Fry Instant Phrases and Short Sentences
These phrases are made from the first 100 words in the Fry Instant Word List. The Fry list of 100 words represents 50% of all the words children encounter in the elementary school reading.
Source for all 600 Instant Words: Fry, E., Kress, J., Fountoukidis, D.L. (2000). The Reading Teacher’s Book of Lists, Fourth Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall
For full list of phrases see T. Rasinski. (2003). The Fluent Reader. Scholastic.
The people / I like him. / It’s been a long time.Write it down / So there you are. / Will you be good?
By the water / Out of the water / Give them to me.
Who will make it? / A long time / Then we will go.
You and I / We were here / Now is the time
What will they do? / Have you seen it? / An angry cat
He called me. / Could you go? / May I go first?
We had their dog. / One more time / Write your name.
What did they say? / We like to write. / This is my cat.
When would you go? / All day long / That dog is big.
No way / Into the water / Get on the bus.
A number of people / It’s about time / Two of us
How long are they? / Up in the air / The first word
More than the other / She said to go / See the water
Come and get it. / Which way? / As big as the first
How many words / Each of us / But not for me
Part of the time / He has it. / When will we go?
This is a good day. / What are these? / How did they get it?
Can you see? / If we were older / From here to there
Sit down. / There was an old man / Number two
Now and then / It’s no use / More people
But not me / It may fall down. / Look up
Go find her / With this mom / Go down
Not now / At your house / All or some
Look for some people. / From my room / Did you like it?