Your teacher will speak the words given below. Write against each two new words that rhyme with it.

1. bed _______ ________

2. wax _______ ________

3. fast _______ ________

4. chop _______ ________

5. young _______ ________

Listen to these children. What are they talking about?

Work in groups. Come to some agreement on each of the activities given below. Decide which is the most interesting, dullest, most dangerous, safest, most rewarding, most exciting.

With your partner try to guess the meaning of the underlined phrases.

(i) And somehow, we fell out.

(ii) The afternoon turned black.

Read these lines from the poem:

(i) One thing led to another

(ii) The start of it was slight

(iii) The end of it was strong

(iv) The afternoon turned black

(v) Thumped me on the back

Discuss with your partner what these lines mean.