Chapter 2 of Home Geography for Primary Grades is here in full — 504 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Home Geography for Primary Grades is here in full — 504 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
When clouds are low down, near the earth, we call them _fogs_ or _mist_. If clouds are cooled, the little particles of water gather into large drops and fall as _rain_. If the drops should freeze in falling, we would call them _hail_. What shape are the raindrops? Of what use is the rain?
Chapter 2 of Home Geography for Primary Grades is here in full — 504 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “cool” — make cool or cooler
From this reading “If clouds are cooled, the little particles of water gather into large drops and fall as _rain_.”
plural of “drop” — a shape that is spherical and small
From this reading “If clouds are cooled, the little particles of water gather into large drops and fall as _rain_.”
plural of “fog” — droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
stop moving or become immobilized
From this reading “If the drops should freeze in falling, we would call them _hail_.”
assemble or get together
From this reading “If clouds are cooled, the little particles of water gather into large drops and fall as _rain_.”
praise vociferously
plural of “particle” — (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
From this reading “If clouds are cooled, the little particles of water gather into large drops and fall as _rain_.”
plural of “raindrop” — a drop of rain
From this reading “What shape are the raindrops?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If clouds are cooled, the little particles of water gather into large drops and fall as _rain_.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading When clouds are low down, near the earth, we call them _fogs_ or _mist_.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading If clouds are cooled, the little particles of water gather into large drops and fall as _rain_.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading When clouds are low down, near the earth, we call them _fogs_ or _mist_.
plural of “cloud” — any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
From this reading When clouds are low down, near the earth, we call them _fogs_ or _mist_.
past form of “cool” — make cool or cooler
From this reading If clouds are cooled, the little particles of water gather into large drops and fall as _rain_.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading When clouds are low down, near the earth, we call them _fogs_ or _mist_.
plural of “drop” — a shape that is spherical and small
From this reading If clouds are cooled, the little particles of water gather into large drops and fall as _rain_.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading When clouds are low down, near the earth, we call them _fogs_ or _mist_.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading If clouds are cooled, the little particles of water gather into large drops and fall as _rain_.
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading If the drops should freeze in falling, we would call them _hail_.
plural of “fog” — droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading When clouds are low down, near the earth, we call them _fogs_ or _mist_.
stop moving or become immobilized
From this reading If the drops should freeze in falling, we would call them _hail_.
assemble or get together
From this reading If clouds are cooled, the little particles of water gather into large drops and fall as _rain_.
praise vociferously
From this reading If the drops should freeze in falling, we would call them _hail_.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If clouds are cooled, the little particles of water gather into large drops and fall as _rain_.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading If the drops should freeze in falling, we would call them _hail_.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading If clouds are cooled, the little particles of water gather into large drops and fall as _rain_.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Of what use is the rain?
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading If clouds are cooled, the little particles of water gather into large drops and fall as _rain_.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading If clouds are cooled, the little particles of water gather into large drops and fall as _rain_.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading When clouds are low down, near the earth, we call them _fogs_ or _mist_.
become covered with mist
From this reading When clouds are low down, near the earth, we call them _fogs_ or _mist_.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading When clouds are low down, near the earth, we call them _fogs_ or _mist_.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If clouds are cooled, the little particles of water gather into large drops and fall as _rain_.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading When clouds are low down, near the earth, we call them _fogs_ or _mist_.
plural of “particle” — (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
From this reading If clouds are cooled, the little particles of water gather into large drops and fall as _rain_.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading If clouds are cooled, the little particles of water gather into large drops and fall as _rain_.
plural of “raindrop” — a drop of rain
From this reading What shape are the raindrops?
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
From this reading What shape are the raindrops?
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading If the drops should freeze in falling, we would call them _hail_.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When clouds are low down, near the earth, we call them _fogs_ or _mist_.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading When clouds are low down, near the earth, we call them _fogs_ or _mist_.
the act of using
From this reading Of what use is the rain?
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading If clouds are cooled, the little particles of water gather into large drops and fall as _rain_.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading When clouds are low down, near the earth, we call them _fogs_ or _mist_.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What shape are the raindrops?
at the time that
From this reading When clouds are low down, near the earth, we call them _fogs_ or _mist_.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If the drops should freeze in falling, we would call them _hail_.
Chapter 2 of Home Geography for Primary Grades by C. C. Long holds 504 sentences, grouped into 101 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 2 holds 504 sentences of Home Geography for Primary Grades, unabridged, divided into 101 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Home Geography for Primary Grades by C. C. Long exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 504 sentences, grouped into 101 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.
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