Chapter 1 of The Aldine speller, part two is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Aldine speller, part two is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. FORMERLY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MONSON, MASS. PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling. This disappointment is undoubtedly due to: 1.
Chapter 1 of The Aldine speller, part two is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading “ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.”
not up to expectations
From this reading “PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.”
largest city in Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river; noted for flour mills; one of the Twin Cities
From this reading “ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.”
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading “PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.”
plural of “school” — an educational institution
From this reading “ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.”
forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
From this reading “PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.”
a person who directs and manages an organization
From this reading “ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.”
plural of “teacher” — a person whose occupation is teaching
From this reading “PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.”
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.
a tuition free school in the United States supported by taxes and controlled by a school board
In this reading “PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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From this reading 1.
equally
From this reading PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.
not up to expectations
From this reading PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.
a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
From this reading This disappointment is undoubtedly due to:
owed and payable immediately or on demand
From this reading This disappointment is undoubtedly due to:
at a previous time
From this reading FORMERLY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MONSON, MASS.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This disappointment is undoubtedly due to:
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading FORMERLY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MONSON, MASS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
largest city in Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river; noted for flour mills; one of the Twin Cities
From this reading ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FORMERLY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MONSON, MASS.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.
not any; not one
From this reading PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.
plural of “school” — an educational institution
From this reading ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
From this reading PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
From this reading PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.
a person who directs and manages an organization
From this reading ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
inflected form of “teach” — impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.
plural of “teacher” — a person whose occupation is teaching
From this reading PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This disappointment is undoubtedly due to:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PREFACE To teachers and the public alike, probably no subject taught in the public schools has been more disappointing than spelling.
without doubt; certainly
From this reading This disappointment is undoubtedly due to:
Chapter 1 of The Aldine speller, part two by Catherine T. (Catherine Turner) Bryce holds 200 sentences, grouped into 40 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 1 holds 200 sentences of The Aldine speller, part two, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Aldine speller, part two by Catherine T. (Catherine Turner) Bryce exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 200 sentences, grouped into 40 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 40 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 51 minutes of reading across 124 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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