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Polite bunny

Chapter VI

Chapter 6 of Polite bunny is here in full — 62 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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SHOPPING MANNERS Have you thought of this before, To have good manners in the store?
If you go there day or night, Always try to be polite.
Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.”
The stranger Bunny said, “Ha, ha, ha, so you think you can fool me again; indeed, I have never had such a search in all my life.”
The strange Bunny was very near-sighted, and she really did mistake Pretty Bunny for her own run-away Grandchild!
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Polite bunny

Chapter VI

Chapter 6 of Polite bunny is here in full — 62 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/12 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
SHOPPING MANNERS Have you thought of this before, To have good manners in the store?
/ˈʃɑːpɪŋ ˈmænərz hæv juː θɔːt ʌv ðɪs bɪˈfɔːr tuː hæv ɡʊd ˈmænərz ɪn ðə stɔːr/
Line 2
If you go there day or night, Always try to be polite.
/ɪf juː ɡoʊ ðer deɪ ɔːr naɪt ˈɔːlweɪz traɪ tuː biː pəˈlaɪt/
Line 3
Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.”
/ˈprɪti ˈbʌni sed tuː ðə streɪndʒ ˈbʌni aɪ æm ʃʊr juː ɑːr mɪˈsteɪkən aɪ æm ɑːn maɪ weɪ hoʊm frʌm skuːl/
Line 4
The stranger Bunny said, “Ha, ha, ha, so you think you can fool me again; indeed, I have never had such a search in all my life.”
/ðə ˈstreɪndʒər ˈbʌni sed hɑː hɑː hɑː soʊ juː θɪŋk juː kæn fuːl miː əˈɡen ˌɪnˈdiːd aɪ hæv ˈnevər hæd sʌtʃ ə sɜːrtʃ ɪn ɔːl maɪ laɪf/
Line 5
The strange Bunny was very near-sighted, and she really did mistake Pretty Bunny for her own run-away Grandchild!

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Bunny noun US /ˈbʌni/

a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit

From this reading “Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.””

Grandchild noun US /ˈɡrændtʃaɪld/

a child of your son or daughter

From this reading “The strange Bunny was very near-sighted, and she really did mistake Pretty Bunny for her own run-away Grandchild!”

manners noun US /ˈmænərz/

social deportment

From this reading “SHOPPING MANNERS Have you thought of this before, To have good manners in the store?”

mistake noun US /mɪˈsteɪk/

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

From this reading “The strange Bunny was very near-sighted, and she really did mistake Pretty Bunny for her own run-away Grandchild!”

mistaken adjective US /mɪˈsteɪkən/

wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment

From this reading “Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.””

polite adjective US /pəˈlaɪt/

showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.

From this reading “If you go there day or night, Always try to be polite.”

shopping noun US /ˈʃɑːpɪŋ/

searching for or buying goods or services

From this reading “SHOPPING MANNERS Have you thought of this before, To have good manners in the store?”

store noun US /stɔːr/

a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

From this reading “SHOPPING MANNERS Have you thought of this before, To have good manners in the store?”

Word partnerships in these lines

English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.

Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.

good manners adjective + noun

a courteous manner

In this reading “SHOPPING MANNERS Have you thought of this before, To have good manners in the store?”

way home noun + noun

In this reading “Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.””

from school preposition + noun

In this reading “Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.””

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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.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading The stranger Bunny said, “Ha, ha, ha, so you think you can fool me again; indeed, I have never had such a search in all my life.”

againadverbUS /əˈɡen/

anew

From this reading The stranger Bunny said, “Ha, ha, ha, so you think you can fool me again; indeed, I have never had such a search in all my life.”

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading The stranger Bunny said, “Ha, ha, ha, so you think you can fool me again; indeed, I have never had such a search in all my life.”

AlwaysadverbUS /ˈɔːlweɪz/

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading If you go there day or night, Always try to be polite.

amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.”

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The strange Bunny was very near-sighted, and she really did mistake Pretty Bunny for her own run-away Grandchild!

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.”

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading If you go there day or night, Always try to be polite.

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading SHOPPING MANNERS Have you thought of this before, To have good manners in the store?

BunnynounUS /ˈbʌni/

a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit

From this reading Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.”

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading The stranger Bunny said, “Ha, ha, ha, so you think you can fool me again; indeed, I have never had such a search in all my life.”

daynounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading If you go there day or night, Always try to be polite.

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading The strange Bunny was very near-sighted, and she really did mistake Pretty Bunny for her own run-away Grandchild!

foolnounUS /fuːl/

a person who lacks good judgment

From this reading The stranger Bunny said, “Ha, ha, ha, so you think you can fool me again; indeed, I have never had such a search in all my life.”

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The strange Bunny was very near-sighted, and she really did mistake Pretty Bunny for her own run-away Grandchild!

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.”

goverbUS /ɡoʊ/

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading If you go there day or night, Always try to be polite.

goodadjectiveUS /ɡʊd/

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading SHOPPING MANNERS Have you thought of this before, To have good manners in the store?

GrandchildnounUS /ˈɡrændtʃaɪld/

a child of your son or daughter

From this reading The strange Bunny was very near-sighted, and she really did mistake Pretty Bunny for her own run-away Grandchild!

HanounUS /hɑː/

(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day

From this reading The stranger Bunny said, “Ha, ha, ha, so you think you can fool me again; indeed, I have never had such a search in all my life.”

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The stranger Bunny said, “Ha, ha, ha, so you think you can fool me again; indeed, I have never had such a search in all my life.”

Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading SHOPPING MANNERS Have you thought of this before, To have good manners in the store?

