While I still use the Fry Instant Words 1-1,000, I'm starting to use the NGSL (New General Service List) Words 1-2,800 more and more. Attached you'll find the NGSL 1-2,800 organized by frequency with a brief introduction and study suggestions based on Marzano's six-step process for learning vocabulary words.The NGSL is an extraordinarily valuable piece of work, created by Browne, Culligan and Phillips. Here is a description from their website, "With approved use of the Cambridge English Corpus,