Building on Group 1
Group 2 continues directly from Group 1, covering the next 25 words of the First 100 Words list. Working through these groups in order, rather than jumping around, keeps the overall First 100 Words vocabulary building steadily.
Where the First 100 Words list fits in the full 1,000
The First Hundred covers Fry words #1 through #100, the most frequent words in the English language — together they make up roughly half of everything printed in English, which means a reader who knows just these 100 words already recognizes about half of the words on a typical page. Almost all of them are short function words (articles, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions) rather than words with a concrete, picture-able meaning, which is exactly why they're taught by sight rather than by sounding out: a word like "the" or "of" doesn't decode cleanly using regular phonics rules, but it shows up on nearly every line of text a child will ever read.
Using this worksheet effectively
Mixing in a brief review of Group 1 alongside new Group 2 words reinforces both sets together rather than letting the earlier one fade. Every worksheet here downloads as a free, print-ready PDF with no account required.