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Does ‘dyin’ really rhyme with ‘lion’? Can you say it in such a way that it does?

The word ‘dyin’ does not really rhyme with ‘lion’. However, the two words can be said to be rhyming as there are only minor differences when it is spoken that way.


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We know that the bird ‘fly’ (of birds/insects) means to move through the air using wings. Tick the words which have the same or nearly the same meaning.

































swoop



flit



paddle



Flutter



ascend



float



Ride



Skim



sink



dart



hover



Glide



descend



Soar



shoot



Spring



stay



fall



sail



Flap


 1

Have you ever been alone or away from home during a thunderstorm? Narrate your experience in a paragraph.

 2

How does the poet suggest that you identify the lion and the tiger? When can you do so, according to him?

 3

Do you think the word ‘lept’ and ‘lep’ in the third stanza are spelt correctly? Why does the poet spell them like this?