Chapter 3 of St. Nicholas Book of Plays & Operettas (Second Series) is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of St. Nicholas Book of Plays & Operettas (Second Series) is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JILL. Why, here’s Little Miss Muffet, too! [JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet. Is that it, Miss Muffet? MISS MUFFET.
Chapter 3 of St. Nicholas Book of Plays & Operettas (Second Series) is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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above and across; more than
From this reading “[JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet.”
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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 [JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet.
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From this reading [JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading [JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet.
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From this reading [JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet.
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From this reading [JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet.
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From this reading [JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading [JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet.
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From this reading Why, here’s Little Miss Muffet, too!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading [JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading [JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is that it, Miss Muffet?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Is that it, Miss Muffet?
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From this reading JILL.
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From this reading [JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet.
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From this reading Why, here’s Little Miss Muffet, too!
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From this reading Why, here’s Little Miss Muffet, too!
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From this reading Why, here’s Little Miss Muffet, too!
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From this reading [JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet.
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From this reading [JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet.
above and across; more than
From this reading [JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet.
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From this reading [JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Is that it, Miss Muffet?
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From this reading [JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet.
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From this reading Why, here’s Little Miss Muffet, too!
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From this reading [JILL _goes over to door, takes her hand, and leads her in._] I do believe she thinks she needs a new tuffet.
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From this reading Why, here’s Little Miss Muffet, too!
