100 High Frequency Words List [Download PDF]

High-frequency words are commonly used words in a language. These words may be small like ‘the’, ‘is’, and ‘and’, but they play an important role in our daily communication and language learning. These are the words with relatively most frequent. We frequently use all of these words in our daily life. These words are very interesting as well as important for ESL students, which is why we have created an easy-to-understand list of these words.

High-Frequency Words for Kids

Here are the most common and high-frequency words for kids;

the	they	we
and	I	when
a	at	your
to	be	can
in	this	said
is	have	there
you	from	use
that	or	an
it	one	each
he	had	which
was	by	she
for	word	do
on	but	how
are	not	their
as	what	if
with	all	will
his	were	we

High-Frequency Words List (A to Z )

Here is an A to Z List of High Frequency words;

a	able	about
above	absolute	accent
accept	access	account
accuse	after	again
air	all	also
an	and	animal
another	answer	any
are	around	as
ask	at	away
back	be	because
been	before	big
bike	bill	billion
bin	bind	bird
birth	biscuit	bit
blow	blue	board
boat	body	boil
bomb	boy	but
by	cable	cage
cake	calculate	call
calm	came	camera
can	chain	change
chew	chicken	come
could	current	customer
cut	dad	damage
dance	day	did
different	do	does
door	double	doubt
down	dump	during
dust	duty	each
end	even	find
first	follow	for
form	found	from
get	give	go
good	great	had
hand	has	have
he	help	her
here	high	him
his	home	house
how	I	if
in	into	is
it	its	just
kind	know	land
large	learn	letter
like	line	little
live	local	locate
long	look	made
make	man	many
may	me	mean
men	minus	minute
mirror	miss	mission
mistake	mister	mix
more	most	mother
move	much	must
my	name	need
new	no	north
northern	nose	not
note	now	number
of	off	oil
old	on	one
only	or	other
our	out	over
page	part	people
picture	place	play
point	put	read
right	rights	ring
rip	said	same
sauce	sausage	save
say	see	sentence
set	she	should
show	skill	skin
skirt	sky	slave
sleep	slide	slight
slip	slow	small
so	some	sound
spell	spend	spin
still	study	such
take	tell	than
that	the	their
them	then	there
these	they	thing
think	this	three
through	time	to
tongue	too	try
turn	two	up
us	use	very
want	was	water
way	we	weak
weapon	well	went
were	what	wheel
when	where	which
who	why	will
with	word	work
world	would	write
year	yell	yellow
yes	yesterday	yet
you	young	your
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High-Frequency Words With Meanings

Explore High-Frequency words with their meaning;

the – Used to specify a particular thing or person.
and – Used to connect words, indicating addition.
a – Used before nouns to indicate a single, non-specific item.
to – Used for expressing direction or place.
in – Used to indicate location or position within something.
is – Third person singular present of “be”; used to indicate identity or equivalence.
you – Second person pronoun; used to refer to the person or people being addressed.
that – Used to identify a specific person or thing.
it – Third person singular pronoun used to refer to a thing previously mentioned or easily identified.
he – Pronoun used to refer to a male person or animal.
was – Past tense of “be”.
for – Used to indicate the purpose of an action or destination.
on – Indicating position above and supported by or in contact with.
are – Second person singular or plural present of “be”.
as – Used to compare or show similarity.
with – Accompanied by; having or possessing.
his – Belonging to or associated with a male person.
they – Used to refer to two or more people or things.
I – First person singular pronoun.
at – Used to indicate a place or location.
be – Exist; occur; take place.
this – Used to identify a specific person or thing close at hand.
have – Possess, own, or hold.
from – Indicating the starting point of a physical movement or action.
or – Used to link alternatives.
one – The lowest cardinal number; a single unit.
had – Past tense and past participle of “have”.
by – Identifying the agent performing an action.
word – A single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing.
but – Used to introduce something contrasting with what has already been mentioned.
not – Used with an auxiliary verb or “be” to form the negative.
what – Asking for information specifying something.
all – Used to refer to the whole quantity or extent of a particular group or thing.
were – Past tense of “are”.
we – First person plural pronoun.
when – At what time; on what occasion.
your – Belonging to or associated with the person or people being addressed.
can – To be able to.
said – Past tense of “say”.
there – In, at, or to that place or position.
use – Take, hold, or deploy something as a means of accomplishing a purpose.
an – The indefinite article used before words beginning with a vowel sound.
each – Used to refer to every one of two or more people or things, regarded and identified separately.
which – Asking for information specifying one or more people or things from a definite set.
she – Used to refer to a female person or animal.
do – Perform (an action, the precise nature of which is often unspecified).
how – In what way or manner; by what means.
their – Belonging to or associated with the people or things previously mentioned or easily identified.
if – Introducing a conditional clause.
will – Expressing future tense; indicating willingness or consent.