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Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below. He wished only to borrow,He’d repay it tomorrow. Pick out the rhyming words in the above lines.

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Based on your understanding of the poem, read the following line and answer the question given below.

He wished only to borrow,
He’d repay it tomorrow.

Pick out the rhyming words in the above lines.

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The rhyming words in the above lines are borrow and tomorrow.

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Chapter 4.2: The Ant and the Cricket - Exercise [Page 118]

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Samacheer Kalvi English Class 10 SSLC TN Board
Chapter 4.2 The Ant and the Cricket
Exercise | Q A. 9. a) | Page 118

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