Free English vocabulary flashcards — by CEFR level

Academic English — A1

Absolute-beginner classroom words like teacher, homework, and mistake, for anyone just starting to study English at school.

Academic English — A2

For elementary learners writing their first essays and reports: topic, paragraph, conclusion, source, and research basics.

Academic English — B1

For intermediate learners building structured arguments and essays: evidence, theory, hypothesis, and clear paragraph logic.

Academic English — B2

For upper-intermediate learners tackling university-level essays: validity, bias, framework, and critical evaluation skills.

Academic English — C1

For advanced learners doing scholarly research and academic writing: epistemology, methodology, critique, and discourse analysis.

Academic English — C2

For native-level readers mastering scholarly and literary critique: precise, rare vocabulary from rhetoric, argumentation, and formal academic prose.

Animals

Animals — A1

A1-level vocabulary set for beginners covering common animals, their body parts, and simple actions and traits related to animals.

Animals — A2

A2-level English vocabulary set covering common animals, farm creatures, and the actions and qualities used to describe them.

Animals — B1

A B1-level set of 35 flashcards for intermediate learners — animal types, body parts, habitats, behaviors, and descriptive traits.

Animals — B2

A B2-level set of 35 words for talking about animal behavior, habitats, and physical traits — for intermediate-advanced English learners.

Animals — C1

A C1-level set of 35 advanced English words for precise animal anatomy, behavior, and conservation vocabulary beyond everyday usage.

Art & Culture

Art & Culture — A1

For complete beginners: everyday words for drawing, singing, dancing, and enjoying art, music, film, and stories together.

Art & Culture — A2

For elementary learners visiting museums and galleries: exhibition, sculpture, audience, costume, and theatre vocabulary.

Art & Culture — B1

For intermediate learners discussing creative work and technique: composition, genre, symbolism, and the language of critique.

Art & Culture — B2

For upper-intermediate learners analysing art movements and ideas: realism, curation, discourse, satire, and juxtaposition.

Art & Culture — C1

For advanced learners: high-level critical and theoretical vocabulary for engaging with art scholarship and cultural debate.

Art & Culture — C2

For expert learners: the rare, precise vocabulary of serious art criticism, used by professional critics and scholars to judge technique and tone.

Body & Health

Body & Health — A1

For complete beginners: essential body parts, basic health words, and everyday actions like eating, sleeping, and feeling sick.

Body & Health — A2

For elementary learners: symptoms, medicine, exercise words, and talking about health at a doctor's appointment or pharmacy.

Body & Health — B1

For intermediate learners: medical actions, nutrition, mental wellbeing, and the language of prevention and chronic conditions.

Body & Health — B2

For upper-intermediate learners: medical conditions, therapy, bodily systems, and the science and habits behind healthy living.

Body & Health — C1

For advanced learners: sophisticated medical vocabulary covering physiology, psychology, pharmacology, and holistic health concepts.

Body & Health — C2

For mastery-level learners: literary, precise vocabulary for describing physical appearance, movement, gesture, and sensation in serious prose.

City & Directions

City & Directions — A1

Start with the most essential city vocabulary — places like the bank, park, and station, plus core direction words such as turn, left, and straight.

City & Directions — A2

Build on the basics with everyday city transport and facilities — buses, taxis, ticket offices, and pharmacies — plus the verbs used to catch and board them.

City & Directions — B1

Expand into more nuanced city vocabulary — outskirts, detours, and congested streets — describing urban layouts and giving directions with real precision.

Clothes & Fashion

Clothes & Fashion — A1

A1-level Clothes & Fashion vocabulary for beginner English learners: everyday clothing items, dressing actions, and simple describing words like colors.

Clothes & Fashion — A2

A2-level Clothes & Fashion vocabulary set for elementary English learners, covering clothing items, footwear, materials, dressing verbs, and style adjectives.

Clothes & Fashion — B1

A B1-level Clothes & Fashion vocabulary set covering garment parts, styling verbs like fasten and coordinate, and descriptive adjectives for everyday use.

Colors & Shapes

Colors & Shapes — A1

For complete beginners: the basic colors, shapes, and simple words for drawing and describing the world around you every day.

Colors & Shapes — A2

An A2 vocabulary set on Colors & Shapes covering patterns, marks, solid shapes, and everyday visual description words for elementary English learners.

