Core 1,000 Part of Chapter 11
A Rainy Afternoon
- Reading time
- 3 min
- Total words
- 334
- Unique words
- 114
- Avg frequency
- #287
Story
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Drill these words
95-word session
A quick mix of exercises - recognise, recall, type and build each word. Miss one and it comes back round until it sticks.
Words in this story
Curriculum
95 words
| # | Word |
|---|---|
| 1 | youThe word a speaker uses for the person or people they are talking to. |
| 2 | IThe word a speaker uses to talk about themselves as the subject of a sentence. |
| 3 | beTo exist, or to join a subject to a word that describes what or how it is. |
| 4 | theUsed before a noun when the listener already knows which person or thing you mean. |
| 5 | toShows direction or a target, and also goes before a verb to make its basic form (the infinitive). |
| 6 | aUsed before a noun to talk about one person or thing for the first time, when it is not a special or known one. |
| 7 | itStands for a thing, an animal, or an idea already mentioned, and can also start a sentence about weather or time. |
| 8 | doTo carry out an action, and also a helper word used to make questions and negatives. |
| 10 | andJoins two words, phrases, or sentences together to add one to another. |
| 11 | ofShows that one thing belongs to, is part of, or comes from another. |
| 12 | inShows that something is inside a place, time, or situation. |
| 13 | haveTo own or hold something, or to help make a past tense (have, has, had). |
| 14 | whatUsed to ask about a thing, or to mean the thing that. |
| 15 | weThe word you use to talk about yourself together with one or more other people. |
| 16 | meThe word the speaker uses for themselves when they receive the action. |
| 17 | thisPoints to a person or thing that is near, or the one you are talking about right now. |
| 21 | goTo move or travel from one place to another. |
| 23 | onShows that something rests on top of a surface, or names a day or date. |
| 26 | noNot any, or used to give a negative answer. |
| 27 | notUsed to make a word or sentence mean the opposite, or to say something is untrue. |
| 30 | butJoins two ideas to show a difference or a surprise between them. |
| 35 | comeTo move towards the person who is speaking, or to arrive at a place. |
| 38 | theyStands for two or more people or things already mentioned, when they are the subject of the sentence. |
| 39 | wantTo wish for or feel that you would like to have or do something. |
| 40 | sheThe word you use to talk about a woman or girl already mentioned. |
| 44 | goodOf a high quality, nice, or the way you want it to be. |
| 45 | outAway from the inside of a place, or no longer inside. |
| 47 | seeTo notice something with your eyes, or to understand it. |
| 49 | atShows an exact place or an exact time. |
| 51 | sayTo speak words, or to tell someone something using your voice. |
| 54 | nowAt this moment, at the present time. |
| 59 | lookTo turn your eyes towards something so you can see it. |
| 62 | takeTo get hold of something and carry it, or to move it with you. |
| 63 | tellTo give information to someone using words. |
| 66 | letTo allow someone to do something, or to allow something to happen. |
| 67 | makeTo create, build, or produce something. |
| 72 | timeThe thing measured in minutes, hours, and years that keeps passing. |
| 78 | usThe word for the speaker and one or more others, used as the object of a verb. |
| 82 | thenAt that time, or after that, next. |
| 99 | tooAs well, or more than is wanted or needed. |
| 100 | findTo see or get something you were looking for or did not expect. |
| 114 | dayA period of 24 hours, or the time when it is light outside. |
| 122 | twoThe number 2, one more than one. |
| 131 | stopTo not move or not do something any more, or to make this happen. |
| 139 | stillUp to now or up to this point, going on as before. |
| 144 | putTo move something to a place and leave it there. |
| 145 | theirBelonging to a group of people or things already mentioned. |
| 149 | longMeasuring a large amount from one end to the other, or lasting a great deal of time. |
| 156 | homeThe place where you live, often with your family. |
| 163 | friendA person you know well and like, who is not in your family. |