Chapter 4 of Pretty Polly Perkins is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Pretty Polly Perkins is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHAT ANNE MARIE SAW FROM THE WINDOW Anne Marie stood in the window looking out into the rainy street. Anne Marie was lonely. She had no one with whom to play. She had no one with whom to talk. Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.
Chapter 4 of Pretty Polly Perkins is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading “WHAT ANNE MARIE SAW FROM THE WINDOW Anne Marie stood in the window looking out into the rainy street.”
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.”
needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
From this reading “Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.”
lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
From this reading “Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.”
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading “Anne Marie was lonely.”
(of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing
From this reading “Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.”
(of weather) wet by periods of rain
From this reading “WHAT ANNE MARIE SAW FROM THE WINDOW Anne Marie stood in the window looking out into the rainy street.”
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.”
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In this reading “WHAT ANNE MARIE SAW FROM THE WINDOW Anne Marie stood in the window looking out into the rainy street.”
In this reading “WHAT ANNE MARIE SAW FROM THE WINDOW Anne Marie stood in the window looking out into the rainy street.”
In this reading “Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.”
In this reading “WHAT ANNE MARIE SAW FROM THE WINDOW Anne Marie stood in the window looking out into the rainy street.”
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 Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.
anew
From this reading Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading WHAT ANNE MARIE SAW FROM THE WINDOW Anne Marie stood in the window looking out into the rainy street.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading WHAT ANNE MARIE SAW FROM THE WINDOW Anne Marie stood in the window looking out into the rainy street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had no one with whom to play.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WHAT ANNE MARIE SAW FROM THE WINDOW Anne Marie stood in the window looking out into the rainy street.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading WHAT ANNE MARIE SAW FROM THE WINDOW Anne Marie stood in the window looking out into the rainy street.
needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
From this reading Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.
lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another
From this reading Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading Anne Marie was lonely.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading WHAT ANNE MARIE SAW FROM THE WINDOW Anne Marie stood in the window looking out into the rainy street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WHAT ANNE MARIE SAW FROM THE WINDOW Anne Marie stood in the window looking out into the rainy street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.
(of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing
From this reading Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.
not any; not one
From this reading She had no one with whom to play.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She had no one with whom to play.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading WHAT ANNE MARIE SAW FROM THE WINDOW Anne Marie stood in the window looking out into the rainy street.
above and across; more than
From this reading Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.
participate in games or sport
From this reading She had no one with whom to play.
(of weather) wet by periods of rain
From this reading WHAT ANNE MARIE SAW FROM THE WINDOW Anne Marie stood in the window looking out into the rainy street.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.
cut with a saw
From this reading WHAT ANNE MARIE SAW FROM THE WINDOW Anne Marie stood in the window looking out into the rainy street.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had no one with whom to play.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading WHAT ANNE MARIE SAW FROM THE WINDOW Anne Marie stood in the window looking out into the rainy street.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading WHAT ANNE MARIE SAW FROM THE WINDOW Anne Marie stood in the window looking out into the rainy street.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading She had no one with whom to talk.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHAT ANNE MARIE SAW FROM THE WINDOW Anne Marie stood in the window looking out into the rainy street.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had no one with whom to play.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Anne Marie was lonely.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT ANNE MARIE SAW FROM THE WINDOW Anne Marie stood in the window looking out into the rainy street.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She had no one with whom to play.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading WHAT ANNE MARIE SAW FROM THE WINDOW Anne Marie stood in the window looking out into the rainy street.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had no one with whom to play.
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading Over in a corner of the room, her knitting in her lap, Anne Marie’s grandmother, called Grand’mère, napped and woke and napped again.
Chapter 4 of Pretty Polly Perkins by Ethel Calvert Phillips holds 108 sentences, grouped into 22 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.
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