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 List 10 Lesson 5
France, repeated, column, western, church, sugar, adjective, fig, office, huge, difficult, match, win, doesn’t, steel, seat, division, effect, underline, view
People speak French in France.
Paris is a famous city in France.
The teacher repeated the instructions for the student.
The student repeated pronouncing each word.
The math exercise was written on a separate column.
A column can be a decorative pillar.
She believes in western medicine.
He studied western civilization.
The woman went to church and prayed.
The priest lost his church in a fire.
Sugar is sweet.
She poured sugar in her tea.
An adjective describes a noun.
Blue is an adjective.
She ate a fig for lunch.
He planted a fig tree in his back yard.
That man works in an office building.
Some people have an office in their homes.
That park is not just big, it’s huge.
When something is very large, it’s huge.
Learning is always difficult at first.
Driving a big truck is quite difficult.
The man and the woman are a good match.
I need to match my socks.
Few people win at the lottery.
She wants to win big in Las Vegas.
He doesn’t live in Ghana.
She doesn’t like eating ice cream.
Steel is a very hard material.
That bench is made of steel.
She sat on a seat and ate lunch.
Please have a seat.
Some say there is a lot of division between the people of the USA.
She answered a division problem in math class.
The protest had a positive effect.
That boy has a negative effect on you.
She needs to underline the verbs in English class.
The politician will underline the need for new taxes.
There is a great view of the city from the balcony.
I view the new law in a negative way.
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.