Daily use English words

English words used in everyday life

Vocabulary is probably the most important part of any foreign language. It usually takes a lot of time and effort to memorize and learn enough words to speak fluently. But the time you spend learning new words and building your vocabulary is well worth it!

As you surely noticed, English textbooks always cover various topics from everyday life. By reading articles and doing exercises, learners can develop vocabulary in different areas.

Examples of those topics may include:

– food, cooking and visiting a restaurant
– clothing
– nature and environment
– people, family and relationships
– my country and traditions
– hobbies and free time activities
– science and technology
– healthcare

and many others.

Although this is an old-fashioned concept, it still works.
In reality, learning new vocabulary by reading articles on certain topics and trying to understand the meaning, is the best way to improve and extend your language skills.

So remember, you should always develop your vocabulary in context.

Why?

Well, because when you learn something in context, you will remember it better! And as a result, you will be much more confident in daily English conversations.

Daily English words with sentences

While some words are used literally every day, other words are more specific. It means that people use them only in certain situations.

For example vocabulary about food, work or global news is used almost every day. On the other hand, words related to buying a new house (or getting married) are not that frequent.

In this article we will focus on common English words used in daily conversations. You can quickly learn the meaning of each word from pictures. Then you can read and listen to simple sentences that contain these words.

1. Food vocabulary

Everybody eats some meal every day. And I am sure that most of you really enjoy your food, whether it’s at home or in a restaurant. So obviously, a food vocabulary is quite important topic to many of you. Lessons about food and meals are usually among the first lessons in all English textbooks.

So let’s take a look at some of the most common English nouns related to food:

Examples in sentences:

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2. Clothes vocabulary

Waking up in the morning and putting on your clothes is another daily routine. So the vocabulary about what you dress is also used on a daily basis.

Here is the list of some words that describe what we usually wear:

Examples in sentences:

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3. Nature and environment vocabulary

Nature and environment is another topic that we talk about very often. It may be a discussion about outdoor activities or expressing an opinion about climate change. These topics resonate these days more than ever.

When talking about nature, outdoor activities or about the global warming, you may need to use some of these words:

Examples in sentences:

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4. People and relationships vocabulary

Unless you are home alone during lockdown, you most likely meet some people every day. So the words about people and our relationships with them are another important part of our English vocabulary.

When you are describing emotions or your relationships with other people, you may come across these words:

Examples in sentences: