*I

look

here

*is

this

up

am

*a

go

come

*in

*it

see

*to

*you

*the

like

*of

we

me

*that

at

my

  

on

*and

  

*Incredible fact - Richard Lederer (1991) has identified the eleven starred words as constituting 25 percent of all words used in spoken language.

From Graves, D. (1994). A Fresh Look At Writing. Portsmouth, NH: Henineman. Page 262.