本字彙表之制定係參考多種字彙來源,包括民國八十三年教育部發布之「國民中學課程標準」參考字彙表、韓國小學課程綱要參考字彙、上海九年制課程綱要詞彙表、日本初中英語教材常用字彙、數種國內外兒童英語教材常用字彙,以及民國八十四、九十、九十一年大學入學考試中心公佈之高中英文參考詞彙表中之最常用詞彙,和 Collins COBUILD 最新字典所制定之最常用英文字彙表(該字典是根據The Bank of English語料庫編制的),綜合彙整,輸進電腦,建立一詞庫及字頻表後,並參考美國、英國、南非、及日本等國最常用英文字彙,最後再依我國中小學階段學生之生活經驗,及其學習英語之目標,與外語學習環境等因素加以篩選調整完成。
A─49 a (an), a few, a little, a lot, able, about, above, afraid, after, afternoon, again, age, ago, agree, air, airplane (plane), airport, all, almost, along, already, also, always, a.m., America, American, and, angry, animal, another, answer, any, anyone (anybody), anything, apartment, appear, apple, April, arm, around, arrive, art, as, ask, at, August, aunt, autumn (fall), away
B─79 baby, back, bad, bag, bakery, ball, banana, band, bank, baseball, basket, basketball, bath, bathroom, be (am, are, is, was, were, been), beach, bear, beautiful, because, become, bed, bedroom, bee, beef, before, begin, behind, believe, bell, belong, below, belt, beside, between, bicycle (bike), big, bird, birthday, bite, black, blackboard, blind, block, blow, blue, boat, body, book, bookstore, bored, boring, born, borrow, boss, both, bottle, bottom, bowl, box, boy, bread, break, breakfast, bridge, bright, bring, brother, brown, brush, build, burn, bus, business, businessman, busy, but, butter, buy, by
A─49 a (an), a few, a little, a lot, able, about, above, afraid, after, afternoon, again, age, ago, agree, air, airplane (plane), airport, all, almost, along, already, also, always, a.m., America, American, and, angry, animal, another, answer, any, anyone (anybody), anything, apartment, appear, apple, April, arm, around, arrive, art, as, ask, at, August, aunt, autumn (fall), away
B─79 baby, back, bad, bag, bakery, ball, banana, band, bank, baseball, basket, basketball, bath, bathroom, be (am, are, is, was, were, been), beach, bear, beautiful, because, become, bed, bedroom, bee, beef, before, begin, behind, believe, bell, belong, below, belt, beside, between, bicycle (bike), big, bird, birthday, bite, black, blackboard, blind, block, blow, blue, boat, body, book, bookstore, bored, boring, born, borrow, boss, both, bottle, bottom, bowl, box, boy, bread, break, breakfast, bridge, bright, bring, brother, brown, brush, build, burn, bus, business, businessman, busy, but, butter, buy, by