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Sight Words

These initial lists were compiled from a couple of meetings among teachers at Sacred Heart. The start point was the 176 function words from the Essential Word Lists published in 2016 by Dang, T. N. Y., & Webb, S. The Dolch and Fry lists were also consulted, and there were some additional words added as well.

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Download a word document copy of these lists here.

Foundation L

the

and

of

to

from

for

all

so

with

a

an

I

you

he

she

it

we

they

not

no

yes

that

this

me

my

her

his

in

out

on

at

do

can

have

has

be

are

am

is

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why

when

what

where

who

how

word

number

one

two

three

four

five

six

seven

eight

nine

ten

eleven

twelve

thirteen

fourteen

fifteen

sixteen

seventeen

eighteen

nineteen

twenty

under

behind

outside

above

inside

up

down

between

over

your

our

him

every

each 

many

much

good

bad

little

big

more

some

very

there

way

off

back 

first 

next

 last

before

after

now

don’t

did

was

were

had

will

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second

third

thirty

forty

fifty

sixty

seventy

eighty

ninety

hundred

them

people

below

by

about

around

near

away

across

into

but

as

or

if

more

once

half

then

long

right

round

just

past

per

any

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its

their

because

which

other

another

anything

nothing

something

everything

since

either

unless

towards

too

someone

somebody

everyone

anyone

nobody

everybody

anybody

million

thousand

those

these

than

most

none

must

may

should

could

would

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mine

myself

yourself

herself 

himself

itself

themselves

therefore

however

yet

though

although

through

while

during

until

enough

either

several

among

whether

whose

except

unless

against

without

such

few

still

both

might

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