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THE 100
WORDS GROUPED BY FUNCTION
(And adding
the words "I" and "a")
(This will make it easier to construct sentences to use for practice.)
a an the this these that some all any every who which what such other;
I me my we us our you your he him his she her it its they them their;
man men people time work well May will can
one two great little first;
at by on upon over before to from with in
into out for of about up;
when then now how so like as well very only no not more there than;
and or if but;
be am is are was were been has have
had may can could will
would shall should must say said like go
come do made work.
Some sentences composed of these words alone are:
1. It is only there.
2. You will like your work.
3. Have you been out?
4. Was he with her?
5. I can go now.
6. We must say that.
7. Would the people come?
8. She has a great work.
9. There are more over there.
10. Such men may go in.
11. These men may come first.
12. All but you have been there.
13. It was as little as that.
14. You should not have said it.
15. How has he made up your work?
16. He has been very well.
17. No man said more than that.
18. He may not do any more.
19. We must like this.
20. Are they like them?
THE REST OF THE 500 MOST COMMON WORDS
did low see
yet act die sea run
age end new
set ago sun
eye nor son air way
far off ten
big arm few
old too ask get own
try add God
pay use boy
got put war car law
red sir yes
why cry let
sat cut lie saw Mrs
ill
also case even five head
less just mile once seem talk
wall bank fill want tell
seen open mind life keep hear
four ever city army back
cost face full held kept line
miss part ship thus week lady
many went told show pass
most live kind help gave
fact dear best bill does fall
girl here king long move
poor side took were whom town
soon read much look knew high
give feet done body book
dont felt gone hold know
lost name real sort tree wide
wind true step rest near
love land home good till door
both call down find half hope
last make need road stop
turn wish came drop fine
hand hour late mark next room
sure wait word year walk
take same note mean left idea
hard fire each care
young watch thing speak
right paper least heard dress
bring above often water
think stand river party leave
heart early built after
carry again fight horse light
place round start those
where alone cause force house
marry plant serve state
three white still today whole
short point might human
found child along began color
given large month price
small story under world whose
tried stood since power
money labor front close among
begin court green laugh
night quite smile table until
write being cover happy
learn order reach sound taken
voice wrong
chance across letter enough
public twenty always change
family matter rather wonder
answer coming father moment
reason result appear demand
figure mother remain supply
around doctor follow myself
return system became dollar
friend number school second
office garden during become
better either happen person
toward
hundred against brought
produce company already husband
receive country America
morning several another evening
nothing suppose because
herself perhaps through believe
himself picture whether
between however present without
national continue question
consider increase American
interest possible anything
children remember business
together
important themselves Washington
government something
condition president
SOME COMMON PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES
Prefixes
which are not frequent words:
un ex re de dis
mis con com for per sub pur pro
post
anti para fore coun
susp extr trans
Suffixes
which are not frequent words:
ly ing ify ally tial
ful ure sume sult jure logy gram
hood graph ment pose
pute tain ture cient spect quire
ulate ject ther
SOME COMMON
PHRASES FOR PRACTICE
we are in the he is
and the will be we will that
the
it is do not
I am to the for the of
this to them
it was and he of
a from me that was on the
they were
she is I will in
a there is he was I will
that was
SOME LONG WORDS FOR PRACTISING
somewhere newspaper
wonderful exchange
household
grandfather overlooked
depending movement
handsome
contained amounting
homestead workmanship production
discovered preventing
misplaced requested breakfast
department investment
throughout furnishing regulation
forwarded friendship
herewith foundation deportment
geography important
lemonade graduation federated
educational handkerchief conversation
arrangement nightgown
commercial exceptional
prosperity subscription visionary
federation heretofore
ingredients certificate pneumonia
interview knowledge
stockholders property chaperone
permanently demonstrated immediately
responsible Chautauqua
candidacy supervisor
independent strawberry epidemics
specification agricultural catalogues
phosphorus schedules
rheumatism temperature
circumstances convenience Pullman
trigonometry bourgeoisie slenderize
camouflage broadcast
defamatory ramshackle
bimonthly predetermined clemency
beleaguered voluptuous
intoxicating depository pseudonym
indescribable hieroglyphics morphologist
Yugoslavia cynosure
parallelogram pleasurable
toxicology bassoonist influenza
Practising
words such as these may help you get used to reading long words without
missing parts of them.
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