This document contains the first 100 words from the FRY Instant Word List, which are common words that represent 50% of words children encounter in elementary school reading. The words are presented in short phrases for repeated reading practice to help students learn these essential words. The source is listed as The Fluent Reader by Dr. Tim Rasinski.

1. Phrases and Short Sentences
for Repeated Reading Practice
First 100 Words
These phrases contain the first 100 words from the FRY Instant Word List (1980),
which represent 50 percent of all the words children encounter in elementary school
reading.
Source: The Fluent Reader by
Dr. Tim Rasinski

2. The people

3. Write it down.

4. By the water

5. Who will make it?

6. You and I

7. What will they do?

8. He called me.

9. We had their dog.

10. What did they say?

11. When would you go?

12. No way.

13. A number of people

14. One or two

15. How long are they?

16. More than the other

17. Come and get it.

18. How many words?

19. Part of the time

20. This is a good day.

21. Can you see?

22. Sit down.

23. Now and then

24. But not me

25. Go find her.

26. Not now

27. Look for some people.

28. I like him.

29. So there you are.

30. Out of the water

31. A long time

32. We were here.

33. Have you seen it?

34. Could you go?

35. One more time

36. We like to write.

37. All day long

38. Into the water

39. It’s about time.

40. The other people

41. Up in the air

42. She said to go.

43. Which way?

44. Each of us

45. He has it.

46. What are these?

47. If we were older

48. There was an old man.

49. It’s no use.

50. It may fall down.

51. With his mom

52. At your house

53. From my room

54. It’s been a long time.

55. Will you be good?

56. Give them to me.

57. Then we will go.

58. Now is the time.

59. An angry cat

60. May I go first?

61. Write your name.

62. This is my cat.

63. Get on the bus.

64. Two of us

65. Did you see it?

66. The first word

67. See the water

68. As big as the first

69. But not for me

70. When will we go?

71. How did they get it?

72. From here to there

73. Number two

74. More people

75. Look up.

76. Go down.

77. All or some

78. Did you like it?

79. A long way to go

80. When did they go?

81. For some of your people