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1–50
the, be, to, of, and, a, in, that, have, I, it, for, not, on, with, he, as, you, do, at, this, but, his, by, from, they, we, say, her, she, or, an, will, my, one, all, would, there, their, what, so, up, out, if, about, who, get, which, go, me

51–100
when, make, can, like, time, no, just, him, know, take, people, into, year, your, good, some, could, them, see, other, than, then, now, look, only, come, its, over, think, also, back, after, use, two, how, our, work, first, well, way, even, new, want, because, any, these, give, day, most, us

101–150
is, was, are, were, had, been, has, more, did, number, find, long, down, own, still, should, must, much, great, where, right, too, mean, old, tell, boy, follow, came, show, every, small, around, form, another, three, place, end, put, home, read, hand, port, large, spell, add, land, here, high, such, act, why, men

151–200
change, went, light, kind, off, need, house, picture, try, us, again, animal, point, mother, world, near, build, self, earth, father, head, stand, page, should, country, found, answer, school, grow, study, still, learn, plant, cover, food, sun, four, thought, let, city, tree, cross, farm, hard, start, might, story, saw, far, sea, draw, left

201–250
late, run, don’t, while, press, close, night, real, life, few, north, open, seem, together, next, white, children, begin, got, walk, example, ease, paper, group, always, music, those, both, mark, often, letter, until, mile, river, car, feet, care, second, book, carry, took, science, eat, room, friend, began, idea, fish, mountain, stop, once

251–300
base, hear, horse, cut, sure, watch, color, face, wood, main, enough, plain, girl, usual, young, ready, above, ever, red, list, though, feel, talk, bird, soon, body, dog, family, direct, pose, leave, song, measure, state, product, black, short, numeral, class, wind, question, happen, complete, ship, area, half, rock, order, fire, south, problem

301–350
piece, told, knew, pass, since, top, whole, king, space, heard, best, hour, better, true, during, hundred, five, remember, step, early, hold, west, ground, interest, reach, fast, verb, sing, listen, six, table, travel, less, morning, ten, simple, several, vowel, toward, war, lay, against, pattern, slow, center, love, person, money, serve, appear, road, map

351–400
rain, rule, govern, pull, cold, notice, voice, unit, power, town, fine, certain, fly, fall, lead, cry, dark, machine, note, wait, plan, figure, star, box, noun, field, rest, correct, able, pound, done, beauty, drive, stood, contain, front, teach, week, final, gave, green, oh, quick, develop, ocean, warm, free, minute, strong, special

401–450
mind, behind, clear, tail, produce, fact, street, inch, lot, nothing, course, stay, wheel, full, force, blue, object, decide, surface, deep, moon, island, foot, system, busy, test, record, boat, common, gold, possible, plane, age, dry, wonder, laugh, thousand, ago, ran, check, game, shape, yes, hot, miss, brought, heat, snow, bed, bring, sit, perhaps

451–500
fill, east, weight, language, among, grand, ball, yet, wave, drop, heart, am, present, heavy, dance, engine, position, arm, wide, sail, material, size, vary, settle, speak, weight, general, ice, matter, circle, pair, include, divide, syllable, felt, perhaps, pick, sudden, count, square, reason, length, represent, art, subject, region, energy, hunt, probable, bed, brother, egg, ride

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✅ These 500 words make up about 70–75% of everyday English texts — that’s why they’re so useful for beginners.