Reading: Basic Decoding & Word Recognition: A2 Lesson 3: Reading More Sight Words & High-Frequency Words

Reading: Basic Decoding & Word Recognition

A2 Lesson 3: Reading More Sight Words

Listen to the new words and story.

What you will learn: By the end of this lesson, you will be able to recognize and read a new set of common sight words and high-frequency words to improve your reading speed.

Before You Read 🧠

Key Vocabulary (Click 🔊)

Let's learn two important types of words for fluent reading.

Sight Word

| ពាក្យដែលត្រូវស្គាល់

A common word that can be tricky and doesn't always follow phonics rules.

High-Frequency Word

| ពាក្យដែលប្រើញឹកញាប់

A word that you will see very often in English text.

Building Your Word Bank 🏦

Part 1: Tricky Sight Words

These common words don't always follow the rules, so we learn them by sight. Click 🔊 to hear the word and the example sentence.

what

អ្វី

What is your favorite food?

was

គឺជា (អតីតកាល)

It was sunny yesterday.

said

បាននិយាយថា

He said hello to the teacher.

where

កន្លែងណា

Where is the market?

they

ពួកគេ

They play football after school.

there

នៅទីនោះ

The book is over there.

Part 2: Common High-Frequency Words

You will see these words in almost every story you read.

with

ជាមួយ

I like coffee with milk.

like

ចូលចិត្ត

I like living in Kampot.

him

គាត់ (បុរស)

The book belongs to him.

then

បន្ទាប់មក

First I do my homework, then I can play.

this

នេះ

This is my pen.

that

នោះ

That is my house.

Reading Practice Story

Click 🔊 to hear each paragraph. Read along!

I saw my friend today. I went to talk with him.

"What are you doing?" I said.

He said, "I am going to the river. I like to swim there."

I was very happy. "Yes! They are all swimming there. Let's go!"

Practice What You Learned 🎯

Quiz: Fill in the Blank (Self-Check)

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

1. _______ is your school?

• What
• Where

2. I want to go _______ you to the market.

• with
• then

3. She _______ she would be here at 4 o'clock.

• said
• was

4. _______ are my friends. (Talking about people)

• They
• there

5. The book is over _______. (Talking about a place)

• They
• there

Key Vocabulary Reference (Click 🔊)

• Sight Word | ពាក្យដែលត្រូវស្គាល់
  A common word that often doesn't follow phonics rules and is learned by sight.
• High-Frequency Word | ពាក្យដែលប្រើញឹកញាប់
  A word that appears very often in English text.
• what / was / said / where / they / there
  Tricky sight words.
• with / like / him / then / this / that
  Common high-frequency words.

Your Reading Mission ⭐

Use Your New Words!

1. Choose three words from the vocabulary cards in this lesson (e.g., `what`, `like`, `there`).
2. Write one new sentence for each of the three words you chose.
3. Read the "Reading Practice Story" aloud until you can read it smoothly and without stopping. Click 🔊 in the story to help you.

Example: "What time is it? I like to go there with my brother."