User talk:TeacherJeff/Test/BNC1LIST/IPALIST

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

ability abler ablest ably abilities unable inability absolutist absolutists acceptability acceptable accounted accounts unachievable achieved acted acting inaction actions added adding addressed addresses addressing addressee addressees admissions advertising advertises affected affecting affects afforded affording affords unaffordable afterward afternoons aged ages aging agencies agents agreeing agreements agrees

• alright Americans amounted amounting amounts answered anymore
• apparent appearance appeared appears appearances reappear reappears reappeared reappearing
• apply applications applied applies appoints appointed appointing appointments reappoint reappointed reappointing
• area areas arguing argues argued armed arms
• arrange arranged arranging arranges arts associates associated associating
• assume assumed assumes assuming assumption assumptions
• at
• attend attends attending attended
• aware
• awful

B

• b babies backed backing backs backbone backwards badly bags bagging bagged balancing balances balls banked bars barred
• base based
• basis beats beating bedroom bedrooms bedroomed bedding bedded beds
• before
• begin beginner beginners beginnings begins begun believed believes believing
• benefit betting bets bigger bills billed billing
• birth births birthdays bits blacker blackest
• bloke blokes blowing blows boarded boarding boards boats boated boating bodies bothered bothering bothers bottling bottles bottled bottoms bottomed bottoming boxes breaking briefed briefing
• brilliant bringing brings
• Britain businesses
• busy buying buys

C

caked caking cakes calling calls cannot cars cards cared carried cases cats catches catching caused causes causing cents certainly chairs chaired chairing

• chairman chairmen changed changes changing chaps characteristic charged checks checking checked childish childhood childless choices chooses choosing chose chosen Christians Christmases
• church churches cities
• claim claimed claiming claims
• class cleaned cleaner cleared clearer clearest clearing
• client clients clocks
• closes closed clothed clothing
• club clubbed clubbing clubs coffees colder coldest
• colleague colleagues
• collect collects collecting collected
• college colleges
• colour color comes coming
• comment
• commit commitment commitments commits committed committees commoner commoners commonest commonly communities companies
• complete completed
• concern concerned concerning concerns
• contact contracted contracting controlled converses conversed conversing cooking copying copies copied copiers
• corner corners cornered cornering corrects costing counted countries
• county counties
• couple coupled uncoupled coupling couples
• course courses courts
• cover covered covering coverings created creates creating creation creations creative crossed crosses crossing cups cupping cupped currents currently cuts cutting cuttings

D

• d daddy dads dangerous dates dated daily daylight dearer dearest
• debate decided
• decision decisions deepen degrees
• department departments depends depended depending
• describe described describes
• design designed
• detail detailed detailing details developed died dies dying
• difference differences differently difficulties dinners directed
• discuss discussing discusses discussed
• district districts
• divide divided divides dividing doctors
• document dogs doors indoors doubled doubling doubted downs drawing drawings drawn dressed dresses drinks dropped dropping dried dries driest dryer drying

E

earlier earliest eastward eastwards easier easiest

• educate educating educates educated effected effecting effective eggs eighteen
• elect elected electricians electrician
• eleven elevens
• employ employed employees ended engines engineer engineering engineers engineered
• enjoy enjoyed enjoying
• especial European Europeans evenings everybody everyday everyone everything everywhere exactly
• example examples
• except exercised exercises exercising
• exist existed existing exists
• expense expenses expensive experienced experiences experiencing explained
• extra extras eyed

F

• f faced faces facts fairer fairest families farther farthest farmer farmers
• fast faster fastest fathers favor feeding feeds feelings fewer fewest fields fielded fielding fighter fighters fighting fights figures figured figuring
• file filled
• film films filming filmed finding findings finds finished finishes finishing fires fired firing firsts fished fives fifteen flattest flatten flattens flattened flattening floors flooring followed foods footed football forced forgets forgetting
• fortune fortunate
• forward forwards forwarding forwarded fours freed fronts fronting fronted fullest funded
• further furthest futures

G

• g games gaming gardener gardeners gardens gardening gardened gases Germans gets gotta gotcha girls gal gals gave gives giving glasses gods goodness goodbyes
• grand grandsons grandson grandparents grandparent grandpa grandpas grandmother grandmothers granted granting grants greater greatest
• green greener greenest grouped grouping growing grows growth growths
• guess guessing guesses guessed guys

H

• h hairs halves halfway halls handed
• hang hanged hanging hangings hangs hung
• happen happened happening happier happiest harden hardened hardening hardens harder hardest hatreds hating hates hated
• have headed heading headings heads
• health healthier healthiest heavier heaviest hells helped helpful higher highest hitting
• holiday holidays
• hospital hospitals hourly housed housing
• hullo
• hundred hundreds
• husband husbands

I

ideas ifs

• imagine imagining imagines imagined
• important
• improve improving improves improved included includes including
• income incomes increased increases increasing
• industry
• inform informs informing informed
• inside insides insuring insures insured insurance interested interests
• into
• introduce introduced introduces introducing introduction introductions invested investing investment investments
• involve involved itself
• item

J

jobs jobless joined joining joins judged judges judging judgments judgements judgemental jumps jumping jumped jumpy justly

