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1. Why was ‘I’ shocked?

2. Which two words describe the Mother?

3. What are Mother’s emotions?

Spell It Right VOCABULARY Analytical Skills

A. Choose words from the box to complete the summary of the poem.

misbehave, mouse, escapes, pressure-cooker, war, dutiful, brave,
screams, house, help, superhero, kitchen sink, frightened

In this poem, Mother has been shown to be . Mother is strict and
does not let her son . One day, the brave Mother

loudly. She is found perched on the edge of the . The boy thinks
that the had burst. He finds Mother like a small
child. She points to a . The boy tries to get the mouse out of the
. The mouse . The boy runs into the kitchen to
his Mother. Mother says that she hates mice. The boy feels like

a as he is able to help his mother. The boy assures his Mother
that he is at with the mouse. He promises her that he will act as a
son and that she would be safe.

B. ‘Quiver’ and ‘shiver’ are a pair of rhyming words in the poem. Find and write five
more pairs of rhyming words.

1.

2.

3.

4.
5.

Language Ladder GRAMMAR Language Skills

Read the following sentences.
• ‘Darkness doesn’t scare her,

• When it thunders, she won’t quiver!’

The highlighted words in the above sentences are contractions.

Contractions are a shortened form of two or more words.

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