Chapter 3 of The Story in Primary Instruction is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Story in Primary Instruction is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Oh, how quickly the little girl ran to the cupboard! She brought out plates and spoons, and soon she and the poor sick mother were eating sweet rice. Suggestions. Different kinds of berries. Where they grow.
Chapter 3 of The Story in Primary Instruction is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “berry” — any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
From this reading “Different kinds of berries.”
a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
From this reading “Oh, how quickly the little girl ran to the cupboard!”
the act of consuming food
From this reading “She brought out plates and spoons, and soon she and the poor sick mother were eating sweet rice.”
plural of “kind” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading “Different kinds of berries.”
plural of “plate” — (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
From this reading “She brought out plates and spoons, and soon she and the poor sick mother were eating sweet rice.”
grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
From this reading “She brought out plates and spoons, and soon she and the poor sick mother were eating sweet rice.”
plural of “spoon” — a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
From this reading “She brought out plates and spoons, and soon she and the poor sick mother were eating sweet rice.”
plural of “suggestion” — an idea that is suggested
From this reading “Suggestions.”
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 youthful female person
In this reading “Oh, how quickly the little girl ran to the cupboard!”
make visible
In this reading “She brought out plates and spoons, and soon she and the poor sick mother were eating sweet rice.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She brought out plates and spoons, and soon she and the poor sick mother were eating sweet rice.
plural of “berry” — any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
From this reading Different kinds of berries.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading She brought out plates and spoons, and soon she and the poor sick mother were eating sweet rice.
a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
From this reading Oh, how quickly the little girl ran to the cupboard!
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading Different kinds of berries.
the act of consuming food
From this reading She brought out plates and spoons, and soon she and the poor sick mother were eating sweet rice.
a young female
From this reading Oh, how quickly the little girl ran to the cupboard!
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading Where they grow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, how quickly the little girl ran to the cupboard!
plural of “kind” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading Different kinds of berries.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Oh, how quickly the little girl ran to the cupboard!
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading She brought out plates and spoons, and soon she and the poor sick mother were eating sweet rice.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Different kinds of berries.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, how quickly the little girl ran to the cupboard!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She brought out plates and spoons, and soon she and the poor sick mother were eating sweet rice.
plural of “plate” — (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
From this reading She brought out plates and spoons, and soon she and the poor sick mother were eating sweet rice.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading She brought out plates and spoons, and soon she and the poor sick mother were eating sweet rice.
with speed
From this reading Oh, how quickly the little girl ran to the cupboard!
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Oh, how quickly the little girl ran to the cupboard!
grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
From this reading She brought out plates and spoons, and soon she and the poor sick mother were eating sweet rice.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She brought out plates and spoons, and soon she and the poor sick mother were eating sweet rice.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading She brought out plates and spoons, and soon she and the poor sick mother were eating sweet rice.
in the near future
From this reading She brought out plates and spoons, and soon she and the poor sick mother were eating sweet rice.
plural of “spoon” — a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
From this reading She brought out plates and spoons, and soon she and the poor sick mother were eating sweet rice.
plural of “suggestion” — an idea that is suggested
From this reading Suggestions.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading She brought out plates and spoons, and soon she and the poor sick mother were eating sweet rice.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Oh, how quickly the little girl ran to the cupboard!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Where they grow.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Oh, how quickly the little girl ran to the cupboard!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She brought out plates and spoons, and soon she and the poor sick mother were eating sweet rice.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where they grow.
Chapter 3 of The Story in Primary Instruction by Samuel B. (Samuel Buell) Allison holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 415 sentences of The Story in Primary Instruction, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Story in Primary Instruction by Samuel B. (Samuel Buell) Allison exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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