K

• k keepers keeping keeps keys
• kid kids kills killer killers killing kings kitchens knocks knocking knocked knocker knockers knowing knowingly knows

L

• l labor laboured labouring labours labored laboring labors labourer labourers laborer laborers lads ladies ladylike landed landing landings lands languages
• last lasted lasting lasts lately laughs laughing laughed laws lawyer lawyers laid laying lain leader leaders learner leaving lefts legs lessened lessening letters levelled liar liked liking likelier likeliest likelihood unlikely lines lined lining listened littler littlest lived
• load looking lords lots loved lunches

M

• m mainly mankind managing manages managers marked marketed marketing markets
• marry marriage marriages marries marrying matches matched mattered mattering matters
• maybe meaner meanest
• meaning measured measurements measures meeting meetings meets
• member members membership memberships
• mention mentioned mentioning mentions middles miles millions ministers minutes moneys monies monthly
• most mothers motions moved moves moving movements
• Mrs musical musicals musicians

N

• n named unnamed names naming
• nation nationals natural nearby nearer nearest nearly needed newer newest nicest nicer nobody
• non
• none
• normal
• north t notes noting numbered

O

• o
• odd odds odder oddest offered offering offerings offers officers offices older oldest onto ones opening openings
• operate operated operates operating operations opportunities
• oppose ordered ordering
• organize organisations organise organised others
• otherwise outer

P

packs packed packages packaging packaged pages painted painters paintings paints pairs pairing paired papers papered papering paragraphing paragraphs pardons pardoned pardoning parents parental parted parting particulars parties passes passing paying payments

• pence
• pension pensions peoples
• per
• percent perfected perfecting photography photographs
• pick picking pictured pictures picturing
• piece pieces placed places placing
• plan planned played player players playing plays pluses policing policies poorer poorest positions positioning positioned positives pounds powered powerful practises practised practising practice practices practicing practiced
• press pressed
• pressure
• presume prettier prettiest
• previous printed printer printers printing
• probable probably probability probabilities problems
• proceed processed processes processing produced products production productions projected projecting proposals protected protecting provides providing publicity pulled pulling pulls purposes pushing pushes pushed

Q

qualities

• quarter quarterly quarters quickness quickest quicker quids quieter quietest quietly

R

• r radios radioed railways
• raise raised raises raising ranged ranges ranging
• rather reader readers
• real
• realise realize received receives receiving
• reckon reckoned reckoning reckons recognised recognises recognising
• recommend recommends recommending recommended
• record recorded redder reddest reduces reducing reduction
• refer refers referring referred
• relation related relates relating relations relationships
• remember remembered remembering remembers
• report reported representative representatives
• require required
• research respected respecting respects rested resting restful ridding rids rang ringed ringing rings rung rises rising roads
• role rolled rolling rolls rooms
• rule ruled

S

• sale sales saved said
• scheme sciences scored scoring scores
• Scotland
• seat
• secretary
• secure seeing seemed seeming separated
• serve servants served sets setting settled settlements settler settlers settles settling seventeen sexes
• share shared hers
• sheet sheets shoed shoeing shoes shooting shootings shoots shops shopping showing shows shutting shuts sickness sides sided siding signed signing signs sings sang sung singled
• sir sits sitting sited siting sites
• situate sixes sixteen sizes sizing sized sleeping sleeps
• slight slowed slower slowest slowing smaller smallest smoked smokes smoking societies sons sorted sounds sounded sounding southeast spaced speaker speakers speaking speaks spoke
• specific spells spending spends staffed staffing staffs staging staged stages
• stairs stands standards
• start started starting starts stated
• station stations stationed stationing stayed staying stays stepped stepping steps sticking stiller stillest stopped stopping stops stories
• straight
• strategy streets strikes striking stronger strongest strongly students studied studies studying
• stuff stuffs stuffing stuffed subjected subjecting
• succeed succeeded succeeding succeeds success suddenly suits suiting suited summers sunlight
• Sunday supplied suppliers supplies supplying supported supposed
• surprise surprised surprises surprising switched switches switching

T

tablecloth tables tabled tabling takes taking talked talking talks

• tape
• tax taxes taught teacher teachers teaches teaching teachings teamed teaming teams
• telephone telephoning telephones telephoned phones phoning phoned
• television televisions tens tenths
• tend tends tended tending tendency tendencies termed terming tested
• thank thanking theirs
• thirty thousands threes throughout throwing throws timer
• tomorrow
• tonight totaled totaling totalled touched touches touching
• toward towns traded trades
• traffic trained treats troubled trusted trusting tried turned turning turns
• twelve twelves twelfth twenties twice twos
• type typed types typing

U

• u underneath understanding understandings understands unions
• unit units united unites uniting ups

V

• v valuable valuables
• video videoed videoing videos viewed viewing views
• vote

W

wages waiter waiters waitress waitresses walked walking walks wanted wanting wants warred warring wars wasted watched watches watching watered waters watering ways ours ourselves wearing wears weekend weekends weighs weighed welcomed welcomes welcoming whenever wherever

• whether whichever
• white whoever wholes widely widen wives windows woods wooden words worked workers working workings worlds worrying worries worried wronged wronging wrongs

Y

years yearly yr yeses yourselves younger youngest youngsters

Z

((none))