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The highlighted word long does not rhyme with any other words at the end of the

lines in the stanza. We have marked it ‘a’.

The word small (at the end of line 2) rhymes with all (at the end of line 4), so they
are rhyming words. We have marked them as ‘b’.

The word hold does not rhyme with any other word. We have marked it as ‘c’.

The rhyme scheme of the stanza is abcb.

B. Now, find out the rhyme scheme of the following stanza from the poem given in this
unit.

Then your courage should appear,

For if you will persevere,

You will conquer, never fear,

Try again.

• Abstract nouns
Word Wise • Gender
• Adjectives used to express emotions
• Adjectives used to describe pictures
We already know that for

 a male, we use the masculine gender.

 a female, we use the feminine gender.

 nouns which can be used for both males and females, we use the common gender.

 things and materials, we use the neuter gender.

A. Write the gender and number (singular/plural) of these nouns.

1. patients

2. hostess

3. fireman

4. parachutes

5. engine

6. emperor

7. policewomen

8. sportsperson

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