Chapter 7 of Where We Live A Home Geography is here in full — 51 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Where We Live A Home Geography is here in full — 51 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE TOWN AS A WHOLE Think of the times when you have walked or ridden about our town. What rivers did you see? Which buildings did you think were very beautiful? What was each used for? What buildings have we that are very helpful to the people?
Chapter 7 of Where We Live A Home Geography is here in full — 51 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “Which buildings did you think were very beautiful?”
plural of “building” — a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading “Which buildings did you think were very beautiful?”
providing assistance or serving a useful function
From this reading “What buildings have we that are very helpful to the people?”
inflected form of “ride” — sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading “THE TOWN AS A WHOLE Think of the times when you have walked or ridden about our town.”
plural of “river” — a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading “What rivers did you see?”
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading “THE TOWN AS A WHOLE Think of the times when you have walked or ridden about our town.”
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading “What was each used for?”
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading “THE TOWN AS A WHOLE Think of the times when you have walked or ridden about our town.”
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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 THE TOWN AS A WHOLE Think of the times when you have walked or ridden about our town.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading THE TOWN AS A WHOLE Think of the times when you have walked or ridden about our town.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What buildings have we that are very helpful to the people?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE TOWN AS A WHOLE Think of the times when you have walked or ridden about our town.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading Which buildings did you think were very beautiful?
plural of “building” — a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading Which buildings did you think were very beautiful?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading What rivers did you see?
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading What was each used for?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading What was each used for?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE TOWN AS A WHOLE Think of the times when you have walked or ridden about our town.
providing assistance or serving a useful function
From this reading What buildings have we that are very helpful to the people?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE TOWN AS A WHOLE Think of the times when you have walked or ridden about our town.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading THE TOWN AS A WHOLE Think of the times when you have walked or ridden about our town.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading THE TOWN AS A WHOLE Think of the times when you have walked or ridden about our town.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading What buildings have we that are very helpful to the people?
inflected form of “ride” — sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading THE TOWN AS A WHOLE Think of the times when you have walked or ridden about our town.
plural of “river” — a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading What rivers did you see?
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading What rivers did you see?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What buildings have we that are very helpful to the people?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TOWN AS A WHOLE Think of the times when you have walked or ridden about our town.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading THE TOWN AS A WHOLE Think of the times when you have walked or ridden about our town.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading THE TOWN AS A WHOLE Think of the times when you have walked or ridden about our town.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What buildings have we that are very helpful to the people?
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading THE TOWN AS A WHOLE Think of the times when you have walked or ridden about our town.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading What was each used for?
precisely as stated
From this reading Which buildings did you think were very beautiful?
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading THE TOWN AS A WHOLE Think of the times when you have walked or ridden about our town.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What was each used for?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading What buildings have we that are very helpful to the people?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Which buildings did you think were very beautiful?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What rivers did you see?
at the time that
From this reading THE TOWN AS A WHOLE Think of the times when you have walked or ridden about our town.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Which buildings did you think were very beautiful?
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading THE TOWN AS A WHOLE Think of the times when you have walked or ridden about our town.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE TOWN AS A WHOLE Think of the times when you have walked or ridden about our town.
Chapter 7 of Where We Live A Home Geography by Emilie Van Beil Jacobs holds 51 sentences, grouped into 11 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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