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First Grade Sight Words List

Sight words are words that appear frequently in most of the text kids read, but can't easily be sounded out. Learning to recognize sight words through—you guessed it—sight is the easiest and quickest way for early readers to progress and become confident.

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These two tables list common sight words and cover not only words that first graders should recognize on sight by the end of the year, Table 2 includes words that they should be able to read, write and spell. So get crackin'!

Use these lists of common words to help children improve reading skills quickly by using the words in games. A sight words memory game is easy to make with paper and markers, or, make a hopping good time out of it with a physical word game that's good for outside and can be adapted to indoors.

Need more sight words practice? Download our sight words flashcards to help your child master over 100 new words.  

Learning sight words doesn't have to be all rote memorization. Our free online sight words games help make mastering new words fun, with silly interactive games full of themes and gameplay every kind of kid will love.

Check out our first grade resources page for more games, lesson plans, and worksheets that focus on literacy and word practice.

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Dolch Sight Words List | Sight Words: Teach Your Child to Read

All the Dolch sight word lists, divided by grade, also available as printable PDFs.

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The Dolch Sight Words list is the most commonly used set of sight words. Educator Dr. Edward William Dolch developed the list in the 1930s-40s by studying the most frequently occurring words in children’s books of that era. The list contains 220 “service words” plus 95 high-frequency nouns. These words comprise 80% of the words you would find in a typical children’s book and 50% of the words found in writing for adults. Once a child knows this list of words, it makes reading much easier, because the child can then focus his or her attention on the remaining words.

The Dolch words are commonly divided into groups by grade level, ranging from pre-kindergarten to third grade, with a separate list of nouns. There are a total of 315 Dolch Sight Words.

• Pre-K Dolch Sight Words
  (40 words)

  a, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, here, I, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow, you

• Kindergarten Dolch Sight Words
  (52 words)

  all, am, are, at, ate, be, black, brown, but, came, did, do, eat, four, get, good, have, he, into, like, must, new, no, now, on, our, out, please, pretty, ran, ride, saw, say, she, so, soon, that, there, they, this, too, under, want, was, well, went, what, white, who, will, with, yes

• First Grade Dolch Sight Words
  (41 words)

  after, again, an, any, as, ask, by, could, every, fly, from, give, going, had, has, her, him, his, how, just, know, let, live, may, of, old, once, open, over, put, round, some, stop, take, thank, them, then, think, walk, were, when

• Second Grade Dolch Sight Words
  (46 words)

  always, around, because, been, before, best, both, buy, call, cold, does, don’t, fast, first, five, found, gave, goes, green, its, made, many, off, or, pull, read, right, sing, sit, sleep, tell, their, these, those, upon, us, use, very, wash, which, why, wish, work, would, write, your

• Third Grade Dolch Sight Words
  (41 words)

  about, better, bring, carry, clean, cut, done, draw, drink, eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt, if, keep, kind, laugh, light, long, much, myself, never, only, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start, ten, today, together, try, warm

• Noun Dolch Sight Words
  (95 words)

  apple, baby, back, ball, bear, bed, bell, bird, birthday, boat, box, boy, bread, brother, cake, car, cat, chair, chicken, children, Christmas, coat, corn, cow, day, dog, doll, door, duck, egg, eye, farm, farmer, father, feet, fire, fish, floor, flower, game, garden, girl, goodbye, grass, ground, hand, head, hill, home, horse, house, kitty, leg, letter, man, men, milk, money, morning, mother, name, nest, night, paper, party, picture, pig, rabbit, rain, ring, robin, Santa Claus, school, seed, sheep, shoe, sister, snow, song, squirrel, stick, street, sun, table, thing, time, top, toy, tree, watch, water, way, wind, window, wood

• All Dolch Sight Words by group
• All Dolch Sight Words in alphabetical order

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150 words for HSK 1.

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Do you already know these words? These are some of the words you need to know at HSK level 1. If you're going to take the test, it's time to memorize them!

If you don't know, HSK stands for Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (汉语水平考试), which means "Chinese Proficiency Test". This is the world's most famous and recognized Chinese proficiency test, consisting of 6 levels. HSK 6 is the hardest level. HSK 1 is the easiest level, covering the basic level of Chinese.

And if you want to test your skills and see what level you are at in Chinese, taking the HSK Mock Exam is a great way to find out. Even though HSK 1 is the most basic official Chinese language test, passing it is still an achievement worth celebrating. Taking tests is generally good for the learning process, even if informal.

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So, how many Chinese words do you need to learn to pass the HSK 1 test?

According to the website of Hanban, the HSK test organizer, to pass HSK Level 1, you need to know 150 words. These words do not change between tests and you can expect them to appear on any HSK 1 test (although not all 150 words will necessarily appear on the same test).