Colors & Shapes — B1

A B1 vocabulary set on Colors & Shapes moving past basic colors into shade, tone, and visual-description words like tint and contrast for intermediate learners.

Emotions & Feelings

Emotions & Feelings — A1

For complete beginners: the most common English words for happy, sad, angry, and other basic everyday feelings and moods.

Emotions & Feelings — A2

For elementary learners: everyday words for moods and feelings like delighted, annoyed, and homesick in daily situations.

Emotions & Feelings — B1

For intermediate learners: nuanced emotional vocabulary for describing complex moods, personal reactions, and interpersonal feelings.

Emotions & Feelings — B2

For upper-intermediate learners: sophisticated emotional vocabulary for nuanced self-expression, literature, and meaningful conversation.

Emotions & Feelings — C1

For advanced learners: precise, high-register emotional vocabulary for articulate self-expression, academic writing, and nuanced human insight.

Emotions & Feelings — C2

For near-native learners: rare, literary emotional vocabulary that captures subtle psychological states in serious prose, criticism, and eloquent speech.

Environment & Nature

Environment & Nature — A1

For complete beginners — learn the most common words for the natural world around you, from the sun and sky to animals and water.

Environment & Nature — A2

For elementary learners — expand your nature vocabulary with weather patterns, seasons, habitats, and simple environmental topics.

Environment & Nature — B1

For intermediate learners — build vocabulary around climate, ecosystems, conservation, and environmental issues discussed in everyday media.

Environment & Nature — B2

For upper-intermediate learners — master precise environmental vocabulary used in news, reports, and discussions about climate change and ecology.

Environment & Nature — C1

For advanced learners — precise scientific and policy vocabulary for discussing climate systems and ecological challenges professionally.

Environment & Nature — C2

For expert learners — rare, precise environmental vocabulary drawn from serious journalism, nature writing, and literary prose about climate and ecosystems.

Everyday Basics

Everyday Basics — A1

For complete beginners learning the most common everyday English words for time, people, places, and simple daily actions.

Everyday Basics — A2

For elementary learners expanding their everyday vocabulary with words for decisions, feelings, and common daily situations.

Everyday Basics — B1

For intermediate learners who want to express opinions, describe situations, and handle everyday communication with more precision.

Everyday Basics — B2

For upper-intermediate learners who want to express nuanced ideas and handle complex everyday situations with confidence.

Everyday Basics — C1

For advanced learners who want precise, nuanced vocabulary to articulate complex ideas and subtle distinctions in everyday life.

Everyday Basics — C2

For advanced learners who want the rare, literary words well-read native speakers use to describe everyday feelings, habits, and situations with precision.

Family & People

Family & People — A1

For beginners building core family vocabulary: parents, siblings, relatives, and the simple words used to describe them.

Family & People — A2

An elementary (A2) vocabulary set on Family & People covering extended relatives, life stages, and simple ways to describe family members for everyday learners.

Family & People — B1

A B1-level Family & People vocabulary set covering kinship terms, life stages, inheritance, and the emotional language used to describe family relationships.

Food & Drink

Food & Drink — A1

Essential food and drink words for absolute beginners: fruits, drinks, meals, and simple everyday eating and cooking vocabulary.

Food & Drink — A2

Everyday food vocabulary for elementary learners: cooking basics, restaurant orders, meals, and describing taste and freshness.

Food & Drink — B1

Intermediate food vocabulary: cooking techniques, nutrition, dietary needs, and the language used in restaurants and menus.

Food & Drink — B2

Upper-intermediate food vocabulary: gastronomy, advanced culinary techniques, food culture, and the language of fine dining.

Food & Drink — C1

Advanced culinary vocabulary for near-native speakers and food enthusiasts: refined tastes, textures, and rich food writing.

Food & Drink — C2

Rare, precise culinary vocabulary for near-native mastery: literary food words, wine-tasting terms, and advanced cooking techniques.

Gerunds & Infinitives

Gerunds & Infinitives — A1

35 essential beginner verbs like want, enjoy, and hope that take a gerund or infinitive, with simple everyday example sentences.

Gerunds & Infinitives — B1

35 intermediate verbs like consider, arrange, and dread that take a gerund, infinitive, or either, in natural B1 context sentences.

