The Oxford 3000 words

The Oxford 3000 is a list of the 3,000 core words that every learner of English needs to know. The words have been chosen based on their frequency in the Oxford English Corpus and relevance to learners of English. Every word is aligned to the CEFR, guiding learners on the words they should know at A1-B2 level.

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  • qualification (/ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/)
  • qualified (/ˈkwɒlɪfaɪd/)
  • qualify (/ˈkwɒlɪfaɪ/)
  • quality (/ˈkwɒləti/)
  • quantity (/ˈkwɒntəti/)
  • quarter (/ˈkwɔːtə(r)/)
  • queen (/kwiːn/)
  • question (/ˈkwestʃən/)
  • queue (/kjuː/)
  • quick (/kwɪk/)
  • quickly (/ˈkwɪkli/)
  • quiet (/ˈkwaɪət/)
  • quietly (/ˈkwaɪətli/)
  • quit (/kwɪt/)
  • quite (/kwaɪt/)
  • quotation (/kwəʊˈteɪʃn/)
  • quote (/kwəʊt/)
English Audio Level

qualification (noun)

UK /ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/
US /ˌkwɑːlɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/
B1

qualified (adjective)

UK /ˈkwɒlɪfaɪd/
US /ˈkwɑːlɪfaɪd/
B1

qualify (verb)

UK /ˈkwɒlɪfaɪ/
US /ˈkwɑːlɪfaɪ/
B1

quality (noun)

UK /ˈkwɒləti/
US /ˈkwɑːləti/
A2

quantity (noun)

UK /ˈkwɒntəti/
US /ˈkwɑːntəti/
A2

quarter (noun)

UK /ˈkwɔːtə(r)/
US /ˈkwɔːrtər/
A1

queen (noun)

UK /kwiːn/
US /kwiːn/
A2

question (verb)

UK /ˈkwestʃən/
US /ˈkwestʃən/
A2

queue (verb)

UK /kjuː/
US /kjuː/
B1

quick (adjective)

UK /kwɪk/
US /kwɪk/
A1

quickly (adverb)

UK /ˈkwɪkli/
US /ˈkwɪkli/
A1

quiet (adjective)

UK /ˈkwaɪət/
US /ˈkwaɪət/
A1

quietly (adverb)

UK /ˈkwaɪətli/
US /ˈkwaɪətli/
A2

quit (verb)

UK /kwɪt/
US /kwɪt/
B1

quite (adverb)

UK /kwaɪt/
US /kwaɪt/
A1

quotation (noun)

UK /kwəʊˈteɪʃn/
US /kwəʊˈteɪʃn/
B1

quote (verb)

UK /kwəʊt/
US /kwəʊt/
B1