Here are how many words you need to know to pass different levels:

However, you need to understand simple everyday conversations made up of these 150 required vocabulary words, as well as basic Chinese grammar, in order to pass HSK 1. Level

First of all, please note that this is not a "general list of words for beginners" or "most common Chinese words" in terms of frequency. This is a list of words created specifically for the HSK 1 test.

Let's start learning HSK 1 vocabulary!

Words are organized into separate categories (eg numbers, times, people and places).

Let's start with numbers.

Chinese numerals are important to know. Once you learn how to count to 10, you can instantly count to 99 without the need for additional memorization. (Read more here)

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Note that although "he" and "she" (or "his", "her") are represented by two different Chinese characters, they are pronounced the same way. Note both 这儿 (zhè'er) "here" and 那儿 (nà'er) "there". People in southern China often use 这里 (Zhèlǐ) and 那里 (nàlǐ) instead as part of regional distinctions (although these words are all easily understood in China). Chinese pinyin what/there 7 Chinese question words Question words like “what”, “where”, “who”. Essentially, the word order in a question in Chinese remains according to the basic Chinese structure Subject + Verb + Object , i.e. you need to keep the word order in the statement and change the "unknown part" to the appropriate question word. For HSK level 1, it is important to know how to write an interrogative sentence. Please note that time in Chinese is expressed in a completely different way than in Russian or English. For example, date elements should be named in ascending order: year + month + day , that is, 年 (nián) + 月 ( yu) + 日 (rì) . Words such as 上午 (shàngwǔ), 下午 (xiàwǔ), if used, should also be placed in front of the time, to accurately represent the period. Chinese 时候 shíhòu A certain moment of time 36 Words to designate people and things HSK 1 assumes that you know 36 existing, produced to people and broadcasts. Some of them are very important in Chinese culture, such as 茶 (chá) - "tea" and 米饭 (mǐfàn) - "rice", so they are often found. Chinese 很 (hěn), linking word between noun and adjective , such as 我很好 (wǒ hěn hǎo). The literal meaning of 很 (hěn) - "very" in such cases is usually not translated. Another grammatical thing you absolutely need to know for the HSK 1 test is the use of 不 (bù) and 没 (méi). Chinese Pinyin Russian0105 ma Questioning particle 呢 ne Questioning particle (and you?) 9 1 Chinese alliance 00 和 (hé) (h gr) HSK 1. Be aware of one pitfall, however! It is much less versatile than the Russian "and" and should only be used for concatenating nouns in Chinese. Never try to connect adjectives, verbs, phrases or sentences with 和 (hé)! Technically you don't need this, as you won't meet all 150 words required in one test and you only need to score 120/200 to pass the test, meaning you can take a risk. However, these 150 words are among the most basic, essential words you will need to speak Chinese. You should master them anyway and build your vocabulary from there. 2. Do I need to know how to write these words to pass the HSK? You do not need to write anything on HSK 1. All questions are in the format True or False and Multiple Choice . Also, pinyin is provided along with Chinese characters for all questions on the test sheet, meaning you don't need to be able to read the characters to pass the test. However, it is still recommended to learn basic Chinese characters early on. Hieroglyphs help you remember words better and better understand how the Chinese language works. You can view the list of HSK 1 symbols here. Translation from here. HSK 1 vocabulary list: Chinese words, flashcards, sentences, practice test, quizzes, PDF files and useful links for HSK level 1 HSK 1 vocabulary list: Chinese words, flashcards, sentences, practice test, quizzes, PDF- files and useful links for passing HSK level 1 | HSK Academy word list Simplified Traditional Pinyin Quiz practice test Sentences The HSK 1 test corresponds to the first level of hanyu shuiping kaoshi, the official Chinese oral and written proficiency test. The HSK 1 dictionary consists of 150 Chinese words. These HSK 1 words are listed below with their Chinese Simplified, Pinyin (Mandarin) spellings and translations. To learn them faster, you can also use our HSK 1 Chinese flashcards to practice simplified, traditional, and pinyin forms, and access our HSK1 phrases, quizzes, and practice tests for the same exam level. All abstract resources are available on this page, just check the tabs above to access what you need. You can also purchase our HSK books with official lists to be properly prepared and download additional HSK PDF vocabulary characters for free (Levels 1 to 4). After passing the first level, you will be able to understand and know how to use very simple words and phrases, meet specific communication n eeds, and you have the opportunity to learn more. For your information, speaking and reading skills are assessed in two special sections of the test. To pass the HSK1 test, you need 120 points out of 200. It lasts 35 minutes, and its cost (registration fee) is 15 euros. Learn more What rhymes with grasp Hands on ability Little baby stories Website for babies to learn Short story for kids with questions The true little red riding hood story Pictures of big kids Good night kittens Big bird sings the alphabet Short e words kindergarten Fairy tales for kids free