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Anne of Green Gables

Chapter XII · Chapter 12

Chapter 12 of Anne of Green Gables is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery • Curated US English Learning Edition

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IT was not until the next Friday that Marilla heard the story of the flower-wreathed hat.

She came home from Mrs. Lynde’s and called Anne to account.

“Anne, Mrs. Rachel says you went to church last Sunday with your hat rigged out ridiculous with roses and buttercups.

What on earth put you up to such a caper?

A pretty-looking object you must have been!”

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Chapter XII Reading 1/31

Anne of Green Gables

Chapter XII · Chapter 12

Chapter 12 of Anne of Green Gables is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

IT was not until the next Friday that Marilla heard the story of the flower-wreathed hat.

Line 2

She came home from Mrs. Lynde’s and called Anne to account.

Line 3

“Anne, Mrs. Rachel says you went to church last Sunday with your hat rigged out ridiculous with roses and buttercups.

Line 4

What on earth put you up to such a caper?

Line 5

A pretty-looking object you must have been!”

All words in this reading · 52

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a

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account

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and

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Anne

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been

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buttercups

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called

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came

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caper

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church

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earth

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flower-wreathed

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Friday

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From this reading IT was not until the next Friday that Marilla heard the story of the flower-wreathed hat.

from

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hat

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From this reading IT was not until the next Friday that Marilla heard the story of the flower-wreathed hat.

have

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heard

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home

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IT

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last

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Lynde's

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Marilla

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Mrs

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must

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next

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not

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object

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of

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on

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out

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pretty-looking

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put

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Rachel

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ridiculous

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rigged

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roses

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says

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She

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From this reading She came home from Mrs. Lynde’s and called Anne to account.

story

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such

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Sunday

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that

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the

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From this reading IT was not until the next Friday that Marilla heard the story of the flower-wreathed hat.

to

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until

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up

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was

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went

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What

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with

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you

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your

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Chapter 12 of Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 157 sentences, grouped into 32 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 12 of Anne of Green Gables contain?

Chapter 12 holds 157 sentences of Anne of Green Gables, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 12 of Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 157 sentences, grouped into 32 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 12 of Anne of Green Gables?

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Each of the 32 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 can be played aloud in United States English.

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Vocabulary met early in Anne of Green Gables

Words and structures a reader meets early in Anne of Green Gables, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Rachel: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Anne of Green Gables; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Lynde: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Anne of Green Gables; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Lived: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Anne of Green Gables; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Where: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Anne of Green Gables; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.