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading The strange Bunny was very near-sighted, and she really did mistake Pretty Bunny for her own run-away Grandchild!

homenounUS /hoʊm/

where you live at a particular time

From this reading Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.”

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.”

IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading If you go there day or night, Always try to be polite.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading SHOPPING MANNERS Have you thought of this before, To have good manners in the store?

indeedadverbUS /ˌɪnˈdiːd/

in truth (often tends to intensify)

From this reading The stranger Bunny said, “Ha, ha, ha, so you think you can fool me again; indeed, I have never had such a search in all my life.”

lifenounUS /laɪf/

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading The stranger Bunny said, “Ha, ha, ha, so you think you can fool me again; indeed, I have never had such a search in all my life.”

MANNERSnounUS /ˈmænərz/

social deportment

From this reading SHOPPING MANNERS Have you thought of this before, To have good manners in the store?

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The stranger Bunny said, “Ha, ha, ha, so you think you can fool me again; indeed, I have never had such a search in all my life.”

mistakenounUS /mɪˈsteɪk/

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

From this reading The strange Bunny was very near-sighted, and she really did mistake Pretty Bunny for her own run-away Grandchild!

mistakenadjectiveUS /mɪˈsteɪkən/

wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment

From this reading Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.”

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.”

near-sighted

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The strange Bunny was very near-sighted, and she really did mistake Pretty Bunny for her own run-away Grandchild!

neveradverbUS /ˈnevər/

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading The stranger Bunny said, “Ha, ha, ha, so you think you can fool me again; indeed, I have never had such a search in all my life.”

nightnounUS /naɪt/

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading If you go there day or night, Always try to be polite.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading SHOPPING MANNERS Have you thought of this before, To have good manners in the store?

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.”

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading If you go there day or night, Always try to be polite.

ownverbUS /oʊn/

have ownership or possession of

From this reading The strange Bunny was very near-sighted, and she really did mistake Pretty Bunny for her own run-away Grandchild!

politeadjectiveUS /pəˈlaɪt/

showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.

From this reading If you go there day or night, Always try to be polite.

PrettyadjectiveUS /ˈprɪti/

pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

From this reading Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.”

reallyadverbUS /ˈrɪli/

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading The strange Bunny was very near-sighted, and she really did mistake Pretty Bunny for her own run-away Grandchild!

run-away

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The strange Bunny was very near-sighted, and she really did mistake Pretty Bunny for her own run-away Grandchild!

saidadjectiveUS /sed/

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.”

schoolnounUS /skuːl/

an educational institution

From this reading Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.”

searchverbUS /sɜːrtʃ/

try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

From this reading The stranger Bunny said, “Ha, ha, ha, so you think you can fool me again; indeed, I have never had such a search in all my life.”

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The strange Bunny was very near-sighted, and she really did mistake Pretty Bunny for her own run-away Grandchild!

SHOPPINGnounUS /ˈʃɑːpɪŋ/

searching for or buying goods or services

From this reading SHOPPING MANNERS Have you thought of this before, To have good manners in the store?

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading The stranger Bunny said, “Ha, ha, ha, so you think you can fool me again; indeed, I have never had such a search in all my life.”

storenounUS /stɔːr/

a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

From this reading SHOPPING MANNERS Have you thought of this before, To have good manners in the store?

strangeadjectiveUS /streɪndʒ/

being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

From this reading Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.”

strangernounUS /ˈstreɪndʒər/

anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

From this reading The stranger Bunny said, “Ha, ha, ha, so you think you can fool me again; indeed, I have never had such a search in all my life.”

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading The stranger Bunny said, “Ha, ha, ha, so you think you can fool me again; indeed, I have never had such a search in all my life.”

sureadjectiveUS /ʃʊr/

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

From this reading Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.”

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading SHOPPING MANNERS Have you thought of this before, To have good manners in the store?

thereadverbUS /ðer/

in or at that place or location

From this reading If you go there day or night, Always try to be polite.

thinkverbUS /θɪŋk/

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading The stranger Bunny said, “Ha, ha, ha, so you think you can fool me again; indeed, I have never had such a search in all my life.”

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading SHOPPING MANNERS Have you thought of this before, To have good manners in the store?

thoughtnounUS /θɔːt/

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading SHOPPING MANNERS Have you thought of this before, To have good manners in the store?

ToparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading SHOPPING MANNERS Have you thought of this before, To have good manners in the store?

tryverbUS /traɪ/

make an effort or attempt

From this reading If you go there day or night, Always try to be polite.

veryadjectiveUS /ˈveri/

precisely as stated

From this reading The strange Bunny was very near-sighted, and she really did mistake Pretty Bunny for her own run-away Grandchild!

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The strange Bunny was very near-sighted, and she really did mistake Pretty Bunny for her own run-away Grandchild!

waynounUS /weɪ/

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Pretty Bunny said to the strange Bunny, “I am sure you are mistaken; I am on my way home from school.”

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading SHOPPING MANNERS Have you thought of this before, To have good manners in the store?

Chapter 6 of Polite bunny by Laura Rountree Smith holds 62 sentences, grouped into 13 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.

What does chapter 6 of Polite bunny contain?

Chapter 6 holds 62 sentences of Polite bunny, unabridged, divided into 13 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 6 of Polite bunny by Laura Rountree Smith exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 62 sentences, grouped into 13 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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About 54 minutes of reading across 132 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Polite bunny

Words and structures a reader meets early in Polite bunny, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Italic
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Displayed
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Pretty
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Bunny
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Polite bunny; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.