Not all words in the English language can be sounded out. Guess that’s what makes English special. These words are generally taught to be identified by sight (sight words).
Sight Words:
- a
- about
- after
- again
- all
- always
- am an
- and
- any
- apple
- are
- around
- as
- ask
- at
- ate
- away
- baby
- back
- ball
- be
- bear
- because
- bed
- been
- before
- bell
- best
- better
- big
- bird
- birthday
- black
- blue
- boat
- both
- box
- boy
- bread
- bring
- brother
- brown
- but
- buy
- by
- cake
- call
- came
- can
- car
- carry
- cat
- chair
- chicken
- children
- Christmas
- clean
- coat
- cold
- come
- corn
- could
- cow
- cut
- day
- did
- do
- does
- dog
- doll
- done
- don’t
- door
- down
- draw
- drink
- duck
- eat
- egg
- eight
- every
- eye
- fall
- far
- farm
- farmer
- fast
- father
- feet
- find
- fire
- first
- fish
- five
- floor
- flower
- fly
- for
- found
- four
- from
- full
- funny
- game
- garden
- gave
- get
- girl
- give
- go
- goes
- going
- good
- goodbye
- got
- grass
- green
- ground
- grow
- had
- hand
- has
- have
- he
- head
- help
- her
- here
- hill
- him
- his
- hold
- home
- horse
- hot
- house
- how
- hurt
- I
- if
- in
- into
- is
- it
- its
- jump
- just
- keep
- kind
- kitty
- know
- laugh
- leg
- let
- letter
- light
- like
- little
- live
- long
- look
- made
- make
- man
- many
- may
- me
- men
- milk
- money
- morning
- mother
- much
- must
- my
- myself
- name
- nest
- never
- new
- night
- no
- not
- now
- of
- off
- old
- on
- once
- one
- only
- open
- or
- our
- out
- over
- own
- paper
- party
- pick
- picture
- pig
- play
- please
- pretty
- pull
- put
- rabbit
- rain
- ran
- read
- red
- ride
- right
- ring
- robin
- round
- run
- said
- Santa Claus
- saw
- say
- school
- see
- seed
- seven
- shall
- she
- sheep
- shoe
- show
- sing
- sister
- sit
- six
- sleep
- small
- snow
- so
- some
- song
- soon
- squirrel
- start
- stick
- stop
- street
- sun
- table
- take
- tell
- ten
- thank
- that
- the
- their
- them
- then
- there
- these
- they
- thing
- think
- this
- those
- three
- time
- to
- today
- together
- too
- top
- toy
- tree
- try
- two
- under
- up
- upon
- us
- use
- very
- walk
- want
- warm
- was
- wash
- watch
- water
- way
- we
- well
- went
- were
- what
- when
- where
- which
- white
- who
- why
- will
- wind
- window
- wish
- with
- wood
- work
- would
- write
- yellow
- yes
- you
- your
