Chapter 6 of Where We Live A Home Geography is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of Where We Live A Home Geography is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BUILDINGS What kinds of buildings do you pass on your way to school? Write a list of all the kinds that you have ever seen. Look at the pictures of buildings in this book and see if you know for what each is used. How can you tell? Of all the many kinds of buildings in town or country, the _houses_ are the most important.
Chapter 6 of Where We Live A Home Geography is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “building” — a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading “THE BUILDINGS What kinds of buildings do you pass on your way to school?”
plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
of great significance or value
From this reading “Of all the many kinds of buildings in town or country, the _houses_ are the most important.”
plural of “kind” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading “THE BUILDINGS What kinds of buildings do you pass on your way to school?”
give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
From this reading “Write a list of all the kinds that you have ever seen.”
plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading “Look at the pictures of buildings in this book and see if you know for what each is used.”
an educational institution
From this reading “THE BUILDINGS What kinds of buildings do you pass on your way to school?”
produce a literary work
From this reading “Write a list of all the kinds that you have ever seen.”
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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 Write a list of all the kinds that you have ever seen.
(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 Write a list of all the kinds that you have ever seen.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Look at the pictures of buildings in this book and see if you know for what each is used.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Of all the many kinds of buildings in town or country, the _houses_ are the most important.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Look at the pictures of buildings in this book and see if you know for what each is used.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading Look at the pictures of buildings in this book and see if you know for what each is used.
plural of “building” — a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading THE BUILDINGS What kinds of buildings do you pass on your way to school?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading How can you tell?
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Of all the many kinds of buildings in town or country, the _houses_ are the most important.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading THE BUILDINGS What kinds of buildings do you pass on your way to school?
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Look at the pictures of buildings in this book and see if you know for what each is used.
at any time
From this reading Write a list of all the kinds that you have ever seen.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Look at the pictures of buildings in this book and see if you know for what each is used.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Write a list of all the kinds that you have ever seen.
plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Of all the many kinds of buildings in town or country, the _houses_ are the most important.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How can you tell?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Look at the pictures of buildings in this book and see if you know for what each is used.
of great significance or value
From this reading Of all the many kinds of buildings in town or country, the _houses_ are the most important.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Look at the pictures of buildings in this book and see if you know for what each is used.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Look at the pictures of buildings in this book and see if you know for what each is used.
plural of “kind” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading THE BUILDINGS What kinds of buildings do you pass on your way to school?
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Look at the pictures of buildings in this book and see if you know for what each is used.
give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
From this reading Write a list of all the kinds that you have ever seen.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Look at the pictures of buildings in this book and see if you know for what each is used.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Of all the many kinds of buildings in town or country, the _houses_ are the most important.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Of all the many kinds of buildings in town or country, the _houses_ are the most important.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BUILDINGS What kinds of buildings do you pass on your way to school?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE BUILDINGS What kinds of buildings do you pass on your way to school?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Of all the many kinds of buildings in town or country, the _houses_ are the most important.
go across or through
From this reading THE BUILDINGS What kinds of buildings do you pass on your way to school?
plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading Look at the pictures of buildings in this book and see if you know for what each is used.
an educational institution
From this reading THE BUILDINGS What kinds of buildings do you pass on your way to school?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Look at the pictures of buildings in this book and see if you know for what each is used.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Write a list of all the kinds that you have ever seen.
express in words
From this reading How can you tell?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Write a list of all the kinds that you have ever seen.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BUILDINGS What kinds of buildings do you pass on your way to school?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Look at the pictures of buildings in this book and see if you know for what each is used.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE BUILDINGS What kinds of buildings do you pass on your way to school?
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading Of all the many kinds of buildings in town or country, the _houses_ are the most important.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading Look at the pictures of buildings in this book and see if you know for what each is used.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading THE BUILDINGS What kinds of buildings do you pass on your way to school?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading THE BUILDINGS What kinds of buildings do you pass on your way to school?
produce a literary work
From this reading Write a list of all the kinds that you have ever seen.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE BUILDINGS What kinds of buildings do you pass on your way to school?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE BUILDINGS What kinds of buildings do you pass on your way to school?
Chapter 6 of Where We Live A Home Geography by Emilie Van Beil Jacobs holds 101 sentences, grouped into 21 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.
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