More High Frequency Words

Listen to me read High Frequency Words in English 201 - 300


feet, land, side, without, boy, once, animal, life, enough, took, four, head, above, kind, began, almost, live, page, got, earth, need, far, hand, high, year, mother, light, country, father, let, night, picture, being, study, second, soon, story, since, white, ever, paper, hard, near, sentence, better, best, across, during, today, however, sure, knew, it’s, try, told, young, sun, thing, whole, hear, example, heard, several, change, answer, room, sea, against, top, turned, learn, point, city, play, toward, five, himself, usually, money, seen, didn’t, car, morning, I’m, body, upon, family, later, turn, move, face, door, cut, done, group, true, half, red, fish, plants

Are You Mad* for Mad Libs?

Listen to me read this post.


I added a new game for you in the side bar.  It's called Mad Libs.  This is a popular game that kids play in the US.  And it's been around forever because I remember playing it as a kid.  Wow!  That's a really long time ago. :)

Play with Vocab

Have fun with vocab.  The more fun you have when you are studying the more likely you are to keep doing it.  There are lots of fun word games on the internet for you to try.  One that I discovered recently is called Knowords.  It gives you the first letter of a word plus a definition.  You have to guess the word before the time runs out. How many words can you get right before time is up?

First time I played I got 70 points.  It's not an easy game and spelling definitely counts.  I had to skip a few words because I couldn't spell them correctly.  but it's loads of fun.  I definitely want to play this game again.  Give it a try and see if you can beat my score.  By the way the second time I played I scored 280 points. Post your best time in the comments.
   

Tell a Story with Vocab

When you are trying to learn and remember new words in English, you want to make those words come to life.   One way to do that is create a story with your new vocabulary.    This will help you remember the new words better.  This was one of the great suggestions from the last lecture on Vocab Study.

Your stories don't have to be long or complicated.

Recently, I discovered a fun website that can help you create your own video stories.  It's called Go! Animate.    It's a free website that allows you to make animated videos.  It's easy to use and fun.  Here is a sample video I created in just a few minutes.  Using the Quick Video Maker option, I picked from preset characters, typed in a few lines of dialog and pressed publish.  The program even created the voices to go along with the characters  (or you can record your own voice, if you prefer.)

Here is the video I created... 
Topic of the Week Intro by Cbrenn on GoAnimate

Video Maker - Powered by GoAnimate.

Now it's your turn!  Write a story or create your own video using English words that you are trying to learn and remember.  And don't forget to share them with everyone here at Fastfoodenglish.blogspot.com.

Learn Vocab with Labels

Source: etoday.ru via Yukino on Pinterest

Label things in your room with words.  Every time you look at them you will be studying English vocabulary without even trying.  This is the latest picture from my Pinterest board Vocab Study.

High Frequency Words 1-100

Listen to me read the words 1-100 on the high frequency word list.  These are the 100 most common words in the English language.


the, of, and, a, to, in, is, you, that, it, he, for, was, on, are, 

 as, with, his, they, at, be, this, from, I, have, or, by, one, 

had, not, but, what, all, were, when, we, there, can, an,

your, which, their, said, if, do, will, each, about, how, up, out, 

them, then, she, many, some, so, these, would, other, into,

 has, more, her, two, like, him, see, time, could, no, make, 

than, first, been, its, who, now, people, my, made, over, did, 

down, only, way, find, use, may, water, long, little, very, 

after, words, called, just, where, most, know

Topic of the Week - Vocab Building

Our new Topic of the Week is Vocabulary Building.  How do you learn and remember new words in English?  This week I will share with you some websites and strategies for Vocab study.  Feel free to add your own tips in the comment section.  

I made this cool word picture at Tagxedo.com.  The program looked at all the words here at fastfoodenglish.blogspot.com and created this image.  The bigger the word, the more often it is used.    Learning these words will help you understand this website better because they are used often.  

The same is true in English.  You can study the words that are used the most and it will help you understand more.  They are called High Frequency Words and you can find the top 1200 most common words in English  here. http://school.elps.k12.mi.us/donley/classrooms/berry/sitton_spelling_activities/4thgrade_spelling/sitton_word_list.htm