Chapter 10 of New National Fourth Reader is here in full — 67 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of New National Fourth Reader is here in full — 67 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome. "Merry Christmas! Mrs. Reed," said Alice. "Thank you, my dear," replied Mrs. Reed; "it will indeed be a 'Merry Christmas' if you can remain with me this forenoon." "Well, I can stay till dinner-time," said Alice.
Chapter 10 of New National Fourth Reader is here in full — 67 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/13 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading “Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.”
a small house with a single story
From this reading “Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “"Merry Christmas!”
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
From this reading “Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.”
possessive form of “reed” — tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
From this reading “Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “"Thank you, my dear," replied Mrs. Reed; "it will indeed be a 'Merry Christmas' if you can remain with me this forenoon."”
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading “Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.”
accept gladly
From this reading “Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.”
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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 Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.
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From this reading Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Thank you, my dear," replied Mrs. Reed; "it will indeed be a 'Merry Christmas' if you can remain with me this forenoon."
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Thank you, my dear," replied Mrs. Reed; "it will indeed be a 'Merry Christmas' if you can remain with me this forenoon."
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
From this reading Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.
a small house with a single story
From this reading Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.
dearly loved
From this reading "Thank you, my dear," replied Mrs. Reed; "it will indeed be a 'Merry Christmas' if you can remain with me this forenoon."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, I can stay till dinner-time," said Alice.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading "Thank you, my dear," replied Mrs. Reed; "it will indeed be a 'Merry Christmas' if you can remain with me this forenoon."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Well, I can stay till dinner-time," said Alice.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Thank you, my dear," replied Mrs. Reed; "it will indeed be a 'Merry Christmas' if you can remain with me this forenoon."
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading "Thank you, my dear," replied Mrs. Reed; "it will indeed be a 'Merry Christmas' if you can remain with me this forenoon."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Thank you, my dear," replied Mrs. Reed; "it will indeed be a 'Merry Christmas' if you can remain with me this forenoon."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Thank you, my dear," replied Mrs. Reed; "it will indeed be a 'Merry Christmas' if you can remain with me this forenoon."
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading "Merry Christmas!
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Thank you, my dear," replied Mrs. Reed; "it will indeed be a 'Merry Christmas' if you can remain with me this forenoon."
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
From this reading Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
From this reading Mrs. Reed," said Alice.
possessive form of “reed” — tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
From this reading Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading "Thank you, my dear," replied Mrs. Reed; "it will indeed be a 'Merry Christmas' if you can remain with me this forenoon."
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "Thank you, my dear," replied Mrs. Reed; "it will indeed be a 'Merry Christmas' if you can remain with me this forenoon."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Mrs. Reed," said Alice.
in the near future
From this reading Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading "Well, I can stay till dinner-time," said Alice.
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading "Thank you, my dear," replied Mrs. Reed; "it will indeed be a 'Merry Christmas' if you can remain with me this forenoon."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Thank you, my dear," replied Mrs. Reed; "it will indeed be a 'Merry Christmas' if you can remain with me this forenoon."
up to a particular time
From this reading "Well, I can stay till dinner-time," said Alice.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.
accept gladly
From this reading Christmas morning came, and soon Alice Brown entered Mrs. Reed's cottage and received a warm welcome.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, I can stay till dinner-time," said Alice.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Thank you, my dear," replied Mrs. Reed; "it will indeed be a 'Merry Christmas' if you can remain with me this forenoon."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Thank you, my dear," replied Mrs. Reed; "it will indeed be a 'Merry Christmas' if you can remain with me this forenoon."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Thank you, my dear," replied Mrs. Reed; "it will indeed be a 'Merry Christmas' if you can remain with me this forenoon."
Chapter 10 of New National Fourth Reader by Charles J. (Charles Joseph) Barnes holds 67 sentences, grouped into 14 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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