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6. Why did the tinker return the kettle to the priest?

7. Do you find this story different from the other stories you have read?
Compare the beginning, middle and end of this story with those of
another similar story and list the differences.

B Vocabulary

Read the following words from the story:

tea-kettle tea-caddy pot-lid

showman paper-shaded handbill

These words are formed by combining two words. Words formed by combining
two or more words are known as compound words.

Compound words are written in three ways.

1. as one word
moon + light – moonlight

butter + fly – butterfly

2. as two words joined by a hyphen

well + known – well-known

paper + shaded – paper-shaded

3. as two words separated by a space

road + sign – road sign
cricket + bat – cricket bat

B1. Combine the words in the word cloud below correctly to make compound

words. Then write them in the correct column below. Do not leave out
any word in the cloud.

ball washing solid
face market
cream
way brick tooth seller
port paste

week kind red air pickle
rail
machine basket rock hearted
end Sunday

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