Chapter 2 of The Real Mother Goose is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Real Mother Goose is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SATURDAY, SUNDAY On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair. On Sunday morning My love will come in. When he will marry me With a gold ring. LITTLE JENNY WREN Little Jenny Wren fell sick, Upon a time; In came Robin Redbreast And brought her cake and wine. "Eat well of my cake, Jenny, Drink well of my wine."
Chapter 2 of The Real Mother Goose is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading “LITTLE JENNY WREN Little Jenny Wren fell sick, Upon a time; In came Robin Redbreast And brought her cake and wine.”
form a curl, curve, or kink
From this reading “SATURDAY, SUNDAY On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair.”
United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
From this reading “LITTLE JENNY WREN Little Jenny Wren fell sick, Upon a time; In came Robin Redbreast And brought her cake and wine.”
plural of “lock” — a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
From this reading “SATURDAY, SUNDAY On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair.”
a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
From this reading “SATURDAY, SUNDAY On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair.”
small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
From this reading “LITTLE JENNY WREN Little Jenny Wren fell sick, Upon a time; In came Robin Redbreast And brought her cake and wine.”
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading “SATURDAY, SUNDAY On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair.”
English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723)
From this reading “LITTLE JENNY WREN Little Jenny Wren fell sick, Upon a time; In came Robin Redbreast And brought her cake and wine.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading When he will marry me With a gold ring.
(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 SATURDAY, SUNDAY On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SATURDAY, SUNDAY On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading SATURDAY, SUNDAY On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading LITTLE JENNY WREN Little Jenny Wren fell sick, Upon a time; In came Robin Redbreast And brought her cake and wine.
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading LITTLE JENNY WREN Little Jenny Wren fell sick, Upon a time; In came Robin Redbreast And brought her cake and wine.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading LITTLE JENNY WREN Little Jenny Wren fell sick, Upon a time; In came Robin Redbreast And brought her cake and wine.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading SATURDAY, SUNDAY On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading On Sunday morning My love will come in.
form a curl, curve, or kink
From this reading SATURDAY, SUNDAY On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair.
take in liquids
From this reading "Eat well of my cake, Jenny, Drink well of my wine."
take in solid food
From this reading "Eat well of my cake, Jenny, Drink well of my wine."
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading LITTLE JENNY WREN Little Jenny Wren fell sick, Upon a time; In came Robin Redbreast And brought her cake and wine.
coins made of gold
From this reading When he will marry me With a gold ring.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading SATURDAY, SUNDAY On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he will marry me With a gold ring.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading LITTLE JENNY WREN Little Jenny Wren fell sick, Upon a time; In came Robin Redbreast And brought her cake and wine.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On Sunday morning My love will come in.
United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
From this reading LITTLE JENNY WREN Little Jenny Wren fell sick, Upon a time; In came Robin Redbreast And brought her cake and wine.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading LITTLE JENNY WREN Little Jenny Wren fell sick, Upon a time; In came Robin Redbreast And brought her cake and wine.
plural of “lock” — a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
From this reading SATURDAY, SUNDAY On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading On Sunday morning My love will come in.
take in marriage
From this reading When he will marry me With a gold ring.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When he will marry me With a gold ring.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading On Sunday morning My love will come in.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading SATURDAY, SUNDAY On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading SATURDAY, SUNDAY On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Eat well of my cake, Jenny, Drink well of my wine."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading SATURDAY, SUNDAY On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair.
a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
From this reading SATURDAY, SUNDAY On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair.
small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
From this reading LITTLE JENNY WREN Little Jenny Wren fell sick, Upon a time; In came Robin Redbreast And brought her cake and wine.
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading When he will marry me With a gold ring.
small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
From this reading LITTLE JENNY WREN Little Jenny Wren fell sick, Upon a time; In came Robin Redbreast And brought her cake and wine.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading SATURDAY, SUNDAY On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading SATURDAY, SUNDAY On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading LITTLE JENNY WREN Little Jenny Wren fell sick, Upon a time; In came Robin Redbreast And brought her cake and wine.
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading SATURDAY, SUNDAY On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading LITTLE JENNY WREN Little Jenny Wren fell sick, Upon a time; In came Robin Redbreast And brought her cake and wine.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SATURDAY, SUNDAY On Saturday night Shall be all my care To powder my locks And curl my hair.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading LITTLE JENNY WREN Little Jenny Wren fell sick, Upon a time; In came Robin Redbreast And brought her cake and wine.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Eat well of my cake, Jenny, Drink well of my wine."
at the time that
From this reading When he will marry me With a gold ring.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading On Sunday morning My love will come in.
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading LITTLE JENNY WREN Little Jenny Wren fell sick, Upon a time; In came Robin Redbreast And brought her cake and wine.
in the company of; together with
From this reading When he will marry me With a gold ring.
English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723)
From this reading LITTLE JENNY WREN Little Jenny Wren fell sick, Upon a time; In came Robin Redbreast And brought her cake and wine.
Chapter 2 of The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher [Illustrator] Wright holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 2 holds 417 sentences of The Real Mother Goose, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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