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Chapter I
WHEN YOU GIFFLE... BY L. J. STECHER, JR. They were like any other boys sporting in their old swimming hole--in the depths of space! I was a little bit worried when I saw Captain Hannah again. I thought he might have decided he wanted his elephants back, and I'd grown sort of attached to them.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I was a little bit worried when I saw Captain Hannah again.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I was a little bit worried when I saw Captain Hannah again.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I thought he might have decided he wanted his elephants back, and I'd grown sort of attached to them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I was a little bit worried when I saw Captain Hannah again.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “I thought he might have decided he wanted his elephants back, and I'd grown sort of attached to them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I thought he might have decided he wanted his elephants back, and I'd grown sort of attached to them.”
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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 I was a little bit worried when I saw Captain Hannah again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was a little bit worried when I saw Captain Hannah again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I thought he might have decided he wanted his elephants back, and I'd grown sort of attached to them.
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From this reading They were like any other boys sporting in their old swimming hole--in the depths of space!
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From this reading I thought he might have decided he wanted his elephants back, and I'd grown sort of attached to them.
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From this reading I thought he might have decided he wanted his elephants back, and I'd grown sort of attached to them.
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From this reading I was a little bit worried when I saw Captain Hannah again.
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From this reading They were like any other boys sporting in their old swimming hole--in the depths of space!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY L. J. STECHER, JR.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I was a little bit worried when I saw Captain Hannah again.
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From this reading I thought he might have decided he wanted his elephants back, and I'd grown sort of attached to them.
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From this reading They were like any other boys sporting in their old swimming hole--in the depths of space!
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From this reading I thought he might have decided he wanted his elephants back, and I'd grown sort of attached to them.
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From this reading WHEN YOU GIFFLE...
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From this reading I thought he might have decided he wanted his elephants back, and I'd grown sort of attached to them.
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From this reading I was a little bit worried when I saw Captain Hannah again.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I thought he might have decided he wanted his elephants back, and I'd grown sort of attached to them.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I thought he might have decided he wanted his elephants back, and I'd grown sort of attached to them.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I thought he might have decided he wanted his elephants back, and I'd grown sort of attached to them.
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From this reading They were like any other boys sporting in their old swimming hole--in the depths of space!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was a little bit worried when I saw Captain Hannah again.
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From this reading I thought he might have decided he wanted his elephants back, and I'd grown sort of attached to them.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They were like any other boys sporting in their old swimming hole--in the depths of space!
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From this reading BY L. J. STECHER, JR.
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From this reading BY L. J. STECHER, JR.
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From this reading BY L. J. STECHER, JR.
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From this reading They were like any other boys sporting in their old swimming hole--in the depths of space!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was a little bit worried when I saw Captain Hannah again.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading I thought he might have decided he wanted his elephants back, and I'd grown sort of attached to them.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They were like any other boys sporting in their old swimming hole--in the depths of space!
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From this reading They were like any other boys sporting in their old swimming hole--in the depths of space!
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From this reading They were like any other boys sporting in their old swimming hole--in the depths of space!
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From this reading I was a little bit worried when I saw Captain Hannah again.
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From this reading I thought he might have decided he wanted his elephants back, and I'd grown sort of attached to them.
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From this reading They were like any other boys sporting in their old swimming hole--in the depths of space!
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From this reading They were like any other boys sporting in their old swimming hole--in the depths of space!
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From this reading BY L. J. STECHER, JR.
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From this reading They were like any other boys sporting in their old swimming hole--in the depths of space!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They were like any other boys sporting in their old swimming hole--in the depths of space!
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They were like any other boys sporting in their old swimming hole--in the depths of space!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I thought he might have decided he wanted his elephants back, and I'd grown sort of attached to them.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were like any other boys sporting in their old swimming hole--in the depths of space!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I thought he might have decided he wanted his elephants back, and I'd grown sort of attached to them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I thought he might have decided he wanted his elephants back, and I'd grown sort of attached to them.
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From this reading I thought he might have decided he wanted his elephants back, and I'd grown sort of attached to them.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was a little bit worried when I saw Captain Hannah again.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were like any other boys sporting in their old swimming hole--in the depths of space!
at the time that
From this reading WHEN YOU GIFFLE...
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From this reading I was a little bit worried when I saw Captain Hannah again.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading WHEN YOU GIFFLE...
