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Chapter XVI
THE RESCUE OF GIANT Snap had the breakfast well underway when Shep came out of the tent. "Hello, you're at it early," remarked the doctor's son. "Why didn't you call me and I would have helped you." "Oh, I didn't want to disturb you, Shep, you were snoozing so comfortably." "Where is Giant?"
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Why didn't you call me and I would have helped you."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE RESCUE OF GIANT Snap had the breakfast well underway when Shep came out of the tent.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"Why didn't you call me and I would have helped you."”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Why didn't you call me and I would have helped you."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Hello, you're at it early," remarked the doctor's son.
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From this reading THE RESCUE OF GIANT Snap had the breakfast well underway when Shep came out of the tent.
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From this reading "Why didn't you call me and I would have helped you."
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From this reading THE RESCUE OF GIANT Snap had the breakfast well underway when Shep came out of the tent.
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From this reading "Oh, I didn't want to disturb you, Shep, you were snoozing so comfortably."
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From this reading "Why didn't you call me and I would have helped you."
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From this reading "Oh, I didn't want to disturb you, Shep, you were snoozing so comfortably."
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From this reading "Hello, you're at it early," remarked the doctor's son.
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From this reading "Hello, you're at it early," remarked the doctor's son.
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From this reading THE RESCUE OF GIANT Snap had the breakfast well underway when Shep came out of the tent.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE RESCUE OF GIANT Snap had the breakfast well underway when Shep came out of the tent.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Why didn't you call me and I would have helped you."
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From this reading "Hello, you're at it early," remarked the doctor's son.
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From this reading "Why didn't you call me and I would have helped you."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Why didn't you call me and I would have helped you."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Where is Giant?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Hello, you're at it early," remarked the doctor's son.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Why didn't you call me and I would have helped you."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE RESCUE OF GIANT Snap had the breakfast well underway when Shep came out of the tent.
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From this reading "Oh, I didn't want to disturb you, Shep, you were snoozing so comfortably."
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From this reading THE RESCUE OF GIANT Snap had the breakfast well underway when Shep came out of the tent.
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From this reading "Hello, you're at it early," remarked the doctor's son.
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From this reading THE RESCUE OF GIANT Snap had the breakfast well underway when Shep came out of the tent.
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From this reading THE RESCUE OF GIANT Snap had the breakfast well underway when Shep came out of the tent.
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From this reading THE RESCUE OF GIANT Snap had the breakfast well underway when Shep came out of the tent.
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From this reading "Oh, I didn't want to disturb you, Shep, you were snoozing so comfortably."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Oh, I didn't want to disturb you, Shep, you were snoozing so comfortably."
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From this reading "Hello, you're at it early," remarked the doctor's son.
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From this reading THE RESCUE OF GIANT Snap had the breakfast well underway when Shep came out of the tent.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RESCUE OF GIANT Snap had the breakfast well underway when Shep came out of the tent.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Oh, I didn't want to disturb you, Shep, you were snoozing so comfortably."
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From this reading THE RESCUE OF GIANT Snap had the breakfast well underway when Shep came out of the tent.
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From this reading "Oh, I didn't want to disturb you, Shep, you were snoozing so comfortably."
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From this reading THE RESCUE OF GIANT Snap had the breakfast well underway when Shep came out of the tent.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Oh, I didn't want to disturb you, Shep, you were snoozing so comfortably."
at the time that
From this reading THE RESCUE OF GIANT Snap had the breakfast well underway when Shep came out of the tent.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where is Giant?"
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From this reading "Why didn't you call me and I would have helped you."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Why didn't you call me and I would have helped you."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why didn't you call me and I would have helped you."
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From this reading "Hello, you're at it early," remarked the doctor's son.
