We are now working on the 1,000 Fry Sight Words, a set of high-frequency words that are necessary for American English reading comprehension and communication skills. Please do your best to follow the directions below, as well as use the website translator to define any of the Fry Sight Words or related sentences you need to know better. The more you become comfortable with the Fry Sight Words, the more fluent in American English you will become.
Part 1 – DIRECTIONS: Please watch the vocabulary video below two or three times:
Part 2 – Please read aloud the following words and sentences in English, then translate them and read them into your primary language using the translator on this page.
Fry’s The Third Hundred Part 3
important, until, children, side, feet, car, mile, night, walk, white, sea, began, grow, took, river, four, carry, state, once, book
The politician signed an important document.
I have an important meeting I need to attend.
Maria waited at the door until someone opened it.
You need to work extra hard on your English until you become more fluent.
Maria and Juan have two children.
There were many children playing in the park yesterday.
The car was damaged on the left side during the accident.
She walked by my side at the park.
The podiatrist will help treat your feet.
She sat ten feet away from him.
Would you rather have a used car instead of a new one?
She spent a lot of money on her new car.
I live about a mile away from the nearest supermarket.
I try to walk about a mile each day.
Try not to go to bed too late at night.
Many crimes and accidents take place late at night.
I like to walk at the park every day.
Let’s walk together at the beach and talk.
She drives a white car.
The white paper needs to be put into the printer.
He went to swim into the cold sea.
A sea is much smaller than an ocean.
She began to clean her house yesterday.
I began learning English when I moved to the USA.
Children grow very fast.
I want to grow tomatoes in my backyard.
She took his wallet from the table.
He took my picture with my camera.
There are a lot of fish in the Danube river.
The streams combined into a big river.
Number four follows number three.
He has injured four of his fingers.
Can you carry that heavy bag full of potatoes?
She needs to carry her baby every day.
California is a big state in the USA.
Please state your name.
I used to be a beginning English learner, once.
He was also a young boy, once.
We need to read a book each week. She borrowed the book from the library.
Part 3 DIRECTIONS: Please watch the quiz video and do the quiz on your own paper. When you finish, let us know your quiz score in the comments section below.
There are 5 words that are newly learned: important, until, , river, carry feet