Chapter 3 of The Santa Claus' Book of Games and Puzzles is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Santa Claus' Book of Games and Puzzles is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
60. Divide a song, and leave an article and a pronoun. 61. Divide a surprising place, and leave a verb, and a shrub. 62.
Chapter 3 of The Santa Claus' Book of Games and Puzzles is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
From this reading “Divide a song, and leave an article and a pronoun.”
separate into parts or portions
From this reading “Divide a song, and leave an article and a pronoun.”
go away from a place
From this reading “Divide a song, and leave an article and a pronoun.”
a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
From this reading “Divide a song, and leave an article and a pronoun.”
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading “Divide a surprising place, and leave a verb, and a shrub.”
a short musical composition with words
From this reading “Divide a song, and leave an article and a pronoun.”
causing surprise or wonder or amazement
From this reading “Divide a surprising place, and leave a verb, and a shrub.”
the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
From this reading “Divide a surprising place, and leave a verb, and a shrub.”
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From this reading 60.
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From this reading 61.
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From this reading 62.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Divide a song, and leave an article and a pronoun.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Divide a song, and leave an article and a pronoun.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Divide a song, and leave an article and a pronoun.
nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
From this reading Divide a song, and leave an article and a pronoun.
separate into parts or portions
From this reading Divide a song, and leave an article and a pronoun.
go away from a place
From this reading Divide a song, and leave an article and a pronoun.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Divide a surprising place, and leave a verb, and a shrub.
a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
From this reading Divide a song, and leave an article and a pronoun.
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading Divide a surprising place, and leave a verb, and a shrub.
a short musical composition with words
From this reading Divide a song, and leave an article and a pronoun.
causing surprise or wonder or amazement
From this reading Divide a surprising place, and leave a verb, and a shrub.
the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
From this reading Divide a surprising place, and leave a verb, and a shrub.
Chapter 3 of The Santa Claus' Book of Games and Puzzles by J. H. [Publisher] Tingley holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 3 holds 410 sentences of The Santa Claus' Book of Games and Puzzles, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Santa Claus' Book of Games and Puzzles by J. H. [Publisher] Tingley exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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