BEC Negative Key Word Categorisations – Nouns
| People | Institutions | Activities & Events | House & Home | Things | States & Qualities | Time | Places | Parts of the body |
| man | church | election | curtain | formula | death | night | town | leg |
| god | army | birthday | fabric | word | life | morning | county | mouth |
| mum | hospital | victory | bed | music | war | century | village | blood |
| mother | EC | christmas | door | league | peace | yesterday | district | skin |
| child | council | marriage | garden | road | motion | winter | ward | nose |
| hair | FT | incident | home | equation | truth | Saturday | palace | tooth |
| lord | union | declaration | bedroom | scene | age | Sunday | countryside | heart |
| boy | | assembly | furniture | opposition | length | summer | library | lip |
| king | | prayer | toilet | seam | unity | | hall | neck |
| girl | | congress | bathroom | noise | faith | | hill | shoulder |
| dad | | | kitchen | expression | joy | | gallery | heart |
| woman | Food & Drink | Earth & Nature | cupboard | behaviour | | | shore | |
| lady | | | upstairs | portrait | | | opera | |
| queen | fig | animal | bath | character | | | prison | |
| Mrs | egg | tree | drawer | all | | | inn | |
| son | chocolate | horse | | railway | | | heaven | |
| brother | tea | river | | variable | | | castle | |
| sir | bread | leaf | | summit | | | bay | |
| daughter | dinner | sun | | appearance | | | sea | |
| friend | cake | diamond | | constitution | | | forest | |
| daddy | butter | glass | | weapon | | | cottage | |
| population | meal | species | | parameter | | | | |
| sister | wine | mercury | | sprinkler | | | | |
| player | | cat | | intelligence | | | | |
| wife | | coal | | party’s | | | | |
| candidate | | flame | | quid | | | | |
| christian | | bush | | ball | | | | |
| MP | | ash | | tale | | | | |
| husband | | | | preference | | | | |
| baby | | | | | | | | |
| gentleman | | | | | | | | |
| soldier | | | | | | | | |
| artist | | | | | | | | |
| officer | | | | | | | | |
| student | | | | | | | | |
| lad | | | | | | | | |
| aunt | | | | | | | | |
| waiter | | | | | | | | |
| secretary | | | | | | | | |
| soul | | | | | | | | |