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Penrod

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of Penrod is here in full — 142 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Booth Tarkington • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy.

The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

“Good-bye, teacher!

Good-bye, school!

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Chapter XVIII Reading 1/28

Penrod

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of Penrod is here in full — 142 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/28 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy.

Line 2

The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

Line 3

But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

Line 4

“Good-bye, teacher!

Line 5

Good-bye, school!

All words in this reading · 61

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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a

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From this reading Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy.

and

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From this reading The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

at

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

boy

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From this reading Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy.

Boyhood

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From this reading Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy.

But

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

came

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

capered

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

Capps

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

carolling

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

day

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

decades

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From this reading The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

do

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

even

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

for

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From this reading Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy.

forgetting

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

from

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

Good-bye

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From this reading “Good-bye, teacher!

gravelled

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

group

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

in

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From this reading Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy.

institution

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

instructress

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

is

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From this reading Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy.

janitor

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

last

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From this reading The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

leave-taking

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

life

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From this reading Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy.

like

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From this reading The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

living

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From this reading The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

longest

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From this reading Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy.

made

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From this reading The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

millennium

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From this reading The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

Mr

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

Nomber

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

not

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From this reading The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

of

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From this reading The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

one

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

out

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

pass

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

Penrod

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

School

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

school-year

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From this reading The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

Seventh

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

somehow

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

teacher

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From this reading “Good-bye, teacher!

term

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From this reading The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

that

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

the

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From this reading Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy.

their

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

them

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From this reading The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

there

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

they

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

through

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From this reading The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

time

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From this reading Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy.

waiting

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From this reading The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

Ward

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

was

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

weeks

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From this reading The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

when

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

yard

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From this reading But they do pass, somehow, and at last there came a day when Penrod was one of a group that capered out from the gravelled yard of “Ward School, Nomber Seventh,” carolling a leave-taking of the institution, of their instructress, and not even forgetting Mr. Capps, the janitor.

Chapter 18 of Penrod by Booth Tarkington holds 142 sentences, grouped into 29 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 18 of Penrod contain?

Chapter 18 holds 142 sentences of Penrod, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 18 of Penrod by Booth Tarkington exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 142 sentences, grouped into 29 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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Work through the 29 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 29 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

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Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Penrod: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Penrod; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Morosely: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Penrod; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Fence: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Penrod; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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