Gerunds & Infinitives — B2

35 advanced prepositional and complex verb phrases that require a gerund or infinitive, targeting B2 academic and professional English.

Gerunds & Infinitives — C1

35 advanced verbs and phrases like contemplate, entail, and aspire to that take a gerund or infinitive, in sophisticated C1 example sentences.

Home & Daily Life

Home & Daily Life — A1

For complete beginners: everyday words for rooms, furniture, and simple home routines like cooking, cleaning, and sleeping.

Home & Daily Life — A2

For elementary learners: rooms, furniture, household tasks, and neighbourhood words used in everyday home life and conversations.

Home & Daily Life — B1

For intermediate learners: housing, appliances, household management, and neighbourhood vocabulary used in real conversations.

Home & Daily Life — B2

For upper-intermediate learners: precise vocabulary for housing types, property agreements, renovation, and neighbourhood contexts.

Home & Daily Life — C1

For advanced learners: sophisticated vocabulary covering housing policy, sustainable living, design philosophy, and property law.

Home & Daily Life — C2

For master-level learners: literary, precise vocabulary for describing domestic architecture, interiors, and the atmosphere of home life in serious prose.

Irregular Verbs

Irregular Verbs — A1

The 35 most essential irregular verbs in English, covering everyday actions like movement, communication, and basic activities.

Irregular Verbs — A2

35 commonly used irregular verbs covering communication, travel, sports, and everyday life for A2-level English learners.

Irregular Verbs — B1

35 mid-frequency irregular verbs used in descriptive, narrative, and professional contexts for B1-level English learners.

Irregular Verbs — B2

35 less common but useful irregular verbs found in literature, formal writing, and advanced spoken English for B2 learners.

Irregular Verbs — C1

35 advanced irregular verbs built from familiar roots such as override, undercut, and foresee, used in business, news, and formal C1 English.

Money & Finance

Money & Finance — A1

For complete beginners: everyday money words you need to shop, pay bills, count change, and talk about prices and costs.

Money & Finance — A2

For elementary learners: budgeting, borrowing, banking tasks, and everyday financial vocabulary for managing your money.

Money & Finance — B1

For intermediate learners: financial planning, banking systems, debt, and economic concepts used often in everyday news.

Money & Finance — B2

For upper-intermediate learners: investment concepts, market dynamics, and corporate finance vocabulary from business media.

Money & Finance — C1

For advanced learners: sophisticated financial and macroeconomic terminology found in policy papers, analyst reports, and financial journalism.

Money & Finance — C2

For master-level learners: literary, precise vocabulary for describing wealth, poverty, thrift, and extravagance in serious personal writing.

Numbers, Time & Dates

Numbers, Time & Dates — A1

For beginners: core words for telling time, days, months, and dates, plus the verbs and adverbs used to talk about them.

Numbers, Time & Dates — A2

An A2-level Numbers, Time & Dates set covering fractions, dozens, schedules, appointments, durations, and everyday clock, calendar, and frequency words.

Numbers, Time & Dates — B1

A B1-level Numbers, Time & Dates vocabulary set covering measurement, statistics, approximation, and comparison language used to describe amounts and change.

School & Classroom

School & Classroom — A1

A1-level vocabulary set on School & Classroom — classroom objects, school subjects, school people, and everyday school actions.

School & Classroom — A2

An A2 School & Classroom set covering objects, subjects, school staff and routines, plus everyday actions and feelings during the day.

School & Classroom — B1

A B1-level School & Classroom set for students handling curriculum, deadlines, grades, and the everyday academic language of secondary school life.

Science & Discovery

Science & Discovery — A1

For complete beginners: essential science words used every day, from hot and cold to light, water, gas, and simple tests.

Science & Discovery — A2

For elementary learners: key science concepts and vocabulary used in school experiments, nature, and everyday natural life.

Science & Discovery — B1

For intermediate learners: core scientific concepts and terms used in secondary school biology, chemistry, and physics reading.

Science & Discovery — B2

For upper-intermediate learners: advanced scientific vocabulary found in academic articles and university-level science study.

Science & Discovery — C1

For advanced learners: specialist scientific terminology used in research papers, lectures, and professional science communication.

Science & Discovery — C2

For expert learners: precise vocabulary from science journalism and the epistemology of science, covering evidence, reasoning, and method.

