Chapter 5 of The Up Grade is here in full — 254 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Up Grade is here in full — 254 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Oh, Loring. Have you heard the news?” Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him. “No. What is the matter?” “There is to be a half holiday to-day,” went on McKay.
Chapter 5 of The Up Grade is here in full — 254 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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eat an early morning meal
From this reading “Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.”
following the third position; number four in a countable series
From this reading “Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.”
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading ““There is to be a half holiday to-day,” went on McKay.”
of or relating to two people who are married to each other
From this reading “Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.”
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading “Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.”
information about recent and important events
From this reading “Have you heard the news?””
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading “Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.”
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading “Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.”
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.
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continue a certain state, condition, or activity
In this reading ““There is to be a half holiday to-day,” went on McKay.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 “There is to be a half holiday to-day,” went on McKay.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “There is to be a half holiday to-day,” went on McKay.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.
following the third position; number four in a countable series
From this reading Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading “There is to be a half holiday to-day,” went on McKay.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you heard the news?”
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Have you heard the news?”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading “There is to be a half holiday to-day,” went on McKay.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “No. What is the matter?”
of or relating to two people who are married to each other
From this reading Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, Loring.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “No. What is the matter?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.
information about recent and important events
From this reading Have you heard the news?”
not any; not one
From this reading “No. What is the matter?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, Loring.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.
English writer (1832-1904)
From this reading Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Have you heard the news?”
in or at that place or location
From this reading “There is to be a half holiday to-day,” went on McKay.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There is to be a half holiday to-day,” went on McKay.
up to a particular time
From this reading Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Stephen, on his way to breakfast, on the morning of the Fourth of July, stopped until McKay joined him.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “There is to be a half holiday to-day,” went on McKay.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “No. What is the matter?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have you heard the news?”
Chapter 5 of The Up Grade by Wilder Goodwin holds 254 sentences, grouped into 51 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 5 holds 254 sentences of The Up Grade, unabridged, divided into 51 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Up Grade by Wilder Goodwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 254 sentences, grouped into 51 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 51 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 51 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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