QUESTION 5

Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
Learning to Swim
Today I am
dolphin-over-the-waves,
roach and stickleback,
silver mermaid,
turning tide,
ribbon-weed
or sprat
Water drifts through my mind
I twist, I glide
leave fear behind in the sand,
wander a land
of turtle, minnow, seal
where whale is king
Today I swim!
Answer these questions:
a) From the first stanza, what is the colour of the mermaid?
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b) What is the writer able to do today?
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c) In the second stanza, what drifts through the writers mind?

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d) In the sea, what sea creature is considered a king and why?

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stickleback

mermaid

minnow

seal

turtle

whale

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Prepared by,

Verified by,

Pn Suzy Haron

En. Chong Ng