Chapter 4 of Where We Live A Home Geography is here in full — 72 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of Where We Live A Home Geography is here in full — 72 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OUR SCHOOL What is the name of our school? Where have you seen this name? Why was this name given to our school? On what street or road does our school stand? How long have you been attending this school?
Chapter 4 of Where We Live A Home Geography is here in full — 72 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading “How long have you been attending this school?”
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading “Why was this name given to our school?”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “OUR SCHOOL What is the name of our school?”
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading “On what street or road does our school stand?”
an educational institution
From this reading “OUR SCHOOL What is the name of our school?”
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “Where have you seen this name?”
be standing; be upright
From this reading “On what street or road does our school stand?”
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading “On what street or road does our school stand?”
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the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading How long have you been attending this school?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading How long have you been attending this school?
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On what street or road does our school stand?
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading Why was this name given to our school?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Where have you seen this name?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How long have you been attending this school?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading OUR SCHOOL What is the name of our school?
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading How long have you been attending this school?
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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touching and supported by a surface
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used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading On what street or road does our school stand?
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading OUR SCHOOL What is the name of our school?
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading On what street or road does our school stand?
an educational institution
From this reading OUR SCHOOL What is the name of our school?
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Where have you seen this name?
be standing; be upright
From this reading On what street or road does our school stand?
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading On what street or road does our school stand?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OUR SCHOOL What is the name of our school?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Where have you seen this name?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Why was this name given to our school?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
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used to ask for information about something
From this reading OUR SCHOOL What is the name of our school?
in or at the place that
From this reading Where have you seen this name?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
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the person or people being spoken to
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Chapter 4 of Where We Live A Home Geography by Emilie Van Beil Jacobs holds 72 sentences, grouped into 15 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 4 holds 72 sentences of Where We Live A Home Geography, unabridged, divided into 15 reading sections.
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