Chapter 17 of Where We Live A Home Geography is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Where We Live A Home Geography is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NORTH AMERICA Find where we live on the map of North America. Locate our home on all of our maps and globes. North America is a very large portion of land. You could sail along its shores for thousands of miles. At its widest part you could not cross it in a fast express train in less than five days and nights.
Chapter 17 of Where We Live A Home Geography is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “globe” — the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading “Locate our home on all of our maps and globes.”
discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
From this reading “Locate our home on all of our maps and globes.”
make a map of; show or establish the features of details of
From this reading “NORTH AMERICA Find where we live on the map of North America.”
plural of “map” — a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
From this reading “Locate our home on all of our maps and globes.”
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading “North America is a very large portion of land.”
plural of “shore” — the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading “You could sail along its shores for thousands of miles.”
plural of “thousand” — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading “You could sail along its shores for thousands of miles.”
superlative of “wide” — having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading “At its widest part you could not cross it in a fast express train in less than five days and nights.”
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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 North America is a very large portion of land.
(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 Locate our home on all of our maps and globes.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading You could sail along its shores for thousands of miles.
North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
From this reading NORTH AMERICA Find where we live on the map of North America.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Locate our home on all of our maps and globes.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At its widest part you could not cross it in a fast express train in less than five days and nights.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading You could sail along its shores for thousands of miles.
travel across or pass over
From this reading At its widest part you could not cross it in a fast express train in less than five days and nights.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading At its widest part you could not cross it in a fast express train in less than five days and nights.
give expression to
From this reading At its widest part you could not cross it in a fast express train in less than five days and nights.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading At its widest part you could not cross it in a fast express train in less than five days and nights.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading NORTH AMERICA Find where we live on the map of North America.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading At its widest part you could not cross it in a fast express train in less than five days and nights.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You could sail along its shores for thousands of miles.
plural of “globe” — the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading Locate our home on all of our maps and globes.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Locate our home on all of our maps and globes.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At its widest part you could not cross it in a fast express train in less than five days and nights.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading North America is a very large portion of land.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading At its widest part you could not cross it in a fast express train in less than five days and nights.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading You could sail along its shores for thousands of miles.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading North America is a very large portion of land.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading North America is a very large portion of land.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading At its widest part you could not cross it in a fast express train in less than five days and nights.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading NORTH AMERICA Find where we live on the map of North America.
discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
From this reading Locate our home on all of our maps and globes.
make a map of; show or establish the features of details of
From this reading NORTH AMERICA Find where we live on the map of North America.
plural of “map” — a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)
From this reading Locate our home on all of our maps and globes.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading You could sail along its shores for thousands of miles.
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading At its widest part you could not cross it in a fast express train in less than five days and nights.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading NORTH AMERICA Find where we live on the map of North America.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading At its widest part you could not cross it in a fast express train in less than five days and nights.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading NORTH AMERICA Find where we live on the map of North America.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading NORTH AMERICA Find where we live on the map of North America.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Locate our home on all of our maps and globes.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading At its widest part you could not cross it in a fast express train in less than five days and nights.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading North America is a very large portion of land.
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading You could sail along its shores for thousands of miles.
plural of “shore” — the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading You could sail along its shores for thousands of miles.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading At its widest part you could not cross it in a fast express train in less than five days and nights.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NORTH AMERICA Find where we live on the map of North America.
plural of “thousand” — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading You could sail along its shores for thousands of miles.
create by training and teaching
From this reading At its widest part you could not cross it in a fast express train in less than five days and nights.
precisely as stated
From this reading North America is a very large portion of land.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading NORTH AMERICA Find where we live on the map of North America.
in or at the place that
From this reading NORTH AMERICA Find where we live on the map of North America.
superlative of “wide” — having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading At its widest part you could not cross it in a fast express train in less than five days and nights.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You could sail along its shores for thousands of miles.
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