Chapter 11 of New National Fourth Reader is here in full — 250 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of New National Fourth Reader is here in full — 250 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"O what have I done! what have I done!" cried Alice. "O Mrs. Reed, I'm so sorry--I have broken the tile!" "How did it happen, Alice? Was it loose?" "Why yes," replied Alice; "I put my hand on it, and thought it appeared to move a little.
Chapter 11 of New National Fourth Reader is here in full — 250 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/50 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “"Why yes," replied Alice; "I put my hand on it, and thought it appeared to move a little.”
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading “"O Mrs. Reed, I'm so sorry--I have broken the tile!"”
come to pass
From this reading “"How did it happen, Alice?”
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading “Was it loose?"”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “"Why yes," replied Alice; "I put my hand on it, and thought it appeared to move a little.”
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
From this reading “"O Mrs. Reed, I'm so sorry--I have broken the tile!"”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “"O Mrs. Reed, I'm so sorry--I have broken the tile!"”
a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
From this reading “"O Mrs. Reed, I'm so sorry--I have broken the tile!"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Why yes," replied Alice; "I put my hand on it, and thought it appeared to move a little.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O what have I done! what have I done!" cried Alice.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Why yes," replied Alice; "I put my hand on it, and thought it appeared to move a little.
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "Why yes," replied Alice; "I put my hand on it, and thought it appeared to move a little.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading "O Mrs. Reed, I'm so sorry--I have broken the tile!"
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "O what have I done! what have I done!" cried Alice.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "How did it happen, Alice?
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading "O what have I done! what have I done!" cried Alice.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading "Why yes," replied Alice; "I put my hand on it, and thought it appeared to move a little.
come to pass
From this reading "How did it happen, Alice?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "O what have I done! what have I done!" cried Alice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How did it happen, Alice?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "O what have I done! what have I done!" cried Alice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O Mrs. Reed, I'm so sorry--I have broken the tile!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "How did it happen, Alice?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Why yes," replied Alice; "I put my hand on it, and thought it appeared to move a little.
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading Was it loose?"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Why yes," replied Alice; "I put my hand on it, and thought it appeared to move a little.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading "O Mrs. Reed, I'm so sorry--I have broken the tile!"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Why yes," replied Alice; "I put my hand on it, and thought it appeared to move a little.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "O what have I done! what have I done!" cried Alice.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Why yes," replied Alice; "I put my hand on it, and thought it appeared to move a little.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "Why yes," replied Alice; "I put my hand on it, and thought it appeared to move a little.
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
From this reading "O Mrs. Reed, I'm so sorry--I have broken the tile!"
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "Why yes," replied Alice; "I put my hand on it, and thought it appeared to move a little.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "O Mrs. Reed, I'm so sorry--I have broken the tile!"
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading "O Mrs. Reed, I'm so sorry--I have broken the tile!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "O Mrs. Reed, I'm so sorry--I have broken the tile!"
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "Why yes," replied Alice; "I put my hand on it, and thought it appeared to move a little.
a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
From this reading "O Mrs. Reed, I'm so sorry--I have broken the tile!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Why yes," replied Alice; "I put my hand on it, and thought it appeared to move a little.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Was it loose?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "O what have I done! what have I done!" cried Alice.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why yes," replied Alice; "I put my hand on it, and thought it appeared to move a little.
an affirmative
From this reading "Why yes," replied Alice; "I put my hand on it, and thought it appeared to move a little.
Chapter 11 of New National Fourth Reader by Charles J. (Charles Joseph) Barnes holds 250 sentences, grouped into 50 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 11 holds 250 sentences of New National Fourth Reader, unabridged, divided into 50 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of New National Fourth Reader by Charles J. (Charles Joseph) Barnes exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 250 sentences, grouped into 50 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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