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Chapter V
THE NORMAN CONQUEST. A.D. 1035--1066. Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon. So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.”
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From this reading 1035--1066.
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From this reading 1035--1066.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A.D.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
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From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
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From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
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From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
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From this reading THE NORMAN CONQUEST.
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From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
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From this reading A.D.
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From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
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From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
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From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
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From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
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From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
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From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
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From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
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From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
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From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
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From this reading THE NORMAN CONQUEST.
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From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
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From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
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From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
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From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
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From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
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From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
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From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NORMAN CONQUEST.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
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From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
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From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
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From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
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From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
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From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cnut left three sons; but one was content to be only King of Denmark, and the other two died very soon.
which person or people
From this reading So a great English nobleman, called Earl Godwin, set up as king, Edward, one of those sons of Ethelred the Unready who had been sent away to Normandy.
