Literacy
Word Lists
for Teachers

Tricky
Words

100 High-
Frequency
Words

200
Common
Words

Connectives/
Conjunctions

Words
Beginning
with SH

Words
Beginning
with CH

Words with
AI

Words with
AR

Words with
AY

Words with
OA

Words with
OW

Words with
EA

Words with
Magic ‘E’

Words
Ending with
-AT

Words
Ending with
-OG

Words
Ending with
-UG

Words
Ending with
-IG

Words
Ending with
-EN

Words
Ending with
-ED

Words for
Adding
Suffix -ING

Words for
Adding
Suffix -ED

Words for
Adding
Suffix -ER

Words for
Adding
Suffix -EST

Comparatives
and
Superlatives

British
Idioms and
Clichés

Similes

Words
Beginning
with WH