Chapter 6 of Helen Grant's Schooldays is here in full — 316 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Helen Grant's Schooldays is here in full — 316 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing. We have made no real plans about the winter as yet, but we might like to presently." There was a half mirthful, half meaning light in her eyes. "Oh!" Helen said.
Chapter 6 of Helen Grant's Schooldays is here in full — 316 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a city in southwest Ohio; manufacturing center
From this reading “HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.”
(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War
From this reading “HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.”
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
From this reading “There was a half mirthful, half meaning light in her eyes.”
designed or carried out according to a plan
From this reading “HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.”
plural of “plan” — a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
From this reading “We have made no real plans about the winter as yet, but we might like to presently."”
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading “HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.”
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading “HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.”
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading “We have made no real plans about the winter as yet, but we might like to presently."”
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.
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return home
In this reading “HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.”
In this reading “HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.”
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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 HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading We have made no real plans about the winter as yet, but we might like to presently."
(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 HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We have made no real plans about the winter as yet, but we might like to presently."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We have made no real plans about the winter as yet, but we might like to presently."
a city in southwest Ohio; manufacturing center
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
opinion or judgment
From this reading There was a half mirthful, half meaning light in her eyes.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading There was a half mirthful, half meaning light in her eyes.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have made no real plans about the winter as yet, but we might like to presently."
(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was a half mirthful, half meaning light in her eyes.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
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From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a half mirthful, half meaning light in her eyes.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading There was a half mirthful, half meaning light in her eyes.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading We have made no real plans about the winter as yet, but we might like to presently."
engage in
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
From this reading There was a half mirthful, half meaning light in her eyes.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading There was a half mirthful, half meaning light in her eyes.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
not any; not one
From this reading We have made no real plans about the winter as yet, but we might like to presently."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
designed or carried out according to a plan
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
plural of “plan” — a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished
From this reading We have made no real plans about the winter as yet, but we might like to presently."
in the near future
From this reading We have made no real plans about the winter as yet, but we might like to presently."
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading We have made no real plans about the winter as yet, but we might like to presently."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Helen said.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We have made no real plans about the winter as yet, but we might like to presently."
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a half mirthful, half meaning light in her eyes.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
a special situation
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have made no real plans about the winter as yet, but we might like to presently."
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading We have made no real plans about the winter as yet, but we might like to presently."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
but in spite of that
From this reading We have made no real plans about the winter as yet, but we might like to presently."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading HOW THEY ALL PLANNED "Helen," began Mrs. Dayton, "I was thinking if you would like to go home on Saturday and make your visit it might be a good thing.
Chapter 6 of Helen Grant's Schooldays by Amanda M. Douglas holds 316 sentences, grouped into 64 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 6 holds 316 sentences of Helen Grant's Schooldays, unabridged, divided into 64 reading sections.
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