LITERACY LESSON 9
The most common 100 words
you see all the time
Good tip: Know 100 words and you can read about half of almost anything !
These common words turn up all the time.
Nearly 70 of the 100 most common words are in this
sing-song -
When you can read it, you can read about half of almost
anything.
Down by the green trees
I saw the elephants
in and out and up and down
and around and about
went the elephants
all among the green trees.
Here and there and back again
through and where
and how and when
why and which and was and who
with if and will
and does not too.
No one knows quite what elephants want to
do
What they would and could and
should.
Let's go!
Some say yes but others said no
As many more elephants come just so.
because this is what lots of them like, you
know
and now, look out
for off they go.
Some spellings in this story are easy, like:
I saw the ELEPHANTS
in and out and up and down
and around and about went the
ELEPHANTS
But some other spellings are funny, like:
one
knows quite what elephants want to do.
What they would could should.
Other very common words to know:
he
and she, and her and his and him,
and we and our and my and
your,
can be and were and shall and
am,
has had and been and
gone,
every day and very well.
May be!
READ A PAGE OF ANYTHING -
and run a blue line under the very common
words -
LOOK ! About half of it will be
under-lined in blue!
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Here are the 100 words to know to be able to read
about half of almost anything
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The 50 most common words with sensible spellings
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The 50 most common words with tricky spellings
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a
about
again
am
and
around
be
been
but
for
go
had
has
he
her
his
how
I
if
in
is
it
lot
may
must
no
not
now
on
our
out
saw
say
she
so
that
the
them
then
this
too
under
up
we
went
when
which
will
with
yes
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all almost always among any as
because
by
come
could
do.
does
down
every
gone
have
Here
know
like
look
many
more
my
of
off
one
only
other
quite
said
should.
some
their
there
these
they
though
through
to
very
want
was
were
what
where
who
why
would
you
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