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 Words – The Eighth Hundred
Lesson 3: yourself, control, practice, report, straight, rise, statement, stick, party, seeds, suppose, woman, coast, bank, period, wire, pay, clean, visit, bit
Sometimes you must ask yourself questions.
Sometimes you must give yourself time to rest.
When you are prepared, you feel more in control.
When you drive, you must be in control of your car at all times.
Let’s go practice English together.
The students will practice before the test.
We need to write a report about the latest news.
The employee will report to the manager.
Follow the straight line.
Drive straight ahead on Main street.
I saw the sea level rise last night.
You must rise out of bed quickly.
The victim gave a statement to the police.
The politician made a statement on the news.
The kid hit the ball with a stick.
She used a walking stick to go hiking.
Let’s have a birthday party for Ken.
My employer throws a party every year.
You must plant the seeds in the ground.
The birds ate the seeds on the ground.
Where do you suppose we will meet the teacher?
How do you suppose we will complete this task?
That woman is married.
The woman wore a red dress.
It is expensive to live on the coast, near the Pacific Ocean.
It’s fun to drive along the California coast along the Pacific Ocean.
She went to the bank to deposit some money.
He went to the bank to withdraw some money.
2020 was a period of social unrest in the United States of America.
Everyone wants to enjoy a long period of peace in the world.
That fence is made of barbed wire.
They cut the electric wire and got electrocuted.
Everybody has to pay taxes in the United States of America.
When you buy something in California, you need to pay a sales tax.
She likes to clean her car every weekend.
The woman wants to clean her kitchen.
The little girl will visit her grandmother tomorrow.
Do you have time to visit your family on the weekends?
The dog bit the burglar.
Let’s wait a bit longer for the teacher.
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.