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C. Answer these questions.
1. What is different about the neighbourʼs dog (its fur and eyes)?
2. Describe the dogʼs tail.
3. How does the dog behave when it is near the poet?
4. Does the poet feel comfortable when the neighbourʼs dog is close by?
Think and Answer • Critical Thinking
A. Do you think the poet liked the neighbour’s dog? Which words in the last stanza
indicate this?
B. Do you think it was right for the poet to be suspicious of the dog? How could it harm
the poet?
Word Wise • Compound words
• Words ending with -ing
When two or more than two words are put together, it is called a compound word.
Examples: 1. down + hill → downhill 2. match + box → matchbox
3. pop + corn → popcorn 4. post + man → postman
A. Use the given pictures to make compound words. One has been done for you.
1. + = Penknife
2. + =
3. + =
4. + =
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