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How does the fog come?

The fog comes silently like a cat. It sits on haunches looking around the harbour and the city and then moves on.


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Use a bit of/a piece of/a bunch of/a cloud of/a lump of with the italicised nouns in the following sentences. The first has been done for you as an example.

(i) My teacher gave me some advice. __________

(ii) Can you give me some clay, please? _________

(iii) The information you gave was very useful. ___________

(iv) Because of these factories, smoke hangs over the city. _________

(v) Two stones rubbed together can produce sparks of fire. ___________

(vi) He gave me some flowers on my birthday. __________________

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What does Sandburg think the fog is like?

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What does ‘it’ in the third line refer to?

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Does the poet actually say that the fog is like a cat? Find three things that tell us that the fog is like a cat.