Chapter 2 of Aunt Kitty's Tales is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Aunt Kitty's Tales is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SPRING--MRS. GRAHAM. Spring is here. The sun is shining brightly, and the air is warm, and the breeze is scented with the blossoms of the apple and the pear. The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
Chapter 2 of Aunt Kitty's Tales is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “blossom” — reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
From this reading “The sun is shining brightly, and the air is warm, and the breeze is scented with the blossoms of the apple and the pear.”
with brightness
From this reading “The sun is shining brightly, and the air is warm, and the breeze is scented with the blossoms of the apple and the pear.”
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading “GRAHAM.”
superlative of “light” — of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading “The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.”
superlative of “lively” — full of life and energy
From this reading “The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.”
the cloak as a symbol of authority
From this reading “The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.”
sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
From this reading “The sun is shining brightly, and the air is warm, and the breeze is scented with the blossoms of the apple and the pear.”
having the sense of smell
From this reading “The sun is shining brightly, and the air is warm, and the breeze is scented with the blossoms of the apple and the pear.”
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In this reading “The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.”
put clothing on one's body
In this reading “The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading The sun is shining brightly, and the air is warm, and the breeze is scented with the blossoms of the apple and the pear.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The sun is shining brightly, and the air is warm, and the breeze is scented with the blossoms of the apple and the pear.
fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
From this reading The sun is shining brightly, and the air is warm, and the breeze is scented with the blossoms of the apple and the pear.
completely unclothed
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
plural of “blossom” — reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
From this reading The sun is shining brightly, and the air is warm, and the breeze is scented with the blossoms of the apple and the pear.
plural of “branch” — a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading The sun is shining brightly, and the air is warm, and the breeze is scented with the blossoms of the apple and the pear.
with brightness
From this reading The sun is shining brightly, and the air is warm, and the breeze is scented with the blossoms of the apple and the pear.
put on clothes
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
apart from; not including
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)
From this reading GRAHAM.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Spring is here.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Spring is here.
superlative of “light” — of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
superlative of “lively” — full of life and energy
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
the cloak as a symbol of authority
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading SPRING--MRS.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sun is shining brightly, and the air is warm, and the breeze is scented with the blossoms of the apple and the pear.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
From this reading The sun is shining brightly, and the air is warm, and the breeze is scented with the blossoms of the apple and the pear.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
having the sense of smell
From this reading The sun is shining brightly, and the air is warm, and the breeze is scented with the blossoms of the apple and the pear.
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading The sun is shining brightly, and the air is warm, and the breeze is scented with the blossoms of the apple and the pear.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
the season of growth
From this reading SPRING--MRS.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The sun is shining brightly, and the air is warm, and the breeze is scented with the blossoms of the apple and the pear.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sun is shining brightly, and the air is warm, and the breeze is scented with the blossoms of the apple and the pear.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading The sun is shining brightly, and the air is warm, and the breeze is scented with the blossoms of the apple and the pear.
at the time that
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
a Caucasian
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
belonging to which person
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The sun is shining brightly, and the air is warm, and the breeze is scented with the blossoms of the apple and the pear.
covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
From this reading The trees whose branches have been bare all winter, except when the snow wrapped them in a white mantle, have now put on a dress of the lightest and liveliest green.
Chapter 2 of Aunt Kitty's Tales by Maria J. (Maria Jane) McIntosh holds 126 sentences, grouped into 26 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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.
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