Word Lists

Here are some word lists that have come in pretty handy for me over the years. Dolch list: 220 Sight Words 1. Dolch Sight Words List

Pre-primer: a, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, here, I, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow, you Primer: all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, came, did, do, eat, four, get, good, have, he, into, like, must, new, no, now, on, our, out, please, pretty, ran, ride, saw, say, she, so, soon, that, there, they, this, too, under, want, was, well, went, what, white, who, will, with, yes 1st Grade: after, again, an, any, as, ask, by, could, every, fly, from, give, giving, had, has, her, him, his, how, just, know, let, live, may, of, old, once, open, over, put, round, some, stop, take, thank, them, then, think, walk, were, when 2nd Grade: always, around, because, been, before, best, both, buy, call, cold, does, dont, fast, first, five, found, gave, goes, green, its, made, many, off, or, pull, read, right, sing, sit, sleep, tell, their, these, those, upon, us, use, very, wash, which, why, wish, work, would, write, your 3rd Grade: about, better, bring, carry, clean, cut, done, draw, drink, eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt, if, keep, kind, laugh, light, long, much, myself, never, only, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start, ten, today, together, try, warm Dolch list: 95 Nouns apple, baby, back, ball, bear, bed, bell, bird, birthday, boat, box, boy, bread, brother, cake, car, cat, chair, chicken, children, Christmas, coat, corn, cow, day, dog, doll, door, duck, egg, eye, farm, farmer, father, feet, fire, fish, floor, flower, game, garden, girl, good-bye, grass, ground, hand, head, hill, home, horse, house, kitty, leg, letter, man, men, milk, money, morning, mother, name, nest, night, paper, party, picture, pig, rabbit, rain, ring, robin, Santa Claus, school, seed, sheep, shoe, sister, snow, song, squirrel, stick, street, sun, table, thing, time, top, toy, tree, watch, water, way, wind, window, wood

2. 100 Common Nouns 1. word 6. class 11. place 16. boy 2. letter 7. people 12. man 17. girl 3. number 8. sound 13. men 18. year 4. person 9. water 14. woman 19. day 5. pen 10. side 15. women

20. week 24. line 25. air

21. month 26. land 31. animal 36. world 41. answer 46. state

22. name 27. home

23. sentence 28. hand

29. house

30. picture 35. sister

32. mother 37. head

33. father

34. brother

38. page

39. country 44. food

40. question 45. sun

42. school 47. eye

43. plant

48. city

49. tree

50. farm

51. story 56. north

52. sea

53. night 58. east

54. day

55. life 60. child 65. river

57. south

59. west

61. children 66. car 71. room 76. horse 81. list 86. song 91. area 96. piece

62. example 68. feet

63. paper 69. book

64. music 70. science

67. foot

72. friend 77. watch 82. bird 87. door 92. rock 97. top

73. idea 78. color

74. fish 79. face

75. mountain 80. wood

83. body

84. dog

85. family 90. ship

88. product 93. order 98. bottom

89. wind

94. fire

95. problem 100. space

99. king

1. agree 6. borrow 11. cancel

2. ask

3. become 8. bring

3. 100 Common Verbs 4. believe 5. bite 9. brush 10. buy 15. close 20. cry 25. eat 30. fix

7. break 12. change

13. clean 18. cure

14. climb 19. cut 24. drive

16. complain 21. dance 26. explain 31. fly 36. hear 41. know 46. live 51. open

17. count

22. draw 27. fall

23. drink 28. find 33. give 38. hold 43. leave

29. finish 34. go

32. forget 37. hide 42. learn 47. look 52. pay

35. have 40. ignore 45. listen 50. need 55. pretend 60. ride

39. hope 44. lend

48. lose 53. play

49. make

54. practice 59. read

56. promise 61. run 66. share 71. spell 76. study 81. tease 86. travel

57. put

58. rain

62. save 67. sing 72. spend

63. say 68. sit

64. see

65. sell 70. speak 75. steal 80. teach 85. translate 90. turn on 95. walk

69. sleep

73. stand 78. take 83. think 88. try

74. start 79. talk 84. throw 89. turn off

77. swim 82. tell 87. trust

91. understand 96. want

92. use

93. wait

94. wake up

97. watch

98. work

99. worry

100. write

4. 100 Common Adjectives 1. afraid 2. alive 3. angry 4. annoyed 5. annoying 6. apart 7. bad 8. beautiful 9. big 10. boring 11. broken 12. busy 13. cheap 14. clear 15. close 16. closed 17. cold 18. cool 19. dangerous 20. dark 21. dead 22. different 23. done 24. dry 25. early 26. easy 27. empty 28. excited 29. exciting 30. expensive

