Word Lists

At the end of each story are lists of words that are useful for additional learning activities such as spelling, vocabulary, writing sentences and stories, and practicing units. The following lists are from Lesson 7

Lesson 7 Words

152
14
4
3
4
78
24
3
1
2
10
19
1
3037
7
2
1
72
2619
7
3
4
answer
answering
backers
bickering
brim
enter
entering
hack
hackers
hacking
hail
hay
haying
her
herb
herring
hick
hill
him
hound
immanent
impending
2
3
3
22
2
40
1
1
1
28
1
1
11
11
5
1
1
1
23
2
1
17
mailer
merest
merriment
miller
packers
permanent
pester
pestering
picker
prayer
prim
primping
render
rendering
rim
ringers
sacker
senders
sentiment
serpent
shack
shake
2
1
1
1
1
3
7
1
2
2
10
1
1
15
2
37
1
2
1
1
4

shaker
shay
shillings
shim
shimmer
shimmering
shrill
shrilling
shrimp
sicker
singer
spenders
spiller
swim
swimmers
swimming
whack
whim
whimper
whimpering
wicker

Although the consonant that is underlined in each word has not been introduced, try to "figure out" as many words as you can. The number before each word is the number of times you are likely to see each word if you read about 1,000,000 words.

Words to Try for Lesson 7
--Consonants

48
5
5
1
9
4
2
1
33
1
3
50
53
10
14
5
4
1
3
14
2
12
29
7
4
2
1
1
40
10
3
85
2
1
14
1
1
431
6
anger
banker
banter
bantering
berry
berth
blackmailer
blimp
branch
branching
bricklayers
chain
chest
Chester
chill
chilling
crackers
endanger
endangering
entertain
entertainer
entertaining
entertainment
errand
fender
ferment
fermenting
festering
finger
founder
germ
German
ginger
grayer
grim
grimmer
grounder
hand
handing
1
26
1
28
1
1
22
1
3
2
3
21
12
5
2
1
12
2
7
5
21
5
8
21
1
1
53
1
1
5
5
3
51
27
15
2
1
1

handshake
hang
hangers
hanging
hangman
haystack
herd
herding
hillbilly
jerk
jerking
killer
layer
limb
limber
limerick
limp
limping
linger
lingering
merger
merging
merry
painter
panders
panther
percent
perch
perk
pertaining
pertains
planer
player
ranch
rancher
ranger
rhyming
sander
38
11
2
1
18
10
4
19
1
3
20
1
2
11
7
79
8
1789
67
5
1
333
5
1
4
1
1
19
11
20
1
2
2
8
1
7
137
2

serving
shaken
shimmy
shrank
simpler
simplest
skimming
slender
slenderer
slicker
slim
slimmer
swerving
tender
tenth
term
terrain
than
thick
thicker
thickest
thing
thrill
thrillers
thrilling
ticker
tiller
timber
trailer
trim
trimester
trimmer
trimming
wander
wanderer
wandering
western
westerner

Although the vowel that is underlined in each word has not been introduced, try to "figure out" as many words as you can. Sometimes "grunting" for the vowel will help! The number before each word is the number of times you are likely to see each word if you read about 1,000,000 words.

Words to Try for Lesson 7 --Vowels
5 3 4 1 1 8 8 1 1 6 2 1 5 2 2 36 1 9 5 25 3 3 1 1 2 2 6 4 16 2 4 299 6 2 7 4 2	aiming amber banish banishing banishment barber bomber brainwashing brash brushing bumper bushing enterprising eraser erasing error hacksaw hammer hamper harm harpers harping harsher hemming hijackers hijacking hiring hissing homer hopper hopping human humming hump imposing impress impressing	2 1 14 1 1 137 1 1 1 157 2 13 307 2 1 1 342 1 95 3 1 17 1 2 15 10 1 10 18 10 8 1 23 3 1 1 1	improper jumper manpower mashing mayhem member merriest orphan pamper paper paperback pepper perhaps perish perishing perspiring power presenter proper prosper prospering pushing rickshaw robber rubber rushing saber semester serum sewer shaping sharers sharing sharper sharpest shoestring shopper	27 15 1 61 3 1 1 1 19 3 3 36 134 8 14 37 22 4 1 1 72 4 2 4 2 44 19 7 2 12 5 1 1 7 110 5 2	shopping shower showering showing showman sickish sippers smashing sober sobering somber Spanish summer super superb supper surrender surrendering suspenders uphill upper user usher warmer washer washing whip whipping whirring whisper whispering whoppers whopping wiser wish wishing wrapper

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