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and

I

in

it

my

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to

was

we

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at

but

for

got

had

he

is

me

of

on

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so

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then

there

they

up

went

when

you

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about

after

all

are

as

back

be

because

came

day

down

get

go

going

have

her

his

home

into

just

like

mum

not

one

our

out

said

some

were

with

Essential List 4a

again

an

around

big

by

can

come

could

dad

did

do

first

food

from

good

has

him

house

if

little

next

night

no

now

off

Essential List 4b

old

only

or

other

over

people

put

ran

saw

school

see

started

their

them

this

time

took

two

us

very

well

what

will

would

your

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am

another

away

bed

been

before

best

brother

called

car

door

everyone

family

five

found

friend

fun

heard

here

know

last

left

long

looked

made

Essential List 5b

man

more

morning

name

never

once

play

really

room

something

still

thing

think

thought

three

through

told

too

walked

want

way

where

which

who

year

Essential List 6a

also

always

asked

black

boy

bus

cat

coming

cool

dark

decided

dog

eat

end

even

every

eyes

fell

felt

find

four

gave

getting

great

head

hit

how

inside

I’ll

I’m

jump

knew

later

life

live

Essential List 6b

lot

lunch

make

minutes

most

must

nice

opened

outside

place

ready

ride

right

run

say

sister

sleep

suddenly

take

tell

ten

top

town

tree

turned

until

wanted

water

while

why

window

woke

yes

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Essential List 7a

any

baby

bad

ball

being

bit

boat

bought

camp

dead

died

doing

each

ever

everything

face

fast

father

few

finally

finished

game

girl

gone

ground

guard

hand

happened

happy

help

Essential List 7b

hole

hot

hour

let

look

many

money

mother

myself

new

parents

picked

playing

presents

road

side

small

sometimes

soon

stay

stop

swimming

tea

than

tried

under

wait

won

work

world

allowed

doesn’t

hospital

threw

cannon

everywhere

police

weren’t

clothes

front

second

disappeared

hopped

they’re

brought

everyday

nearly

watch

chocolate

friends

scared

someone

holidays

straight

breakfast

everybody

luckily

wasn’t

centre

field

quiet

grabbed

different

stopped

believe

tomorrow

lightning

video

caught

favourite

probably

whole

won’t

having

awhile

dollars

instead

don’t

can’t

excited

present

we’re

couldn’t

didn’t

you’re

Essential List 9a

addition

adventure

alphabet

antarctica

attack

barrier

beautiful

capital

central

climate

compare

compete

computer

construction

country

courage

cultivate

decided

defence

democracy

disappear

edge

education

election

encourage

enrichment

environment

experience

fraction

garage

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geography

government

grammar

graph

honour

imagination

imagine

instruction

journey

juice

junior

justice

landscape

lawyer

manage

material

minister

ministry

natural

natural

neighbour

Paragraph

Parliament

Passenger

Path

position

promise

protection

representative

route

Essential List 10a

secret

senior

separate

separating

stomach

subtraction

technical

technology

vegetation

wholesale

acceptance

ache

agreement

analysis

application

ascend

associate

association

atmosphere

audience

automatic

brilliant

business

campaign

celebrate

conductor

consequence

continent

council

court

Essential List 10b

criticise

criticism

cultural

curious

definite

delicious

descend

dissolve

ethnic

existence

future

guitar

horizon

illustrate

immediately

inspiration

instructor

intelligent

introduce

introduction

knowledge

major

majority

manageable

manufacture

observe

opportunity

opposition

organisation

permanent

Essential List 11a

misunderstand

mistake

mislead

misread

misfit

mismanage

misfortune

mishandle

misjudge

misheard

misinterpret

misorder

miserable

readjust

rediscover

rebuild

resell

reiterate

rewarm

rejoin

reassemble

rearrange

recalculate

preview

preload

preseason

prepaid

preface

prevent

previous

Essential List 11b

pretest

pretest

premade

prepay

disagree

discernment

disable

distract

distance

disparity

discredit

disguise

discover

disco

unafraid

unbearable

uncertain

unexpected

unfamiliar

unknown

unpleasant

unusual

unfortunate

unwrap

cakes

foxes

babies

thieves

bottles

stars

Essential List 12a

abilities

abnormalities

activities

allies

pollution

absolution

collision

action

notion

explosion

ration

lotion

invasion

erosion

achievement

adjustment

acknowledgement

amazement

arrangement

involvement

uequipment

excitement

movement

antisocial

antigravity

antibiotic

antifreeze

anticlockwise

anticlimax

antiseptic

Essential List 12b

antibody

antihero

antiglare

strain

fry

spy

sprain

safely

quickly

August

astronaut

lawn

awesome

train

trail

dry

pry

beautifully

safely

quickly

properly

appropriately

pawn

fawn

eight

neighbour

thief

movie

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