Chapter 7 of Camping is here in full — 41 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Camping is here in full — 41 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Afternoon Sports. After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games. What exciting times they do have! The boys are divided, and for the sake of sport given colors. So instead of New York and Chicago it is the Red and the Blue.
Chapter 7 of Camping is here in full — 41 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
From this reading “After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games.”
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading “So instead of New York and Chicago it is the Red and the Blue.”
a flag that shows its nationality
From this reading “The boys are divided, and for the sake of sport given colors.”
creating or arousing excitement
From this reading “What exciting times they do have!”
plural of “game” — a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading “After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games.”
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
From this reading “The boys are divided, and for the sake of sport given colors.”
plural of “sport” — an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
From this reading “Afternoon Sports.”
plural of “team” — a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading “After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “The boys are divided, and for the sake of sport given colors.”
move upward
In this reading “After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games.”
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 After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games.
later than; following
From this reading After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading Afternoon Sports.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The boys are divided, and for the sake of sport given colors.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The boys are divided, and for the sake of sport given colors.
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
From this reading After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading So instead of New York and Chicago it is the Red and the Blue.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading The boys are divided, and for the sake of sport given colors.
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading So instead of New York and Chicago it is the Red and the Blue.
a flag that shows its nationality
From this reading The boys are divided, and for the sake of sport given colors.
separated into parts or pieces
From this reading The boys are divided, and for the sake of sport given colors.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What exciting times they do have!
creating or arousing excitement
From this reading What exciting times they do have!
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games.
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games.
plural of “game” — a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading The boys are divided, and for the sake of sport given colors.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What exciting times they do have!
in place of, or as an alternative to
From this reading So instead of New York and Chicago it is the Red and the Blue.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So instead of New York and Chicago it is the Red and the Blue.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading So instead of New York and Chicago it is the Red and the Blue.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The boys are divided, and for the sake of sport given colors.
above and across; more than
From this reading After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games.
an amount of time
From this reading After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading So instead of New York and Chicago it is the Red and the Blue.
a reason for wanting something done
From this reading The boys are divided, and for the sake of sport given colors.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So instead of New York and Chicago it is the Red and the Blue.
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
From this reading The boys are divided, and for the sake of sport given colors.
plural of “sport” — an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
From this reading Afternoon Sports.
a detailed critical inspection
From this reading After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games.
plural of “team” — a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What exciting times they do have!
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading What exciting times they do have!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading After the study period is over the teams go up to the baseball field for a few games.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What exciting times they do have!
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading So instead of New York and Chicago it is the Red and the Blue.
Chapter 7 of Camping by Alexandra Agusta Guttman Lockwine holds 41 sentences, grouped into 9 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.
Chapter 7 holds 41 sentences of Camping, unabridged, divided into 9 reading sections.
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