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B. Read these lines and answer the question that follow. • Reference to context

1. There lived a fluffy mouse,

In a dusty terrible house.

a. Was the mouse a thin and skinny one? Which word indicates your opinion?
b. What do you understand by ‘dusty terrible house’?

c. Did the people of the house look after him well and love him?

2. For his sweetness,

Melts my ‘heart-hard.’

a. Who are ‘his’ and ‘my’ in these lines?
b. Which quality of ‘his’ is mentioned here?

c. What do we learn about the poet from the above lines? Do you think

the poet dislikes the mouse?

C. Answer these questions.

1. What does the mouse look like? (Mention two things — first stanza)

2. Which lines tell us that the mouse could move very fast?
3. Describe the eyes of the mouse.

Word Wise • Homophones
• Animals and their movements
Homophones are words with the same pronunciation but different meanings and spellings.

Examples: stare → stair; know → no

A. Find pairs of words from the box that are homophones and write them below in the

blank lines.

bean rows bee coarse been won fair rose be

one new fare ate knew course eight

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

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