in (good) condition

(to) deal with (a problem)

(She has a) degree in (English literature).

(to) depend on (the weather)

(to) develop into (a big business)

(to) die of (a heart attack)

(to be) different from/to sb/sth

(Your country is) different from/to (mine).

in the distance

(to) dream about sb/sth

(to be) fed up with sb/sth

(to) fight against sb/sth

(to) find out about sb/sth

on a flight to (London)

(to live) on the (third) floor

(to) forget about sb/sth

(to be) full of (energy)

(to) get on (well) with sb

(to) go out with sb = be boyfriend and girlfriend

(to be) good at sth

(to be) on holiday

(to be) at home (But (to) go home)

(to be) impressed by sb/sth

(to) have an interview for a job

(to) invite sb to (a party) or for (dinner)

(to) laugh at sb/sth

(to) listen to sb/sth

(to) be interested in sb/sth

(to) look after (sb who is ill)

(to) look at (a picture)

(to) look for (sth you have lost)

(to) look forward to (a holiday)

(to) be in love with sb

(We've got lamb) for (lunch/dinner).

(to be) married to sb

(The room's) in a mess.

in the north/south

(to) operate on sb

in the (19th) century