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Read the poem and complete the table with suitable rhyming words e.g. enter center hockey admire romp deeds score please wrist demands stadium - English

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Read the poem and complete the table with suitable rhyming words

e.g. enter center
  hockey
admire  
  romp
  deeds
score  
please  
  wrist
demands  
  stadium
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e.g. enter center

jockey

hockey

admire

hire

pomp

romp

feeds

deeds

score

floor

please

these

fist

wrist

demands

stands

radium

stadium

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Chapter 2.2: Confessions of a Born Spectator - Exercises [Page 56]

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Chapter 2.2 Confessions of a Born Spectator
Exercises | Q 5. B. | Page 56

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