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A Comprehension

A1. Match the words describing ac ons with the doers of the ac ons.

sailing stream

grazing ploughboy

crowing cattle

twittering cock

flowing clouds

glittering birds

sleeping lake

whooping green field

A2. Answer these ques ons.

1. Who are the people working?

2. What does this line mean: ‘There are forty feeding like one’?

3. What season does the poem describe?

4. In this poem the poet describes a bright day in the countryside. Describe
a beautiful day in the place where you live. Include these: the weather,
the scenery, what makes you call it a beautiful day, anything else that
you like about the day.

B Sounds and Pronunciation

Say these words aloud paying attention to the parts in red:

blue crowing twitter

Compare these with the words below:

zoo rowing bitter

At the beginning of blue, crowing and twitter, two consonant sounds come together.
Zoo, rowing and bitter begin with single consonants.

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