Just 25 most commonly used words make up about one-third of all words written or spoken in English. The first 100 most frequently used words make up about one-half of all written and spoken English. These are most commonly used and most important words when it comes to understanding and creating correct sentences. However, most of these words are not the nouns and verbs presented in most sight word collections. As well as the most commonly used nouns and verbs, they include the "glue" words without which understandable sentences cannot exist. These are words such as: "Yes," "No," "the," "not" "with," "and," "too," "very," "all" and many others. All these and many more of the most important and most frequently used words are effectively presented in both word and sentence form in this book.

The mid-level text of Flemming's successful series, Reading for Results hones students' comprehension skills and introduces them to the basics of critical reading. Featuring the author's trademark high-interest reading selections--including multi-paragraph readings to prepare students for college-level texts--this developmental text motivates students to complete numerous exercises and tests, while simultaneously fostering the idea that reading is a stimulating and exciting activity in its own right.

"The text is suitable for a typical introductory algebra course, and was developed to be used flexibly. While the breadth of topics may go beyond what an instructor would cover, the modular approach and the richness of content ensures that the book meets the needs of a variety of programs."--Page 1.

Presents five hundred-one critical reading questions to prepare for the SAT I and other tests and includes skill builders on different subject matter such as U.S. history and politics, arts and humanities, health and medicine, literature and music, sports, science, and social studies.

Compact disc contains 25 tracks of music by different performers as listed in the text.