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Read the given lines and answer the questions given below. It never grows leaves, Not in the winter, spring, summer or fall.It just sits there never getting small or ever growing tall

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Read the given lines and answer the questions given below.

It never grows leaves,
Not in the winter, spring, summer, or fall.
It just sits there never getting small or ever-growing tall.

  1. What does ‘it’ refer to?
  2. In what way the tree is a mystery?
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Solution

  1. ‘It’ refers to the tree that is beside the house.
  2. The tree is a mystery because no leaves grow in it during any one of the seasons. It neither grow tall nor does it become short.
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Chapter 7.2: The House on Elm Street - Exercise [Page 203]

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Chapter 7.2 The House on Elm Street
Exercise | Q A. 3. | Page 203

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