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B. Fill in the blanks with either John or James.
1. ______________ and ______________ were the two raindrops.
2. ______________ started to move down first.
3. ______________ also started moving slowly.
4. ______________ came close when ______________ met a smear.
5. When ______________ was speaking to a fly, ______________ went past and
won the race.
C. Write whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. The child was waiting at the window for the rain to stop.
2. The child wanted John to win.
3. John found a piece of fluff.
4. James won the race.
5. After the race ended it started raining harder.
D. Read the given lines and answer the following ques ons.
1. These are my two drops of rain . . .
a. What are the names of the drops?
b. What is the speaker waiting for?
2. He’s the one I want to lose.
a. Who is ‘he’?
b. Who does the speaker want to win?
c. Describe the race between the two raindrops.
Sounds and Pronunciation
Read aloud the following words from the poem. Pay close attention to the sound of the
letter a.
last fast
The above words have the sound // in them.
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