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Question
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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Solution
| 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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