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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Hard is the path from A to Z, And puzzling to a curly head, Yet leads to Books--Green, Blue, and Red.
All
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From this reading Books Yellow, Red, and Green and Blue, All true, or just as good as true, And here’s the Yellow Book for YOU!
Alphabet
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From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Books Yellow, Red, and Green and Blue, All true, or just as good as true, And here’s the Yellow Book for YOU!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Books Yellow, Red, and Green and Blue, All true, or just as good as true, And here’s the Yellow Book for YOU!
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
Blue
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From this reading Books Yellow, Red, and Green and Blue, All true, or just as good as true, And here’s the Yellow Book for YOU!
Book
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From this reading Books Yellow, Red, and Green and Blue, All true, or just as good as true, And here’s the Yellow Book for YOU!
BooksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading Books Yellow, Red, and Green and Blue, All true, or just as good as true, And here’s the Yellow Book for YOU!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
child
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From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
curly
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From this reading Hard is the path from A to Z, And puzzling to a curly head, Yet leads to Books--Green, Blue, and Red.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
Fairies
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From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
Fairy
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From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
find
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From this reading And going where this pathway goes, You too, at last, may find, who knows?
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Books Yellow, Red, and Green and Blue, All true, or just as good as true, And here’s the Yellow Book for YOU!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Hard is the path from A to Z, And puzzling to a curly head, Yet leads to Books--Green, Blue, and Red.
Garden
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From this reading The Garden of the Singing Rose.
get
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From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
goes
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From this reading And going where this pathway goes, You too, at last, may find, who knows?
going
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From this reading And going where this pathway goes, You too, at last, may find, who knows?
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Books Yellow, Red, and Green and Blue, All true, or just as good as true, And here’s the Yellow Book for YOU!
Green
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From this reading Books Yellow, Red, and Green and Blue, All true, or just as good as true, And here’s the Yellow Book for YOU!
guide
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From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
Hard
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From this reading Hard is the path from A to Z, And puzzling to a curly head, Yet leads to Books--Green, Blue, and Red.
head
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From this reading Hard is the path from A to Z, And puzzling to a curly head, Yet leads to Books--Green, Blue, and Red.
here's
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From this reading Books Yellow, Red, and Green and Blue, All true, or just as good as true, And here’s the Yellow Book for YOU!
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hard is the path from A to Z, And puzzling to a curly head, Yet leads to Books--Green, Blue, and Red.
just
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From this reading Books Yellow, Red, and Green and Blue, All true, or just as good as true, And here’s the Yellow Book for YOU!
knows
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From this reading And going where this pathway goes, You too, at last, may find, who knows?
labour
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From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
Land
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From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
lands
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From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And going where this pathway goes, You too, at last, may find, who knows?
leads
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From this reading Hard is the path from A to Z, And puzzling to a curly head, Yet leads to Books--Green, Blue, and Red.
learning
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From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
letters
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From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
met
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From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Garden of the Singing Rose.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Books Yellow, Red, and Green and Blue, All true, or just as good as true, And here’s the Yellow Book for YOU!
path
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From this reading Hard is the path from A to Z, And puzzling to a curly head, Yet leads to Books--Green, Blue, and Red.
pathway
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From this reading And going where this pathway goes, You too, at last, may find, who knows?
planned
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From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
puzzling
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From this reading Hard is the path from A to Z, And puzzling to a curly head, Yet leads to Books--Green, Blue, and Red.
Red
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From this reading Books Yellow, Red, and Green and Blue, All true, or just as good as true, And here’s the Yellow Book for YOU!
Rose
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From this reading The Garden of the Singing Rose.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
Singing
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From this reading The Garden of the Singing Rose.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Books Yellow, Red, and Green and Blue, All true, or just as good as true, And here’s the Yellow Book for YOU!
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And going where this pathway goes, You too, at last, may find, who knows?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hard is the path from A to Z, And puzzling to a curly head, Yet leads to Books--Green, Blue, and Red.
too
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From this reading And going where this pathway goes, You too, at last, may find, who knows?
true
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From this reading Books Yellow, Red, and Green and Blue, All true, or just as good as true, And here’s the Yellow Book for YOU!
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading And going where this pathway goes, You too, at last, may find, who knows?
Yellow
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From this reading Books Yellow, Red, and Green and Blue, All true, or just as good as true, And here’s the Yellow Book for YOU!
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Hard is the path from A to Z, And puzzling to a curly head, Yet leads to Books--Green, Blue, and Red.
YOUpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Books Yellow, Red, and Green and Blue, All true, or just as good as true, And here’s the Yellow Book for YOU!
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading For every child should understand That letters from the first were planned To guide us into Fairy Land So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.
Z
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From this reading Hard is the path from A to Z, And puzzling to a curly head, Yet leads to Books--Green, Blue, and Red.
