Useful Vocabulary Lists for EFL Learners

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Studies have shown that the average English native speaker knows about 20,000 words with university-educated people knowing around 40,000 words. When actually speaking and with everyday writing (emails, letters, notes etc.) this goes down to about 5,000 very common words that are used repeatedly. The Oxford English Dictionary contains 171,476 words in current use, whereas a vocabulary of just 3000 words provides coverage for around 95% of common texts (Hu and Nation, 2000) for a learner to get by in English.

The lists I shared below cover from A2 to B2 level and also for some specific exams. They are appropriate to the level on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). They include both receptive and productive vocabulary. Additionally, the words are both frequent and used in different contexts. They were prepared by a group of experts and they are based on Oxford English Corpus and Cambridge Learner Corpus.

Vocabulary Lists as follows:
Vocabulary List

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