Wind, come softly Don’t break the shutters of the windows. Don’t scatter the papers Don’t throw down the books on the shelf There, look what you did – you threw them all down. You tore the pages of the books. You brought rain again. You’re very cleve...
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Wind, come softly
Don’t break the shutters of the windows.
Don’t scatter the papers
Don’t throw down the books on the shelf
There, look what you did – you threw them all down.
You tore the pages of the books.
You brought rain again.
You’re very clever at poking fun at weaklings.
1. Write about any two destructive activities of the wind.
2. How can we make friends with the wind?
3. Find the word from the extract which is an antonym of “foolish”.
1. Two destructive activities of the winds are:
(a) Breaks the shutters of windows.
(b) Scatters the papers.
(c) Throws down the books.
(d) Tears the pages of books.
2. We can make friends with the winds by building strong homes and strong body and heart.
3. Clever.
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