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?