100 Sight Words Every Young Reader Should Know

No.	Item	Definition
1.	a	one; any single thing
2.	about	concerning; around
3.	after	later than
4.	all	every one or thing
5.	an	indefinite article before vowel sound
6.	and	joins words or ideas
7.	as	in the role of
8.	at	in or near a place
9.	back	rear part; return
10.	be	exist; occur
11.	before	earlier than
12.	boy	a male child
13.	but	shows contrast
14.	by	near; through the action of
15.	call	speak to; name
16.	can	be able to
17.	come	move toward the speaker
18.	could	was able to
19.	day	twenty-four hours; daylight period
20.	do	perform an action
21.	down	toward a lower place
22.	each	every one separately
23.	find	discover; locate
24.	first	coming before all others
25.	follow	go after; obey
26.	for	intended for; because of
27.	from	starting at a place
28.	get	receive; obtain
29.	give	hand over
30.	go	move from one place
31.	good	pleasant; of high quality
32.	has	present form of have
33.	have	possess; own
34.	he	male person already mentioned
35.	her	female person as object
36.	him	male person as object
37.	how	in what way
38.	I	the speaker or writer
39.	if	on the condition that
40.	in	inside; within
41.	into	to the inside of
42.	is	present form of be
43.	it	a thing already mentioned
44.	its	belonging to it
45.	just	only; exactly
46.	know	understand; be aware of
47.	like	similar to; enjoy
48.	little	small in size
49.	live	be alive; reside
50.	long	measuring great length
51.	look	direct your eyes
52.	make	create; cause to happen
53.	many	a large number of
54.	may	might; be allowed to
55.	me	the speaker as object
56.	more	a greater amount
57.	most	the greatest amount
58.	my	belonging to me
59.	new	not old; recent
60.	no	not any; negative answer
61.	not	used to make negative
62.	now	at the present time
63.	on	resting above and touching
64.	one	the number 1
65.	only	and nothing more
66.	or	offers another choice
67.	other	different from this one
68.	out	away from inside
69.	over	above; across
70.	people	human beings
71.	put	place somewhere
72.	right	correct; the opposite of left
73.	same	not different
74.	say	speak; express in words
75.	see	notice with the eyes
76.	she	female person already mentioned
77.	so	to that degree; therefore
78.	some	an unspecified amount or number
79.	than	used in comparisons
80.	the	definite article
81.	their	belonging to them
82.	them	those people or things
83.	then	after that
84.	there	in or at that place
85.	these	more than one near here
86.	this	the one near here
87.	to	in the direction of
88.	two	the number 2
89.	up	toward a higher place
90.	very	to a high degree
91.	we	the speaker and others
92.	what	asks for information
93.	when	at what time
94.	which	asks for a choice
95.	who	asks about a person
96.	will	shows future action
97.	with	accompanied by
98.	would	shows possibility or preference
99.	you	the person addressed
100.	your	belonging to you