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Listening Skills

Listen to the poem carefully as your teacher recites it. Then say whether the
statements given below are true or false.

1. The rain is beautiful. ____________

2. It is raining in winter. ____________

3. The rain doesn’t make any noise. ____________

4. The rain falls after the dust and heat. ____________

5. The rain is not welcome. ____________

Comprehension Skills

A. Tick () the correct answer.

1. How does the rain sound as it clatters along the roofs?

a whispering sound the tramp of hoofs
the sound of waves crashing

2. How does the rain pour across the window pane?
softly and musically slowly and gently swift and wide

3. How does it come out of the overflowing spout?

gushes and struggles out moves slowly

moves fast
B. Answer the following questions.

1. Why does the poet say that rain is beautiful?

2. How does the rain pour?

Vocabulary

A. Match the words to the names of sounds they make.

1. rain a. roars

2. bell b. tinkle
3. thunder c. patters

4. coins d. chugs
5. engine e. chimes

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