Shopping

Shopping — A1

Essential A1 shopping vocabulary for absolute beginners: shop types, money, prices, paying, and simple actions like buying, choosing, and returning things.

Shopping — A2

Everyday A2-level vocabulary for shops, buying things, prices, and paying, covering shop types, items and actions used when shopping.

Shopping — B1

A B1-level "Shopping" vocabulary set covering shops, items, prices, paying, and common retail actions like buying, trying on, and returning goods.

Social & Relationships

Social & Relationships — A1

For complete beginners learning the most basic words for friends, family, feelings, and everyday social actions like greeting.

Social & Relationships — A2

For elementary learners expanding their vocabulary for describing people, relationships, and everyday social situations.

Social & Relationships — B1

For intermediate learners building vocabulary to describe deeper relationship dynamics, disagreements, emotions, and social behaviour.

Social & Relationships — B2

For upper-intermediate learners tackling nuanced vocabulary for complex relationship patterns, social dynamics, and interpersonal responsibility.

Social & Relationships — C1

For advanced learners mastering sophisticated vocabulary for analysing social structures, relationship dynamics, and ethical concepts.

Social & Relationships — C2

For near-native learners: precise, literary vocabulary for kinship, social bonds, and relational dynamics found in serious prose and criticism.

Sports & Competition

Sports & Competition — A1

For complete beginners — learn the most basic sports actions and objects, from running and kicking to teams and winning.

Sports & Competition — A2

For elementary learners — expand your sports vocabulary with roles, places, equipment, and everyday match-day actions and rules.

Sports & Competition — B1

For intermediate learners — build richer sports vocabulary around tactics, performance, and the structure of competitions.

Sports & Competition — B2

For upper-intermediate learners — master nuanced vocabulary for analysing performance, tactics, rivalries, and sporting culture.

Sports & Competition — C1

For advanced learners — master specialist terminology from sports science, elite training, and high-performance analysis.

Sports & Competition — C2

For mastery-level learners — the literary, journalistic vocabulary sportswriters use to narrate triumph, defeat, and elite competition.

Technology & Digital

Technology & Digital — A1

For complete beginners learning the most common everyday technology words used with phones, computers, and simple digital tasks.

Technology & Digital — A2

For elementary learners building vocabulary around the internet, messaging apps, and common digital tasks like downloading and sharing.

Technology & Digital — B1

For intermediate learners expanding vocabulary around software, hardware, networks, and how digital systems work together.

Technology & Digital — B2

For upper-intermediate learners tackling the language of cybersecurity, AI, automation, and digital systems used in professional contexts.

Technology & Digital — C1

For advanced learners mastering precise technical vocabulary used in professional, academic, and policy discussions about emerging digital technologies.

Technology & Digital — C2

For expert learners mastering rare, precise vocabulary from serious tech journalism and policy writing about surveillance, automation, and digital power.

Travel & Transport

Travel & Transport — A1

Basic travel words every beginner needs: transport, places, and everyday actions for talking about a simple trip abroad.

Travel & Transport — A2

Elementary travel vocabulary: airports, hotel reservations, sightseeing tours, and practical words for exploring new places abroad.

Travel & Transport — B1

Intermediate travel vocabulary: planning trips, handling delays and problems, and describing real travel experiences abroad.

Travel & Transport — B2

Upper-intermediate travel vocabulary: global travel, cultural exploration, geography, and precise diplomatic travel language.

Travel & Transport — C1

Advanced travel vocabulary for confident speakers: scenic description, journey narratives, and sophisticated travel writing.

Travel & Transport — C2

Mastery-level travel vocabulary: literary, precise words for landscapes, journeys, and border bureaucracy, for advanced writers and readers.

Weather & Seasons

Weather & Seasons — A1

A1 weather and seasons vocabulary for beginners, covering sun, rain, snow, wind, temperature, and the four seasons in simple English.

Weather & Seasons — A2

A2-level Weather & Seasons vocabulary set for English learners — everyday words about weather conditions, the four seasons, and describing temperature.

Weather & Seasons — B1

A B1-level Weather & Seasons set covering changing conditions, storms, and the words needed to describe temperature, sky, and forecasts in detail.

Work & Careers

Work & Careers — A1

For complete beginners: the most basic words for jobs, workplaces, everyday actions, and simple conversations with colleagues at work.

