Chapter 5 of Poems By a Little Girl is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Poems By a Little Girl is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE There was a little green apple That had lasted over winter. He had one leaf . In spite of that he was lonesome.
Chapter 5 of Poems By a Little Girl is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
From this reading “THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE There was a little green apple That had lasted over winter.”
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading “THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE There was a little green apple That had lasted over winter.”
past form of “last” — persist for a specified period of time
From this reading “THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE There was a little green apple That had lasted over winter.”
the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading “He had one leaf .”
being the only one; single and isolated from others
From this reading “THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE There was a little green apple That had lasted over winter.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE There was a little green apple That had lasted over winter.”
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading “In spite of that he was lonesome.”
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading “THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE There was a little green apple That had lasted over winter.”
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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 THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE There was a little green apple That had lasted over winter.
fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
From this reading THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE There was a little green apple That had lasted over winter.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE There was a little green apple That had lasted over winter.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE There was a little green apple That had lasted over winter.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had one leaf .
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In spite of that he was lonesome.
past form of “last” — persist for a specified period of time
From this reading THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE There was a little green apple That had lasted over winter.
the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading He had one leaf .
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE There was a little green apple That had lasted over winter.
being the only one; single and isolated from others
From this reading THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE There was a little green apple That had lasted over winter.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In spite of that he was lonesome.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He had one leaf .
above and across; more than
From this reading THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE There was a little green apple That had lasted over winter.
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading In spite of that he was lonesome.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE There was a little green apple That had lasted over winter.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE There was a little green apple That had lasted over winter.
in or at that place or location
From this reading THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE There was a little green apple That had lasted over winter.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE There was a little green apple That had lasted over winter.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE There was a little green apple That had lasted over winter.
Chapter 5 of Poems By a Little Girl by Hilda Conkling holds 178 sentences, grouped into 36 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.
Chapter 5 holds 178 sentences of Poems By a Little Girl, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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