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List of A1 English Words for Beginner Learners

A1 is the entry level of the CEFR scale — these are the absolute basics every English learner should know first. Words below are grouped by part of speech so you can build vocabulary one category at a time.

1,081 words total

A1 Nouns (638)

A1 Verbs (201)

A1 Adjectives (139)

A1 Adverbs (57)

A1 Prepositions (27)

A1 Conjunctions (8)

A1 Interjections (5)

A1 Phrases (6)

About this list

Words tagged at A1 are sourced from the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and curated by ESL teachers. Use the Filter by part of speech chips above to narrow the list to nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.