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Pick out all the pairs of rhyming words used in the poem. - English

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Pick out all the pairs of rhyming words used in the poem.

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Rhyming words:

  1. Paw – law
  2. Despair – there
  3. Macavity – gravity
  4. Stare – there
  5. Air – there
  6. Thin – in
  7. domed – uncombed
  8. Snake – awake
  9. Macavity – depravity
  10. Square – there
  11. Cards – yard’s
  12. Rifled – stifled
  13. Repair – there
  14. Astray – way
  15. Repair – there
  16. Stair – there
  17. Say – away
  18. Thumbs – sums
  19. Macavity – suavity
  20. Spare – there
  21. Known – griddle one
  22. Time – crime.
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पाठ 4.2: Macavity - The Mystery Cat - Exercises [पृष्ठ १३०]

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पाठ 4.2 Macavity - The Mystery Cat
Exercises | Q F. iv. | पृष्ठ १३०

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he’s always wide awake…

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Defeat we repel, courage our fort;

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