100 words
Below is a list of the most common 100 words as reported on the BBC News – based on research by Jonathan Solity and Janet Vousden at Warwick University. The research is aimed at the current debate around the teaching of reading in UK schools, but the research included adult fiction and non-fiction choices as well.
a, about, after, all, am, an, and, are, as, at, awayback, be, because, big, but, by
call, came, can, come, could
did, do, down
for, from
get, go, got
had, has, have, he, her, here, him, his
I, in, into, is, it
last, like, little, live, lookmade, make, me, my
new, next, not, now
of, off, old, on, once, one, other, our, out, over
put
saw, said, see, she, so, some
take, that, the, their, them, then, there, they, this, three, time, to, today, too, two
up, us
very
was, we, were, went, what, when, will, with
you