Chapter 15 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PRINCE. We wanted to see our beautiful forest---- PRINCESS. You see, we have only been here for a few days. PRINCE. So we started out for a little walk.
Chapter 15 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “We wanted to see our beautiful forest---- PRINCESS.”
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading “You see, we have only been here for a few days.”
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading “We wanted to see our beautiful forest---- PRINCESS.”
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading “PRINCE.”
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading “We wanted to see our beautiful forest---- PRINCESS.”
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “So we started out for a little walk.”
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading “So we started out for a little walk.”
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading “We wanted to see our beautiful forest---- PRINCESS.”
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In this reading “You see, we have only been here for a few days.”
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
In this reading “So we started out for a little walk.”
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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 You see, we have only been here for a few days.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading We wanted to see our beautiful forest---- PRINCESS.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading You see, we have only been here for a few days.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading You see, we have only been here for a few days.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading You see, we have only been here for a few days.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You see, we have only been here for a few days.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading We wanted to see our beautiful forest---- PRINCESS.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You see, we have only been here for a few days.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading You see, we have only been here for a few days.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading So we started out for a little walk.
and nothing more
From this reading You see, we have only been here for a few days.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We wanted to see our beautiful forest---- PRINCESS.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading So we started out for a little walk.
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading PRINCE.
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading We wanted to see our beautiful forest---- PRINCESS.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading We wanted to see our beautiful forest---- PRINCESS.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So we started out for a little walk.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading So we started out for a little walk.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We wanted to see our beautiful forest---- PRINCESS.
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading So we started out for a little walk.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading We wanted to see our beautiful forest---- PRINCESS.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We wanted to see our beautiful forest---- PRINCESS.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You see, we have only been here for a few days.
Chapter 15 of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls by Elsie Hobart Carter holds 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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 15 holds 426 sentences of Christmas Candles: Plays for Boys and Girls, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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