A Troublesome Flock
A Troublesome Flock by Elizabeth F. (Elizabeth Frances) Guptill is available here as the complete text, split into 184 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Troublesome Flock: A Mother Goose Play for Children by Elizabeth F. (Elizabeth Frances) Guptill. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #56362.
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A Troublesome Flock
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This edition of A Troublesome Flock by Elizabeth F. (Elizabeth Frances) Guptill carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #56362, divided into 2 chapters and 184 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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The complete text of A Troublesome Flock is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #56362 and divided into 184 sections.
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How is A Troublesome Flock divided for reading?
A Troublesome Flock is presented in 2 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting A Troublesome Flock as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 184 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The sections are gathered into 2 chapters.
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Every sentence of A Troublesome Flock can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.
Questions about reading A Troublesome Flock
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Is this the complete text of A Troublesome Flock?
Yes. All 919 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #56362 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of A Troublesome Flock is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #56362, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does A Troublesome Flock take to read?
About 76 minutes of reading across 184 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in A Troublesome Flock
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Troublesome Flock, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Plays
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Troublesome Flock; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Exchanged
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- Troublesome
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Troublesome Flock; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Flock
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Troublesome Flock; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.