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Common English words 101–200

English words 101 to 200 cover food, numbers and questions. They come in five sets of 20, from food to questions. Tap a word to hear it. Each word has an example sentence and a picture. This is part 2 of 10 of the list of 1,000 common English words.

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Food (101–120)

  1. tomato

    This red tomato is sweet.

    tomato
  2. onion

    I chop the onion for dinner.

    onion
  3. orange

    She eats a sweet orange.

    orange (fruit)
  4. lemon

    This yellow lemon is very sour.

    lemon
  5. wine

    They drink red wine with dinner.

    wine
  6. beer

    He drinks a cold beer.

    beer
  7. juice

    I drink apple juice in the morning.

    juice
  8. cake

    We eat birthday cake together.

    cake
  9. chocolate

    I love sweet dark chocolate.

    chocolate
  10. ice cream

    The children want cold ice cream.

    ice cream
  11. breakfast

    I eat eggs for breakfast every morning.

    breakfast
  12. lunch

    We meet at noon to have lunch together.

    lunch
  13. dinner

    They make a big dinner on Sundays.

    dinner
  14. to eat

    I want to eat an apple now.

    to eat
  15. to drink

    You need to drink water every day.

    to drink
  16. to cook

    My father likes to cook soup for us.

    to cook
  17. hungry

    The boy is hungry after school.

    hungry
  18. thirsty

    I am thirsty after my long walk.

    thirsty
  19. delicious

    This warm bread is delicious.

    delicious
  20. sweet

    This red fruit has a sweet taste.

    sweet

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Food (121–140)

  1. restaurant

    We eat dinner at a good restaurant.

    restaurant
  2. cafe

    I drink tea at the cafe.

    cafe
  3. menu

    Can I see the menu, please?

    menu
  4. check

    We pay the check after dinner.

    bill (restaurant)
  5. table

    The food is on the table.

    table
  6. chair

    Please sit on this chair.

    chair
  7. plate

    The bread is on the plate.

    plate
  8. glass

    I drink water from a glass.

    glass (drinking)
  9. cup

    She has a cup of hot coffee.

    cup
  10. bottle

    There is milk in the bottle.

    bottle
  11. knife

    I cut the bread with a sharp knife.

    knife
  12. fork

    He eats his salad with a fork.

    fork
  13. spoon

    She eats soup with a large spoon.

    spoon
  14. salty

    These potato chips are very salty.

    salty
  15. spicy

    This hot curry is too spicy for me.

    spicy
  16. to order

    We are ready to order our dinner now.

    to order (food)
  17. to taste

    Please taste this sauce and tell me what you think.

    to taste
  18. to pay

    I will pay for the meal with cash.

    to pay
  19. dessert

    We had chocolate cake for dessert.

    dessert
  20. kitchen

    Mom is cooking dinner in the kitchen.

    kitchen

Numbers (141–160)

  1. one

    I have one brother.

    one
  2. two

    She has two cats.

    two
  3. three

    There are three books on the desk.

    three
  4. four

    A car has four wheels.

    four
  5. five

    I see five birds in the tree.

    five
  6. six

    We need six eggs for the cake.

    six
  7. seven

    There are seven days in a week.

    seven
  8. eight

    The class starts at eight o'clock.

    eight
  9. nine

    He has nine new pens.

    nine
  10. ten

    I have ten fingers.

    ten
  11. eleven

    I have eleven red apples in my bag.

    eleven
  12. twelve

    There are twelve months in one year.

    twelve
  13. thirteen

    My brother is thirteen years old today.

    thirteen
  14. fourteen

    She bought fourteen eggs at the store.

    fourteen
  15. fifteen

    The bus arrives in fifteen minutes.

    fifteen
  16. sixteen

    He has sixteen books on his desk.

    sixteen
  17. seventeen

    We need seventeen chairs for the class.

    seventeen
  18. eighteen

    She is eighteen and lives in a new house.

    eighteen
  19. nineteen

    There are nineteen students in the room.

    nineteen
  20. twenty

    I have twenty dollars in my pocket.

    twenty

Numbers (161–180)

  1. thirty

    The lesson lasts for thirty minutes.

    thirty
  2. forty

    My father is forty years old today.

    forty
  3. fifty

    There are fifty students in the room.

    fifty
  4. sixty

    An hour has sixty minutes.

    sixty
  5. seventy

    This old book has seventy pages.

    seventy
  6. eighty

    The box costs eighty dollars.

    eighty
  7. ninety

    She scored ninety points on the test.

    ninety
  8. hundred

    I have one hundred pens on my desk.

    hundred
  9. thousand

    A thousand people visited the park.

    thousand
  10. million

    More than a million people live here.

    million
  11. zero

    The score is zero to zero.

    zero
  12. half

    I ate half of the apple.

    half
  13. first

    This is my first day at work.

    first
  14. second

    She lives on the second floor.

    second (ordinal)
  15. third

    He finished in third place.

    third
  16. last

    This is the last bus tonight.

    last
  17. number

    What is your phone number?

    number
  18. pair

    I need a new pair of shoes.

    pair
  19. dozen

    She bought a dozen eggs.

    dozen
  20. quarter

    It is a quarter after four.

    quarter

Questions (181–200)

  1. what

    What is your name?

    what
  2. who

    Who is that tall man?

    who
  3. where

    Where do you live?

    where
  4. when

    When does the bus come?

    when (question)
  5. why

    Why are you happy today?

    why
  6. how

    How do you make this soup?

    how
  7. which

    Which book do you want?

    which
  8. how much

    How much does this shirt cost?

    how much
  9. how many

    How many apples do you have?

    how many
  10. whose

    Whose pen is on the table?

    whose
  11. question

    I have a question for the teacher.

    question
  12. answer

    Do you know the answer to this question?

    answer
  13. to ask

    Can I ask for some help?

    to ask
  14. to answer

    Please answer the phone.

    to answer
  15. again

    Can you say that again, please?

    again
  16. slowly

    Please speak slowly so I can understand.

    slowly
  17. word

    What does this word mean?

    word
  18. language

    English is a difficult language to learn.

    language
  19. to mean

    What do you mean by that?

    to mean
  20. to repeat

    Could you repeat the question?

    to repeat

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