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Chapter I
Introduction. Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be. Turn the leaves gently. The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them. How would you feel If any one tore up you?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “How would you feel If any one tore up you?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “How would you feel If any one tore up you?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
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From this reading How would you feel If any one tore up you?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
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From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
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From this reading The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them.
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From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
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From this reading How would you feel If any one tore up you?
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From this reading Turn the leaves gently.
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From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
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From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
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From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
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From this reading How would you feel If any one tore up you?
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From this reading The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them.
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From this reading Introduction.
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From this reading Turn the leaves gently.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them.
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From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading How would you feel If any one tore up you?
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From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
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From this reading The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Turn the leaves gently.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them.
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From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
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From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
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From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
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From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
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From this reading The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them.
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From this reading How would you feel If any one tore up you?
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From this reading Here are Tot, Tom and Toby: There are lots of things to see; There are dogs and cats and horses and goats, As happy as they can be.
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From this reading Turn the leaves gently.
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From this reading How would you feel If any one tore up you?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading How would you feel If any one tore up you?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The dogs and the cats, And the little children, too, Will be hurt if you tear them.