Work & Careers — A2

For elementary learners: vocabulary for colleagues, salaries, job interviews, and everyday situations and tasks in the workplace.

Work & Careers — B1

For intermediate learners: words for professional qualities, workplace processes, teamwork, and everyday career development.

Work & Careers — B2

For upper-intermediate learners: vocabulary for leadership, workplace strategy, and clear professional communication at work.

Work & Careers — C1

For advanced learners — sophisticated vocabulary for leadership, organisational dynamics, and high-level professional communication.

Work & Careers — C2

For mastery-level learners — literary vocabulary for narrating a career: professional character, workplace dynamics, and reputation.

Gaming: Action & Racing

Gaming Action — A2

Pick up racing and action-game vocabulary from fast-paced racing and action games — chase, crash, speed, block, and escape.

Gaming Action — B1

Level up your action-game vocabulary from high-speed racing and action games with combat, ambush, and real tactical terms.

Gaming Action — B2

Master advanced combat and military vocabulary from high-octane racing and action games — artillery, covert, and breach tactics.

Gaming Action — C1

Sharpen your action-game vocabulary to a professional level with precise combat, physics, and design terms like hitbox, parry, and attrition.

Gaming: Fantasy RPG

Gaming Fantasy — A2

Begin your fantasy RPG vocabulary from epic fantasy games and legendary tales — quest, magic, curse, and ancient legend.

Gaming Fantasy — B1

Deepen your dark-fantasy vocabulary from dungeon-crawler and action RPGs — arcane, banish, betray, and dark covenant magic.

Gaming Fantasy — B2

Master intense dark-fantasy vocabulary from dungeon-crawler and soulslike RPGs — apocalypse, cataclysm, ruin, and atrocity.

Gaming Fantasy — C1

Advance to lore-heavy fantasy vocabulary for RPGs and epic novels — anathema, crucible, interregnum, eldritch, and magic-system precision terms.

Gaming: Strategy

Gaming Strategy — A2

Build your strategy-game vocabulary from real-time strategy and 4X games — army, base, attack, defend, and final victory.

Gaming Strategy — B1

Expand your strategy vocabulary from real-time strategy and 4X empire-building games with alliances, campaigns, and troop battalions.

Gaming Strategy — B2

Master advanced diplomatic and military vocabulary from real-time strategy and 4X empire-building games — coalitions, annexation.

Gaming Strategy — C1

Master advanced strategy vocabulary — stockpiles, chokepoints, stratagems — for describing siege, diplomacy, and command with precision.

Gaming: Wild West

Gaming Western — A2

Ride into frontier vocabulary from Western-genre games and stories — outlaw, sheriff, ranch, rifle, saddle, and gunfight.

Gaming Western — B1

Explore intermediate Wild West vocabulary from Western-genre games and stories — ambush, bounty, cavalry, contraband, and confrontation.

Gaming Western — B2

Master advanced frontier-justice vocabulary from Western-genre games and stories — acquittal, arbitration, bootlegger, and lawless brigand.

Gaming Western — C1

Build C1-level frontier vocabulary from Western-genre games and stories — outcasts, vendettas, hardship, and the harsh, unforgiving frontier landscape.

Medical English & Doctor Visits

Medical English — A2

An A2-level set for the practical patient experience: booking appointments, the pharmacy, prescriptions, insurance cards, and a simple clinic visit.

Medical English — B1

For intermediate learners: booking appointments, hospital departments, insurance basics, and the practical language of visiting a doctor or clinic.

Medical English — B2

For upper-intermediate learners: healthcare bureaucracy, insurance costs, patient rights, and the professional language used around medical care.

Medical English — C1

For advanced learners: healthcare bureaucracy, insurance systems, patient rights, and the precise vocabulary used to discuss cost and fairness in care.

Music & Entertainment

Music & Entertainment — A2

Learn A2 music and entertainment words for instruments, bands, concerts, movies, and simple ways to talk about songs you enjoy.

Music & Entertainment — B1

A B1 set on music and entertainment covering instruments, genres, live performing, recording songs, and talking about films and TV.

Music & Entertainment — B2

An advanced B2 set on music and entertainment covering orchestras, genres, live performance, recording, and nuanced film and TV terms.

Music & Entertainment — C1

An advanced C1 set on music vocabulary covering theory terms, production techniques, and the language critics use to describe songs.

Business English