31. fake 32. false 33. far 34. fast 35. few 36. fine 37. finished 38. first 39. flat 40. free 41. full 42. good 43. great 44. happy 45. hard 46. hard 47. heavy 48. high 49. hot 50. huge 51. interesting 52. large 53. last 54. last 55. late 56. light 57. light 58. little 59. long 60. low 61. many 62. mean

63. near 64. new 65. next 66. nice 67. noisy 68. old 69. old 70. open 71. poor 72. pretty 73. quick 74. ready 75. real 76. rich 77. right 78. sad 79. safe 80. same 81. short 82. slow 83. small 84. soft 85. special 86. strange 87. strong 88. sure 89. surprised 90. tall 91. tiny 92. tired 93. together 94. true

95. ugly 96. warm 97. weak 98. wet 99. wrong 100. young

5. 100 Common Adverbs 1. Accidentally 2. Always 3. Angrily 4. Anxiously 5. 7. Awkwardly Blindly 6. Badly 8. Boastfully 9. Boldly 10. Bravely 11. Brightly 12. Cheerfully 13. Coyly 14. Crazily 15. Defiantly 16. Deftly 17. Deliberately 18. Devotedly 19. Doubtfully 20. Dramatically 21. Dutifully 22. Eagerly 23. Elegantly 24. Enormously 25. Evenly 26. Eventually 27. Exactly 28. Faithfully

29. Finally 30. Foolishly 31. Fortunately 32. Frantically 33. Frequently 34. Gleefully 35. Gracefully 36. Happily 37. Hastily 38. Honestly 39. Hopelessly 40. Hourly 41. Hungrily 42. Innocently 43. Inquisitively 44. Irritably 45. Jealously 46. Justly 47. Kindly 48. Lazily 49. Loosely 50. Madly 51. Merrily 52. Mortally 53. Mysteriously 54. Nervously 55. Never 56. Obediently 57. Obnoxiously 58. Occasionally 59. Often 60. Only 61. Perfectly 62. Politely 63. Poorly 64. Powerfully 65. Promptly

66. Quickly 67. Rapidly 68. Rarely 69. Really 70. Regularly 71. Rudely 72. Safely 73. Seldom 74. Selfishly 75. Seriously 76. Shakily 77. Sharply 78. Silently 79. Slowly80. Solemnly 81. Sometimes 82. Speedily 83. Steadily 84. Sternly 85. Technically 86. Tediously 87. Tenderly 88. Terrifically 89. Tightly 90. Totally 91. Tremendously 92. Unexpectedly 93. Usually 94. Victoriously 95. Vivaciously 96. Warmly 97. Wearily 98. Weekly 99. Wildly 100. Yearly

6. 73 Pronouns

all another any anybody anyone anything both each each other either everybody everyone everything few he her hers herself him himself his I it its itself little many me mine more most much myself neither no one nobody none nothing one one another other others ours ourselves several she some somebody someone something that theirs them themselves these they this those us we what whatever which whichever who whoever whom whomever whose you yours yourself yourselves

