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Why do birds sing?

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Question

Why do birds sing?

Options

  • To locate one another

  • To warn other birds

  • To find a mate

  • All of the above

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Solution

All of the above.

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Chapter 1.1: The Nose-Jewel - Listening [Page 10]

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Samacheer Kalvi English Class 8 TN Board
Chapter 1.1 The Nose-Jewel
Listening | Q c) 1) | Page 10

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Listening Activity

First, read the questions given below. Next, listen to an excerpt from a poem read out by your teacher or played in a recorder. Note how a child admires and praises the abilities of his/her father. Then tick the right answers from the options given.

by Edgar Albert Guest

 

My father knows the proper way
The nation should be run;
He tells us, children, every day
Just what should now be done?
He knows the way to fix the trusts,
He has a simple plan;
But if the furnace needs repairs,
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  1. heater
  2. furnace
  3. stove
  4. oven

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  1. fail
  2. frail
  3. jail
  4. snail

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  2. prosperity
  3. confidence
  4. happiness

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  2. bench
  3. chair
  4. stool

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  1. mother
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  4. guardian

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