| NOUN | VERB | ADJECTIVE | NOUN/VERB | NOUN/ADJ | VERB/ADJ | NOUN/VB/ADJ | -LY ADVERBS |
| man | say | nice | go | flat | live | round | quietly |
| god | get | little | like | soviet | empty | light | really |
| mum | gonna | old | pound | west | shut | side | slowly |
| formula | tell | bloody | vote | wee | warm | front | gently |
| mother | know | lovely | police | communist | dry | minute | |
| child | see | young | father | darling | second | ||
| night | didn’t | dead | leave | military | camp | ||
| garden | do | dark | love | sweet | open | ||
| church | come | cold | water | royal | shit | ||
| curtain | eat | green | flower | orange | |||
| Joan | put | white | house | gold | |||
| hair | remember | blind | look | patient | |||
| lord | hear | red | eye | conservative | |||
| boy | die | beautiful | play | game | |||
| king | can’t | funny | dog | wrong | |||
| Edward | pray | terrible | seat | liberal | |||
| fabric | sit | rural | fish | social | |||
| bed | couldn’t | Russian | watch | adult | |||
| girl | lie | political | walk | Tory | |||
| dad | think | strange | tunnel | sick | |||
| woman | haven’t | wet | laugh | north | |||
| lady | marry | black | turn | native | |||
| queen | wasn’t | loud | kill | semi | |||
| MRS | wanna | northern | party | inside | |||
| town | feel | pink | doctor | ||||
| word | read | east | tape | ||||
| animal | could | bright | shout | ||||
| fig | suppose | ancient | gun | ||||
| Anne | won’t | asleep | hand | ||||
| son | born | horrible | land | ||||
| election | wear | thin | pool | ||||
| tree | weren’t | sorry | dress | ||||
| door | elect | sad | arm | ||||
| county | hang | awful | wash | ||||
| village | wouldn’t | fat | cry | ||||
| Karen | listen | boring | paint | ||||
| death | burn | yellow | mind | ||||
| life | tire | grey | cup | ||||
| war | isn’t | soft | face | ||||
| brother | forget | guilty | half | ||||
| peace | ask | wonderful | pattern | ||||
| leg | hasn’t | true | colour | ||||
| sir | pretend | blue | miss | ||||
| daughter | fetch | stupid | smile | ||||
| friend | condemn | calm | sleep | ||||
| daddy | have | silver | milk | ||||
| horse | seem | alive | dance | ||||
| population | reckon | quiet | hate | ||||
| army | observe | great | fight | ||||
| Elizabeth | tall | pin | |||||
| sister | elderly | bite | |||||
| music | mad | stop | |||||
| player | angry | pause | |||||
| hospital | agricultural | wait | |||||
| wife | religious | stone | |||||
| morning | tiny | divide | |||||
| river | heavy | bottle | |||||
| century | knock | ||||||
| candidate | tower | ||||||
| yesterday | rain | ||||||
| EC | school | ||||||
| christian | plane | ||||||
| mouth | troop | ||||||
| district | bomb | ||||||
| leaf | take | ||||||
| league | mate | ||||||
| home | guard | ||||||
| boat | wonder | ||||||
| ward | bag | ||||||
| egg | stitch | ||||||
| palace | bowl | ||||||
| winter | stem | ||||||
| sun | brush | ||||||
| motion | tear | ||||||
| truth | smell | ||||||
| council | stand | ||||||
| bedroom | captain | ||||||
| Saturday | catch | ||||||
| MP | finish | ||||||
| husband | drink | ||||||
| Sunday | ring | ||||||
| countryside | finger | ||||||
| diamond | table | ||||||
| baby | shoot | ||||||
| blood | kick | ||||||
| glass | minister | ||||||
| skin | corner | ||||||
| gentleman | cook | ||||||
| soldier | bike | ||||||
| road | attack | ||||||
| equation | hole | ||||||
| scene | piece | ||||||
| species | pardon * | ||||||
| nose | search | ||||||
| library | pair | ||||||
| hall | edge | ||||||
| mercury | spring | ||||||
| tooth | pick | ||||||
| toilet | campaign | ||||||
| birthday | park | ||||||
| opposition | season | ||||||
| FT | poll | ||||||
| bathroom | chair | ||||||
| Mary | throw | ||||||
| seam | head | ||||||
| artist | star | ||||||
| noise | shake | ||||||
| kitchen | orbit | ||||||
| officer | score | ||||||
| cat | shade | ||||||
| student | radio | ||||||
| hill | crowd | ||||||
| chocolate | soil | ||||||
| tea | shape | ||||||
| furniture | row | ||||||
| victory | spray | ||||||
| bread | snow | ||||||
| age | dare | ||||||
| length | wipe | ||||||
| dinner | bother | ||||||
| expression | bus | ||||||
| cupboard | escape | ||||||
| Jean | sentence | ||||||
| lad | rubbish | ||||||
| gallery | lock | ||||||
| William | smoke | ||||||
| aunt | rebel | ||||||
| heart | protest | ||||||
| cake | witness | ||||||
| coal | hide | ||||||
| shore | nod | ||||||
| behaviour | shine | ||||||
| upstairs | prey | ||||||
| opera | pen | ||||||
| portrait | grant | ||||||
| character | wave | ||||||
| Ben | stick | ||||||
| prison | show | ||||||
| all | labour | ||||||
| lip | aid | ||||||
| flame | dream | ||||||
| unity | bloom | ||||||
| bath | arrest | ||||||
| railway | shelter | ||||||
| variable | murder | ||||||
| butter | foot | ||||||
| Christmas | coin | ||||||
| Jane | pump | ||||||
| bush | diet | ||||||
| Helen | silence | ||||||
| marriage | fire | ||||||
| neck[1] | earth | ||||||
| shoulder | space | ||||||
| union | sail | ||||||
| summit | joke | ||||||
| appearance | shower | ||||||
| faith | count | ||||||
| summer | feed | ||||||
| constitution | kid | ||||||
| weapon | study | ||||||
| joy | sick | ||||||
| inn | floor | ||||||
| heaven | moon | ||||||
| incident | leap | ||||||
| castle | pot | ||||||
| bay | cream | ||||||
| James | match | ||||||
| parameter | stay | ||||||
| Sarah | jacket | ||||||
| sea | salt | ||||||
| sprinkler | hunt | ||||||
| forest | defeat | ||||||
| declaration | sugar | ||||||
| Sam | parent | ||||||
| assembly | plant | ||||||
| Richard | form | ||||||
| intelligence | charm | ||||||
| waiter | fear | ||||||
| ash | spirit | ||||||
| secretary | glance | ||||||
| party’s | fold | ||||||
| meal | beat | ||||||
| quid | farm | ||||||
| wine | win | ||||||
| cottage | breakfast | ||||||
| drawer | volunteer | ||||||
| Chris | clerk | ||||||
| ball | honour | ||||||
| tale | tone | ||||||
| ear | jail | ||||||
| Di | hurt | ||||||
| prayer | swim | ||||||
| soul | brain | ||||||
| Henry | |||||||
| Moscow | |||||||
| Kenneth | |||||||
| preference | |||||||
| congress |
[1] Neck and shoulder have been classed as nouns only. They can be verbs, but were not in the BEC.
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