User talk:TeacherJeff/Test/BNC1LIST/AUDIOAM

Introduction

This is the one of the 14 1000-word-family lists from the count of the British National Corpus (BNC) compiled by Paul Nation.

BNC lists (edit)

Main Lists 1–1000, 1001–2000, 2001–3000, 3001–4000 Other lists BNC1 Compressed, by headwords: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Compressed, by letter: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Only headwords: Long and Compressed BNC2 Compressed, by headwords: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Compressed, by letter: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Only headwords: Long and Compressed BNC3 Compressed, by headwords: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Compressed, by letter: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Only headwords: Long and Compressed BNC4 Compressed, by headwords: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Compressed, by letter: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Only headwords: Long and Compressed

Headword List

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

abler ablest ably abilities absolutist absolutists acceptability accounting achievable unachievable achieved inaction addressed addresses addressee addressees admission admissions

• advertise advertising advertises
• affect affects affording affords affordable unaffordable afternoons aging agencies agreeing agreements agrees
• alright
• America American Americans amounts appearance appearances reappear reappears reappeared reappearing applications applies
• appoint appoints appointing reappoint reappointed reappointing arguing argues argued arranging arranges associating assumes assuming assumption assumptions

B

babies backwards backward bagging bagged baggage balancing balances balanced banked barred beats bedrooms bedroomed bedding bedded beginner beginners believed believes believing betting bets billed billing births birthdays bits

• black blacker blackest
• bloke blokes boarded boarding boards boated boating bodies
• bother bothered bothering bothers bottling bottles bottled bottoms bottomed bottoming briefed briefing
• Britain
• budget builder businesses buys

C

caked caking carried cats catches catching caused causing cents certainly chaired chairing chairmen changed changing chaps characteristic charged checks checking checked childless choices choosing

• Christ Christians Christmases cleaner clearest clearing clients clocks clubbed clubbing clubs coffees colder coldest colleagues collects
• colour color
• commit commitment commitments commits committees commoner commoners commonest comparable
• compute
• confer conference contracting
• converse converses conversed cooks cooking copier copiers corners cornered cornering corrects costing counties coupled uncoupled coupling couples coverings creates creations creative cups cupping cupped currents cuts cuttings

D

dads dates dearer decisions deepen depended depending described describes designed detailing died differences dinners discusses discussed divides dividing did doctors indoors doubled doubles doubling doubted downs drawings dressing drinks dries driest dryer drying

E

eastwards easiest economic educating educates educated effecting electricians electrician electrical elevens employees engines European Europeans evenings everyday examples exercised exercises exercising existing experiences experiencing inexperienced extras eyed

F

fairer fairest families farmers fastest feeding feeds fielded fielding fighter fighters fights figured figuring

• film films filming filmed
• finance findings finishes finishing firsts fished fishes fives flattest flatten flattens flattened flattening flooring foods footed football forgets forwards forwarding fours freed fronts fronting fronted fullest
• fund furthest futures

G

gaming gardeners gardening gardened gases Germans gal gals glasses goddess goodbyes grandsons grandparents grandparent grandpa grandpas grandmothers granting grants greater greener greenest grouping growths guessing guesses guessed

H

hairs halves halfway halls hangings hangs hung happier happiest harden hardened hardening hardens harder hatreds hating hates headed headings healthier healthiest heaviest hells helpful hitting holidays hospitals hourly housed housing

• hullo husbands

I

ifs imagining imagines improving improves incomes increases informs informing insides insuring insures insured introduces introducing introductions investing investments

• involve

J

• Jesus jobs jobless joins judged judging judgments judgement judgements jumps jumping justly

K

keepers keys killers kitchens knocks knocker knockers knowingly

L

• labour labours labors labourer laborer lads ladylike landings lasting lawyers learner lefts lessen lessened lessening levelled liar likes liking likelier likeliest likelihood lining littler littlest
• London lunches

M

mains mainly managing manages managers marketed marketing markets marriages marries marrying matching matches matched mattered mattering meaner measured measurement measurements memberships mentioning middles ministers

• mister moneys monies mothers moves musicals

N

unnamed naming nationals newer newest nicest nicer

O

odds odder oddest offerings onto openings operates operating ordering

• organize organisations organise organised others

P

• pack packs packing packages packaging packaged painters paintings paints pairs pairing paired papered papering paragraphing pardons pardoning parental particulars
• pence pensions peoples perfected perfecting picks picking pictured picturing placing player players pluses policing policies
• politic positioning positioned positives powered practises practising practicing prettier prettiest printer printers printing probabilities processed projected proposals protecting publicity pulls pushes puts

Q

qualities quarterly quickness quickest quicker

• quid quids quieter quietest

R

radios radioed railways ranged ranging receives reckoning reckons recognised recognises recognising recommends recommending redder reddest reduces reduction

• refer referring relating relationships remembering remembers
• resource
• respect respecting restful ridding rids ringed ringing rung rising rose roads rolls

S

scored scoring scores seemed seeming settler settles shoed shoeing shooting shootings shops shopping shutting shuts sided siding signing sung singled sits sited siting sites

• situate sixes sizes sizing sized sleeps slowed slower slowest slowing smokes sorted sounding southeast spaced speakers spelt spells spending spends staffed staffing staffs staging staged stages starts stationing stays stepping sticking stiller stillest stops
• strategy streets studying stuffs stuffing stuffed subjecting subjects succeeding succeeds suiting suited summers supplier suppliers surprises switched switches switching

T

tablecloth tabled tabling talks teas teachers teaches teachings teamed teaming teams telephoning telephones telephoned televisions tens tendencies termed terming thanking threes

• to totaled totaling totalled traded trades transportation twelves twenties twos typed typing

U

understandings understands unions units unites uniting

V

valuables videoed videoing videos viewed viewing

W

waits waiters waitress waitresses warred warring watches watering weekends weights weighed welcomed welcomes welcoming whoever wholes widen women workings

• world worlds worrying wronged wronging

Y

yr yeses yourselves youngster youngest youngsters

Z

((none))