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Question
Discuss and write –
- Why do cats and dogs fight?
- Why do we walk across the road, not run?
- Why do people like ice-cream?
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Solution
- Cats and dogs fight because they are best friends.
- We walk across the road and not run because we might meet with an accident.
- People like ice-cream because it melts in our mouth.
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