Chapter 6 of Poppy's Presents is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Poppy's Presents is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
POPPY WRITES A LETTER. 'Poppy, I want you to write a letter for me, darling,' said her mother one day. 'Is it to my father?' asked the child. 'No, Poppy; it isn't to your father.' 'Why do you never write to my father, mother?' asked Poppy.
Chapter 6 of Poppy's Presents is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a young person of either sex
From this reading “'Is it to my father?' asked the child.”
a special loved one
From this reading “'Poppy, I want you to write a letter for me, darling,' said her mother one day.”
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading “POPPY WRITES A LETTER.”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “'Poppy, I want you to write a letter for me, darling,' said her mother one day.”
annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers
From this reading “POPPY WRITES A LETTER.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “'Poppy, I want you to write a letter for me, darling,' said her mother one day.”
produce a literary work
From this reading “'Poppy, I want you to write a letter for me, darling,' said her mother one day.”
third-person singular of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading “POPPY WRITES A LETTER.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 POPPY WRITES A LETTER.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading 'Is it to my father?' asked the child.
a young person of either sex
From this reading 'Is it to my father?' asked the child.
a special loved one
From this reading 'Poppy, I want you to write a letter for me, darling,' said her mother one day.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading 'Poppy, I want you to write a letter for me, darling,' said her mother one day.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading 'Why do you never write to my father, mother?' asked Poppy.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading 'Is it to my father?' asked the child.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 'Poppy, I want you to write a letter for me, darling,' said her mother one day.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading 'Poppy, I want you to write a letter for me, darling,' said her mother one day.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'Poppy, I want you to write a letter for me, darling,' said her mother one day.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'Is it to my father?' asked the child.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'No, Poppy; it isn't to your father.'
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'Is it to my father?' asked the child.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading POPPY WRITES A LETTER.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'Poppy, I want you to write a letter for me, darling,' said her mother one day.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading 'Poppy, I want you to write a letter for me, darling,' said her mother one day.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'Is it to my father?' asked the child.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading 'Why do you never write to my father, mother?' asked Poppy.
not any; not one
From this reading 'No, Poppy; it isn't to your father.'
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading 'Poppy, I want you to write a letter for me, darling,' said her mother one day.
annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers
From this reading POPPY WRITES A LETTER.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading 'Poppy, I want you to write a letter for me, darling,' said her mother one day.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'Is it to my father?' asked the child.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'Poppy, I want you to write a letter for me, darling,' said her mother one day.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading 'Poppy, I want you to write a letter for me, darling,' said her mother one day.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading 'Why do you never write to my father, mother?' asked Poppy.
produce a literary work
From this reading 'Poppy, I want you to write a letter for me, darling,' said her mother one day.
third-person singular of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading POPPY WRITES A LETTER.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Poppy, I want you to write a letter for me, darling,' said her mother one day.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'No, Poppy; it isn't to your father.'
Chapter 6 of Poppy's Presents by O. F., Mrs. Walton holds 54 sentences, grouped into 11 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 6 holds 54 sentences of Poppy's Presents, unabridged, divided into 11 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Poppy's Presents by O. F., Mrs. Walton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 54 sentences, grouped into 11 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.
Work through the 11 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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