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Question
The following is a summary of the poem but it is jumbled up. Write out the events in their correct order to form a continuous paragraph.
(a) As a result, her voice lost its beauty, and the other creatures stopped coming to hear her sing.
(b) Soon the nightingale became famous, and creatures from miles around came to hear her sing.
(c) All the creatures in the bog cheered and clapped at her beautiful song.
(d) He offered to train the nightingale, so that she could sing even more beautifully.
(e) So the frog could sing unrivalled in the bog once more.
(f) The next night the frog introduced himself.
(g) The frog charged an admission fee, and earned a lot of money from these concerts.
(h) A frog croaked all night in a bog, in an unpleasant voice.
(i) But the frog made the nightingale rehearse continuously in the rain.
(j) One night a nightingale began to sing in a melodious voice.
(k) Finally, the nightingale burst a vein and died.
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Solution
- a)A frog croaked all night in a bog, in an unpleasant voice.
- b)One night a nightingale began to sing in a melodious voice.
- c)All the creatures in the bog cheered and clapped at her beautiful song.
- d)The next night the frog introduced himself.
- e)He offered to train the nightingale, so that she could sing even more beautifully.
- f)Soon the nightingale became famous, and creatures from miles around came to hear her sing.
- g)The frog charged an admission fee, and earned a-lot of money from these concerts.
- h)But the frog made the nightingale rehearse continuously in the rain.
- i)As a result, her voice lost its beauty, and the other creatures stopped coming to hear her sing.
- j)Finally, the nightingale burst a vein and died.
- k)So the frog could sing unrivalled in the bog once more.
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Discuss the following question and write the answer in your note-books.
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