7. 75 Common Prepositions 1. Aboard: Cant climb aboard without a preposition 2. About: Cant make much ado about nothing without about 3. Above: Cant go above and beyond the call of duty without the preposition above 4. Absent: Cant be absent from school either! 5. 7. According to: How could you site a source without according to? After: No more after-parties without the word after 6. Across: Guess you cant sit across from anyone at Thanksgiving dinner 8. Against: Youll have to agree to everything if you cant vote against things 9. Ahead of: No one will ever again be ahead of their time without the preposition ahead. 10. Along: You need along to signify that you are going along for the side 11. Alongside: You also need alongside to describe where you are, alongside your best friend. 12. Amid: Amid all the chaos, the preposition amid stands out. 13. Amidst: Amidst the rubble, you have the word amidst. 14. Among: The preposition among allows you to be among friends. 15. Anti: Anti-matter and anti-establishment both depend on the preposition anti 16. Around- Around is a pretty important preposition if you are around town. 17. As- As long as prepositions exist, sentences make sense. 18. as far as- As far as were concerned, as is a pretty important preposition 19. as well as- Knowing prepositions as well as their meanings is important. 20. At- Youll need at to describe the time at which youll arrive. 21. Atop- How could you be atop a high mountain without atop 22. Before- Mind before matter is the key to learning prepositions such as before. 23. Behind- Falling behind on your prepositions, such as behind, would be bad. 24. Below- There are prepositions above and below the preposition below. 25. Between- No more secrets between you and me without the preposition between. 26. But- What would a toddler whine about if they couldnt say But mommy! 27. By- It would be hard to get by without the preposition by

28. Considering- Considering all these great prepositions, wouldnt you be sad if you didnt have this list 29. Down- Without down, the famous rule of gravity that what goes up must come down wouldnt have a lot of meaning. 30. During- Weve added before and after to the list, during completes the trifecta 31. Except- We cant name all the prepositions except for except! 32. Excluding- Excluding excluding would also be a terrible mistake! 33. Following: Following right along with our pattern, following is the next preposition on the list. 34. For- If it werent for the preposition for it would be hard for you to talk. 35. From- Prepositions such as from are far from unimportant 36. In- In case you didnt know, in is a preposition also! 37. In addition to- In addition to is a lovely addition to the preposition list. 38. In case of- In case of emergency, you can always use a preposition to get help. 39. Inside- Now you have the inside track on prepositions! 40. Into- Without the preposition into, you couldnt get into trouble. 41. Like- Like is, like, the most, like, overused preposition on, like, the planet. 42. mid- Mid is a good preposition to be midway through the list- of course, it isnt quite mid way but were close! 43. Near- Without near, we wouldnt be able to tell you that you are near to the end o the list 44. Next- Next is a good preposition to be the next item on the prepositions list! 45. next to- Next to the preposition, next, next to may be the most important word 46. notwithstanding- Notwithstanding the importance of prepositions, this list is still fun 47. of- Without Of, we wouldnt have Of Mice and Men (or, well, any other sentence or title that uses off) 48. Off- The name of a popular bug spray, Off! Is also a great preposition. 49. On- On the same topic, the preposition on is the opposite of the preposition off 50. on account of- On account of prepositions, such as on account of, we can communicate. 51. on behalf of- On behalf of English speakers everywhere, we say that prepositions are great. 52. on top of- On top of all the other wonderful prepositions, we also have on top of 53. onto- Onto the next preposition, which is onto. 54. Opposite- Is there an opposite to the preposition opposite? 55. Outside- Without prepositions, you could never think outside the box. 56. outside of- You could also never color outside of the lines. 57. Over- The preposition over is required to think things over. 58. owing to- Owing to prepositions, we are able to communicate. 59. Past- Dont look past the preposition past. 60. Per- Per our instructions, the preposition per should be learned. 61. Plus- Plus is a preposition plus a math word! 62. prior to- Prior to learning prepositions, such as prior to, communicate was way less fun.

63. Regarding- Movies such as Regarding Henry take advantage of the preposition regarding. 64. Round- Without a preposition, such as round, you couldnt go round the town. 65. Save- You also couldnt Save the Wales without the preposition save 66. Since- Since you asked, since is also a preposition 67. Than- There are few prepositions greater than than 68. Through- When Alice went through the looking glass, she used a preposition. 69. Throughout- Throughout history, the preposition throughout has been used. 70. To- Without to, Shakespeare could not have asked his famous question - to be or not to be. 71. Until- Until you read his list, you may not have known that until was a preposition. 72. Up- Up up and away is a cry you couldnt say without prepositions. 73. With- With or without your consent, prepositions will keep on directing sentences. 74. Within- Within the confines of many sentences, you are likely to find the preposition within. 75. Without- Without the preposition without, youd be without a clue